PARADISE (2021)
Created by Ben Green in collaboration with Myy Jeraffi.
Choreography: Ben Green in collaboration with the performers
Original Cast: Chiaki Horita as “Jino”, Ohad Mazor as “Sylvia”, Shir Levi as “Julia”, Igor Ptashenchuk as “Alex”
Direction & Cinematography: Myy Jeraffi
Editing: Myy Jeraffi & Ben Green
Lighting Design: Nir Gavrieli
Projection Photography: Jesse Yardley
Running time: 24 minutes
Additional tech crew: Yuval Glickman, Roni Cohen, Yigal Feldman, David (Dudi) Bell
Original Music by Avshalom Meidan
Music: Alberto Iglesias “Esteban, Mi Hijo", Ennio Morricone “L’arena (Il Mercenario)", Angelo Badalamenti “Blue Frank", David Lynch + Thought Gang “The Black Dog Runs At Night", Piero Piccioni “Amore Mio Aitutami"
Additional performance photography: Ascaf
With the support from Batsheva Dance Company & The Michael Sela Fund for Cultivation of Young Artists at Batsheva.
PARADISE is a film collaboration between Ben Green & Myy Jeraffi.
Paradise Motel lies on the stretch of desert road that runs between Vegas and LA. It is an obscure getaway, where memories dictate the time of day. For Alex, Julia, Sylvia and Jino, checking-in to the Paradise means stepping into a world where each character arrives to face their deepest fears and fantasies. Inspired by the Hollywood western, an emblem of the home-scape of creators Ben Green and Myy Jeraffi, Paradise is also a deep subconscious dive into the wild underbelly of this seemingly barren land.
Inspired by photographs by Jesse Yardley.
