Call for Dreams

  • Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Ran Slavin
  • Israel, Japan 2018
  • 84 minutes
  • Japanese, English, Hebrew, Russian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

In a rain swept Tokyo, Eko complicates her life by publishing a 'Call for Dreams' ad in the newspaper. With her scooter she visits the homes of strangers who leave descriptions of their dreams on her analog answering machine and, for a fee, deciphers the dreams for them. As the dreams seep into reality, a parallel police investigation of a murder in Tel Aviv unfolds.

Call for Dreams is the second feature by filmmaker, composer and artist Ran Slavin.

Following the screening Ran Slavin will hold a 15 minutes talk in the Festival Garden.

Dr. Keren Or-Chen will follow with a talk about lucid dreams. Dr. Or-Chen, a lecturer at the Haifa University, holds a Ph.D in Decision Making under Uncertainty. Duration: approx. 40 min.

Viewers will be invited to a drink of sake or green tea, and following the talks there will be a cocktail in the Festival Garden.


  • Director Ran Slavin
  • Production Ronen Ben Tal
  • Script Ran Slavin
  • Cinematography Maayan Blech, Yuri Gershberg, Neil Cohen, Ran Slavin
  • Editing Ran Slavin
  • Music Ran Slavin
  • Sound Design Itzik Cohen
  • Festivals Cinema South
  • Actors Mami Shimazaki, Yehezkel Lazarov, Yuval Robichek, Oleg Levin, Olga Kurkulina, Harue Masuda, Takanori Kawaharada, Akila Kawamura
  • Source Plan B, Tel Aviv / Nocturnal Rainbow Films, Tel Aviv