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Big Crater

Screenwriter:

Aleeza Chanowitz

Producer:

Meny Aviram

,

Kastina Communications

Language:

Hebrew, English

Format:

9 Episodes x 30 Minutes

LOGLINE

Anxious about the future of the world, very pregnant Devorah (35) attends a wilderness survival course. But before she learns how to survive mother nature, she’ll first have to survive her own mother.

SYNOPSIS

Pregnant Devorah (35) is distressed about losing herself and ending up like her needy mother after birth. Instead of “falling down the stairs”, she signs up for a two-month wilderness survival course on an ecological farm in the Israeli desert. Just as she eases into communal life, Devorah’s mother Deedee (60) joins the course, ruining her plans. When Devorah goes into labor before the course is over, she accepts that to live is to take a risk, and that ending up like her mother isn’t so bad.

WRITER'S STATEMENT

When ISIS was a thing, I Marie Kondo-ed my belongings and joined an ecological farm. Over the years I have exchanged some anxieties for others, though some have steadfastly remained: Holocaust II and climate change. Despite that, I had a child; I'm optimistic- the world can become a better place. But the experience of childbirth brought on the new fear of turning into my parents. And this, in a way, is the most challenging fear; no composting or forged papers will save me. This series is based on my experiences from the farm and my impossible yearning to change my destiny and be my own person.

ABOUT THE WRITER

Aleeza Chanowitz is the creator, writer, and lead actor in the 10 episode tv series CHANSHI on HOT, produced by Kastina Communications. "Big Crater" is her second project with Kastina. Brooklyn born and raised, she moved to Israel in 2011 and attended the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem. Her first short film MUSHKIE premiered at Berlinale 2016. She currently lives in Tel Aviv with her hot Israeli husband and their gorgeous daughter.

PRODUCER'S STATEMENT

Aleeza is one of the most talented and promising screenwriters and directors in Israel. Our mutual success with her first series, "Chanshi", which was the first Israeli series shown at Sundance festival, encouraged us to try harder. I believe that "Big Crater" has a huge potential and is Aleeza's big next step: making a name for herself in her native America.

PRODUCER PROFILE

Kastina is one of Israel's leading production companies. It's docuseries THE ONE, about the Israeli Air Force in the Yom Kippur War, premiered in Sep' 2023 and broke viewing records. Other projects include the first season of FAUDA; BLOODY MURRAY, winner of the Best Comedy Award in the 2022 Series Mania TV festival; CHANSHI the first Israeli drama series accepted to Sundance Festival; and #NOVA, a record-breaking film about the music festival that ended with a massacre. It's latest documentary, Sheryl Sandberg's SCREAMS BEFORE SILENCE, was viewed by millions worldwide.

PRODUCTION CONTACT DETAILS

meny@kastina.co.il
+972-523113454

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