WEDDING DOLL follows a young talented woman, Hagit, who dreams of love, marriage and freedom from the strict guidance of her mother, an overprotective divorcee. Hagit strikes up a relationship with her boss' son at the toilet paper factory where she works. While hiding the blossoming romance from her mother, news arrives of the factory shutting down, and it forces Hagit’s romantic fantasy and reality to collide.

Direction: Nitzan Gilady

Script: Nitzan Gilady

Production: Nitzan Gilady, Nitzan Gilady

Cinematography: Roey Roth

Editing: Tali Goldring, Daniel Avitzur

Production Design: Dina Kornveits

Costume Design: Keren Eyal Melamed

Make-Up: Zhlil Shay

Sound: Vitaliy Grinshpun, Nin Hazan, Yoss Appelbaum

Original Score: Lior Rosner

Cast: Moran Rosenblatt, Asi Levi, Roy Assaf

Original Title: CHATONA MENIYAR

Original Language: Hebrew

Film Production Country: Israel

Website: http://weddingdollthemovie.com/
Statement of the Director/s

The idea for this film came from a picture of a woman wearing a toilet paper rolls dress, taken from a street theatre project I have created which dealt with three lost women in search of a husband. The obsessive search stands out as a mission that will transform the lives of the three women and will make them part of "normal" society where women are already married.

The film WEDDING DOLL tells the story of a mother and her special needs daughter who live in a small desert town suburb.

Coping with physical and social isolation in the remote south of Israel makes the difficulties and the differences that the mother and the daughter deal with all the more obvious.

The daughter is obsessed with getting married and believes that it will finally make her life perfect.

In my personal life I know how hard and complicated is to be different. My younger brother suffered from post-traumatic disorder during his military service 12 yrs ago. The way my parents dealt with this reflects the challenge and the need for support, understanding and caring, when you live in a society that is not tolerant to wards someone like my brother or the young woman in the film.

I hope to shed light on our society today and force us to be attentive to those among us who are different.
Biography of the Director/s

Nitzan Gilady is the director, producer and scriptwriter of the documentary films JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO PRESENT, FAMILY TIME, IN SATMAR CUSTODY and THE LAST ENEMY. His films have received 13 international awards, participated in over 120 international film festivals and been broadcast across the world (e.g. on Sundance channel and ZDF-ARTE) .
Nitzan Gilady is a graduate of the Academy of Arts "Circle in the Square" (New York) and a senior lecturer at The Academy Institute of Holon’s visual communication department. In 2004 he has received a grant for the art of cinema from Israeli Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport for outstanding Israeli filmmakers.
Filmography of the Director/s

2012 - FAMILY TIME, doc
2007 - JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO PRESENT, doc
2003 - IN SATMAR CUSTODY, doc
2000 - THE LAST ENEMY, doc
Awards Won

Jerusalem IFF: FIPRESCI Prize for Israeli First Film, Haggiag Award for Best Actress, Pirchi Family Award for Best First Feature
Mons Int’l Love FF: Best Actress
Israeli Film Awards: Best Actress & Costume Design

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