Official Selection

Israel 2020
Duration: 03:00
Directed by: Ofer Winter, Shimon Engel
Screenplay: Ofer Winter, Shimon Engel
Production/School: Goozma Animation / Dov Abramson, Hanfashot Poalot / Naama Shochat

In the Yemin Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem, overlooking the walls of the Old City, stands a windmill built by Moses Montefiore in 1857. It has been through a lot. --- Feeling that her finest days are behind her, the Montefiore Windmill in Jerusalem is having trouble adjusting to her daily reality. When she finds a way to help a fellow creature in trouble - she also finds a friend, and perhaps a new outlook on life. This short animated film brings one of Jerusalem’s quaintest landmarks to life, while suggesting a background story for how the windmill’s sails re-discovered their motion in recent years, after decades of idleness.

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