THE FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL SAPIR COLLEGE

“Mirrors” – by Orly MalesaWinner of the Wolgin award at the 2004Jerusalem Festival.Stating their grounds for awarding first prize to“Mirrors,” the international panel of judges at the AnatFarhi Drama Festival, noted:“…with sparkling sophistication, the director mixes anaïve fairytale together with clear statements onintercultural conflicts, and the differences and balanceof power between the sexes and generations in twodifferent cultures. A special aesthetic and self-ironymake the story credible, liberating it from oversimplicityand casting conclusive guilt. Instead, we seethe complexity and loss resulting from a transitionfrom one homeland to another.”“Mirrors,” shot in 16 mm. in Israel and Ethiopia, receivedfinancial support from the Gesher Foundation forMulticultural Cinema, and the Yehoshua RabinowitzArts Foundation.It is the first Israeli-made film that deals with theEthiopian community from the perspective of a youngdirector who grew up within that community.“I feel that Sapir is my home” says Orly Malsa, “it’sthe place that shaped me and introduced me to film,which was a very important encounter, because todayI can’t imagine my life without cinema. And whereverlife takes me, something of Sapir will always stay withme.”From ‘Mirrors”±≤