{"id":105421,"date":"2023-11-02T10:22:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=105421"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:32:41","slug":"alum-ben-ducoff-plays-teacher-in-his-debut-feature-film","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2023\/alum-ben-ducoff-plays-teacher-in-his-debut-feature-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Bostonia feature: Teacher and CFA Alum Ben Ducoff on His Debut Feature Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-emphasis-on-text has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-primary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Group-Photo.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Group-Photo.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Group-Photo-636x477.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Group-Photo-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Group-Photo-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Group-Photo-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Group-Photo-1333x1000.jpeg 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Group-Photo-1600x1200.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Actor Lisa Anne Loggins (from left), film director Amnon Carmi, screenwriter, producer, and star Ben Ducoff, and actor Mitchell Fields on set. Fields was Ducoff and Amnon\u2019s high school film and acting teacher at the Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Academy in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">CFA Alumni<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTeacher and CFA Alum Ben Ducoff on His Debut Feature Film\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Dark comedy <em>Yaniv<\/em> follows a fictional high school teacher who infiltrates an underground Israeli card game run by Hasidic Jews<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">November 2, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><em>This article originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2023\/ben-ducoff-plays-teacher-in-yaniv-his-debut-feature-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bostonia<\/a> on November 2, 2023. By Sujena Soumyanath (COM\u201925).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph news-block-editorial-introparagraph has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-primary is-style-dropcap-dimensional\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>What do a New York public high school, an Israeli card game, and a school musical have in common? The creative mind of New York City\u2013based filmmaker and producer Ben Ducoff. Ducoff (CFA\u201815), who studied theater at Boston University, blends these three themes in&nbsp;<em>Yaniv<\/em>, his first feature film<em>.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote news-block-bu-pullquote is-style-modern has-image-focus-center-middle has-primary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">The whole process has been a dream come true. As a kid, I could never imagine this happening, but it is\u2014and it\u2019s thrilling.\u00a0<\/div><footer class=\"caption\"><br\/>Ben Ducoff (CFA&#8217;15), screenwriter, producer, and star of <em>Yaniv<\/em><\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ducoff developed the idea with his best friend, Amnon Carmi, who directs the film, which includes four additional CFA alums who worked in various roles in front of, and behind, the camera.&nbsp;<em>Yaniv,&nbsp;<\/em>part comedy, part drama,follows Barry Bernstein, a high school teacher in the Bronx\u2014played by Ducoff\u2014whose school is facing budget cuts to its arts curriculum. To scrape together the money needed to stage the school\u2019s spring musical, Bernstein infiltrates an underground community of Hasidic jews playing Yaniv, the Israeli card game in question. With his best friend and fellow teacher in tow, he tries to cheat the game, encountering chaos, comedy, and adventure in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When&nbsp;<em>Bostonia&nbsp;<\/em>spoke with Ducoff, the SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild\u2013American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) strike was in full swing, which severely curtailed actors\u2019 ability to promote their upcoming films. Fortunately, Ducoff received an interim agreement from the actors union and was able to tell us how he came up with the idea for the film, what the titular card game entails, and the challenges he faced making his first feature film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay news-block-editorial-photoessay wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-full-f\">\n<div class=\"photo-f\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat-636x425.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat-1498x1000.jpeg 1498w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Poster-feat.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a news-block-editorial-q-and-a has-primary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-title\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-title-heading\">Q<span>&amp;<\/span>A<\/h2><h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-title-subheading\">with Ben Ducoff<\/h4><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-question\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Bostonia:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">How did you get the idea for&nbsp;<em>Yaniv<\/em>?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-answer\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Ducoff:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">The film is partially based off of my experience teaching in the South Bronx. I still work for the Department of Education, that\u2019s my day job. During the pandemic, we [Carmi and I] were bouncing ideas off of each other, like, what would be a good story?&nbsp;<br><br>We grew up playing this Israeli card game, Yaniv, and we always would joke that it would be a great game in a casino. And then it was like boom, okay: what if there\u2019s this teacher who\u2019s got to raise money for the school musical, so he infiltrates the underground game? The whole world kind of unraveled from there.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-question\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Bostonia:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">Tell us more about the film\u2019s storyline.&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-answer\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Ducoff:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">The film is about a high school teacher in the Bronx who runs the drama club. All the arts funding gets cut that year and he can\u2019t do the spring musical, so [to raise money] he decides to infiltrate an underground card game run by Orthodox Jews. It\u2019s a game that he learned from his grandfather, who lets him know there is a place you can play for money if you so choose. He ends up recruiting his best friend at work, who\u2019s the statistics teacher and a recovering gambling addict, and he dresses his friend up as an Orthodox Jew and they go in and basically cheat at this game. Then they get caught and it all unravels\u2014but there\u2019s a happy ending.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-question\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Bostonia:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">Who were the other CFA alums involved in the film, and what was it like working with them?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-answer\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Ducoff:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">Nik Sadhnani (CFA\u201915) produced the movie with me and also has a supporting role in it, as a rude party guest. Annabelle Steven (CFA\u201916) plays one of the female leads, Deb, a new teacher at Ed Koch High School, and Ben Salus (CFA\u201916) plays Rick, a soon-to-be groom, whose bachelor party leads to disaster. We also had Ian Geers (CFA\u201914), who helped out behind the camera and played background characters in several scenes.&nbsp;<br><br>Annabelle and I were in the same class at BU and had done a play together. So acting with someone you already have rapport with is just really great. It was the same thing with Nik. I felt like we all spoke the same language. We\u2019d come out of the same training program, and we knew how to make things happen together. So when I was finally ready to produce the feature\u2014these are my closest friends from school and we know how to create together\u2014it really made sense to bring them on board. It paid off really well.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-question\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Bostonia:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">The film also involved a partnership with the New York Department of Education. Can you talk about that?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-answer\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Ducoff:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">I teach at a school called Hero High School, and this filmmaking program came out of a partnership with the New York Department of Youth and Community Development. They basically offer paid internship programs, where they place students at work sites and pay their wages.&nbsp;<br><br>There were about 10 students from the program that came to work on the set when we were filming in New York, and they were dispersed across departments. They were working in the art department, doing hair and makeup, and assisting the camera department, while others were holding the boom mic. They were really instrumental with the art department, because it was the middle of the summer, but we were filming in a school and had to make it seem like the middle of the school year. So these kids made fake homework assignments, fake student council posters, and fake extracurriculars. Some of them were even in the movie, and they recruited kids in the neighborhood who came in and played students as well. And the kids that had lines could get their SAG [Screen Actors Guild] eligibility.&nbsp;<br><br>One student, who was graduating, got a job offer to be first assistant director for a project. So we saw students going from our program and just getting a foot in the door in the industry. It was really incredible.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-question\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Bostonia:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">How has the Jewish community reacted to<em>&nbsp;Yaniv<\/em>?<br><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-answer\"><span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-name\">Ducoff:<\/span> <span class=\"wp-block-editorial-q-and-a-content\">I mean, first of all, we had some Orthodox Jews working on the film with us. We also had rabbinical and Yiddish consultants. It was really important to us that we not lean into any stereotypes. What we really wanted to do was tell a story about modern Jewish life. We\u2019ve also been accepted into a number of Jewish film festivals. So, this is a movie that is our own strange, bizarre love letter to the Jewish community.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-background has-primary-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Classroom_Frame-1024x707.jpeg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Classroom_Frame-1024x707.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Classroom_Frame-1024x707.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Classroom_Frame-636x439.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Classroom_Frame-768x530.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Classroom_Frame-1536x1061.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Classroom_Frame-1448x1000.jpeg 1448w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/11\/Yaniv-Classroom_Frame.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4>Read the full interview with Ducoff in <em>Bostonia<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The whole process has been a dream come true. 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