My co-editor Frits told me and wrote about it on our site before. He is an art and architecture lover and I am a photographer. But now I have seen it with my own eyes, being on a guided tour with Frits. For me it is official now: The Peres Peace House is ugly! There are more reasons for that:… Read more →
I did find a very interesting article about the architecture of Tel Aviv in the Metropolis Magazine by James Trainor: ‘Letter from Tel Aviv’. I agree a 100% with him about his comments in connection with the Peres Center for Peace, at Kedemstreet no.132 in the Ajami neighborhood in Jaffa.The building, designed by the Italian architect Massimillana Fuksas is a… Read more →
Last Friday, Hannah Brown (for years the cinema-reviewer of the daily) mentioned our website Tel Aviv Fever in her weekly column CineFile in the Billboard Entertainment Guide of April 2nd. (a Friday Magazine of the Post). She wrote: “…Finally, you’ve seen the movie Ajami, and now you can tour the neighborhood for which the film was named. Frits de Wit,… Read more →
Yesterday, during a bright sunny day, I visited the beautiful Ajami-neighborhood. Towards the end of the 19th century the Ajami neighborhood , stretching south of ‘Old-Jaffa’ started to be built. In the beginning of the 20th century hundreds of families, mainly Christian-Arabs, settled in Ajami. After 1948, a large Arab population from different parts of the country moved into the… Read more →
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… Read more →
In two days we will know if the Israeli film: Ajami, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani will be nominated for an Oscar. For all the people who saw, or will see this awesome movie about the Ajami-neighborhood in Jaffo, I recommand an outstanding book about the Arab-Jewish history of Jaffo: “City of Oranges : Arabs and Jews in… Read more →
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!!!
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… Read more →
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… Read more →
