It’s the hottest day of the summer, and for the first time in years, Anna unexpectedly finds herself alone without her son. She sets out for the day, roaming the streets of her small desert town, looking for a man who can touch her, even just for one brief moment. “Anna” is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it on the Vimeo Blog: vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-anna-by-or-sinai Written and directed by Or Sinai Lead actress – Evegnia Dodina – Lead actress Actors – Mikey Leon, Alon Dahan, Daniel Brusovany Producer – Leah Tonic Cinematography – Saar Mizrahi Editor – Noy Barak Original score – Ran Bagno Sound design – Shahaf Wagshall Produced by the Sam Spiegel Film and Television school. With the support of Israel Cinema Project – Rabinovich Foundation. Awards : Cinéfondation, Cannes Film Festival, the International Student Film Festival Tel Aviv, Ophir Award for Best Short Film: the Israeli Academy of Film and Television, Honorable Mention Award for Best Short Film : Toronto International Film Festival, Best Directing Award: Early Bird International Student Film Festival, Audience Award: the International Student Film & Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy (ISFVF), Poitiers Film Festival, RIFF- Roma Independent Film Festival, Mecal Pro, International Short and Animation Film Festival, Barcelona, Best Actress Award: Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia. Festivals : Haifa International Film Festival, ; Cannes Film Festival, the International Student Film Festival Tel Aviv; MelbourneInternational Film Festival; Sarajevo Film Festival; Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival; TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, the International Student Film & Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy (ISFVF); UK Jewish Film Festival; Cinemed, Montpellier Mediterranean International Film Festival; Pancevo Film Festival; Leeds International Film Festival; Poitiers Film Festival; RIFF- Roma Independent Film Festival; International Festival of Film schools Munich; Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana; Early Bird International Student Film Festival; Cinemaiubit Short Film Festival, Bucharest; Vilnius International Film Festival; Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival, France; Aspen Shortsfest, Colorado; Mecal Pro, International Short and Animation Film Festival, Barcelona; Brussels Jewish International Film Festival; Israeli Film Festival in Cannes; Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine; Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia, Tokyo, Japan; San Francisco Jewish Film Festival; Beer-Sheva Short Film Festival; Herceg Novi, Montenegro Film Festival