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David Gurfinkel: A Tribute

Cinematographer David Gurfinkel’s camera captures the essence of life in Israel. His works have produced some of the rarest and most magical cinematic moments in the history of Israeli film and he has facilitated Israeli’s golden age of cinema. 

Three Days and a Child

Dir.: Uri Zohar
| 90 minutes

A young man babysits for the young son of his former girlfriend for a period of three days, during which time he finds himself struggling with his ambivalent feelings towards the child.

Sh’chur

Dir.: Shmuel Hasfari
| 100 minutes

Hanna Azulai’s film tells the story of a 13-year-old who struggles with the demons that fill the life of her Moroccan family in Israel of the 1970s. 

Dangerous Acts

Dir.: Shemi Zarhin
| 96 minutes

On the day he is released from prison, Yisarael appears on the doorstep of the woman whose life he had changed. A weird relationship develops between the two.

Big Eyes

Dir.: Uri Zohar
| 76 minutes

A mixture of pathos and comedy about Beny Forman, married and father of two, who has an insatiable appetite for women.... One of the cornerstones of Israeli cinema that should not be missed.

Nina’s Tragedies

Dir.: Savi Gabizon
| 106 minutes

14-year-old Nadav tells about his dysfunctional family – his parents’ divorce, his dying father, his wild mother, his love for his aunt, Nina

The Loners

Dir.: Renen Schorr
| 91 minutes

Two lone soldiers in Israel arrive filled with motivation and the desire to excel. But they are caught within the pitfalls of those who have no connections or influence. Based on the events that took place in an Israeli military prison in 1997.

Summer of Aviya

Dir.: Eli Cohen
| 90 minutes

One summer in the life of the nine-year-old daughter of a Holocaust survivor during the early years of the state of Israel. A tender portrayal based on the true story of Gila Almagor who plays the role of her own mother.

A Hole in the Moon

Dir.: Uri Zohar
| 72 minutes

A Hole in the Moon is a wild, zany parody of Israel in the early 1960s. Zohar, a new immigrant, opens a kiosk in the middle of nowhere. The lack of clients doesn’t deter Heffner from opening a competing business across the road.

Onsite screening

Hamsin

Dir.: Daniel Wachsmann
| 87 minutes

The Israeli government’s appropriation of Arab lands shatters the fragile co-existence between Jews and Arabs in a Galilee village. Daniel Wachsmann second feature is as relevant as ever.