Tal Kantor
Directing
Biography
Tal Kantor [b. 1988] is an award-winning independent animation filmmaker & visual artist. Graduated with honors from the 'Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem', ‘where she currently lectures at the Screen-Based Arts Department. In her animated works, Tal uses a unique technique she has developed, which combines drawing, photography, video, painting, and animation. Her short animated film "In Other Words" won 17 awards and was officially selected in more than 100 festivals worldwide. She worked as the Animation Art Director of the documentary feature film "ADVOCATE" (Emmy Award winner 2021, Oscar shortlist 2020). Tal is also an Animation workshop Mentor, Lector, and a Curator of Animation Exhibitions & special screening programs. Currently, she works as an Animation Director & Concept-Art developer for several films and art projects. Description above from talkantor.com.
Known For
A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.
Letter to a Pig
Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli lawyer, defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from nonviolent demonstrators to armed militants. As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, she’s more than an attorney, she’s an ally. «Advocate» follows Tsemel in real time, including the trial of a 13-year-old boy — her youngest client to date.
Advocate
A brief meeting after many years undermines a father's world and renders his words meaningless.
In Other Words
Anat Gov, one of the most influential playwrights in Israeli theatre, is preparing for her death. She asks Arik Kneller, an artists' agent, to be the executor of her will. Arik struggles to accept the humor and serenity with which she faces her upcoming end. Anat, consciously accepting her nearing end, wishes to leave a spiritual legacy: there can be a happy ending. Almost a decade after her death, her loved ones try to fill the void left by her words with their own. Through excerpts from her plays and footage of her family and political world, a new script is written: one in which the line between the play and reality is blurred.
On This Happy Note
A documentary about the life, work and death of Inbal Perlmutter. A local rock legend, different sex symbol and a trailblazing woman who was mysteriously killed in a car crash at the age of 27.
Inbal Perlmutter: If You Let Me Go
Mixed media animation - using stop motion of ink on glass and classic animation.
There Was Nothing To Say
Experimental mix media animation made with water, ink and personal sequences of video and stills.
Recollection
Experimental animation technique, using graphite, plaster and ink.
Pass By
Short film in competition for AROMA film competition.
Rust
From the corner of his bedroom, a lonely man follows a friendly cockroach into a surreal desert, stretching infinitely.
Under the Small Sun
A children's game of "Traffic Light" changes the plans for the day of a girl hurrying along with her dog about her business.
Yellow Light
A man sees the damage done to a creature passing by and feels the damage in himself.