Marina Shoif

What is a woman's courage? What is the difference between courage as defined by men and by women? Is a woman who shows courage rewarded, or does she pay a heavy price? Maybe the refusal to be brave is in itself courageous? "Heroine" puts a spotlight on stories told by female filmmakers focused on, and through the eyes of, female protagonists. The film brings to the screen fiction stories which seek to break through the discourse and dialectic of courage and cowardice to discover an additional range of concepts that are not as definitive.

‘I wanna have your baby’ is an Israeli mini-series set in late 90s depicting the scene of sex, drugs and rock & roll of a tel-aviv based rock band who has to cope with their egoistic frontman who seems to only prevent the band from releasing their album.