Martha must fly

26 Min

Festival de Cannes - Cinefondation 2o11

Jerusalem Film Festival 2011

Taipei Film Festival International New Talent Competition 2011

International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2011

International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy 2011

Rome Independent Film Festival 2012

Nashville Film Festival 2012

Sarasota Film Festival 2012

Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2012

Uppsala Short Film Festival 2012

Warsaw Jewish Film Festival 2012

Denver Film Festival 2012

Tallinn Black Nights Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers 2012

Jaipur International Film Festival - JIFF 2013

IFVA awards 2013

ECU - European Independent Film Festival 2013

Guanajuato International Film Festival 2014

Directed by: Ma'ayan Rypp

Production: Ma'ayan Rypp, Tal Kadim

Actors: Ania Bukstein, Dawn Nadel, Adi Khalefa

Script: Ma'ayan Rypp, Anat Gafni

Photo: Moshe Mishali

Editing: Or Lee-Tal

Production year: 2011

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topics: Violence, Betrayal, Loneliness, Woman Director, Immigration, Suicide, Human Rights, Freedom, Dreams, Struggle, Death, Thriller, Women, Work, Fantasy, Murder

Martha is a foreign worker trapped in the employ of a sick old woman who refuses to die. Feeling desperate and lonely, she applies for relocation but is denied. She decides to fight for her freedom but reality pushes her into her fantasy world, one last time.