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Bibo brushes with history for Charlotte

BY TOM GRATER

French animator and director Eric “Bibo” Bergeron (Shark Tale, A Monster In Paris) and his producer Julia Rosenberg are in Jerusalem to check out the city’s budding animation scene and discuss potential partnerships. The pair are gearing up for their ambitious feature animation project Charlotte, about German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon. Bergeron is also delivering a masterclass at Jerusalem Film Festival’s animation development event The Hop, Skip & A Jump II on July 19.

The Canada-France-Belgium coproduction between Rosenberg’s January Films, Eric Goossens and Anton Roebben’s Walking the Dog (A Monster In Paris), and Blue Spirit (My Life As A Courgette) has a $10m budget. The project is inspired by the life and work of Salomon, who painted 769 works in the south of France between 1941 and 1943 while hiding from the Nazis. “Her story spoke to me immediately. It went straight to my heart,” Bergeron told Screen International.

BY TOM GRATER

This year’s Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF) feted a collective love for cinema and put a greater emphasis on international industry. JFF’s industry arm was boosted by the inaugural edition of Think Fest. The new film festival-focused event brought together leading festival directors from Tribeca, Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary, Locarno, Berlin and Sarajevo among others to discuss the burning issues facing the festival ecosystem, including challenges posed by the emergence of streaming giants Netflix and Amazon. JFF artistic

We must help each other more.”

The festival is reporting high levels of public engagement, not just in the generally well-attended Israeli features, but also for highprofile international titles such as Cannes premieres The Beguiled and Good Time. Younger audiences have been coming out in greater numbers this year, according to the JFF. Which titles triumph in the festival’s award categories will be revealed on July 20 at a ceremony held at the Cinematheque, while screenings continue to run until July 23, when JFF officially wraps.

Good Time

FEATURE Small wonders Profiling the 20 titles in this year’s Israeli Short Film Competition » Page 4

REVIEW Good Time Robert Pattinson is never-better in this edgy, immersive thriller » Page 6

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Sam Spiegel Lab names new director

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BY TOM GRATER

Ofir Raul Graizer, writer-director of Israeli Feature Competition title The Cakemaker, on the red carpet for his film’s Jerusalem Film Festival premiere.

Jump-start for Jerusalem animators The second edition of the animationfocused The Hop, Skip & A Jump continues today and tomorrow (July 19-20). The event, involving mentoring, masterclasses and pitching for eight animation projects, is an initiative of the Jerusalem Film & TV Fund as part of its drive to grow an animation industry in the city. “We learned a lot from the first edition,” says fund director Yoram Honig. “One of the

director Elad Samorzik celebrated the first edition of Think Fest: “We’re super happy. It was a good time to start reflecting on the past and talking about the future of film festivals in the changing world of arthouse cinema.”

Following a successful first edition, Samorzik expects the initiative to run and run, potentially beyond Jerusalem. “I am certain it will develop into something larger, not only in Jerusalem,” he says. “People here from various festivals were really excited. We will have more collaboration between festivals.

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key feedbacks was that both the mentors and the projects were too arthouse last year. We’ve tried to be more commercially focused and looked for projects with market potential as well as mentors and speakers with experience in Hollywood productions or successful animation works.”

Speakers include Israeli animators Gili Dolev and Alex Melanie Goodfellow Orrelle.

Wise Hassan, Asia and Echoes scale the Pitch Point summit

BY TOM GRATER

The winners from the 12th edition of Jerusalem Pitch Point were unveiled at Jerusalem Film Festival on Monday (July 17) during a ceremony held at Ticho House. The initiative’s top prize the Van Leer Award, worth $5,500 (ILS20,000), went to Palestinian filmmaker Tawfik Abu Wael’s Wise Hassan.

The Tel Aviv-set thriller marks the director’s third feature and is being

produced by Baher Agbariya at Haifa-based Majdal Films.

Ruthy Pribar’s Asia took the DB & Opus Award, which comes with post-production services to the value of $15,000 (ILS55,000). The Cinelab Award went to Amikam Kovner and Assaf Snir’s Echoes, about a man trying to discover the identity of his late wife’s lover. Yoni Paran and Keren Michael of Doria Media Paran are producing.

Sam Spiegel International Film Lab associate director Ifat Tubi is leaving the programme after six years. Lior Sasson, Israel’s former cultural attaché in Los Angeles, has been named as his replacement and will guide the lab at next year’s Jerusalem Film Festival.

During his tenure, Tubi has overseen the lab’s backing of Oscar-winning Son Of Saul, as well as One Week And A Day and Apprentice. “After six years at the Sam Spiegel Lab, where we created one of the most prestigious platforms for young filmmakers, it’s time for me to move on,” says Tubi.

“I’m proud of our achievements.”

Sasson, who oversaw the Israel Film Pavillion at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and is a member of the Israel Film and TV Producers Association board, says, “It is a great honour and privilege to join this international and professional organisation that Renen [Schorr] and Ifat established.”

According to Schorr, director of the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School, the lab’s future is uncertain as from next year it will lose Israel National Lottery funding.

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Polonski promises an Oath

Claude Lanzmann and festival director Noa Regev outside Cinematheque 1 before the festival screening of Lanzmann’s latest feature Napalm, which premiered at Cannes this year. The French filmmaker’s 1973 documentary Israel, Why is also playing at this year’s JFF on July 19.

Ashkenazi takes short Way Back

BY TOM GRATER

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Ma’aleh alumni seize the festival spotlight

BY MELANIE GOODFELLOW

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Lior Ashkenazi, known for his roles in Big Bad Wolves, Walk On Water and the Oscar-nominated Footnote, and also as the regular host of Jerusalem Film Festival’s (JFF) opening night, is set to lead the cast of The Way Back, a short film that will shoot in the Israeli desert next month.

The film is being directed by Moshe Rosenthal, who won the best director prize in JFF’s short film competition for Leave Of Absence last year. Eyal Shiray (My Father My Lord) is producing the project, which is being funded by Gesher Multicultural Film Fund with the Arava Film Festival.

The short tells the story of a middle-aged man who has a secret love affair with a younger man in the small town of Arava.

When the pair go hiking in the desert, they suffer a fall and are wounded, facing them with a choice between calling for help or keeping their secret.

Seeing Leave Of Absence at last year’s JFF was the catalyst for Ashkenazi to board Rosenthal’s

Lior Ashkenazi at JFF

new project. “I thought he was very talented,” the popular Israeli actor tells Screen International.

“When I read the new script, I found the role very interesting. I have never had the chance to play this kind of character, a person who finds himself between two worlds struggling to keep a secret.”

Ashkenazi adds that he likes to mix up his roles. “Between projects, I love to take part in smaller productions including student films and shorts,” he says. “As an actor, you need to give the younger generation a chance to express themselves with serious actors.”

Emerging filmmaker Miki Polonski, whose short film Shmama premieres in the Israeli Shorts selection at Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF) this year, has revealed details of his upcoming debut feature. Entitled Brothers’ Oath, the drama revolves around two brothers living in a housing project who are pushed to the limits by poverty. “The younger brother is a hopeless gambler, who pushes the family deeper into the dark until they get weaker and weaker and eventually vanish. I’ve almost finished the first draft of the script,” says Polonski, who received development finance from the Rabinovich Foundation.

Shmama, which is Polonski’s second fiction short, heads to Locarno Film Festival in August after its JFF debut.

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Students of the Ma’aleh School of Television, Film and the Arts, past and present, will be out in force at Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF) today ( July 19). The school, dubbed the only Jewish film school in the world with a curriculum catering to both religious and secular students, has been a driving force in fostering the representation of religious communities on the big and small screen since its creation 25 years ago.

Alumna Anat Yuta Zuria’s documentary Conventional Sins premieres in the Israeli Documentary Competition while fourth year student Lihi Sabag’s Keren Or (A Ray Of Light) plays in the Israeli Shorts line-up. A joint work with Shira Clara Winther, Conventional Sins reconstructs the adolescence of a young man abused by a network of ultra-Orthodox paedophiles and then banished from his

Hasidic community, through the diary he kept as a 15-year-old.

Sabag’s short documentary Keren Or follows a vulnerable single mother she met while doing civilian service. “It’s a very touching story,” says Einat Kapach, director of international relations and special projects at the school.

After JFF, Ma’aleh’s profile looks set to rise on the international festival circuit in the coming months with the film of another alumnus, Amichai Greenberg, tipped to premiere at an A-list festival this autumn. The Testament is Greenberg’s debut feature after a number of TV and new media works and revolves around a senior Orthodox Holocaust researcher who stumbles on a dark secret from this family’s past. The drama is produced by Gum Films.

Talking about Ma’aleh’s legacy, Kapach says: “There are Ma’aleh graduates throughout the film and

TV industry today. Stories about religious people hardly existed 20 years ago but now you have series like Shtisel and Srugim, both of which involved graduates.” Both series, which were broadcast on Israel’s Yes Network, are set against the backdrop of Orthodox communities; Shtisel is being remade for Amazon by Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman.

Other high-profile projects in the works from Ma’aleh graduates include Eliran Malka’s The NonConformists. It is his debut feature after the well-travelled short film 71 Square Meters, which focused on a young man returning to his former family home on the eve of its demolition. The Non-Conformists will explore the rise of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas party.

Production company Dori Media Paran is already plotting a local and international career for the film ahead of its shoot in October.

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IN FOCUS SHORT FILMS

Small wonders Variety is the spice of life for the short films competing at Jerusalem Film Festival. Tom Grater talks to Ariel Richter, the festival’s new director of Israeli competitions and industry days

The Unknown Soldier

Donkeys In The Holy Land

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his year’s crop of short films playing in competition in Jerusalem range from the story of an 18-year-old Jewish boy who mysteriously turns into an Arab overnight to an artistic depiction of a family of donkeys making their way through the Arava desert. The level of submissions this year may be slightly down on 2016’s bumper figure of 220, but the significant number (202) still represents a hike on the years before the festival became a gateway to the Academy Awards.

This is the third year that the overall winner from the Jerusalem shorts programme will automatically be entered into consideration for the Oscar shorlist, and the festival’s new director of Israeli competitions and industry days, Ariel Richter, believes this has helped to attract a higher quality of films. “A lot of Israeli filmmakers now realise that attending the Oscars with a short film isn’t impossible,” says Richter, who is programming his first year at the festival after taking over from Erez Barenholtz.

Richter himself produced short documentary The Mute’s House (Beit Ha’Ilemet), which last October reached the Oscar shortlist of 10, but missed out on a nomination. That followed Israeli live-action short Aya, which was Oscar-nominated in 2015. “A lot of people want to submit to Jerusalem because of those films,” says Richter, who also highlights that the country’s national film bodies are putting more support into short films.

‘A lot of Israeli filmmakers now realise that attending the Oscars with a short film isn’t impossible’ Ariel Richter

Right: Aya was Oscar-nominated in 2015

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“The film funds realise there’s an advantage in supporting short films, particularly from independent directors who already have names in international communities.”

Shorts are also an important gateway for emerging filmmakers, says Richter. “Israeli filmmakers are very well practised in the art of short films,” he says. “It’s very hard to get feature films made in a country like Israel, but they are given the opportunity by the film funds and by private investors to keep practising their craft by making shorts.”

Short support One example of this approach is David Volach, whose feature drama My Father My Lord won a jury award at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. He hasn’t made a feature since, but in Jerusalem is presenting a new short film, Donkeys In The Holy Land, a conceptual film depicting a family of donkeys making their way through the desert. The increased importance of shorts to jobbing Israeli filmmakers is represented in the make-up of this year’s 20-strong selection, which features seven films from independent sources (ie, not from the country’s film schools), up one from last year.

The shorts selection in Jerusalem is once again impressively representative gender-wise, belying the trend of male-directed films dominating festival programmes across the globe. Last year,

female directors made for a majority of the competition, and this year nine of the 20 titles are from women filmmakers.

Subjects explored in the crop of shorts include a documentary portrait of a 92-yearold Second World War veteran, the story of a teen confronted with his father’s homosexuality and an animated look at the life of an elementary school pupil in Israel. With no deliberate overarching theme to this year’s selection, Richter notes that he and his programming team were focused on “films that tell a good story and have a good structure” which also cover “as wide a span of social and filmmaking variety” as possible.

Last year’s festival awards for the short film competition were also dominated by women, with three of the four prizes going to female directors, including Alamork Marsha Davidian, who scooped the strand’s top prize, the Van Leer award, for Facing The Wall. This year, the number of awards has been scaled back to three (there will be no director award). The prize for the live-action short award winner has been doubled to $5,700 (ILS20,000), while awards for the best short documentary and best short animation will each be worth ILS10,000 ($2,900), up from $2,300 (ILS8,000) last year.

The wider festival will also once again include screenings of this year’s Oscar liveaction and animation shorts nominees, as well as the 2016 European Film Academy s short film award nominees. ■

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THE LINE-UP ISRAELI SHORT FILM COMPETITION 2017 PROGRAMME 1

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Portrait Of My Family In My Thirteenth Year (16 mins) Dir Omri Dekel-Kadosh, Sam Spiegel Film & Television School

Omri is trying to direct a scene recreating the day his dog died. The attempt becomes complicated when Omri’s father remembers the events differently.

The Bride’s Tree (18 mins) Dir Shadi Habib Allah, Sam Spiegel Film & Television School A 12-year-old boy is put in charge of watching over a 400-year-old tree. Life in the village unfolds beneath the tree, where the reality of living close to the Separation Wall is mixed with stories of loss and love.

The Caregiver (12 mins) Dir Ruthy Pribar, Goecha La Films After a short home-leave in India, Raj returns to his 85-year-old employer only to find out he’s been replaced by a Filipina caregiver named Joy. But Raj won’t back down without a fight.

Shmama (20 mins) Dir Miki Polonski, KM Productions Leah works as a hotel maid during the day while Meital, her daughter, sings in the hotel’s lobby at night. They live trapped in their relationship, surrounded by the Dead Sea.

One More Experiment (15 mins) Dir Sergey Vlasov, independent In the near future, when all actors are computeranimated and human actors are unemployed, an ageing actor comes to a booth where a computer directs his monologue reading.

Block 13 (25 mins) Dir Ofir Peretz, Steve Tisch School of Film & Television Keren Or (A Ray of Light)

Keren Or (A Ray Of Light) (30 mins) Dir Lihi Sabag, Ma’aleh School of Television, Film & the Arts

Teenage Michal is a single mother raising her baby daughter, Keren-Or. She wrestles with insurmountable obstacles in an effort to provide a good life for her child.

Omar (13 mins)

On Yom Kippur eve, the holiest night of the Hebrew year, a religious Jewish boy sets out on a journey to restore his waning faith in God.

The Revolution (14 mins) Dir Daniel Susz, Minshar School for Art Rebellious rich kid Tubi is getting ready to host a neighbourhood meet-up with his idol, a socialist politician. When his father tries to take over the event, Tubi must hit the streets and win over the community’s support.

Dirs Noa Gottesman and Asaf Schwartz, Steve Tisch School of Film & Television

Clal (5 mins)

A woman walks into the Clal Center building in Jerusalem in search of a toilet; there, a series of encounters sweep her into an awakening experience.

The Unknown Soldier (8 mins) Dir Efim Garboy, Steve Tisch School of Film & Television An intimate investigation of Second World War Soviet veteran, 92-year-old Newsak Weis, or as he prefers just Uncle Nusya. The mission is to discover a real person under the armour of medals.

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Nothing Happens (12 mins)

A story of separation between a mother and her beloved daughter, who leaves the familial home to move in with her new boyfriend.

This short experimental animated documentary depicts, through the eyes of a seven-year-old pupil, the strange and grotesque routine of elementary school in Israel.

Extraction (10 mins) Dir Liron Barchat, Sam Spiegel Film & Television School

Nothing Happens offers a new way of looking. It is about spectatorship – about watching and being watched.

Efrat goes to the dentist to undergo a tooth extraction. The appointment becomes unpredictable as she is swept into a fantasy.

Everlasting Mom (14 mins)

Close The Shutters (5 mins)

Dir Elinor Nechemya, Grisha Films A daughter’s fantasy of her mother, elusively portrayed at her own magical house and garden.

Dir Uri Shachter, Sapir Academic College

Dir Ynon Lan, Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design A young man tries to hold on to the image of his sick grandfather by piecing together fragments of memories.

Stranger Of The Dunes (22 mins) Dir Tamar Baruch, Golden Cinema Production

The identity of a young teenager is compromised by the announcement of his father’s homosexuality.

Donkeys In The Holy Land (5 mins) Dir David Volach, Golden Cinema Production

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Dir Shira Porat, Steve Tisch School of Film & Television

Dirs Uri and Michelle Kranot, Tin Drum Animation

Out (18 mins)

A family of donkeys makes its way through the Arava desert. But they are not alone.

A Perfect Day For Swimming (21 mins)

Hadarim (5 mins) Dir Shlomi Yosef, Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design

Eighteen-year-old Omer wakes up one day with a thick beard and discovers that he has turned into Omar, an Arab. This impossible situation forces Omar to keep his new identity undercover.

Dir Mor Messeri, Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design

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Everlasting Mom

An Eritrean refugee emerges from the desert to a small rural community in the Arava region. He yearns to belong but holds on to the memory of the lover he left behind.

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REVIEWS Reviews edited by Fionnuala Halligan finn.halligan@screendaily.com

Good Time Reviewed by Tim Grierson

The Big Sick Reviewed by Fionnuala Halligan You couldn’t make this delightful comedy up. The real-life nature of the cross-cultural romance between Pakistanborn stand-up comedian Kumail Nanjiani and his US girlfriend — and their families — lifts The Big Sick into the big league. It also forces the Judd Apatow-produced film into some unexpectedly dramatic moments when one of the characters becomes gravely ill, but this is a carefully crafted comedy that can withstand the tonal shifts.

Nanjiani relates his own romantic history, which he has co-written with his now-wife Emily V Gordon, finding the fun in terrorism, religion and racism, and proving that it’s really not too early for an audacious one-liner about 9/11. There is a great deal of charm to Nanjiani’s performance and that the actor is clearly older than his character makes his man-child even more appealing.

Kumail is working at a Chicago comedy club and driving for Uber when he meets student Emily (Zoe Kazan); neither is looking for love, and both are hiding secrets.

Kumail’s close-knit Pakistani family has made it clear he is expected to enter into an arranged marriage and Kumail has gone along with the charade, meeting up with potential wives with no intention of taking things any further. While their relationship may seem impossible, when Emily is suddenly taken sick Kumail is forced to confront his own hypocrisy and the depth of his feelings, helped along by Emily’s over-sharing parents (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano).

Despite its frankness and rich language, The Big Sick can be reminiscent of some early Richard Curtis comedies. There is an inevitability to the central romance, yet it is played out so deftly that every turn is welcome.

Perhaps that is because our love affair is not so much with Nanjiani and Emily, but their loud, lively families.

Finding a rich seam of humour in the often painful process of integration may not be new but it is always welcome, especially in these tricky political times.

The real-life drama of the hospital is a difficult element for director Michael Showalter to integrate smoothly into what is essentially a comedy of manners. That he does so with a fine sense of comic timing and a steely willingness to nudge up against the boundaries of good taste is a tribute to a great ensemble cast and fine-tuned script.

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GALA US. 2016. 119mins Director Michael Showalter Production company FilmNation Entertainment International sales FilmNation Entertainment, nyoffice@filmnation.com Producers Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel Executive producers Glen Basner, Ben Browning, Emily V Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani Screenplay Emily V Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani Editor Robert Nassau Production design Brandon Tonner-Connolly Music Michael Andrews Main cast Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupani Euler, Zenobia Shroff, Adeel Akhtar

Plenty of films revolve around heists gone wrong, but few have the desperate, grungy velocity of Good Time.

With Robert Pattinson giving a raw performance full of gutter urgency, this powerfully immersive thriller from directors Josh and Benny Safdie crackles with unpredictability, telling the story of a two-bit criminal who finds himself running into and out of jams one nightmarish evening, his journey becoming more surreal and absorbing at every turn.

After its Cannes premiere, this A24 offering is set for release in the US on August 11. The Safdies have earned critical acclaim but little commercial visibility for their intense dramas Daddy Longlegs and Heaven Knows What. But considering this new work is in a more mainstream genre and stars Pattinson, Good Time should give the brothers a much-deserved higher profile.

Pattinson plays Connie, a lower-income Queens hood who wants to help his mentally challenged brother Nick (Benny Safdie). He convinces him to team up and rob a bank. The heist is successful, but soon after the cops arrest Nick, forcing Connie to come up with an impromptu plan to spring him.

The brilliance of the Safdies’ film lies in its sharp eye for detail and its casually inventive storytelling. Learning that Nick is in hospital after a brutal jail beating, his brother improvises a way to get him out — the first of several instances in which Connie displays a quicksilver intelligence and an ability to stay cool in a tense situation.

Because Good Time reveals little of Connie’s backstory, Pattinson must suggest a lifetime’s worth of anxiety and scrappiness in just a look or an action. The actor rises to the challenge, effortlessly conveying Connie’s drownedrat edginess.

As the film hurtles forward, the Safdies occasionally risk implausibility with Connie’s wild night. But the edgy realism of Pattinson’s performance and the upclose intimacy of Sean Price Williams’ evocative, grainy photography keep the proceedings believably grounded.

Adding to Good Time’s twitchy electricity is a first-rate electronic score from recording artist Oneohtrix Point Never. The film’s title is meant to be sarcastic, but for the audience, Good Time is an unforgettable ride.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION US-Lux. 2017. 100mins Directors Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie Production companies Rhea Films, Elara Pictures, Hercules Film Fund International sales Memento Films International, sales@ memento-films.com Producers Paris Kasidokostas-Latsis, Terry Dougas, Oscar Boyson, Sebastian Bear-McClard Executive producer Jean-Luc De Fanti Screenplay Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie Cinematography Sean Price Williams Production design Sam Lisenco Editors Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie Music Oneohtrix Point Never Main cast Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Buddy Duress, Peter Verby, Barkhad Abdi, Taliah Webster

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» Lover For A Day p7 » My Happy Family p9 » April’s Daughter p9

» Beuys p11 » The Cakemaker p11

Lover For A Day Reviewed by Lisa Nesselson

Manifesto Reviewed by Tim Grierson Alongside Meryl Streep and Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett is one of cinema’s great chameleons — and irrepressible hams, when she is in the mood. The impish, experimental Manifesto gives the two-time Oscar winner plenty of room to flaunt her technique, and part of the fun comes from watching her indulge shamelessly.

Playing 13 different characters, she is practically a onewoman show, working with German film and video artist Julian Rosefeldt to recontextualise famous artist manifestos of the 20th century. Unavoidably uneven but fairly engaging throughout, Manifesto is a cavalcade of provocative ideas, arresting visuals and fabulous wigs.

Rosefeldt draws from the writings of philosophers, filmmakers, painters and others, taking their thoughts on the role of artists and using them as dialogue in distinct, separate scenarios. Blanchett plays a different character — including a puppeteer, a homeless man, a choreographer and a CEO — in each scene, voicing these artists’ musings and often creating a dramatic context for their words.

Routinely, Rosefeldt and Blanchett allow the juxtaposition between the high-minded words and the everyday situations to spark a reaction — which is often delighted laughter. In one scene, Blanchett plays a speaker at a funeral, but rather than delivering a solemn eulogy, she sounds off on the relative value of Dadaism. And, most brilliantly, the actress plays both a newscaster and a field reporter at a glitzy cable channel, the characters’ esoteric discussion of minimalism and conceptual art wickedly clashing with the TV studio’s antiseptic design.

Manifesto does not reveal the authors’ names from sequence to sequence, which can lead to some frustration. But knowing which lines were written by Karl Marx, André Breton or Jim Jarmusch is, ultimately, not as important as submerging oneself into Rosefeldt’s vision.

Not surprisingly, then, Blanchett gives several good performances — alongside some howlers. Her prim teacher and telegenic newscaster are a hoot, while the snarling rocker and a demanding choreographer push into parody. But her enthusiasm to embody these roles (and the accompanying manifestos) gives this potentially dry, academic exercise a welcome zest. She and her many personas make for lively, rambunctious company.

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INTERSECTIONS Ger. 2016. 95mins Director/screenplay/ producer Julian Rosefeldt Production company The Match Factory International sales The Match Factory, info@matchfactory.de Executive producers Wassili Zygouris, Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald Cinematography Christoph Krauss Production design Erwin Prib Editor Bobby Good Music Nils Frahm, Ben Lukas Boysen Main cast Cate Blanchett

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A delectable wisp of a film about love versus desire and young love versus mature love, Lover For A Day (L’Amant d’Un Jour) proves that, for half a century, Philippe Garrel has remained true to his roots with youthful panache.

While not quite as affecting as 2015’s In The Shadow Of Women, this film knows what it’s doing and does it well.

The basic premise could lend itself to comedy or tragedy. A young woman who breaks up with her fiancé shows up as an emotional basketcase at her father’s door, only to discover she is the same age as dad’s live-in girlfriend: 23. Distraught Jeanne (the director’s real-life daughter, Esther Garrel) crashes on the couch while her philosophy professor father Gilles (Eric Caravaca) and student Ariane (Louise Chevillotte) share a bedroom. A voiceover fills us in on useful details. For example: “At the university, nobody knew Ariane was Gilles’ mistress.”

Ariane is always up for a quickie, as we learn when she and Gilles, whom she met in a class, have torrid sex up against a wall in the staff toilets. For those in search of possible trends in French cinema, there are no fewer than three bouts of carnal ravishment in the upright position in less-than-optimally hygienic settings.

Garrel and veteran DoP Renato Berta, shooting in splendid black and white, offer up a workaday Paris of stairwells, near-empty streets, public toilets, spartan bedrooms, cafés and kitchens. There is not a speck of glamour. That leaves raw emotion, particularly doubt, dismay and jealousy. A working definition of what it means to be ‘faithful’ is central to the narrative and gives the film’s title its punch. “Some people are faithful to things that have no meaning for others,” says Gilles. But he is terrified of losing Ariane. Ariane also believes there is nothing wrong with sleeping around. But she counsels that women who share her view should make sure their primary male partner is none the wiser when they stray.

Some viewers may find it difficult to believe the homely, uncharismatic Gilles could ever attract such a vivacious woman, let alone hang on to her. If he is supposed to be a philosophy professor, he does not seem to have seen enough Eric Rohmer films. And yet, Ariane’s sexual appetite and forthright approach to coupledom render him almost sexy against the odds.

Fr. 2017. 75mins Director Philippe Garrel Production companies SBS, Arte International sales SBS International, contact@ sbs-distribution.fr Producers Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt Screenplay Philippe Garrel, Jean-Claude Carriere, Caroline Deruas, Arlette Langmann Cinematography Renato Berta Editor Francois Gédigier Production design Emmanuel de Chauvigny Music Jean-Louis Aubert Main cast Eric Caravaca, Esther Garrel, Louise Chevillotte

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REVIEWS

April’s Daughter Reviewed by Allan Hunter

My Happy Family Reviewed by Lee Marshall Directing duo Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross’s much-feted 2013 festival hit In Bloom showed how the lives of two young girls in the former Soviet republic of Georgia were subtly, and not so subtly, constrained by men. Set again in Tbilisi, this follow-up is a jewel of a film that gives this women-in-a-man’s-world viewpoint a generational shift.

My Happy Family tells the story of a middle-aged wife and mother whose decision to leave her family for an apartment of her own becomes, for those around her, an intolerable affront to the natural order. Slow-paced but always absorbing, the film features a magnetic central performance by Ia Shugliashvili as the strong, quietly introverted Manana.

While In Bloom had youth as an audience pull factor, this mature follow-up is the more universal film. Though rooted in Georgian culture, Manana’s story could just as easily be set in London, Chicago, Naples or Shanghai — anywhere, that is, where women are liable to fall into the crack between society’s idea of their happiness, and their own.

Manana lives, or lived, in a small, downtown Tbilisi apartment with husband Soso (Merab Ninidze), a complaining battleaxe of a mother, an elderly father, an unemployed young adult son and daughter, and the latter’s student husband. At first it is the down-in-themouth Manana who seems the sourpuss as she sulks through a birthday party that the apparently affectionate Soso has thrown for her. But she had told him not to invite anyone, and gradually we see how these small but constant erosions of her personal freedom in the name of family ties, good cheer and social custom have eaten into her soul.

Working with Romanian DoP Tudor Vladimir Panduru, the directors make the widescreen frame seem a narrow letterbox into which the characters barely fit.

The camera tracks Manana in pretty much every scene, building sympathy but also creating eddies of tension as she moves into and out of spaces of male threat and entrapment. There is a never-quite-resolved mystery to this strong but undemonstrative woman that carries us through two hours of slow-build drama — a drama that is given an enjoyable, quasi-comedy twist in the film’s only slightly over-long second half.

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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION US-UK. 2009. 153mins Directors Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross Production companies augenschein Filmproduktion, Polare Film, Arizona Productions International sales Memento, sales@ memento-films.com Producers Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, Simon Gross Screenplay Nana Ekvtimishvili Cinematography Tudor Vladimir Panduru Main cast Ia Shugliashvili, Merab Ninidze, Berta Khapava, Tsisia Qumsishvili, Giorgi Khurtsilava, Giorgi Tabidze, Goven Cheishvili, Dimitri Oragvelidze

PANORAMA

Michel Franco does create great characters. Tim Roth’s devoted carer in his last film, Chronic (2015), was full of creepy contradictions and ambiguity. The central figure in April’s Daughter is more transparent but equally diverting, as she is gradually revealed to be the worst advert for motherhood since Joan Crawford.

Less intimidatingly severe than Chronic, Franco’s flirtation with elements of genre storytelling here might well make April’s Daughter his most commercial offering to date. Emma Suarez’s sly star performance should also be a selling point for distributors in the wake of Julieta.

Franco’s minimalist style of static shots and social-realist observation is in evidence at the start of the film, but there is a much greater sense of urgency and pace to his storytelling. Valeria (Ana Valeria Becerril) is 17 years old and happily pregnant, living a carefree existence with boyfriend Mateo (Enrique Arrizon) and older sister Clara (Joanna Larequi). Contact with her mother April (Suarez) is minimal; Valeria has not mentioned that she is pregnant and will not speak to her parent on the phone.

When April arrives in Puerto Vallarta full of concern, she hardly seems the monster we might have expected.

Anxious, a little over-protective perhaps, but no more.

Gradually, her true colours are revealed as she starts to interfere in the lives of her daughters. April is willing to go to breathtaking lengths to achieve her ends, and the film threatens to tip into 1980s potboiler territory with the mother from hell.

But Franco manages to maintain credibility as he ramps up the emotional stakes, creating situations in which the viewer longs to jump into the screen and change the course of events. You cannot help but respond to the manipulation even as you ponder some of the holes in the plot. Like Single White Female or The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, it is probably best not to question too much, but just savour the ride.

Credibility is also sustained by the impressive performances. Becerril brings a steely backbone to the waif-like Valeria as she refuses to become a victim, while Suarez makes April entirely plausible with a performance that is understated to the point of blithe. April spins webs of deceit, untroubled by anything resembling a conscience, and the character is all the more chilling for being so matter-of-fact about her actions.

Mex. 2017. 103mins Director/screenplay Michel Franco Production company Lucia Films International sales Protagonist Pictures, vanessa@ protagonistpictures.com; mk2 films, intlsales@mk2.com Producers Lorenzo Vigas, Michel Franco, Moises Zonana Executive producers Rodolfo Cova, David Zonana, Gabriel Ripstein, Tim Roth Cinematography Yves Cape Editor Jorge Weisz, Michel Franco Main cast Emma Suarez, Ana Valeria Becerril, Enrique Arrizon, Joanna Larequi

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REVIEWS

The Cakemaker Reviewed by Sarah Ward

Beuys Reviewed by Lee Marshall There is a rescued scrap of archive footage from the late 1960s in this fascinating art documentary that shows German artist Joseph Beuys addressing a roomful of local dignitaries by making inarticulate grunts into the microphone. It is pure Beuys — on the one hand a cultural establishment that knows something is happening but does not know what, and on the other, an artist who believed provocation was more useful than explanation.

One could argue Beuys’ life was his main work, and that is what makes this thoughtful documentary by film and theatre director Andres Veiel such a pleasure. Working engagingly with material culled from years of archive footage, it presents the work that was Joseph Beuys — as well as reminding us why this most political of contemporary artists is still relevant more than 30 years after his death. It will find its niche accordingly, in berths ranging from urban arthouse bookings to prestige TV and cable.

Three years in the making, Beuys takes some of its stylistic cues from its restlessly creative subject, eschewing a conventional, chronological biopic approach for a more impressionistic collage. More than 90% of the film consists of archive footage, still photos and audio recordings, some of them charting Beuys’ own performances, like his celebrated 1965 work ‘How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare’, others deriving from TV interviews, round tables and news footage.

The most deconstructed, exhilarating part of the journey is the film’s time-travelling first section, in which Beuys the man emerges from behind the familiar visual tokens — the Homburg he wore indoors and out, and those expressive, tragic eyebrows. After presenting the artist’s most audacious work — the planting of 7,000 oak trees in and around the town of Kassel — Beuys does, finally, slip into birth-to-death mode.

But it is still a rangy, unconventional ride, one that touches on Beuys legends — like his supposed rescue by Tatar tribesmen when shot down over the Crimea as a young German aviator in 1943 — without fetishising them. Alongside Beuys the artist, the film is just as interested in him as a thinker, teacher, founder member of the German Green Party and supporter of social issues, whose agitprop attacks on the power of big money anticipated the ideas and methods of Occupy Wall Street and other recent grassroots protest movements.

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PANORAMA Ger. 2017. 107mins Director Andres Veiel Production company Zero One Film International sales Beta Cinema, beta@ betacinema.com Producer Thomas Kufus Cinematography Jörg Jessel Editors Stephan Krumbiegel, Olaf Voigtlander Music Ulrich Reuter, Damian Scholl

FEATURE COMPETITION

Yearning and melancholy are baked into every frame of The Cakemaker, and, like all good pastries, this griefinfused drama makes a strong impression while working from a classic recipe. Ofir Raul Graizer’s debut feature explores the struggles of mourning from two initially contrasting, latterly intertwined perspectives: a married Israeli man’s secret Berlin-based lover, and that of his wife and the mother of his son, who owns a cafe in Jerusalem.

Graizer (who co-directed 2015 Cannes short La Discothèque) also wrote this contemplative full-length debut and understands that patience and care are crucial in making a familiar formula feel like its own end product, particularly when blending together oft-examined subjects such as loss and culinary catharsis. More than that he laces his recognisable ingredients with grander thematic concerns. Bubbling beneath his nuanced character study is a rumination on traditions and the divisions they inspire, be they national, sexual or religious.

When Oren (Roy Miller) walks into the German patisserie he always visits during his business trips abroad, and into the life of chef Thomas (Tim Kalkhof), it doesn’t take long for a shared fondness for baked goods to give rise to an affair. Graizer jumps through their clandestine romance in a matter-of-fact manner — first, they meet; next, a year later, they’re cosy and periodically cohabitating.

A spate of voicemail messages and an awkward trip to Oren’s Berlin office later, and Thomas discovers Oren has been killed in a car accident. Travelling to Jerusalem, he visits the cafe owned by Oren’s wife Anat (Sarah Adler) and asks for work. When she eventually gives him a job as a dishwasher, a new connection starts to simmer.

Of course, even when Thomas fires up the oven — whipping up goods that improve the cafe’s fortunes — much still conspires against their friendship. Again, The Cakemaker waits, letting unspoken truths and realisations simmer for as long as possible. Though the story is rarely unexpected, it’s the way that the film dissects its many underlying complications that matters more than eschewing predictability. Calmly, but filled with feeling, Graizer lets his protagonists’ actions subvert the norm: charting a man’s pain for the relationship he can never talk about, embracing a German in a Jewish kitchen despite warnings to the contrary, and watching a bond bloom between two people who shared the same lover.

Isr-Ger. 2017. 104mins Director-screenplay Ofir Raul Graizer Production companies Laila Films, Film Base Berlin International sales Films Boutique, contact@ filmsboutique.com Producer Itai Tamir Cinematographer Omri Aloni Editor Michal Oppenheim Music Dominique Charpentier Production design Daniel Kossow, Yael Bibelnik Costume design Lilu Goldfine Main cast Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler, Roy Miller, Zohar Strauss, Sandra Sade

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WEDNESDAY JULY 19 10:00 I HAD NOWHERE TO GO

(Germany) 100mins.

Dir: Douglas Gordon.

English.

Jonas Mekas, the godfather of American avant-garde cinema, puts himself in the hands of celebrated artist Douglas Gordon, who deploys his sturdy presence, sonorous voice and actual memoir to evoke life as a Lithuanian refugee during the Second World War. Panorama Cinematheque 2

NAPALM See box, right

11:00 IL SHORTS PROGRAMME 1

95mins. Israeli Short Film Competition — Programme 1: Israeli Shorts Competition Cinematheque 3

SUMMER 1993

(Spain) New Europe Film Sales. 96mins. Dir: Carla Simon. Catalan (English and Hebrew subtitles).

After her parents’ death, six-year-old Frida spends the summer at her aunt and uncle’s home in rural Catalonia, where she finds it hard to cope with her loss and adapt to a new life.

Debuts Lev Smadar

12:00 LONGING

(Israel) 100mins.

Dir: Savi Gabizon.

Hebrew (English subtitles).

Ariel Bloch is surprised when his ex-girlfriend from his college days calls him.

When they meet she tells him a couple of things.

First, when they broke up she was pregnant with his child. The second thing will change his life forever.

WEDNESDAY JULY 19 10:00 NAPALM

(France) Pascale Ramonda. 100mins.

Dir: Claude Lanzmann.

French, English and Korean (English and Hebrew subtitles).

In his new film, titan documentarian Claude Feng. Mandarin (English and Hebrew subtitles).

The story of a provincial woman’s struggle to clear her name.

Cinematheque 1

13:00 GODLESS

Lanzmann takes us to North Korea, 1958, to a random, yet lifechanging encounter between a young Frenchman and a nurse at the Red Cross hospital in Pyongyang.

Masters Cinematheque 1

13:15 IL SHORTS PROGRAMME 2

95mins. Israeli Short Film Competition — Programme 2.

Israeli Shorts Competition Cinematheque 3

14:00

I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY

(Bulgaria, Denmark, France) Heretic Outreach. 99mins.

Dir: Ralitza Petrova.

Bulgarian (English and Hebrew subtitles).

In a Bulgarian village, a nurse steals ID cards from her demented patients to sell on the black market.

While her relationships are no source of comfort, a new patient touches her distorted conscience.

(France, Italy) 190mins.

Dir: Claude Lanzmann.

English, German, Hebrew, Russian, French (English subtitles).

A riveting panorama of Israel between the Six Day and Yom Kippur Wars.

Travelling the country, Lanzmann is particularly impressed by its young society.

(China) Wild Bunch.

128mins. Dir: Xiaogang

Debuts Lev Smadar

Special Screenings Cinematheque 2

Israeli Feature Competition Cinematheque 2

12:15

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ISRAEL, WHY

15:00 APRIL’S DAUGHTER

(Mexico) MK2/ Protagonist. 103mins.

Dir: Michel Franco.

Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

When Valeria, 17, becomes pregnant, her mother, April, comes to stay. But when the baby is born, we begin to understand why Valeria was so eager to keep April away.

Panorama Cinematheque 1

whose life becomes a cinematic plot. He must choose between the woman in his life and an old flame who reappears after a 20-year disappearance.

Academy Awards.

Masters Lev Smadar

(Israel) 100mins. Dir: Gilberto Tofano. Hebrew (English subtitles).

Tamar lost her husband in the Six Day War, and now wants to put her pain behind her and find new love. However, her late husband’s friends and family expect her to remain in mourning for the rest of her life to keep his memory alive.

15:30 IL SHORTS PROGRAMME 3

98mins. Israeli Short Film Competition — Programme 3.

Israeli Shorts Competition Cinematheque 3

17:00

YOURSELF AND YOURS

BLOODY MILK

(South Korea) Finecut.

86mins. Dir: Hong Sangsoo. Korean (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Witty and absurd fable about a man who suspects his wife of drinking and brawling in Seoul bars.

(France) Pyramide.

90mins. Dir: Hubert Charuel. French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

The peaceful life of a young dairy farmer is turned upside down when an epidemic spreads to cowsheds throughout France.

Masters Yes Planet

15:15

Debuts Yes Planet

ISMAEL’S GHOSTS

(France) Wild Bunch.

114mins. Dir: Arnaud Desplechin. French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Ismael is a film director

OSCAR SHORTS LIVE ACTION

128mins. (English subtitles).

The live-action shorts nominated for the 2017

International Shorts Cinematheque 4

17:15 SIEGE

Israeli Special Screenings Cinematheque 1

17:45 TEHRAN TABOO

(Germany, Austria) Celluloid Dreams.

90mins. Dir: Ali Soozandeh. Farsi (English and Hebrew subtitles).

In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Iran are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive, Islamic society.

Debuts Lev Smadar

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18:00 CINEMA FUTURES

(Austria, India, Norway, US) sSixpack film.

126mins. Dir: Michael Palm. German (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A fascinating documentary on the future of cinema as celluloid reels disappear and digital formats multiply, combining archival footage and interviews with filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan.

Cinemania Cinematheque 2

CONVENTIONAL SINS

(Israel) 70mins. Dir: Anat Yuta Zuria, Shira Clara Winther. Hebrew, Yiddish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Meir, a rabbi’s son from an extreme Hassidic group, testifies against a paedophile network from Bnei Brak. Now he returns to the crime scenes to recreate his abuse.

Israeli Documentary Competition Cinematheque 3

19:00 MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND

(US) 80mins. Dir: Ana Asensio. English, Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A young Spanish

immigrant escaping her past arrives in New York where she gets a mysterious job offer. A magnetic film that sheds light on a dark corner of the American dream cliche.

Debuts Yes Planet

19:30 OSCAR SHORTS ANIMATION

62mins. (English subtitles).

The animation shorts nominated for the 2017 Academy Awards.

International Shorts Cinematheque 4

19:45 1945

(Hungary) Magyar Filmunio. 91mins. Dir: Ferenc Torok. Hungarian (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A Hungarian village in August 1945: the festive ambience of the clerk’s daughter’s wedding is tainted when two Orthodox Jews arrive carrying a mysterious trunk. Have they come to claim their lawful inheritance?

International Competition Lev Smadar

20:00 DOUBTFUL See box, below

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20:30 PARK

(Greece, Poland) Stray Dogs. 100mins. Dir: Sofia Exarchou. Greek, English, Danish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Ten years after the heats, the Olympic Village in Athens stands deserted and derelict, its facilities in ruins. Through the mischief of children who play there, the film traces the image of

a lost generation, robbed of its future.

Panorama Cinematheque 2

20:45 THE DRAGON’S DEFENSE

(Colombia) M-Appeal.

79mins. Dir: Natalia Santa. Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A heartwarming drama about three old friends from Bogota who split their time between a chess club, a casino and a coffee shop. When their routine is jeopardised, they learn that in life, like in love, it’s never too late to ask for another chance.

Panorama Yes Planet

21:45 LA FAMILIA

WEDNESDAY JULY 19 20:00 DOUBTFUL

(Israel) 85mins. Dir: Eliran Elya.

Hebrew (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A story about a detached man who

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aspires to save delinquent youths through art, and thoughtful teenagers who do not want to be saved.

Israeli Feature Competition Cinematheque 1

(Venezuela, Chile, Norway) Celluloid Dreams. 82mins. Dir: Gustavo Rondon Cordova.

Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Andres and his son Pedro live in a bad neighbourhood in Caracas. When Pedro pushes the limit, they escape to save their lives. A spirited film that makes the most of the urban landscapes and the special dynamic between the actors.

Debuts Lev Smadar

20:00 GOOD TIME

(US) Memento Films.

100mins. Dir: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

22:15

Brotherly love is put to the test when a bank robbery turns into a chaotic nocturnal journey through New York.

International Competition Cinematheque 3

22:30

FREE FIRE

THE BOMB

(UK) Sony. 90mins.

Dir: Ben Wheatley.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

Boston 1978: two gangs meet in a deserted factory to finalise an arms deal.

They’re hoping for a swift exchange, but a petty quarrel becomes a chaotic gunfight. A mad crime comedy by British director Ben Wheatley.

(US) Visit Films. 61mins.

Dir: Kevin Ford, Smriti Keshari, Eric Schlosser.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

A unique film that tells the story of nuclear weapons, from the Trinity nuclear test in 1945 to the present day, by interweaving fascinating archival footage with an original score by electronic ensemble The Acid.

Gala Cinematheque 3

Panorama Cinematheque 2

MIMOSAS

(Spain, Morocco, France, Romania, Qatar) Luxbox.

96mins. Dir: Oliver Laxe.

Arabic (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A caravan carries a dying sheik who wishes to be buried beside his loved ones in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains. After his death, two crooks promise to complete the mission.

LADY MACBETH

Panorama Cinematheque 1

Debuts Yes Planet

(UK) Protagonist Pictures. 89mins.

Dir: William Oldroyd.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

England: 1865, a romance between a young woman sold into marriage and an estate worker leads the heroine down a dark path.

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SCREENINGS

Brize. French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

In 19th century France, the life of a young aristocratic woman turns into a series of harsh realisations.

International Competition Lev Smadar

14:15 LOST IN PARIS

(France, Belgium) MK2.

83mins. Dir: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon.

French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Fiona arrives in Paris in search of her 93-year-old aunt, only to discover the old lady is missing.

Panorama Cinematheque 1

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15:00 CITY OF GHOSTS

STREETSCAPES

(Germany) Filmgalerie 451. 132mins.

Dir: Heinz Emigholz.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

Heinz Emigholz’s film is based on a marathon analytical

THURSDAY JULY 20 10:00 THE DESERT BRIDE

(Argentina, Chile) Cite Films. 78mins. Dir: Cecilia Atan, Valeria Pivato. Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Teresa ventures far for a new job. In the desert she loses her bag, but this small tragedy becomes the best thing that’s happened to her in years.

process he undertook with trauma specialist Zohar Rubinstein. Their re-enacted exchange probes the director’s entire oeuvre, which is largely dedicated to the experience of architecture.

Intersections Cinematheque 2

revolutions is immortalised on film.

Intersections Cinematheque 3

10:30 DOULOS: THE FINGER MAN

Debuts Cinematheque 1

(France, Italy) StudioCanal. 108mins.

Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville.

French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

An ex-con tries to join his old gang, which now includes a police snitch.

Sucked into a whirlwind of suspicion, the gangsters take extreme action.

IN THE INTENSE NOW

Melville Retrospective Cinematheque 2

(Brazil) Carlota. 127mins.

Dir: Joao Moreira Salles.

Portuguese (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Can the camera lens capture a historical revolution in real-time? In this fascinating documentary, Brazilian filmmaker Joao Moreira Salles questions how the drama of imminent

11:30 HEAL THE LIVING

(France, Belgium) Films Distribution. 103mins.

Dir: Katell Quillevere.

French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A young surfer from Normandy is hospitalised after a terrible accident.

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LUMIERE!

A WOMAN’S LIFE

(US) Dogwoof. 90mins.

Dir: Matthew Heineman.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

Follows a group of Syrian men who risk their lives to expose the atrocities inflicted by ISIS in the city Raqqa. Against the constant threat of death, they promise to fight till the bitter end.

(France) Wild Bunch.

90mins. Dir: Thierry Fremaux. French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A collection of restored prints from the Lumiere Brothers.

(France, Belgium) MK2.

120mins. Dir: Stephane

Spirit of Freedom Yes Planet

No one can tell if he’ll survive. At the same time in Paris, a woman awaits an organ transplant. An exemplary French drama about the fragility of life.

A young artist involved in a complex relationship with a married film director visits a strange city. How important is love, she wonders.

Gala Lev Smadar

International Competition Cinematheque 3

12:00

13:45

Debuts Cinematheque 3

16:15 ANA, MON AMOUR

THE BEGUILED

STREETSCAPES

14:45

(Iran, Canada) 72mins.

Dir: Kiarash Anvari. Farsi (English and Hebrew subtitles).

The married life of an Iranian theatre persona collapses when he discovers he is sterile. A virtuosic film combining multiple cinematic devices to explore damaged masculinity, and show how a lie causes alienation within the couple’s relationship.

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14:45

THURSDAY JULY 20

THE POT AND THE OAK

(US) Universal Pictures.

94mins. Dir: Sofia Coppola. English (Hebrew subtitles).

During the American Civil War, a wounded Yankee soldier finds refuge in a girls’ boarding school, and stirs up a whirlwind of desires.

International Competition Cinematheque 1

16:45 12 DAYS

(France) Wild Bunch.

87mins. Dir: Raymond Depardon. French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Cinemania Cinematheque 1

12:45 DOUBTFUL

(Israel) 85mins. Dir: Eliran Elya. Hebrew (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A story about a detached man who aspires to save delinquent youths through art, and thoughtful teenagers who do not want to be saved.

Israeli Feature Competition Cinematheque 2

ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE

(South Korea, Germany) Finecut. 101mins. Dir: Hong Sang-soo. Korean (English and Hebrew subtitles).

THURSDAY JULY 20 16:15 ANA, MON AMOUR

(Romania) Beta Cinema. 127mins.

Dir: Calin Peter Netzer. Romanian (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Toma and Ana fall in love, but

reality soon sets in – Ana’s anxieties surface, Toma’s father objects to the relationship, and intimacy gives way to alienation.

International Competition Lev Smadar

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turned upside down when he is caught stealing a horse.

Panorama Cinematheque 2

THE BIG SICK

(US) Filmnation.

119mins. Dir: Michael Showalter. English (Hebrew subtitles).

Based on Kumail Nanjiani’s true-life story.

A touching and amusing portrait of cultural gaps, love and the healing power of humour.

Gala Cinematheque 1

EUROPEAN ACADEMY SHORTS III

95mins. (English subtitles).

Short films that were nominated to the European Film Academy.

18:15 AMANT DOUBLE (THE DOUBLE LOVER)

(France, Belgium) 107mins. Dir: Francois Ozon. French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A fragile young woman,

Legendary documentarian Raymond Depardon follows psychiatric patients who, 12 days after being admitted without their consent, are brought before a judge who will determine if they are eligible for discharge.

Masters Cinematheque 3

17:00 BECOMING CARY GRANT

(France) 85mins.

Dir: Mark Kidel. English (Hebrew subtitles).

Drawing upon a hidden autobiography and rare footage, this fascinating film tells Cary Grant’s life story from his lonely childhood in Britain, through becoming a film icon, to his final days.

Cinemania Yes Planet

falls in love with her psychoanalyst. She moves in with him but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.

International Competition Cinematheque 1

European Film Academy.

International Shorts Cinematheque 4

18:00 CUT TO THE CHASE

(Israel) 60mins.

Dir: Noit Geva. Hebrew (English subtitles).

A cinematic puzzle made up of hundreds of Israeli feature films. Fragments of shots and fractions of scenes assembled together to create a new narrative: the Israeli man as seen on screen, searching for love between wars.

Israeli Special Screenings Cinematheque 2

18:15 AMANT DOUBLE (THE DOUBLE LOVER) See box, above

18:45 BICKELS [SOCIALISM]

EUROPEAN ACADEMY SHORTS I

90mins. (English subtitles).

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19:00 EUROPEAN ACADEMY SHORTS II

90mins. (English subtitles).

International Shorts Cinematheque 4

GABRIEL AND THE MOUNTAIN

(Brazil, France) Films Boutique. 127mins.

Dir: Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa. English, Portuguese, Swahili, Chichewa, French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A young Brazilian travelling the world arrives in Kenya determined to discover the Dark Continent and meets up with his girlfriend who also arrives from Brazil.

19:30 CENTAUR

(Kyrgyzstan, France, Germany, Netherlands) Match Factory. 89mins.

Dir: Aktan Arym Kubat.

Kirghiz (English and Hebrew subtitles).

The life of a humble family man from a remote village in Kyrgyzstan is

(France) Luxbox.

115mins. Dir: Bruno Dumont. French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Inspired by Charles Peguy’s play, creative giant Bruno Dumont renders the childhood of Jeanne d’Arc — the French military leader turned saint — in an unconventional and daring musical comedy.

Masters Cinematheque 2

21:00

Short films that were nominated to the European Film Academy.

International Competition Yes Planet

JEANNETTE, THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC

20:30

THURSDAY JULY 20

journey through the streets of New York.

International Shorts Cinematheque 4

21:30 GOOD TIME

(US) Memento Films.

100mins. Dir: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie. English (Hebrew subtitles).

Brotherly love is put to the test when a bank robbery goes wrong and turns into a chaotic nocturnal

21:45 MENASHE

(US) Mongrel.

82mins. Dir: Joshua Z Weinstein. Yiddish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Menashe, a widowed ultra-Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn, fights for custody of his son. The rabbi gives him a week to prove he’s worthy of the parental task. A touching drama that explores the nature of faith and the cost of parenthood.

Debuts Lev Smadar

International Competition Lev Smadar

MY HAPPY FAMILY

(Germany, Georgia, France) Memento Films.

120mins. Dir: Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross. Georgian (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Manana, 52, is fed up with her life. She rents an apartment in Tbilisi, far from her parents, husband and children who wonder why she has left and whether she’ll return. A film that shifts with remarkable ease from solemnity to smiles.

International Competition Yes Planet

THURSDAY JULY 20 18:45 BICKELS [SOCIALISM]

(Germany, Israel) Filmgalerie 451.

92mins. Dir: Heinz Emigholz. English (Hebrew subtitles).

Artist Heinz Emigholz offers a captivating view of 22 buildings

designed by legendary kibbutz architect Shmuel Bickels. In his distinctive style – unnarrated, static shots of the structures – Emigholz manages to capture Bickels’ spirit.

Intersections Cinematheque 3

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SCREENINGS

FRIDAY JULY 21 10:00 BOB LE FLAMBEUR

(France) Studio Canal.

98mins. Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville. French, English (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Crime film mastermind Jean-Pierre Melville presents one of his most renowned films, about Bob Montagne, a reformed ex-con who plans the ultimate heist on a highly secured casino.

An enthralling film, combining poetry and toughness.

Melville Retrospective Cinematheque 2

10:15 WHEN THE DAY HAD NO NAME

(Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia) Cercamon.

84mins. Dir: Teona Strugar Mitevska.

Macedonian (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A group of boys from Macedonia set out on a nocturnal adventure to celebrate manhood, but instead, experience the bitterness of parting with youth while struggling to resist their desires. A unique film about unforgettable characters.

Panorama Cinematheque 1

10:30 BLOODY MILK

(France) Pyramide.

90mins. Dir: Hubert Charuel. French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

The peaceful life of a young dairy farmer is turned upside down when an epidemic spreads to cowsheds throughout France.

Debuts Lev Smadar

THE GREAT EAGLE

(Israel) 53mins.

Dir: Uri Rosenwaks.

Hebrew, English (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Delving into the world of Maimonides, the greatest Jewish adjudicator and philosopher clarifies one thing; if he would suddenly awake and appear in the State of

FRIDAY JULY 21 14:45 I AM NOT A WITCH

(UK, France, Germany) Kinology. 90mins.

Dir: Rungano Nyoni.

English, Zambian Dialects (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Nine-year-old Shula is

Israel of 2017, he would most certainly be baffled.

Israeli Special Screenings Cinematheque 3

12:00 WINNIE

(France, Netherlands, South Africa) Cinephil.

98mins. Dir: Pascale Lamche. English (Hebrew subtitles).

An intriguing documentary portrait of Winnie Mandela who throughout her husband’s imprisonment, led the anti-apartheid movement. The film examines her portrayal as a controversial figure, while Nelson was crowned a national hero.

Spirit of Freedom Cinematheque 2

12:15

denounced as a witch and sent to witch camp. Told that if she tries to escape she will turn into a goat, Shula must decide whether to accept her fate or risk everything for freedom.

Panorama Lev Smadar

13:00 THE DESERT BRIDE

Gala Cinematheque 1

(Argentina, Chile) Cite Films. 78mins. Dir: Cecilia Atan, Valeria Pivato. Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Teresa ventures far for a new job. In the desert she loses her bag, but this small tragedy becomes the best thing that’s happened to her in years.

FELICITE

Debuts Yes Planet

Panorama Cinematheque 3

Valley’) true-life story. A touching and amusing portrait of cultural gaps, love, and the healing power of humour.

(France, Senegal, Belgium, Germany, Lebanon) Jour2fete.

123mins. Dir: Alain Gomis. Lingala (English and Hebrew subtitles).

The inspirational story of an independent woman determined to save her son. On her journey through Kinshasa, Felicite encounters magical worlds and crosses social boundaries.

Spirit of Freedom Cinematheque 3

12:30

THE BIG SICK

LOST IN PARIS

(US) Filmnation.

119mins. Dir: Michael Showalter. English (Hebrew subtitles).

Based on Kumail Nanjiani’s (‘Silicon

(France, Belgium) MK2.

83mins. Dir: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon.

French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Fiona arrives in Paris in

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search of her 93-year-old aunt, only to discover the old lady is missing.

14:00 BEUYS

(Germany) Beta Cinema.

107mins. Dir: Andres Veiel. German (English and Hebrew subtitles).

An intimate look at the visionary sculptor and performance artist Joseph Beuys. Seen through a congenial montage of archival sources he appears more relevant than ever before.

Panorama Cinematheque 2

14:45 A MAN OF INTEGRITY

(Iran) Match Factory.

117mins. Dir: Mohammad Rasoulof.

Farsi (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A fish farmer’s routine is disrupted by a corrupt company with strong ties to the authorities seeking to take over every aspect of life in the region.

International Competition Cinematheque 1

the Nazis. A documentary portrait of a fascinating woman who did not receive the respect she deserved.

Cinemania Cinematheque 2

16:45

I AM NOT A WITCH

MY HAPPY FAMILY

See box, above

(Germany, Georgia, France) Memento Films.

120mins. Dir: Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross. Georgian (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Manana, 52, is fed up with her life. She rents an apartment in Tbilisi, far from her parents, husband and children, who wonder why she has left and whether she’ll return. A film that shifts with remarkable ease from solemnity to smiles.

15:00 A GENTLE CREATURE

(France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands) Wild Bunch. 143mins.

Dir: Sergei Loznitsa.

Russian (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Upon receiving a package addressed to her imprisoned husband, a woman travels to the distant prison. But her journey becomes an absurd odyssey into Russia’s heartless darkness – an allegory on contemporary Russia.

Masters Yes Planet

16:00 BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY

(US) Dogwoof. 86mins.

Dir: Alexandra Dean.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

Hedy Lamarr was not only a Hollywood star, she was also a freak for innovation who developed a broadcasting system used by the Allies against

International Competition Cinematheque 3

17:15 MANIFESTO

(Germany) Match Factory. 94mins.

Dir: Julian Rosefeldt.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

Cate Blanchett boldly inhabits 13 different personas in Julian Rosefeldt’s wondrous feature film, paying homage to the moving tradition and literary beauty of artistic manifestos, ultimately www.screendaily.com

questioning the role of the artist in society today.

Intersections Cinematheque 1

18:00 AFTER THE WAR

(Italy, France, Belgium) Pyramide. 92mins. Dir: Annarita Zambrano.

Italian, French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

An Italian activist exiled to France 20 years ago, is accused of ordering the murder of a judge as part of leftist protests in Bologna. This unsettles his life, and the lives of his daughter and estranged family in Italy.

Debuts Yes Planet

GOLDEN EXITS

(US) 94mins. Dir: Alex Ross Perry. English (Hebrew subtitles).

A beautiful Australian exchange student uncovers the hidden pain of two Brooklynite families.

Panorama Cinematheque 2

19:15 THE WORKSHOP

(France) Films Distribution. 113mins.

Dir: Laurent Cantet.

French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A realistic drama surrounding the conflict between a seasoned crime novel author and a participant in a writing workshop she’s instructing.

Masters Cinematheque 3

19:30 FRANTZ

(France, Germany) Films Distribution. 113mins.

Dir: Francois Ozon.

French, German (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A small German town in 1919: Anna meets Adrian, a young Frenchman who has come to lay flowers on the grave of her fiancé, killed in the First World War. His presence, so soon after Germany’s defeat, kindles new desires.

Santa. Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A heartwarming drama about three old friends from Bogota who split their time between a chess club, a casino and a coffee shop. When their routine is jeopardised, they learn that in life, like in love, it’s never too late to ask for another chance.

Panorama Cinematheque 2

WIND RIVER

(US, UK, Canada) Voltage Pictures.

110mins. Dir: Taylor Sheridan. English (Hebrew subtitles).

An American hunter and FBI agent join forces to investigate a rape and murder that shocks a Native American reservation.

Gala Yes Planet

21:45 THE ROAD TO MANDALAY

(Taiwan, France, Germany, Myanmar) Urban Distribution International.

108mins. Dir: Midi Z. Burmese (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Lianqing escapes Myanmar to seek employment in Bangkok.

As an illegal immigrant, she discovers that while her reliance on others may be necessary, it is no less dangerous.

Melville Retrospective Cinematheque 2

THE ORNITHOLOGIST

(Portugal, France, Brazil) Films Boutique.

117mins. Dir: Joao Pedro Rodrigues. Portuguese, English, Mandarin, Mirandese, Latin (English and Hebrew subtitles).

An ornithologist’s boat is swept away by currents.

Rescued by two Chinese pilgrims, he’s driven in to the forest where mysterious encounters force him to take extreme action.

Masters Cinematheque 1

International Competition Cinematheque 3

12:00 12 DAYS

(France) Wild Bunch.

87mins. Dir: Raymond Depardon. French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

An exploration of involuntarily committed psychiatric patients.

Masters Cinematheque 2

THE WORKSHOP

(France) Films Distribution. 113mins.

Dir: Laurent Cantet.

French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Masters Yes Planet

14:00 I HAD NOWHERE TO GO

THE WOMAN WHO LEFT

(Germany) 100mins.

Dir: Douglas Gordon.

English.

(Philippines) Films Boutique. 226mins.

Panorama Cinematheque 2

10:30

APRIL’S DAUGHTER

(Mexico) MK2/ Protagonist. 103mins.

Dir: Michel Franco.

Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Panorama Yes Planet

14:45 LOVER FOR A DAY

(France) SBS International. 76mins.

Dir: Philippe Garrel.

French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Separated from her boyfriend, heartbroken Jeanne knocks on her father’s door. But her welcome is matched by a baffling discovery: her father’s new girlfriend is his student, and also Jeanne’s age.

Masters Cinematheque 3

15:00 24 FRAMES

(Iran, France) Charles Gillibert. 120mins. Dir: Abbas Kiarostami. Farsi (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Abbas Kiarostami, the legendary filmmaker who died last year, employs multiple cinematic devices

in this compilation of 24 segments, each depicting a photograph or painting and what might have occurred before and after the image was frozen in time.

Masters Cinematheque 1

16:00 THE PRINCE OF NOTHINGWOOD

(France, Germany) 85mins. Dir: Sonia Kronlund. Dari, French (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A fascinating documentary about Afghanistan’s most popular filmmaker.

Cinemania Cinematheque 2

16:30 NEWTON See box, below

16:45 MIMOSAS

(Spain, Morocco, France, Romania, Qatar) Luxbox.

96mins. Dir: Oliver Laxe.

Arabic (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A caravan carries a dying sheik who wishes to be buried beside his loved ones in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains. After his death, two crooks promise

BRIGSBY BEAR

(US) Sony. 100mins. Dir: Dave McCary. English (Hebrew subtitles).

After 25 years of isolation, James meets his biological family and decides to produce a film based on the TV show of his childhood.

Gala Cinematheque 3

LADY MACBETH

(Colombia) M-Appeal.

79mins. Dir: Natalia

Debuts Cinematheque 1

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LE SAMOURAI

(France, Italy) Rene château. 101mins.

Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville.

French (Hebrew subtitles).

A cold-hearted hit man finds himself in an ongoing nightmare with the gangsters who hired him and the police on his tail.

14:15

22:00

THE DRAGON’S DEFENSE

20:00

10:00

Dir: Lav Diaz. Tagalog (English and Hebrew subtitles).

After 30 years, Horacia is acquitted of a crime she did not commit. Searching for her son, Horacia’s generous character is crushed by a desire for vengeance.

Spirit of Freedom Cinematheque 2

(UK) Protagonist Pictures. 89mins.

Dir: William Oldroyd.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

England, 1865: a romance between a young woman sold into marriage and an estate worker leads the heroine down a dark path.

Gala Cinematheque 1

SATURDAY JULY 22

SATURDAY JULY 22 16:30 NEWTON

(India) Pascale Ramonda. 106mins.

Dir: Amit V Masurkar. Hindi (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A rookie civil servant stationed in the jungle during elections in India, faces both guerrilla forces and the locals’ apathy toward the democratic process.

Spirit of Freedom Yes Planet

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July 19-23, 2017 Screen International at Jerusalem 17

SCREENINGS

Jerusalem Cinematheque, 11 Hebron Road, 91083

SUNDAY JULY 23 to complete the mission.

Panorama Cinematheque 3

17:30 PATTI CAKE$

(US) Fox Searchlight.

108mins. Dir: Geremy Jasper. English (Hebrew subtitles).

Patti Cake$, a white, overweight, charismatic and enormously talented rapper, dreams of escaping her tedious life in New Jersey.

With the help of good friends and her grandmother, Patti sets out to conquer the rap scene.

Gala Cinematheque 1

18:00 THE BOMB

(US) Visit Films. 61mins.

Dir: Kevin Ford, Smriti Keshari, Eric Schlosser.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

Panorama Cinematheque 2

18:45 THE UNTAMED

(Mexico, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland) Match Factory. 100mins.

Dir: Amat Escalante.

Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A mysterious stranger disrupts a Mexican family’s tranquil life.

Masters Yes Planet

19:00 YOURSELF AND YOURS

(South Korea) Finecut.

86mins. Dir: Hong Sangsoo. Korean (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Cinematheque 3

19:30

been smuggled out by management, workers fear the worst and fight for their future.

Spirit of Freedom Cinematheque 2

MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND

(US) 80mins. Dir: Ana Asensio. English, Spanish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A young Spanish immigrant escaping her past arrives in New York where she gets a mysterious job offer.

Debuts Cinematheque 2

20:00 ANA, MON AMOUR

(Romania) Beta Cinema.

127mins. Dir: Calin Peter Netzer. Romanian (English and Hebrew subtitles).

International Competition Cinematheque 1

21:00 FREE FIRE

(UK) Sony. 90mins.

Dir: Ben Wheatley.

English (Hebrew subtitles).

Boston 1978: a gun deal goes horribly wrong.

Gala Yes Planet

21:30 THE NOTHING FACTORY

(Portugal) Memento Films. 177mins. Dir: Pedro Pinho. Portuguese (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Discovering their factory’s equipment has

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SUNDAY JULY 23

14:00 RACHEL AGMON

(Israel) 52mins. Dir: Yair Agmon. Hebrew (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Yair is now exposed to two completely

12:00 WEST OF THE JORDAN RIVER

(Israel, France) Doc&Film. 84mins.

Dir: Amos Gitai.

Hebrew, Arabic (English subtitles).

Amos Gitai returns to the Occupied Territories for the first time since his 1982 documentary ‘Field Diary’. ‘West Of The Jordan River’ describes the efforts of citizens, Israelis and Palestinians, who are trying to overcome the consequences of the Occupation.

Israeli Documentary Competition Cinematheque 3

14:00 RACHEL AGMON See box, above

15:30 A13901

(Israel) 72mins.

Dir: Tal Haim Yoffe.

Hebrew (English subtitles).

Two holocaust survivors live in a tiny apartment.

The movie portrays the daily routine of one day in their life: getting up, dressing, every little action

takes eternity, creating a flex in time.

Israeli Documentary Competition Cinematheque 3

17:15 BORN IN DEIR YASSIN

(Israel, France) 63mins.

Dir: Neta Shoshani.

Hebrew (English subtitles).

There is no access to Deir Yassin. The first Arab village to be conquered in 1948 was fenced off when the government’s ‘Kfar Shaul’ mental hospital was founded on it in 1951.

This film tells of this tragic metamorphosis.

Israeli Documentary Competition Cinematheque 3

conflicting narratives, which make up one story: funny, wacky, full of lies, grandeur, wretchedness — and love.

Israeli Documentary Competition Cinematheque 3

20:30 CONVENTIONAL SINS

(Israel) 70mins.

Dir: Anat Yuta Zuria, Shira Clara Winther.

Hebrew, Yiddish (English and Hebrew subtitles).

Meir, a rabbi’s son from an extreme Hassidic group, testifies against a paedophile network from Bnei Brak. Now he returns to the crime scenes to recreate his abuse.

Israeli Documentary Competition Cinematheque 3

22:00 IN HER FOOTSTEPS

(Israel) 74mins.

Dir: Ran Tal. Hebrew, English (English and Hebrew subtitles).

A film that observes, examines and ponders Israel’s most important cultural institution, the Israel Museum

(Israel) 70mins.

Dir: Rana Abu Fraiha.

Hebrew, Arabic (Arabic and Hebrew subtitles).

My mother’s last wish was to be buried as a Muslim in Omer, our Jewish hometown, where she lived for 20 years. I accompany my mother on her last journey. that forces the entire family to deal with dilemmas and loss.

Israeli Documentary Competition Cinematheque 3

Israeli Documentary Competition Cinematheque 3

18:45 THE MUSEUM

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