Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
Direction
Geffen's surrealist staging makes bureaucracy feel genuinely nightmarish.
Production
Identical rooms with opposite walls — production design as political argument.
Acting
Sarah Adler's unraveling is masterclass in controlled panic.
Director
Shira Geffen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Geffen is married to Etgar Keret; their shared surrealist lens on Israeli absurdity defined 2000s Tel Aviv art cinema.
The film premiered at Cannes Critics' Week but remains nearly impossible to stream legally in most countries — fitting for a movie about invisible borders.
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