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Falling Up

Partner: Sapir College – School of Audio and Visual Arts

Director: Amit Lellouche
Filmmaker's profile

Haunted by the trauma he left behind, Rami discovers perverse comfort in a state-funded luxury hotel housing war evacuees. As return to reality looms, Rami’s desperate grip on his newfound sanctuary spirals into an existential battle to remain suspended in paradise.

Details

Duration: 16min.

Country: Israel

Language: Hebrew, English, Russian

Year: 2025

Genre: Fiction (Comedy), Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Black Humor, Mental Health, Refugees, Society, Survival, TragiComedy, Trauma

Cast & Crew

Director: Amit Lellouche

Production company: Chap

Writer: Amit Lellouche

Cinematographer: Nir Galnti

Editor: Idan Refael

Music: Yair Sitbon

Actors: Jonathan Vilozny , Hilly Lewis , Kristina Sim , Yulia Zlatkov , Ori picado , Eleya Elfakes , Ellen Shi Min ,

Festivals & Awards

2025

Cinema South Festival Cinema South Festival Best Production Award

Cinema South Festival Cinema South Festival Best Original Score

Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival Special Mention

2026

Festival du Cinema Israelien de Paris

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