Ella Altman

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Hava (Eve) and Jeanne, actresses, sit on the set's floor and repeatedly shoot the same scene: 'Je n’ai jamais rencontré quelqu’un comme toi' for a mysterious AI algorithm. When Hava first glances at the AI’s monitor, she discovers a deep desire for Jeanne. Their relationship, observed both on and off the shooting scene, navigates through different gazes — those of seen and unseen cameras and viewers — delving into the uniqueness of intimate moments and the authenticity of emotions during the act of artistic creation, challenging their agency over self-perception. The AI’s visions introduce another narrative layer through ancient mythologies about metamorphoses; are they reacting to the 'real' events, or there to spark the next ones? Who are the protagonists — whose story is it? Is it Hava's, Jeanne's, the 'AI's', the directress'? 

Like her biblical namesake, tempted Hava flirts with the idea of leading Jeanne to see themselves through the AI’s eyes; but what happens when one’s fantasy encounters the reality of the other?

Ella Altman

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.

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