2020 ShortFest Archive
On an ordinary Sunday morning, Karin breaks out of her conventions and impulsively leaves home on her daughter's racing bicycle. She wants to look for her son, who left the sheltered family home a while ago. Karin’s way leads her to a farm where her son has settled down with other social dropouts.
In competition for Best Student International Short
In competition for Best Student International Short
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Gaya von Schwarze was born in Jerusalem in 1994 and grew up in Tel Aviv. At the age of 13, she already began to study filmmaking at the "Tel Aviv School of Arts". In 2013 von Schwarze graduated with Film as her main subject at “Thelma Yellin Arts High School”. Von Schwarze refused to serve in the Israeli Army because of moral reasons, instead she did her social service at a school for special education of youth at risk in Tel-Aviv. Since 2016 she has been studying Film Directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin, where she has been living since.