It is hard to fathom how much trauma Israeli filmmaker Shaylee Atary has endured.
In 2016, she was in a car accident that required lengthy rehabilitation. “I was in a wheelchair for more than a year,” says Atary, who today walks with the help of a cane.
The story inspired a 2020 short film, Neurim, which Atary wrote, directed and starred in.
In 2023 she released Single Light, a story based on a sexual assault she experienced that emphasises the importance of friendship during dark times.
The perfect thing about art is that it has a way of healing, because you write the story again, and you take control back.
“In this dark moment, all that a person needs is just one light,” says Atary, 35, on a video call from Israel. “Just one person to be there and not be afraid of the situation.”
