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The Sirens

The Sirens, written and directed by Mor Shamay and produced by Director of Photography Lucky Cheng, is an upcoming short about a couple in a cold and passionless marriage who seeks respite through a weekend on the scenic beachfront. When the wife's younger sister appears unexpectedly, desires blossom, all the while the worlds of fantasy and reality merge.

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(Photos: Victor Trejo, Brendan Poutier, Lucky Cheng)

Luck

A 2012 portrait short film by Mor Shamay about alcohol addiction, inspired by a poem of Raymond Carver. The story is split between childhood experimentation in the late 1970‘s and the life of that adult alcoholic today. The film also explores the disease’s harmful effects on family and social life. 

Director of Photography: Pablo Archuschin.

Starring: Jonathan shamay, Zeev Peled and Yiftach Kaminer.

Production Design: Mor Shamay

(Photos: Nathan Kummel and Rubens Ben)

 

“Luck” by Raymond Carver

I was nine years old.

I had been around liquor

all my life. My friends

drank too, but they could handle it.

We'd take cigarettes, beer,

a couple of girls

and go out to the fort.

We'd act silly.

Sometimes you'd pretend

to pass out so the girls

could examine you. 

They'd put their hands

down your pants while

you lay there trying

not to laugh, or else

they would lean back,

close their eyes, and

let you feel them all over.

Once at a party my dad

came to the back porch

to take a leak.

We could hear voices

over the record player

see people standing around

laughing and drinking.

When my dad finished

he zipped up, stared a while

at the starry sky--it was

always starry then

on summer nights--

and went back inside.

The girls had to go home.

I slept all night in the fort

with my best friend.

We kissed on the lips

and touched each other.

I saw the stars fade

toward morning.

I saw a woman sleeping

on our lawn.

I looked up her dress,

then I had a beer

and a cigarette.

Friends, I thought this

was living.

Indoors, someone

had put out a cigarette

in a jar of mustard.

I had a straight shot

from the bottle, then

a drink of warm collins mix,

then another whisky.

And though I went from room

to room, no one was home.

What luck, I thought.

Years later,

I still wanted to give up

friends, love, starry skies,

for a house where no one

was home, no one coming back,

and all I could drink.

Valentine

'Valentine' is a handmade shadow puppet theatre based on a poem by Ernest Hemingway.

Music by Chet Baker 'My Funny Valentine'.

 

Baby Shoes

A short film based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway.

SVA, Class of 2014. 
Shot with Arriflex-S 16mm camera on black and white reversal film stock.

Starring: Lisa Golub and Jordan Shoval. 
Lighting: Meghan Trice

Fish & Owl

'Fish & Owl'

Written and directed by Mor Shamay, Shot by Lucky Cheng on Super 16mm.

Starring: Kerry Vaughn Miller and Morgan Weed.
Sound by Louis Hernandez.

 

One Minute

'One Minute'

Directed by William Henry and Mor Shamay
Shot by Lucky Cheng on Super 8 .

Starring: Kerry Vaughn Miller and Robert Wilde.

Milo

A short film written and directed by Mor Shamay.

Director of Photography: Eitan Gamlieli

(Photos: Nicholas Bedo)

 

The Sirens

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Luck

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Valentine

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Baby Shoes

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Fish & Owl

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One Minute

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Milo

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