Amira
a film by Isabelle Mayor
Amira
A film by Isabelle Mayor
- 2014
- Switzerland, France
- 19 minutes
- VO French – EN subtitles
Amira, 17, a butcher’s apprentice, seeks to tame the desire she feels for Benji, a boy in her class.
To test his feelings, she offers to accompany him to sacrifice a lamb according to the Muslim ritual.
Amira
A film by Isabelle Mayor
- 2014
- Switzerland, France
- 19 minutes
- VO French – EN subtitles
Amira, 17, a butcher’s apprentice, seeks to tame the desire she feels for Benji, a boy in her class.
To test his feelings, she offers to accompany him to sacrifice a lamb according to the Muslim ritual.
Cast & crew
With
Sofia Lesaffre
Eliott Olivrie
Written and directed by
Isabelle Mayor
Director of photography
Julia Mingo
Editing
Emilie Morier
1st Assistant director
Jean-Baptiste Germain
Script supervisor
Margot Seban
Sound
Clément Maléo, Philippe Schillinger
Sound editing and mixing
Adrien Kessler
Set and props
Raymond Valentin
Costumes
Laetitia Pommier
Production
Box Productions
local films
In coproduction with
RTS
Director’s bio
Born in 1980, in Lausanne, Isabelle MAYOR is a director and a programmer. In 2005, after a master’s degree in sociology and journalism at the University of Friborg (Switzerland), she began her career as an editor. During the 64th Cannes Film Festival, she won a BeaumarchaisSACD grant and was rewarded with the mention of the creation jury during the writing marathon of the scriptwriters festival in Valences. In 2012, she produced “Stag in Hong Kong”.
Programmer for the European Medium-Length Film Meetings, the Brive Festival, Isabelle MAYOR is also a member of ACiD. She was a juror at the 65th Locarno International Film Festival for the short film section (Pardi di domani).
