How to Be Alone (film)

How to Be Alone (Hebrew: איך להיות לבד, romanized: Eich Lihiyot Levad) is a 2016 short Israeli student film, produced and directed by Erez Eisenstein.[1] The script is an adaptation of a short story of the same name by Orna Coussin, first published in 2006.[2]

This article is about the 2016 film. For the 2009 film, see Andrea Dorfman.
How to Be Alone
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Eich Lihiyot Levad
Directed byErez Eisenstein
Written byErez Eisenstein
Based onHow To Be AloneOrna Coussin
Produced byErez Eisenstein
Starring
  • Nili Tserruya
  • Ofri Fuchs
  • Lia Friedman
  • Or Ilan-Cohen
Narrated byRami Baruch
CinematographyGleb Volkov
Edited byOz Mikulsky
Music byAriel Guez
Release date
  • April 16, 2016 (2016-04-16) (LGBT Film Festival)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

The world premiere of the film took place in Palace of Culture and Science, on 16 April 2016, as part of Poland's LGBT Film Festival.[3]

Plot

A brokenhearted lesbian woman (Nili Tserruya) grapples with her lonely existence as a singleton. She decides to walk on a different path than the majority. Tired by the constant struggle to fit in a perfectly happy society, she chooses to explore herself and teach herself how to embrace solitude and transgress the mundane world.

Cast
Main cast
  • Nili Tserruya
  • Ofri Fuchs
  • Lia Friedman
  • Or Ilan-Cohen
  • Rami Baruch as the author
Extended cast
  • Shlomi BiBi
  • Addi Gefen
  • Batzion Rogozinsky
  • Mya Kaplan
  • Mor Granit
  • Maayan Shay

Festivals
Festivals
# Event name Date(s) Location(s) Ref.
1 7th LGBT Film Festival 2016 16 April 2016 Poland Warsaw, Lodz, Gdańsk, Poznan and Katowice [1][3]
2 QFest 27 April 2016 United States St. Louis [1][4]
3 31st Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 8 May 2016 Italy Turin [1][5]
4 OutlantaCon May 2016 United States Atlanta [6]
5 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 27 May 2016 India Mumbai [1][7][8]
6 TLVFest #11 the 11th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival 30 May 2016 Israel Tel Aviv [1][9]
7 Sun & Sand - The Mississippi Film & Music Festival June 2016 United States Biloxi [10]
8 5th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival 2016 12 June 2016 India Bangalore [11][12]
9 13th OutfestPeru 2016 27 June 2016 Peru Lima [1][13]
10 Montefeltro Film School Festival 19 July 2016 Italy Pennabilli [14]
11 Macon Film Festival 23 July 2016 United States Macon [15][16][17]
12 5th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival 2016 24 July 2016 India Kolkata [18][19]
13 The 6th Annual Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 27 August 2016 South Africa Durban [1][20]
14 The Atlanta LGBT Film & Music Festival August 2016 United States Atlanta [21]
15 Verona International Film Festival September 2016 Italy Venice [22]
16 Great Lakes International Film Festival September 2016 United States Erie [23]
17 18th Thessaloniki International LGBTIQ Film Festival 24 September 2016 Greece Thessaloniki [1][24]
18 29th Girona Film Festival 29 September 2016 Spain Girona [1][25][26]
19 10th Iris Prize 15 October 2016 United Kingdom Cardiff [1][27]
20 The Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 22 October 2016 Spain Barcelona [28][29]
21 Perlen - Queer Film Festival Hannover 22 October 2016 Germany Hanover [1][30]
22 Festival de Cine Lesbico, Gay Bi Trans 29 October 2016 Chile Santiago [1][31]
23 LesGaiCineMad 4 November 2016 Spain Madrid [32]
24 St. Louis International Film Festival 6 November 2016 United States St. Louis [33][34]
25 Gay Film Nights 14 November 2016 Romania Cluj-Napoca [1][35]
26 TRANSITION International Queer Minorities Film Festival 15 November 2016 Austria Vienna [1][36]
27 UK Jewish Film Festival 19 November 2016 United Kingdom London [1][37][38]
28 Videodrunk 2 December 2016 Canada Toronto [1][39]
29 IMAGE+NATION Montreal lesbian gay bi trans film festival 3 December 2016 Canada Montreal [40][41]
30 9th OMOVIES - Lesbian Gay Transgender and Questioning Film Festival 15 December 2016 Italy Naples [42]
31 New Renaissance Film Festival 5 March 2017 Netherlands Amsterdam [43]
32 Indian World Film Festival 2017 19 March 2017 India Hyderabad [44][45]
33 LGBT Toronto Film Festival 27 June 2017 Canada Toronto [46]
34 Berlin Student Film Festival 25 January 2017 Germany Berlin [47]
35 Hyperfest - International Student Film Festival 28 October 2017 Romania Bucharest
36 LGBTQ Film Screening & Party (boombaframe) 12 June 2019 Israel Tel Aviv [48]

Awards
Year Event Category Recipient(s) / Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2016 OutlantaCon Best Student Film How To Be Alone Won [6]
Best Director Erez Eisenstein Nominated
Best Cinematography How To Be Alone Won
Best Performance Nili Tserruya Nominated
2016 TLVFest Best Israeli Short Film How To Be Alone
Erez Eisenstein		 Won [49][50][51][52]
2016 Bangalore Shorts Film Festival Best Cinematography How To Be Alone
Gleb Volkov (DOP)
Erez Eisenstein (producer)		 Won [53]
2016 Macon Film Festival Best of 'LGBT' Category How To Be Alone
Erez Eisenstein (director)		 Won [15]
2016 Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival Best Director (Student) Erez Eisenstein Won [54]
2016 Girona Film Festival Best Jewish Film How To Be Alone Won [55][56]
2017 Indian World Film Festival Best Film (Student) How To Be Alone Won [57]
2017 LGBT Toronto Film Festival Best Performances How To Be Alone Won [58]

References
  1. How To Be Alone at IMDb
  2. Orna Coussin official website
  3. LGBT Film Festival (Poland)
  4. Queer Voices Shorts | Cinema St. Louis
  5. How To Be Alone - TGLFF
  6. OutlantaCon Film Festival
  7. Lesbian/Bi/Trans* Films At Kashish 2016 - KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
  8. Film Schedule - KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
  9. ISRAELI COLLECTION B | TLVFest
  10. Sun & Sand
  11. Official Selection List-2: 5th BSFF-16 - Bangalore Shorts Film Festival
  12. Festival Schedule: 5th BSFF-16 - Bangalore Shorts Film Festival
  13. "2016 OutfestLima Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  14. Montefeltro Film School Festival
  15. Macon Film Festival
  16. Official Selections in Documentary & LGBT Competition | Macon Film Festival
  17. 2016 MFF program
  18. Official Selection List-1: 5th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-16
  19. Festival Schedule: 5th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-16
  20. DGLFF 2016 Festival Schedule
  21. The Atlanta LGBT Film & Music Festival
  22. The Verona International Film Festival
  23. 2016 Film Selections | Great Lakes International Film Festival
  24. 18th LGBTQ Film Festival | Thessaloniki International LGBTQ Film Festival
  25. Jewish Film Festival | 29th Girona Film Festival
  26. Program | 29th Girona Film Festival
  27. How To Be Alone - Iris Prize
  28. EICH LIHIYOT LEVAD (HOW TO BE ALONE) - FICGLB 2016
  29. SATURDAY 22 - FICGLB 2016
  30. Download the Perlen Program 2016
  31. Programación | Cine Movilh 2016 / Festival de cine Gay, Lésbico, Bisexual y Transexual / @Movilh
  32. PROGRAMA DE MANO LESGAICINEMAD 2016
  33. Narrative Shorts: Drama 1 | STLFilmFest Nov. 3-13
  34. The program book PDF | Cinema St. Louis
  35. How To Be Alone - GAY FILM NIGHTS International Film Festival
  36. TRANSITION Shorts
  37. How to Be Alone (Short) - UK Jewish Film
  38. Mountain - UK Jewish Film
  39. 2016 festival - videodrunk
  40. How to be Alone | IMAGE+NATION
  41. lesbomundo 2 | IMAGE+NATION
  42. PROGRAMMA - OMOVIES 9|2016
  43. Block M - New Renaissance Film Festival
  44. Official Selection List-1: Indian World Film Festival-17
  45. Festival Schedule: Indian World Film Festival-17
  46. Get to know the short film: HOW TO BE ALONE, 22min, Israel, LGBT, Drama
  47. How To Be Alone - BSFF 2017 Official Selection
  48. בוםבפריים - LGBTQ Film Screening & Party
  49. "TLVFEST AWARDS 2016". TLVFEST. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  50. Anderman, Nirit (6 June 2016). ""איך להיות לבד" ו"לעולם לא תהיה לבד" בין זוכי פסטיבל הקולנוע הגאה בתל אביב". Haaretz.
  51. "הזוכים בפסטיבל הקולנוע הגאה" (in Hebrew). June 6, 2016. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017.
  52. פרסי פסטיבל הקולנוע הגאה ה-11 – כל הזוכים
  53. Result: 5th BSFF-16 - Bangalore Shorts Film Festival
  54. Result: 5th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-16
  55. Festival de Cinema de Girona - Awards
  56. ‘Destino', de la besaluenca Marta Juanola, guanya el Festival de Cine de Girona, El Punt Avui (2 October 2016).
  57. "Result Shorts Section: Indian World Film Festival-17". 6th Indian World Film Festival - 22. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  58. HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: June 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival
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