For the 5th time Opening Night in Levontin 7
The film-director Eti Tsicko will present for the 5th time Opening Night with 4 short” films on Tuesday, March 23rd at Levontin 7 (22:30). This time with: “Harley’s Queen of Hearts” and ” Sea of Blood, directed by Amit Einy; “Evelien Dies from Heat“, directed by Yotam Monk and “Let Go”, directed by Jonathan Hauerstock. The entrance is free. … Read entire article »
4 ‘shorts’ in Levontin 7
On Tuesday, February 16th (22:30) 4 short-movies will be screened at Levontin 7: Blood Money by Elad Zacay, Any Little Thing by Ma’ayan Rif, Monologs from the Banana by Idan Rabinovich and 5 Kilometers by Leon Grin. The evening is organized by film-director Eti Tsicko. … Read entire article »
YES!! We did it again: AJAMI
This is the 3rd time (!) in a row that an Israeli Movie (Beaufort, 2008; Waltz with Bashir in 2009) is one of the 5 nominees at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film. This afternoon, it was announced in L.A. that: AJAMI, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani was nominated for an Oscar on March 7th, 2010. Ajami is a neighborhood in Jaffa and all the cast or non-proffesionals and inhabitants of Jaffa. On March 7th, there will be a big party during the Oscar-ceremony in the Ajami neighborhood (we keep you informed). Mazzeltov to Scandar, Yaron, the crew and the inhabitants of Jaffa!!! Find the official list of nominees HERE … Read entire article »
History of newsreels in Tel Aviv
On Friday February 22, 1935 Migdalor Cinema opened its doors at the corner of Allenby and Ben Yehuda Streets in Tel Aviv. It brought a revolution, because newsreels were untill this time only shown occasionally in movie theaters and now the theather was going to show a new newsreel every week. In the first years the Carmel Newsreels were seen by about 22 percent of the Jewish population. Nirit Anderman writes a long but absolutely readable story about Migdalor Cinema and Carmel Newsreels in Haaretz. Very much recommended! … Read entire article »
The Lake at Cinematheque Tel Aviv
This Friday, January 15th at 14:00 the (short) film The Lake (Ha’agam), directed and written by Boaz Lavie, starring Arie Adlery, Oren Lavie and Boaz Lavie, will be screened in the Cinematheque Tel Aviv. … Read entire article »
Kirot, a look at contemporary Tel Aviv
Last week the screenings started in cinema’s all over Israel of film-director Danny Lerner‘s new feature: Kirot (‘Walls’). His latest film is a look at a violent, contemporary Tel Aviv, starring Ninette Tayeb (the first winner of the Israeli ‘American Idol’) and Olga Kurylenk (the latest ‘Bond girl’ in ‘Quantam of Solace’.) Hannah Brown wrote in “The Jerusalem Post” of Friday, December 18th about Danny Lerner: “…there is no question that Lerner is one of the most talented, interesting and ambitous directors working in Israel today.” … Read entire article »
International premiere of Another Way in Tel Aviv
On Sunday, December the 6th, the international premiere of Another Way – Noa and Mira Awad on the way to Eurovision 2009, directed by Yariv Mozer, will take place at the Cinematheque Tel-Aviv at 20:00. Another Way is a Channel 1 (IBA-Israeli TV) production. … Read entire article »
Jerusalem Moments /09 in Tel Aviv
Last Thursday,November the 12th, the Cinematheque Tel Aviv screened the Tel Aviv premiere of Jerusalem Moments/09, a documentary that leaves you speechless, from artistic director Yael Perlov and produced by Yariv Mozer. Jerusalem Moments/09 shows you 7 short documentaries directed by 7 Palestinian and Israeli directors (Momen Shabaneh, Liviu Babic, Sabri Markesto, Avi Goldstein, Yasmine Novak, Radwan Duha and Daniel Gal). The premiere screenig was attended by representatives of the Embassies of Egypt, Finland, Germany, Italy and Australia. Guests of honor were a group youngsters from Ramallah (Westbank) and East, Arab Jerusalem and Ilan de Vries, director of the Jerusalem International Film Festival. A special quest was the 82 years old Mr. Muhammad al-Dajani from East-Jerusalem, the main character of the short made by director Radwan Duha: In … Read entire article »
Award after award for Ajami
The movie Ajami about a neighborhood in Jaffo is receiving award after award. Last Sunday the Sutherland First Feature Award at the London International Film Festival and yesterday evening the Golden Antigone in Montpellier, France at the CineMed Mediterranean Film Festival“.. Scandar, Yaron, Cast and Crew: again…Mazzal Tov!!! … Read entire article »
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Ajami will be at the Oscars in 2010
Last night, Saturday 26th, (in Haifa) the movie Ajami, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, took all (!!) the top-awards at the Israeli Ophir Awards ceremony. They beat their big rival Lebanon by Shmuel Maoz on all levels. Ajami about a neighborhood in Yafo, south of the Old City, received awards for: Best Screenplay, Best Music, Best Director and Best movie of 2009! Scandar, Yaron and the rest of the cast and crew: Mazzal Tov! Ajami will represent the Israeli cinema, next year, at the Oscars. … Read entire article »
Ajami at the cinemas
The movie Ajami directed by Scandor Copti and Yaron Shani will be screened from today, Saturday September 19th, in cinema’s all over Israel. The movie, about a neighborhood in Yafo, received an “honorable mention” at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. On September the 26th, at the Israeli Ophir Awards, it will be in the race to be sent to next year’s Oscar ceremony. … Read entire article »
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Franz Kafka at the Cinematheque
Tuesday (September 8th) there will be an evening in the Cinematheque (21:00) dedicated to the author Franz Kafka, featuring a talk given by poet Natan Zach, followed by a screening of the doco-drama: Franz Kafka: Hunger artist, directed by Peter Freistadt. Information: 03-606.0800 … Read entire article »
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