SPECIAL PROJECTS
Dead Language
(Dead Language)
110 mins
Year of production: 2025
Hebrew with English subtitles
Directors: Mihal Brezis, Oded Binnun
Writers: Mihal Brezis, Oded Binnun, Tom Shoval, Amital Stern
Production companies:
Green Productions (Israel),
Negativ Film Productions (Czech Republic), Film Produkcja (Poland)
CREW
Producers: Maya Fischer, Gal Greenspan, Roi Kurland, Moshe Edery,
Leon Edery, Roni Shamiss, Pavel Strnad, Stanisław Dziedzic, Konrad Mikołajczyk
Co-producers: Shani Ettinger Sror, Alona Refua
Executive producers: Avi Armoza, Sharon Harel-Cohen, Maya Amsellem, Sofia Neves, Yael Abecassis, Hillel Roseman
Supervising Producer: Sharon Tobias Sberlo
Cinematographer: Guy Sahaf
Editor: Yuval Shar
Script Editor: Yarden Karmin
Casting Director: Hila Yuval
Original Score: Łukasz Targosz
Sound designer: Maciej Pawłowski, Ronen Nagel
Art Director: Ehud Gutterman
Costume Design: Rachel Ben Dahan
Make Up Artist: Ziv Katanov
Post Producers: Nina Król, Moran Cohen
Produced with the support of:
Rabinovich Foundation - Cinema Project, The New Fund for Cinema and Television, United King Films, The Weil-Bloch Foundation, Czech Audiovisual Fund, Prague Audiovisual Fund, Polish Film Institute
CAST
Sarah Adler, Ulrich Thomsen, Yehezkel Lazarov, Lars Eidinger, Gal Malka, Moshe Folkenflik
Synopsis
Aya is waiting for her husband at the airport’s arrival hall, but following an innocent mix-up, finds herself picking up a complete stranger instead.
The immediate sense of intimacy that sparks between the two ends abruptly when the man disappears, leaving Aya with a key to his hotel room and a yearning that perhaps only a complete stranger can fulfill.
Director's Biography
Mihal Brezis, Oded Binnun
Mihal and Oded are Israeli directors and Academy Award® Nominees. Their short film AYA, which serves as the basis for this current project, was nominated for an Oscar® for “Best Live Action Short” in 2015, and set a precedent in Israeli cinema when it was released as a short for commercial screenings, to audience and critical success.
Mihal and Oded have recently directed their first international feature film “The Etruscan Smile”, produced by Oscar winning producer Arthur Cohn and starring Emmy Award winning actor Brian Cox (Succession), Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction) and Thora Birch (American Beauty). The film has garnered multiple awards and was released in the US and internationally in 2020.
Their previous works include the short films “Sabbath Entertainment”, “Tuesday’s Women” and “Lost Paradise”, which have garnered over 40 international awards in festivals worldwide.
Additionally, Mihal and Oded directed award-winning music videos and commercials in Israel, collaborating with leading brands such as: Volkswagen, Hyundai, Strauss Group, and SodaStream.
Filmography
2018 – The Etruscan Smile (Palm Springs, 107 min, USA)
2014 – Aya (Oscar Nominated, 39 min, Israel-France)
2011 – Lost Paradise (Oscar Qualified, Grand Prize Kustendorf, 10 min, Israel France)
2006 – Tuesday’s Women (Rotterdam FF, 20 min, Israel)
2005 – Sabbath Entertainment (Tribeca, Locarno, Grand Prize Lodz, 20 min, Israel)
Festivals
Official Selection - Tribeca 2025