How to Be Alone (film)
Appearance
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Eich Lihiyot Levad | |
Directed by | Erez Eisenstein |
Written by | Erez Eisenstein |
Based on | How To Be AloneOrna Coussin |
Produced by | Erez Eisenstein |
Starring |
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Narrated by | Rami Baruch |
Cinematography | Gleb Volkov |
Edited by | Oz Mikulsky |
Music by | Ariel Guez |
Release date |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Language | Hebrew |
How to Be Alone (Hebrew: איך להיות לבד, romanized: Eich Lihiyot Levad) is a 2016 short Israeli student film, produced and directed by Erez Eisenstein.[1] The script is an adaptation of a short story of the same name by Orna Coussin, first published in 2006.[2]
The world premiere of the film took place in Palace of Culture and Science, on 16 April 2016, as part of Poland's LGBT Film Festival.[3]
Plot
[edit]A brokenhearted lesbian woman (Nili Tserruya) grapples with her lonely existence as a singleton. She decides to walk on a different path than the majority. Tired by the constant struggle to fit in a perfectly happy society, she chooses to explore herself and teach herself how to embrace solitude and transgress the mundane world.
Cast
[edit]- Main cast
- Nili Tserruya
- Ofri Fuchs
- Lia Friedman
- Or Ilan-Cohen
- Rami Baruch as the author
- Extended cast
- Shlomi BiBi
- Addi Gefen
- Batzion Rogozinsky
- Mya Kaplan
- Mor Granit
- Maayan Shay
Festivals
[edit]Festivals | ||||
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# | Event name | Date(s) | Location(s) | Ref. |
1 | 7th LGBT Film Festival 2016 | 16 April 2016 | ![]() |
[1][3] |
2 | QFest | 27 April 2016 | ![]() |
[1][4] |
3 | 31st Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival | 8 May 2016 | ![]() |
[1][5] |
4 | OutlantaCon | May 2016 | ![]() |
[6] |
5 | 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival | 27 May 2016 | ![]() |
[1][7][8] |
6 | TLVFest #11 the 11th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival | 30 May 2016 | ![]() |
[1][9] |
7 | Sun & Sand - The Mississippi Film & Music Festival | June 2016 | ![]() |
[10] |
8 | 5th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival 2016 | 12 June 2016 | ![]() |
[11][12] |
9 | 13th OutfestPeru 2016 | 27 June 2016 | ![]() |
[1][13] |
10 | Montefeltro Film School Festival | 19 July 2016 | ![]() |
[14] |
11 | Macon Film Festival | 23 July 2016 | ![]() |
[15][16][17] |
12 | 5th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival 2016 | 24 July 2016 | ![]() |
[18][19] |
13 | The 6th Annual Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival | 27 August 2016 | ![]() |
[1][20] |
14 | The Atlanta LGBT Film & Music Festival | August 2016 | ![]() |
[21] |
15 | Verona International Film Festival | September 2016 | ![]() |
[22] |
16 | Great Lakes International Film Festival | September 2016 | ![]() |
[23] |
17 | 18th Thessaloniki International LGBTIQ Film Festival | 24 September 2016 | ![]() |
[1][24] |
18 | 29th Girona Film Festival | 29 September 2016 | ![]() |
[1][25][26] |
19 | 10th Iris Prize | 15 October 2016 | ![]() |
[1][27] |
20 | The Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival | 22 October 2016 | ![]() |
[28][29] |
21 | Perlen - Queer Film Festival Hannover | 22 October 2016 | ![]() |
[1][30] |
22 | Festival de Cine Lesbico, Gay Bi Trans | 29 October 2016 | ![]() |
[1][31] |
23 | LesGaiCineMad | 4 November 2016 | ![]() |
[32] |
24 | St. Louis International Film Festival | 6 November 2016 | ![]() |
[33][34] |
25 | Gay Film Nights | 14 November 2016 | ![]() |
[1][35] |
26 | TRANSITION International Queer Minorities Film Festival | 15 November 2016 | ![]() |
[1][36] |
27 | UK Jewish Film Festival | 19 November 2016 | ![]() |
[1][37][38] |
28 | Videodrunk | 2 December 2016 | ![]() |
[1][39] |
29 | IMAGE+NATION Montreal lesbian gay bi trans film festival | 3 December 2016 | ![]() |
[40][41] |
30 | 9th OMOVIES - Lesbian Gay Transgender and Questioning Film Festival | 15 December 2016 | ![]() |
[42] |
31 | New Renaissance Film Festival | 5 March 2017 | ![]() |
[43] |
32 | Indian World Film Festival 2017 | 19 March 2017 | ![]() |
[44][45] |
33 | LGBT Toronto Film Festival | 27 June 2017 | ![]() |
[46] |
34 | Berlin Student Film Festival | 25 January 2017 | ![]() |
[47] |
35 | Hyperfest - International Student Film Festival | 28 October 2017 | ![]() |
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36 | LGBTQ Film Screening & Party (boombaframe) | 12 June 2019 | ![]() |
[48] |
Awards
[edit]Year | Event | Category | Recipient(s) / Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | OutlantaCon | Best Student Film | How To Be Alone | Won | [6] |
Best Director | Erez Eisenstein | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | How To Be Alone | Won | |||
Best Performance | Nili Tserruya | Nominated | |||
2016 | TLVFest | Best Israeli Short Film | How To Be Alone Erez Eisenstein |
Won | [49][50][51][52] |
2016 | Bangalore Shorts Film Festival | Best Cinematography | How To Be Alone Gleb Volkov (DOP) Erez Eisenstein (producer) |
Won | [53] |
2016 | Macon Film Festival | Best of 'LGBT' Category | How To Be Alone Erez Eisenstein (director) |
Won | [15] |
2016 | Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival | Best Director (Student) | Erez Eisenstein | Won | [54] |
2016 | Girona Film Festival | Best Jewish Film | How To Be Alone | Won | [55][56] |
2017 | Indian World Film Festival | Best Film (Student) | How To Be Alone | Won | [57] |
2017 | LGBT Toronto Film Festival | Best Performances | How To Be Alone | Won | [58] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q How To Be Alone at IMDb
- ^ Orna Coussin official website
- ^ a b LGBT Film Festival (Poland)
- ^ "Queer Voices Shorts | Cinema St. Louis". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
- ^ "How To Be Alone - TGLFF". Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
- ^ a b OutlantaCon Film Festival
- ^ "Lesbian/Bi/Trans* Films At Kashish 2016 - KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
- ^ "Film Schedule - KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
- ^ ISRAELI COLLECTION B | TLVFest
- ^ Sun & Sand
- ^ Official Selection List-2: 5th BSFF-16 - Bangalore Shorts Film Festival
- ^ Festival Schedule: 5th BSFF-16 - Bangalore Shorts Film Festival
- ^ "2016 OutfestLima Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ^ Montefeltro Film School Festival
- ^ a b Macon Film Festival
- ^ "Official Selections in Documentary & LGBT Competition | Macon Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ^ 2016 MFF program
- ^ Official Selection List-1: 5th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-16
- ^ Festival Schedule: 5th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-16
- ^ "DGLFF 2016 Festival Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ^ The Atlanta LGBT Film & Music Festival
- ^ The Verona International Film Festival
- ^ 2016 Film Selections | Great Lakes International Film Festival
- ^ 18th LGBTQ Film Festival | Thessaloniki International LGBTQ Film Festival
- ^ "Jewish Film Festival | 29th Girona Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ^ "Program | 29th Girona Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ^ How To Be Alone - Iris Prize
- ^ EICH LIHIYOT LEVAD (HOW TO BE ALONE) - FICGLB 2016
- ^ "SATURDAY 22 - FICGLB 2016". Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ^ Download the Perlen Program 2016
- ^ Programación | Cine Movilh 2016 / Festival de cine Gay, Lésbico, Bisexual y Transexual / @Movilh
- ^ PROGRAMA DE MANO LESGAICINEMAD 2016
- ^ Narrative Shorts: Drama 1 | STLFilmFest Nov. 3-13
- ^ The program book PDF | Cinema St. Louis
- ^ How To Be Alone - GAY FILM NIGHTS International Film Festival
- ^ TRANSITION Shorts
- ^ How to Be Alone (Short) - UK Jewish Film
- ^ Mountain - UK Jewish Film
- ^ 2016 festival - videodrunk
- ^ "How to be Alone | IMAGE+NATION". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- ^ "lesbomundo 2 | IMAGE+NATION". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- ^ "PROGRAMMA - OMOVIES 9|2016". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- ^ "Block M - New Renaissance Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
- ^ Official Selection List-1: Indian World Film Festival-17
- ^ Festival Schedule: Indian World Film Festival-17
- ^ Get to know the short film: HOW TO BE ALONE, 22min, Israel, LGBT, Drama
- ^ How To Be Alone - BSFF 2017 Official Selection
- ^ בוםבפריים - LGBTQ Film Screening & Party
- ^ "TLVFEST AWARDS 2016". TLVFEST. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ Anderman, Nirit (6 June 2016). ""איך להיות לבד" ו"לעולם לא תהיה לבד" בין זוכי פסטיבל הקולנוע הגאה בתל אביב". Haaretz.
- ^ "הזוכים בפסטיבל הקולנוע הגאה" (in Hebrew). June 6, 2016. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017.
- ^ פרסי פסטיבל הקולנוע הגאה ה-11 – כל הזוכים
- ^ Result: 5th BSFF-16 - Bangalore Shorts Film Festival
- ^ Result: 5th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-16
- ^ "Festival de Cinema de Girona - Awards". Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ^ ‘Destino', de la besaluenca Marta Juanola, guanya el Festival de Cine de Girona, El Punt Avui (2 October 2016).
- ^ "Result Shorts Section: Indian World Film Festival-17". 6th Indian World Film Festival - 22. Retrieved April 20, 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: June 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival
External links
[edit]- How To Be Alone[permanent dead link] - official website
- How To Be Alone at IMDb
- How to Be Alone - trailer on YouTube