# How to Be Alone (2016 film)

How to Be Alone (Hebrew: איך להיות לבד, romanized: Eich Lihiyot Levad) is a 2016 short Israeli student film, produced and directed by Erez Eisenstein. The script is an adaptation of a short story of the same name by Orna Coussin, first published in 2006.
The world premiere of the film took place in Palace of Culture and Science, on 16 April 2016, as part of Poland's LGBT Film Festival.

## Plot

A brokenhearted lesbian woman (Nili Tserruya) grapples with her lonely existence as a singleton. She decides to walk on a different path than the majority. Tired by the constant struggle to fit in a perfectly happy society, she chooses to explore herself and teach herself how to embrace solitude and transgress the mundane world.

## Cast
### Main cast

* Nili Tserruya
* Ofri Fuchs
* Lia Friedman
* Or Ilan-Cohen
* Rami Baruch as the author

### Extended cast

* Shlomi BiBi
* Addi Gefen
* Batzion Rogozinsky
* Mya Kaplan
* Mor Granit
* Maayan Shay

## Festivals

Festivals :
| # | Event name | Date(s) | Location(s) |
| 1 | 7th LGBT Film Festival 2016 | 16 April 2016 | Warsaw, Łódź, Gdańsk, Poznań and Katowice |
| 2 | QFest | 27 April 2016 | St. Louis |
| 3 | 31st Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival | 8 May 2016 | Turin |
| 4 | OutlantaCon | May 2016 | Atlanta |
| 5 | 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival | 27 May 2016 | Mumbai |
| 6 | TLVFest #11 the 11th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival | 30 May 2016 | Tel Aviv |
| 7 | Sun & Sand - The Mississippi Film & Music Festival | June 2016 | Biloxi |
| 8 | 5th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival 2016 | 12 June 2016 | Bangalore |
| 9 | 13th OutfestPeru 2016 | 27 June 2016 | Lima |
| 10 | Montefeltro Film School Festival | 19 July 2016 | Pennabilli |
| 11 | Macon Film Festival | 23 July 2016 | Macon |
| 12 | 5th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival 2016 | 24 July 2016 | Kolkata |
| 13 | The 6th Annual Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival | 27 August 2016 | Durban |
| 14 | The Atlanta LGBT Film & Music Festival | August 2016 | Atlanta |
| 15 | Verona International Film Festival | September 2016 | Venice |
| 16 | Great Lakes International Film Festival | September 2016 | Erie |
| 17 | 18th Thessaloniki International LGBTIQ Film Festival | 24 September 2016 | Thessaloniki |
| 18 | 29th Girona Film Festival | 29 September 2016 | Girona |
| 19 | 10th Iris Prize | 15 October 2016 | Cardiff |
| 20 | The Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival | 22 October 2016 | Barcelona |
| 21 | Perlen - Queer Film Festival Hannover | 22 October 2016 | Hanover |
| 22 | Festival de Cine Lesbico, Gay Bi Trans | 29 October 2016 | Santiago |
| 23 | LesGaiCineMad | 4 November 2016 | Madrid |
| 24 | St. Louis International Film Festival | 6 November 2016 | St. Louis |
| 25 | Gay Film Nights | 14 November 2016 | Cluj-Napoca |
| 26 | TRANSITION International Queer Minorities Film Festival | 15 November 2016 | Vienna |
| 27 | UK Jewish Film Festival | 19 November 2016 | London |
| 28 | Videodrunk | 2 December 2016 | Toronto |
| 29 | IMAGE+NATION Montreal lesbian gay bi trans film festival | 3 December 2016 | Montreal |
| 30 | 9th OMOVIES - Lesbian Gay Transgender and Questioning Film Festival | 15 December 2016 | Naples |
| 31 | New Renaissance Film Festival | 5 March 2017 | Amsterdam |
| 32 | Indian World Film Festival 2017 | 19 March 2017 | Hyderabad |
| 33 | LGBT Toronto Film Festival | 27 June 2017 | Toronto |
| 34 | Berlin Student Film Festival | 25 January 2017 | Berlin |
| 35 | Hyperfest - International Student Film Festival | 28 October 2017 | Bucharest |
| 36 | LGBTQ Film Screening & Party (boombaframe) | 12 June 2019 | Tel Aviv |

## Awards

| Year | Event | Category | Recipient(s) / Nominee(s) | Result |
| 2016 | OutlantaCon | Best Student Film | How To Be Alone | Won |
| 2016 | OutlantaCon | Best Director | Erez Eisenstein | Nominated |
| 2016 | OutlantaCon | Best Cinematography | How To Be Alone | Won |
| 2016 | OutlantaCon | Best Performance | Nili Tserruya | Nominated |
| 2016 | TLVFest | Best Israeli Short Film | How To Be Alone Erez Eisenstein | Won |
| 2016 | Bangalore Shorts Film Festival | Best Cinematography | How To Be Alone Gleb Volkov (DOP) Erez Eisenstein (producer) | Won |
| 2016 | Macon Film Festival | Best of 'LGBT' Category | How To Be Alone Erez Eisenstein (director) | Won |
| 2016 | Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival | Best Director (Student) | Erez Eisenstein | Won |
| 2016 | Girona Film Festival | Best Jewish Film | How To Be Alone | Won |
| 2017 | Indian World Film Festival | Best Film (Student) | How To Be Alone | Won |
| 2017 | LGBT Toronto Film Festival | Best Performances | How To Be Alone | Won |