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BestZalel 2024

A festive selection of the best of 2024 films by students from year 1-3 in the Department of Screen-Based Arts, Bezalel.

Opening Event

Greetings (in Heb.)

White Plastic Sky

Dir.: Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó
| 111 minutes

In a not-too-distant future without animals and plants where the price of human survival is high, a young man breaks every rule to save his wife. With rotoscoped animation that allows the directors to emphasize the heroes' emotional dimension, they engage with questions of love and commitment.

Chicken for Linda!

Dir.: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
| 73 minutes

Paulette owes her daughter Linda an apology. She is willing to put in the effort and make Linda her favorite chicken dish. But Paulette doesn't cook and she doesn't have a chicken. With delicate hand-drawn animation, this is a lovely, humorous, and touching portrait of a mother-daughter relationship.

Mars Express

Dir.: Jérémie Périn
| 88 minutes

Aline Ruby, an obstinate private detective, and Carlos Rivera, an android replica of his deceased partner, throw themselves into a race against time across Mars. They must find Jon Chow, a simple cybernetics student, before he is caught and is killed. A futuristic animation work bursting with brilliance.

Who Is a Hero?

A collection of short animated films inspired by Pirkei Avot. The screening will be accompanied by a lecture and conversation with the filmakers

Flavors of Iraq

Dir.: Leonard Cohen
| 95 minutes

Following his father's death, French-Iraqi journalist Feurat Alani reflects on his father's journey from Iraq to France. He revisits his own personal story as an immigrant son and the country’s current history.

Alice

Dir.: Jan Švankmajer
| 85 minutes

This astounding work by Czech surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer is, without doubt, the most spectacular adaptation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland."  The film is abundant with a stunning combination of pure nonsense and careful logic, black humor, and psychological enlightenment, including many outlandish moments.

Thursday 21.11.24 21.11.24
18:00
18:00
Cinematheque 1
Cinematheque 1
2024-11-21 18:00:00 2024-11-21 21:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Flow Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque

Flow

Dir.: Gints Zilbalodis
| 84 minutes

After a great flood, a Cat finds refuge on a boat populated by various species and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world. A spectacular animation.

Thursday 21.11.24 21.11.24
18:00
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Cinematheque 2
Cinematheque 2
2024-11-21 18:00:00 2024-11-21 21:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Reports from the Foreign Heart | A Collection of Israeli Animated Films <p>A trio of Israeli docu-animated films that strive for intimacy with the other and the stranger, just outside the corner of the existential eye. Three original, deep, and sensitive films that use animation to travel through the different spaces between the inner and outer worlds.</p><p>Following the screening, conversation with the filmmakers (in Heb.)</p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque

Reports from the Foreign Heart | A Collection of Israeli Animated Films

A trio of Israeli docu-animated films, these are original, deep, and sensitive works that use animation to travel through the different spaces between the inner and outer worlds. Conversation with the filmmakers (in Heb.)
Thursday 21.11.24 21.11.24
20:30
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Cinematheque 1
Cinematheque 1
2024-11-21 20:30:00 2024-11-21 23:30:00 Asia/Jerusalem Ghost Cat Anzu Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque

Ghost Cat Anzu

Dir.: Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita
| 94 minutes

An animated film about a walking and talking cat that helps a little girl deal with life's hardships? Does one need any more reasons to watch this work? If so, the illustrious animation and combination of humor and sentiment add to a work that is funny, peculiar, and extremely satisfying.

Thursday 21.11.24 21.11.24
20:30
20:30
Cinematheque 3
Cinematheque 3
2024-11-21 20:30:00 2024-11-21 23:30:00 Asia/Jerusalem Best of Annecy 2024 <p><strong><span>Afterparty</span></strong></p><p><span>France 2024</span></p><p><span>GOBELINS Paris (</span>Xinrou ZHOU , Louise TRICHET, Cassiopée MELERO, Morgane FRAUDEAU, Cléo DE LASTEYRIE, Juliette DIVOL)</p><p><span>The sun rises over the city of Lisbon the day after its biggest festival, Santo Antonio. As citizens wake up and begin their day, the festival decorations come to life as they leave the city.</span></p><p><strong><span>The Car That Came Back from the Sea</span></strong></p><p><span>Switzerland 2023</span></p><p><span>Jadwiga KOWALSKA</span></p><p><span>Full of exuberance and frivolousness, six friends drive to the Polish Baltic coast and back in a small, beaten-up car. During their trip, their car and their country fall apart. Nevertheless, life goes on.</span></p><p><strong><span>Carrotica</span></strong></p><p><span>Germany 2024</span></p><p><span>Daniel STERLIN-ALTMAN</span></p><p><span>A mother and son navigate their lust and loneliness in the queerest of ways.</span></p><p><strong><span>[S]</span></strong></p><p><span>UK 2024</span></p><p><span>Mario RADEV</span></p><p><span>[S] is a loop that exposes the lifespan of infinity. The film delves into an immersive loop of organic forms, reflecting on the entangled nature of life and art.</span></p><p><strong><span>Beautiful Men</span></strong></p><p><span>Belgium, France, Netherlands 2023</span></p><p><span>Nicolas KEPPENS</span></p><p><span>Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.</span></p><p><strong><span>Butterfly</span></strong></p><p><span>France 2024</span></p><p><span>Florence MIAILHE</span></p><p><span>A man is swimming in the sea. As he does, memories rise to the surface. From his early childhood to his life as a man, all his memories are linked to water. Some are happy, some glorious, some traumatic.</span></p><p><strong>Hurikán</strong></p><p><span>Czech Republic, France Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024</span></p><p><span>Jan SASKA</span></p><p><span>Hurikán rushes out to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst. Despite getting the keg, he succumbs to temptation.</span></p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque

Best of Annecy 2024

Afterparty | The Car That Came Back from the Sea | Carrotica | [S] | Beautiful Men | Butterfly | Hurikán