Rama Burshtein

Rama Burshtein-Shai (Hebrew: רמה בורשטיין שי) is an American-born Israeli filmmaker best known for her 2012 debut feature, Fill the Void.

[1] Prior to Fill the Void, Burshtein was part of a collective of Orthodox Jewish women film-makers who funded, produced, directed, and wrote films for themselves.

[3] According to Burshtein, it took her 15 years to complete her debut film, Fill the Void, with numerous delays over writing, casting, and editing.

Fill the Void starred Chayim Sharir, Hadas Yaron, Hila Feldman, Ido Samuel, Irit Sheleg, Razia Israeli, Renana Raz, Yael Tal, and Yiftach Klein.

It is the story of a religious Jewish woman who must make a decision about whether or not to marry her late sister's husband.