Rita - Studio Darom Participants 2014
Synopsis
Rita is a young homeless woman who sets houses on fire so she can return to the only place where she feels safe – prison. Will the connection she has formed with the prison's education officer change the course of her destructive life?
Yoram Porath | Director
Yoram Porath began his career as a photojournalist for National Geographic (Israel). Yoram won several awards as filmmaker and photographer, among them the Salinger award for documentary at the New York/Avignon film festival 2007. He graduated photography studies at Hadassah college in Jerusalem and MFA film studies at Hunter college in New York. Today he works as director and scriptwriter for Outline Films and teaches at various cultural institutions.
Rachela Deutsch | Producer
Partner & Head Producer at Adom Film Productions which specializes in producing films and videos.
Head Producer of GOLEM (Drama, Feature Film, 76 min). Assistant General Manager & Director of Development in Sumayoko Ltd, Israel's leading production company that produced ASFUR the most successful series in Israel in 2011.