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Jellyfish screening with my olympic summer Series: New Directors/New Films [March 26 - April 6, 2008] Jellyfish Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, Israel/France, 2007; 78m At Cannes last year Jellyfish stood out, winning the Camera d’Or for best debut feature. Co-directors Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, each a celebrated Israeli writer, explore life in Tel Aviv, a densely populated metropolis where determining one’s destiny is an illusion rather than a promise. Here the sea becomes a place of refuge, shelter and comfort for many—including Karen, a bride whose honeymoon is threatened when she breaks her leg at the wedding; Batya, into whose life comes a little girl who may or may not be real; and Joy, a Filipino caregiver who plays reconciler between estranged mother and daughter. Hapless and attractive, the characters try to make sense of what’s happening to them but like jellyfish they keep floating on the whim of tides and currents, bemused but determined. A Zeitgeist Films Release. Born in Tel Aviv, Etgar Keret is one of Israel’s most acclaimed authors. His books have been published in 22 languages, and over 40 short films have been based on his stories. Shira Geffen is an acclaimed writer of children’s books and stageplays, which have been performed in Israel and abroad. Jellyfish is their first feature film as directors. screening with my olympic summer Daniel Robin, US, 2007; 12m Daniel Robin’s curiously resonant film about mothers, fathers and internal and exterior events won the Grand Jury Prize for Short Film at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. A master’s graduate of San Francisco State University, Daniel Robin launched the Web site neighborhoodfilms.com in 2000. He has taught classes at San Francisco State and California State University, Monterey Bay. my olympic summer won the Grand Jury Prize for Short Films at Sundance this year. Thu Mar 27: 6:15pm (MoMA) Sun Mar 30: 5:30pm (WRT)

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