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In my military service, I was a welfare officer. I remember how I traveled by train to the army with the purple lanyard (lanyard symbolizing the job) and people would ask to take a selfie with me. I was an attraction... because in Israeli army culture welfare officers are usually women. When my friends were combatants, I was the epitome of femininity in the IDF. But I knew that the job was extremely important; for example I helped soldiers from the ultra-Orthodox sector who were thrown out of their homes for doing military service. I had many other challenging experiences, many of which made me think - What is masculinity? What is strength?
Country: Israel
T-Port Partner: Maaleh Film School
Bio: Noam Weizman served in the IDF as an army welfare officer. He graduated after four years of full-time study in the directing and scriptwriting track at the Maaleh Film School. His second year narrative short, “Haircut” has been screened at a number of festivals worldwide. Noam also holds a BA in Philosophy and Communications. Today he works as a film editor at a production company. "Elisha" is Noam's graduating film.
The hero of this comedy is Elisha, a dedicated and gentle army social worker who...
