Support film: IN SERVICE OF THE KING (Brachi Haisherik, IL 2023, 15 min)
The event is part of the exhibition Sex. Jewish Positions at the Jewish Museum Berlin (JMB).
Wedding Night
The wedding night in ultra-orthodox Judaism raises high expectations – especially for the newlyweds. In anonymous interviews, men and women report how they had to become intimate as almost complete strangers and without any sex education.
Credits
original title Wedding Night
international title Wedding Night
german title Wedding Night
JFBB section Sex. Jewish Positions
country/countries IL
year 2023
duration 60
Rachel Elitzur
BIO Rachel Elitzur is an ultra-Orthodox filmmaker, a graduate of Beit Yaakov girls' institutions. Graduate of the Ma'aleh Film School in Jerusalem. Her first film Covered Up was screened at Docaviv festival in 2018 and at festivals around the world, it was nominated in the Debut and Photography category at the Documentary Forum Awards Ceremony. The film is broadcast on the Yes Docu channel, with the support of the New Film and Television Foundation and Mifal Hapais. Her first short fiction film The Youngest has participated in festivals around the world and won awards. The film is supported by the Gesher Foundation and Mifal Hapais. Rachel managed the program for ultra-Orthodox women of Ma'aleh School in the years 2014-2020. She is a member of the Mifal Hapais Council for Culture and the Arts in the field of cinema. She is also a graduate of the New Film and Television Foundation`s Greenhouses for developing a feature film and documentary, Forbidden fruit and Wedding night (respectively). The feature received a development grant from the Rabinovich Foundation, the Israeli Film Fund and the New Film and Television Foundation, produced by Lama Productions. Wedding Night also participated in the intellectual incubator for filmmakers of the Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem 2020 and in Copro 2021, produced by Abigail Sperber. These days she is developing a family drama series for YES produced by Endemol Shane. Rachel is a graduate of the Mandel Institute's Jewish Culture Leadership Program.