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Alex
Israel, 16min, 2004

Director: Noam E. Josephides

Producer: Herzel Maar
Screenplay: Noam Josephides
Director of Photography: Tal Lazar
Original Music: Ori Amir
Cast: Victor Kuriavy, Davida Kroll, Nir Strauss, Adi Topol, Slava Bibergal, Helena Cherkesov, Nisim Huri, Yulia Bolotov
Sound: Lior Kauffman
Set Design: Hamutal Weisel
Editor: Haim Hagai
Asst. Directors: Daniel Kutz, Olga Sitovotsky

Synopsis: Alex is a 13-year-old newcomer from Russia, and hated by the local kids. One night, he has a chance of getting accepted by pulling a cruel trick on an old woman neighbor. Alex passes the "test" and gets accepted, but faces the consequences of his deed, and realizes that being part of the "group" is not everything in life.

Noam E. Josephides

Writer and Director Noam E. Josephides is at his senior year of Film&TV studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Prior to his Film studies, Mr. Josephides has served as an officer in the Israeli Air Force, and has held managing positions at several technological and financial companies.

As of the completion of "Alex", Josephides has written and directed dozens of fictional shorts, a full-length documentary, and has completed two feature-length screenplays which are at the initial stage of production. Noam E. Josephides was born in Haifa, Israel on November 1976, and currently lives in the city of Tel Aviv.

Prior Screenings and Awards:

Baja California Film Festival – Mexico 2004 – Best Director Award, final nominee for Best Short Film and Best Actor
SediciCorto Film Festival – Italy 2004 – Official Selection
inCURT Film Festival – Spain 2004 – Official Selection
Beit Daniel Film Festival – Israel 2004 – Official Selection

Director's Filmography:

2003 "Choices" Full-length documentary
2003 "Scorched Ground" Fictional short
2003 "Bouquet" Fictional short
2003 "Let it Go" Fictional short
2003 "Dimes" Fictional short
2002 "Automatic" Fictional short
2002 "Horror" Fictional short
2002 "Kinesthetic" Music Video-Dance
2002 "High Heels" Fictional short
2002 "The third Law" Fictional short
2002 "Far and Near" Fictional short

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