2nd Israeli Film Week – “STORIES FROM ISRAELI CITIES” (7 Awarded Films)
STORIES FROM ISRAELI CITIES
7 Awarded Films
The Embassy of Israel in Athens, in cooperation with the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation organizes tribute to the Israeli Cinema, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
The tribute “Tales from the Israeli Cities – 2nd Israeli Cinema Week” is going to take place at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, from November 13th to Tuesday 19th 2012.
For the second time, an Israeli Cinema Week will be organized in Athens. The recent years, films from Israel participate and stand out in various film festivals in Greece and abroad, while at the same time they are being screened in cinemas all over the world.
The tribute under the title “Tales from the Israeli Cities” offers to the Greek audience the opportunity to be introduced to the cities of Israel. Through dramatic and comic stories, the Greek audience will have the chance to be introduced to the various aspects of everyday life in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Bat Yam and Haifa beyond the ones in the limelight.
14/11 [22:00] The Matchmaker
15/11 [20:00] The Human Resources
[22:00] Whereabouts Unknown
[23:00] 2night
15/11 [20:00] The Human Resources
16/11 [20:00] Restoration
[22:00] 2night
17/11 [21:00] God’s Neighbors
[23:00] Off White Lies
18/11 [21:00] The Human Resources
[23:00] Off White Lies
19/11 [20:00] Restoration
[22:00] God’s Neighbors
2Night,שניים בלילה
Romantic Comedy, 2011, 87′
Director: Roi Werner
Script: Yaron Brovinsky, Roi Werner
Cast: Yaron Brovinsky, Keren Berger, Omer Barnea
In a city that everything can happen, a man and a woman seek for the impossible: a place to park their cars. This is the story of two people that were met in a night-bar and they want to spend the night together. But first, they have to find a place to park.
The Matchmaker, פעם הייתי
2010, 112′
Director: Avi Nesher
Script: Avi Nesher, based on the novel by Amir Gutfreund
Cast: Adir Miller, Maya Dagan, Tuval Shafir
During the summer of the year 1968, the teenager Arik gets a job next to a mysterious matchmaker, who has survived the Holocaust. The matchmaker has a small office in a notorious neighborhood and he is going to initiate Arik to a brand new world.
Whereabouts Unknown, דבר על מקום הימצאם
Drama, 2010, 60′
Director: Yahli Bergman
Script: Nava Semel
Cast: Yona Elian-Keshet, Yehezkel Lazarov, Ola Shur, Levanah Finkelstein
Israel, 1949. Annoutsa with her son and his wife are trying to earn a living, after surviving the Holocaust. Annoutsa makes a deal with her tailor neighbor Rebecca and Rebecca’s daughter Sarika to bring them clothes for adjusting. In return, they have to let her listen to their radio the emission “Whereabouts Unknown”, hoping to find again her lost husband.
