FROZEN DAYS / YAMIN KFUIM

Origin Country: Israel
Runtime: 91 MIN
Presentation Format: 35 MM

DIR/SCR Danny Lerner PROD Alan Lerner, Danny Lerner, Assaf Rav EXEC PROD Ehud Bleiberg, Edouard Douek DP Ram Shweky ED Tal Keller MUS Tomer Ran CAST Anat Klausner, Uli Sternberg, Sandra Sade, Pini Tabger, Maor Cohen

Short Note:
Meow is a young woman roaming the streets and nightclubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs Internet chat rooms. When she decides to meet Alex, her chatbuddy, a suicide bombing prevents their meeting, putting him in the hospital in a coma and her in his empty apartment. When the other tenants start referring to her as Alex and she assumes his identity, she finds herself sinking into a dangerous deluded reality.

Long Note:
Shot entirely at night on a DV Cam 570, for a budget of $25,000, FROZEN DAYS is a striking black and white film that is a visually stimulating, and a hauntingly timely film, puncturing the surface of the compelling characters complex lives.

Meow (played by the magnetic newcomer Anat Klausner) is a young woman roaming the streets and nightclubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs Internet chat rooms. When she decides to meet Alex, her email chat buddy, a suicide bombing prevents their meeting, putting him in the hospital in a coma and her in his empty apartment. When the other tenants start referring to her as Alex and she assumes his identity, she finds herself sinking into a dangerous deluded reality.

An incredibly accomplished debut film with polished production values steeped in the gorgeous photography of deep pools of darkness by DP Ram Shweky's carve out a profoundly resonant film that steeped in the miasma of Tel Aviv after dark.
-Shaz Bennett

Biography:
Danny Lerner (director, writer, producer) is a graduate of the Tel Aviv University Film & Television Department. While studying in the university he wrote, directed and produced over 20 short films, among them Bang, Bang, Don't Call Me Galya and Another Day. Frozen Days is his first feature-length film.