Talya Lavie & Dana Ivgy, Zero Motivation

Israeli writer-director Talya Lavie and her lead actress Dana Ivgy scored a hit at home and at last spring's Tribeca Film Festival, where Zero Motivation won the Best Narrative Feature prize. A Catch-22-style satirical send-up of the absurdities of army life for an all-female squadron, Zero Motivation was, Lavie says, inspired by her actual and imagined experiences.

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