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Section: Panorama, Festival Gala
17 Seconds (2018)
Four adolescents, outstanding athletes, live and train at Israel's national sports Academy. They are facing a system that pushes them to their limits while they question whether their youth isn´t being spent in vain. The story shifts between exhausting training routines and painful injuries to sporting peaks only a few are blessed to experience. But even when they hit rock bottom, what stops them from giving up is their fear of discovering that disillusionment from their dream will be much more painful than striving for it.
| Country | Israel |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Duration | 84 min |
| Rating | 13 |
| Language | Arabic, Hebrew, Russian |
| Subtitle | English, Czech |
| Directed by | Alon Marom |
| Screenplay | Alon Marom |
| Director of Photography | Asher Ben Yair-Ilan, Alon Marom |
| Music | Zoe Polanski |
| Edited by | Vitali Krivich, Alon Marom |
| Contact | Costanza Film Distribution |
Biography
Israeli screenwriter and director. He graduated in film studies at Tel Aviv University. He has worked for the TV channel MGM Europe as Program Manager. He is the author of feature documentaries Citizen K (2018) and 17 Seconds (2018).
Teenagers, Documentary, Education, Family, Friendship, Sports, Sports