UNHOLY

By Daisy FRIEDMAN

SER NOCTURNA - as PROD

Female director - Completed 2024

Unholy follows Noa, a young adult with a complex gastrointestinal disorder, as she attends her family's Passover Seder for the first time since being put on a feeding tube. There, she is confronted by pushy family members, malfunctioning medical devices, and a room full of food she cannot eat.

Festivals
& Awards

SXSW 2025
Sundance 2025
Narrative Shorts Competition
SXSW 2025
Narrative Shorts Competition
Omaha Film Festival 2025
Narrative Shorts
National Film Festival for Talented Youth 2025
Narrative
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Female director, Comedy, Jewish
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, HEBREW
    • Duration
    • 14 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Daisy FRIEDMAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Arielle FRIEDMAN (Ser Nocturna), Camila GRIMALDI (Ser Nocturna), Isaak POPKIN, Daisy FRIEDMAN
    • Synopsis
    • Unholy" centers on Noa, a 20-year-old living with Short Bowel Syndrome, who attends her family’s Passover Seder while using a feeding tube for nutrition. Surrounded by well-meaning but often insensitive relatives, Noa struggles to fit in with a family that no longer understands her. As her family tries to look past her illness to find "normalcy," Noa feels increasingly isolated, unable to partake in the traditional foods and rituals she once cherished. In the end, she expresses to her father her fear of losing the holiness she once found in prayer and food. Her father offers emotional support through a traditional blessing, reaffirming Noa’s place in the family.