People That Are Not Me

Hadas Ben Aroya, who both created and embodied the confused character, demonstrates a good deal of assuredness and lucidity

Pardo Live – Locarno Festival
  • Archive - Festival 32
  • Director: Hadas Ben Aroya
  • Israel 2016
  • 80 minutes
  • Hebrew
  • Subtitles in English


Joy can't let go of her ex, can't fall in love with the new guy, and can’t stop sleeping around with strangers. This is a story about young people in Tel Aviv who yearn for intimacy and are also terrified by it; who talk endlessly but never say anything authentic.
People That Are Not Me, Hadas Ben Aroya’s first feature film, is a Tel Aviv-set romantic dramedy that premiered at the 2016 Locarno Festival. Ben Aroya self-produced the film and plays its lead.
Feature Debut

The filmmakers will attend the screening./


  • Director Hadas Ben Aroya
  • Production Hadas Ben Aroya
  • Script Hadas Ben Aroya
  • Cinematography Meidan Arama
  • Editing Or Lee-Tal
  • Music Yuval Shenhar
  • Sound Design Neal Gibbs
  • Festivals Locarno
  • Actors Hadas Ben Aroya, Yonatan Bar-Or, Meir Toledano
  • Source Hadas Ben Aroya, Tel Aviv

People That Are Not Me