As they announce the new program for this year’s SXSW Festival  we take a look back at one of our favorite movies from last years Fest that is now streaming on several major platforms.

Aviva from Israeli-American Boaz Yakin is a very unconventional film about an equally unconventional love story.  Starting  with a woman sitting nude on a bed who explains that she is primarily a dancer and choreographer, that the words she’s speaking weren’t written by her, but by a man.

Aviva, played by Russian dancer Zina Zinchenko, and Eden, played by Tyler Phillips, develop a transatlantic relationship after being introduced over email by a mutual friend. Their love becomes tumultuous once Aviva moves from Paris to New York to be with Eden, and the pressures of real life begin to take hold.  However Aviva has a  masculine side played Or Schraiber,

This very unusual contemporary dance movie really makes for compelling viewing.  Now on YouTube, Google Play and  Amazon Prime