SPECIAL PROJECTS
FREAK OUT
(MESUVAG HARIG)
80 mins
Hebrew with English subtitles
Directed by: Boaz Armoni
Written by: Lior Lederman
CREW
Producers: Gal Greenspan, Roi Kurland, Noa Osheroff
Director: Boaz Armoni
Writer: Lior Lederman
Director of Photography: Moshe Mishali
Editor: Amit Ginton
Original Score: Asher Goldschmidt
CAST
Itay Zvolon
Eran Peretz
Ofer Ruthenberg
Assaf Ben Shimon
Synopsis
Matan, a soldier in the IDF, travels with 3 soldiers whom he doesn't know to a base in the north of Israel. Vulnerable and homesick, Matan becomes an easy target for his peers who start playing pranks on him. However, it is not long before strange and inexplicable things begin to happen in the lonely base, and the group realize the need to watch their own backs. As the week progresses, their worries intensify, and the soldiers begin to question whether they will make it out of this experience alive.
Director's Biography
Boaz Armoni is a writer and director. He graduated from the Beit Berl Film department with honors. His short graduation film Trains in the Desert (2008, 25 min) was screened in numerous festivals around the world and won prizes including Best International Short Film at Moondance International Film Festival, First Prize at Next Frame: International Student Film Festival and a Special Mention at the St.Petersburg Beginning Film Festival. In 2010 Armoni wrote and directed Checkpoint (10 min) an Israel-France co-production. Armoni directs commercials and promotional films for different institutions, including Beit Hatfutzot, Acco Museum, The Palmach Museum and more. Freak Out is his debut feature film.
Festivals
Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 2016
Seret Film Festival, 2016
Fantaspoa - International Fantastic Film Festival, 2016
Arizona Underground Film Festival 2016
The Sitges Film Festival, 2015