Sound of a Land
Sound of a Land
premiered at Ladakh University 2024
premiered at Ladakh University 2024
a short documentary 14:00 // direction, shooting and editing
A personal documentary about the unyielding feeling of being a hunted Jew - an inner state shaped by history and memory, not by present danger. Filmed in Leh, Ladakh, India during the days of Muharram, it weaves personal voiceover with conversations with Israeli travelers, asking what it means to be in this place at this time. As the echoes of war back home linger, the sights and sounds of this foreign land stir a familiar unease.
Interviewees: David Alfandari, Avigail Karby, Shoham Raz, Aviv Damri, Imam of Leh's Shia mosque
Video art 8:14 // Direction, cinematography and editing
what are we running from? will the void be ever filled?
Performer: Omer Koren , Music: Tim Hecker
a short film 17:40 // direction and editing
A young man learns his mother is moving into his apartment. soon, the whole family follows. He escapes by car, only to be drawn into a strange relationship with a hitchhiker who forces him to face questions he's long avoided. In the end, only emptiness remains.
Participants:
Omri Haliva, Olga, Merav Grober, Amoon Shani Gilon, Yifat Balasiano,
Cinematography: Yoel Chajes
Video Dance // Direction, shooting, editing, music
Fight or flight. A body on edge, a breath held. What does counting to ten feel like? what comes after? What are you running from? Where are you running to?
Performer - Meigal Clyman
full video
small video essays
This video is a visual reflection on my experience at the Phyang Monastery Festival in Ladakh. Rather than offering a straightforward documentation, it moves between observation and intuition—capturing fragments of ritual, color, movement, and sound to evoke the layered atmosphere of the event. Through moments of stillness and motion, the video explores the tension between the spiritual and the commercial, the sacred and the playful, inviting the viewer to feel the ambiguity I encountered rather than resolve it.