Talya Lavie
Talya Lavie (born 1978) is an Israeli filmmaker best known for her 2014 debut feature Zero Motivation.
Early life[]
Lavie attended the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design as well as the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem.[1] While attending the schools she produced three shorts which played at numerous international film festivals and won prizes at Locarno International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.
Career[]
Lavie was inspired to write Zero Motivation based on her own experience serving in the Israel Defense Forces. In 2006 she created a 19-minute short called The Substitute which played at the Tribeca Film Festival about a young woman working for the IDF. This short was later developed into a feature-length film, Zero Motivation. The film premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival where it won Best Narrative Feature in the World Narrative Competition. It was given a limited release in the U.S. in December, 2014 by Zeitgeist Films. The film was nominated for 12 Ophir Awards and went on to win 6 of them, including two for Lavie herself for Best Director and Best Screenplay.[2]
Her next film Honeymood - a bride and groom romantic comedy starring Ran Danker and Avigail Harari - will compete at the San Diego International Film Festival in October 2020.[3] WestEnd Films has obtained worldwide distribution rights.[4]
Awards and nominations[]
- Best Director Ophir Awards 2014 - Zero Motivation
- Best Screenplay Ophir Awards 2014 - Zero Motivation
- Best Narrative Feature Tribeca Film Festival 2014 - Zero Motivation
- Nora Ephron Prize Tribeca Film Festival 2014 - Zero Motivation
References[]
- ^ Kamin, Debra. "Israeli Filmmaker Talya Lavie Commands Attention With Femme-Centered Military Movie". Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Brown, Hannah. "Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem wins top prize at 'Israeli Oscars'". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "The Re-Imagined 2020 San Diego International Film Festival Announces Festival to Feature Virtual Village & Drive-In Movies! | San Diego International Film Festival". 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- ^ WestEnd takes worldwide rights to Talya Lavie’s ‘Honeymood’ (exclusive) Screendaily. 20 February 2020
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