Decryption
Directed by
Maya Zack
Israel
2023

Maya Zack reconstructs the fading memory of the body of her mother, who died prematurely. Zack’s own experience of motherhood inspired Decryption, which depicts a magical-poetic rite in the chain of intergenerational transmission between daughters and mothers, real and spiritual.

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TitleHitbasrut
International title
Decryption
Post date
Directed by
Maya Zack
Year
2023
Country
Israel

Festivals

70th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
On 5 May 2024, the prizes of the 70th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival were awarded at the Festival Cinema Lichtburg. The Ecumenical Jury in the International Competition awarded its prize to the German-Chinese film "O ma" (Before Then) by Xie Mengzhu, while the Ecumenical Jury in the Children's and Youth Film Competition honoured the Japanese-American production "The Old Young Crow" by Liam LoPinto. The Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen went to Chinese director Wang Zhiyi for his film "Chūn Èr shí sān".

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