Ella Altman

LOVER - Film - 15min - 2023

presented as part of the exhibition Panorama 25

Ella, directress, invites an actress to portray her lover in a war film set in Dunkirk. As the actress tries to understand Ella's intentions, the filming of their fictional romance spirals into a seductive battle. The film, starring Naama Preis, explores the moral boundaries of an actress-directress relationship.

Ella Altman was born in Tel Aviv, in 1993.
Currently lives and works in France. From 2011 she worked at major radio stations as an editor, writer, host, and producer of documentary and cultural programs. In 2014 she won the best documentary award at the Independent's Spirit Awards. Following her interest in new medias and film, in 2017 she started her studies towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Shenkar College of Art and Design, Israel. During her studies she produced, directed, composed, and edited two short films that were screened in international film festivals, and participated in many group exhibitions.

Over the last years she has been teaching experimental filmmaking, as well as lecturing at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Production


Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing

Credits


› Scénario : Ella Altman
› Interprétation : Naama Preis, Ella Altman
› Image : Pierre Nativel
› Montage image : Ella Altman
› Ingénieur du son : Valentin Gelin, Salomé Renaud
› Montage son : Valentine Gelin, Ella Altman
› Mixage : Yannick Delmaire
› Musique : Ella Altman
› Accompagnement artistique : Basma al-Sharif