Synopsis
Joy can’t let go of her ex, can’t fall in love with the new guy, and can’t stop sleeping around with strangers. This is a story about young people in Tel Aviv who yearn for intimacy and are also terrified by it; who talk end-lessly but never say any-thing authentic.
Filmmaker
Hadas Ben Aroya
Born in 1988 in Israel, Hadas Ben Aroya graduates from the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. During her studies, she writes and directs the short film Sex Doll (2013). People That Are Not Me (2016) is her feature film debut.
Filmography: People That Are Not Me (2016), Sex Doll (curt, 2013)
Awards and festivals
Locarno
Feature Mention Zinebi Film Festival (Bilbao)