DIRECTRESS Inés Moldavsky
CONTACT ines.moldavsky@gmail.com
Ex-soldiers offer brutally honest accounts of their service in the Israel Defense Forces, known as the “school of the nation”. The men being interviewed are naked, just as Israel is naked.
All Israelis are drafted into the army at the age of 18. Unlike women, who are allowed to do alternative service, men who fail to complete compulsory military service are often socially ostracized – even today. In this film, ex-soldiers openly discuss their time in the Israeli Defense Forces, known as the “school of the nation”. They talk about how their understanding of gender, sexuality, allegiance and guilt has shaped their lives. This is an unvarnished account of reality in Israel in the present day. Without compromise, without whitewashing. It isn’t just the men being interviewed who are naked – all of Israel is, too.
INÉS MOLDAVSKY is a video artist and filmmaker. Her work focuses on the interaction between gender, nationality and sexuality. She has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her film The Men Behind the Wall won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 2018.
2019 Based on a True Story Which Happened Inside my Mind
2018 The Men Behind the Wall
2017 Cold Facts
