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Paradise Express

Partner: Sapir College – School of Audio and Visual Arts | Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

Naomi is accompanying her terminally ill mother to undergo euthanasia in Switzerland. As the moment to say goodbye approaches, their walls of laughter and denial begin to crack.

Details

Duration: 17min.

Country: Israel

Language: Hebrew, English

Year: 2023

Genre: Experimental, Fiction (Comedy), Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Activism, Black Humor, Body, Bureaucracy, Childhood, Children, Coming of age, Death, Disability, Experimental, Family, Fantasy, Fear, Feminism, Freedom, Gender, Grief, Happiness, Health, Human Relationship, Human Rights, Humor, Loneliness, Love, Love & Time, Memories, Motherhood, Mourning, Nostalgia, Senior, Senior/Aging, Sick, Struggle, Suicide, Utopia, Winter, Women

Cast & Crew

Production company: Sapir Academic College of Audio and Visual Arts

Writer: Neta Benyamini

Cinematographer: Ori Shmueli

Editor: Roee Myzel

Actors: Noa Tasa , Carmit Mesilati , Sharom Weissbart

Festivals & Awards

2023

Girona Film Festival

2024

Watersprite Film Festival

Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival

Female Characters Film Fest

2025

Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival Uruguay

Indogma Film Festival

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