On last Monday evening, December the 19th, the premiere took place of the documentary Sof LeSipur (The End), directed by Barak Heymann in the beautiful new wing (opened 3 weeks ago) of the Cinematheque Tel Aviv. In the documentary Barak follows three divorce stories in Tel Aviv, each at a different stage of the process. The… Read more →
We did write a few times before about the touching documentary: Life in Stills, directed by Tamar Tal, produced by Barak Heymann, cinematography by Daniel Kedem and music by Alberto Schwartz, about the famous Photo House Pri-Or (Allenby Street 30) and the struggle of Miriam Weissenstein (96) and her grandson Ben Peters to keep their shop from being destroyed. The… Read more →
Last Thursday-evening 98 minutes documentary The Flat, directed by Arnon Goldfinger received the Award for Best Documentary at the Ophir Awards 2011 (the ‘Israeli Oscars’). It is the story about the grandparents of Arnon, who were living on the 3rd. floor of a Bauhaus building at 31, Gordon Street in Tel Aviv. Arnon says about his documentary: “…My grandparents lived… Read more →
On June the 16th (20.00) the gala premiere of ‘The Queen Has No Crown’, directed by Tomer Heymann and produced by Tomer and Barak Heymann, will take place in Cinematheque Tel Aviv as a part of the TLVfest 2011. The documentary, that had its world-premiere at the 61st. Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale 2011), is a personal story about his… Read more →
Breaking News: A few hours ago the short documentary: ‘Strangers No More’, directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon (from New York: the Simon & Goodman Pictures Company) received an Academy Award (Oscar) for ‘Best Short Documentary’. It is the story about the Bialik-Rogozin School, a unique school in South-Tel Aviv (near the Central Bus station) with children from more… Read more →
The short movie ‘Transparent Black’, directed by young Israeli director Roni Geffen did a great job at last month ‘FlickerFest’, the 20th. International Short Film Festival at Bondi Beach in Sydney. There were 1790 worldwide entries for the festival: Roni’s short was one of the 108 screened and she had a ‘tough battle’ with a Polish entry for the ‘National… Read more →
Scriptwriter and film-director Joshua Faudem (‘Blues by the Beach’) will screen his documentary: ‘A Will to Dance’, which he shot in Praque, at Cinematheque Tel Aviv on August 29th. at 18:00. The screening is a part of a Czech film week, sponsored by the Czech Embassy and the Czech Center. At this moment Joshua is developing his first feature film,… Read more →
“It’s a story of love in the city, far away from home and family, chasing dreams on the gritty pavements, walking up endless flights of stairs, looking from dilapidated balconies into the brilliant white Mediterranean sun, surrounded by crowds, looking for a friend, a job, an apartment, creating live. At night the colors of the city creating live, there’s a… Read more →
Eleven filmakers, Israeli and Palestian, embarked on a journey to create short films – fiction and documentary – inspired by… coffee. The project called : Coffee Between Reality and Imagination will be screened at Cinematheque Tel Aviv on Monday June 7th. (19:00a cocktail and 20:00 for the first screening ). The Shorts are: Audition by Eti Tsicko Sense of Morning… Read more →
