''Aya'' is a 2012 French-Israeli
short drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by and Mihal Brezis. The film was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under numerous names, since 1957.
From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, ''Best Short Subject, On ...
at the
87th Academy Awards
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 ...
,
but did not win.
Plot
Aya is waiting for someone at the
Ben Gurion International Airport
Ben Gurion International Airport , commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the main international airport of Israel. Situated on outskirts north of the city of Lod and directly south of the city of Or Yehuda, it is the busies ...
. A driver asks her to hold his welcome sign for Mr. Overby, who is flying into Israel to judge the
Arthur Rubinstein piano competition. When the Danish juror shows up, Aya decides on an impulse to drive him to his hotel in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...
. During the car ride, an unexpected intimacy develops between Aya and the reserved Overby.
Israeli film Aya fails to take home Oscar for best short movie
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Cast
* Sarah Adler
Sarah Adler (; born 1978) is a French and Israeli actress with dual citizenship.
Career
Adler is now best known for her performances in the 2017 Israeli films ''Foxtrot'' and '' The Cakemaker''; earlier in her career her notable films included ' ...
as Aya
* Ulrich Thomsen
Ulrich Thomsen (born 6 December 1963) is a Danish actor and filmmaker, known for his role of Christian in the 1998 film '' The Celebration'' and for the role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series ''Banshee'' (2013–2016).
Early and per ...
as Mr. Overby
References
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2012 drama films
2012 films
Films set in Israel
English-language French films
English-language Israeli films
French drama short films
Israeli drama short films
2012 short films
2010s English-language films
2012 multilingual films
French multilingual films
Israeli multilingual films
2010s French films
English-language short films
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