It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad
It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad by Mili Pecherer
FRA 2019, Berlinale Shorts
© Mili Pecherer
Film poster
It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad by Mili Pecherer
FRA 2019, Berlinale Shorts
A boat filled with rams is sailing on a dark and deep sea,
full of bottles with letters that no one has ever opened.
But I opened one of these bottles and read the letter.
It was written by a Mohammad, son of Sabah,
who simply thanked God without asking him for anything in return.
This is where my story begins, a story of a troubled shepherdess,
who suddenly finds something she was looking for.
And loses it.
That’s the way it is.”
With
- Mili Pecherer (Herself)
- God (Himself)
- Abraham & Isaac (Themselves)
- Antelopes (The Ram)
Crew
| Written and Directed by | Mili Pecherer |
| Screenplay | The Bible |
| 3D Animation | Mili Pecherer, Alexis Hallaert |
| Editing | Jean Hubert, Mili Pecherer |
| Sound | Arno Ledoux |
| Music | Eliav Varda |
| Production Manager | Bertrand Scalabre |
World sales
Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains
Produced by
Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains
Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck, Mili Pecherer
The section head in conversation with the director.
It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 24, 2020
Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck, Mili Pecherer, Sandra Leege
The section head with the director of the short film, that was selected candidate for the European Film Awards (middle) and the representative of the European Film Academy.
It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad · Berlinale Shorts · Berlin Short Film Candidate For The European Film Awards · Feb 29, 2020
Mili Pecherer
The short film is the Berlin Short Film Candidate For The European Film Awards.
It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 23, 2020
Tamar Birger, Omer Sterenberg, Shiri Kuban, Gaya Elstein, Mili Pecherer
The film team and the directors of the two short films at the ARTE Network Coffee.
HaMa’azin · It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 25, 2020
Mili Pecherer, Omer Sterenberg
The directors at the ARTE Network Coffee.
It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad · HaMa’azin · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 25, 2020
Knut Elstermann, Adrien Mérigeau, Mili Pecherer, Rafael Manuel, Keisha Rae Witherspoon
The directors of the award winning short films at the Berlinale Talk.
Genius Loci · It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad · Filipiñana · T · Berlinale Shorts · Audi Short Film Award · Golden Bear for Best Short Film · Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) · Berlin Short Film Candidate For The European Film Awards · Feb 29, 2020
Mili Pecherer
The director, who was born in Israel in 1988, claims to have made films with Napoleon Bonaparte, God, a haemorrhoid and a donkey before adopting video game technology to obtain a new narrative freedom. Her work takes on the great biblical tales and confronts them with her own questions. She is a graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and Le Fresnoy art school in Tourcoing, France. She currently lives in Marseille. Her film It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad screened in Berlinale Shorts in 2021.
Filmography
2012 2pac Its Olrait; short film 2014 Yeruham Off-Season 2017 La vie sans pompe 2018 How Glorious It Is to Be a Human Being 2019 It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad; short film 2021 Tsigele-Migele; short film 2024 We Will Not Be the Last of Our Kind; short film
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024