Via Dolorosa
TITLE
Via Dolorosa
DIRECTOR
Farnoosh Samadi
COUNTRY
France
YEAR
2023
DURATION
12′
GENRE
Animation
Via Dolorosa
Between drug addiction, first discoveries of sexuality and a permanent state of war, the filmmaker searches for her lost youth by wandering the streets of Jerusalem.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Rachel Gutgarts
BORN IN 1992 IN JERUSALEM. GRADUATED FROM THE ANIMATION DEPARTMENT AT BEZALEL ACADEMY OF ART AND DESIGN IN JERUSALEM (BFA), WITH A FOCUS ON EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES, MAINLY ANIMATED SILK SCREEN PRINTS. "A LOVE LETTER TO THE ONE I MADE UP" (GRADUATION FILM, 2017) WAS SCREENED AT MANY FILM AND ANIMATION FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD. HER CURRENT FILM, 'VIA DOLORSA', A SHORT ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY, PRODUCED BY MIYU PRODUCTIONS, FOLLOWS TEENAGE LIFE IN JERUSALEM FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE. RACHELS' PRACTICE CONSISTS OF PRINTING ANIMATED FRAMES IN VARIOUS ANALOG TECHNIQUES SUCH AS SILVER GELATIN PRINT, CYANOTYPE AND SILK SCREEN PRINT, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES ALONGSIDE SOVIET DESIGN IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMBINE SUCH AESTHETICS WITH DOCUMENTARY PRACTICES.
- DirectorRachel Gutgarts
- ScreenplayEinat Gaulan, Rachel Gutgarts
- Cinematography
- Cast
- EditingAlbane du Plessix
- Producer/s
- Production CompanyMiyu Productions
- Distributor/sMiyu Distribution Distributor Worldwide All Rights
- Project TitleVia Dolorosa
- Project TypeAnimation
- Completion Date 1 January 2023
- Country of originFrance
- Country of filmingFrance
- LanguageFrench, Hebrew
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Rachel Gutgarts
BORN IN 1992 IN JERUSALEM. GRADUATED FROM THE ANIMATION DEPARTMENT AT BEZALEL ACADEMY OF ART AND DESIGN IN JERUSALEM (BFA), WITH A FOCUS ON EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES, MAINLY ANIMATED SILK SCREEN PRINTS. "A LOVE LETTER TO THE ONE I MADE UP" (GRADUATION FILM, 2017) WAS SCREENED AT MANY FILM AND ANIMATION FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD. HER CURRENT FILM, 'VIA DOLORSA', A SHORT ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY, PRODUCED BY MIYU PRODUCTIONS, FOLLOWS TEENAGE LIFE IN JERUSALEM FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE. RACHELS' PRACTICE CONSISTS OF PRINTING ANIMATED FRAMES IN VARIOUS ANALOG TECHNIQUES SUCH AS SILVER GELATIN PRINT, CYANOTYPE AND SILK SCREEN PRINT, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES ALONGSIDE SOVIET DESIGN IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMBINE SUCH AESTHETICS WITH DOCUMENTARY PRACTICES.
