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All my life I've been artistic. I was always looking for ways to tell my story because my story wasn't visible. My attraction to men was hidden and only I knew what was really going on with me. When I found the cinema I discovered that I could tell my story while at the same time exploring my artistic talent. It was a long, hard and personal journey but I think I got to my truth at the end. I hope that as many people as possible see it and that it will open up conversation and emotion in the viewers in the topics of identity, family, and choice.
Country: Israel
T-Port Partner: Maaleh Film School
Yisrael Rigler grew up in the Old City of Jerusalem to an ultra-Orthodox American family. After military service and a trip to the East he came out of the closet as bisexual. He graduated Maaleh Film School in 2022. During his studies, Yisrael worked as a stills and video photographer, commercial video director, and established an independent video production business - Lensko Productions. His second-year narrative short "Something Blue" was shown in fourteen film festivals worldwide. "Yisrael is Lovesick" is his graduating documentary film.
Tom thinks he doesn't have any friends because he's fat. When a group of bullies...
Yisrael was born into a loving American ultra-Orthodox Jewish family from Jerusalem. As he grew...
