WINNER Audience
Award Moscow International Film Festival
WINNER Audience
Award Cinequest Film Festival
WINNER Grand Prize Stony Brook Film
Festival
WINNER Best Film Asian Film
Festival Mumbai
WINNER Audience Award New Jersey
Jewish Film Festival
Nominated 7 Israeli Film Academy Awards
Official Selection Hamptons International
Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival, New
York Jewish International Film Festival
102 Minutes Hebrew and Arabic with
English Subtitles
DIRECTORS STATEMENT
by Dror Zahavi
"In
November 2005, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Carmel Market in
Tel Aviv, killing four Israelis. That day I knew how necessary it is to
make a film that tries to reveal the faces behind those masks worn by
the kids in their 'farewell' videos.
I believe that when hatred
threatens to switch off sanity, it is as important as can be to make a
film that shows the human beings on both sides. No monsters, just human
beings with families and friends, joy and distress, people who dream to
end the circle of pain and could very well live peacefully side by
side."
Synopsis
Terek, a young Palestinian on a suicide mission in Tel
Aviv, is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails
to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in Tel Aviv awaiting its
repair, Terek befriends several Israelis, including the beautiful Keren,
who has cut off contact with her Orthodox family and upbringing. With
nothing to lose, Terek and Keren open up to one another, and an unlikely
love blooms between two isolated and damaged individuals, raised to be
enemies.
This Israeli/German co-production takes a warmly humanistic look
at Palestinian/Israeli relations with a story about a suicide bomber who
becomes stranded in
Israel
and is forced to interact with the very people he was meant to kill.
Tarek is a celebrated young Arab footballer sent to Tel Aviv for a
suicide mission at a public market. When his bomb fails to detonate, he
is forced to hide, repair the explosive-filled vest and wait for further
instructions from the terrorist cell that sent him.
There, in a Jewish neighborhood, he is taken in by a friendly
electrician and his wife. He meets shopkeeper Keren, a quietly angry
young woman who recently left her Orthodox upbringing. The two people
a lonely, confused Palestinian and the runaway outcast find
comfort in each other. Yet as Tarek begins to have feelings for Keren,
he remains constantly reminded of the bomb strapped to his waist, just a
cell phone ring away from igniting. This is a gripping yet sensitive
look at people living in such a volatile place.
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| "Waves of
Freedom," Monday,
August 9, 4 PM, Isis Theater, Aspen |
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English - 60 Minutes
Shot in the USA, Europe and
in the Mediterranean, and using recently discovered archives,
this unforgettable film brilliantly recounts the dramatic and
fascinating story of one of the strangest war adventure stories of the
post world war period.
It tells the story of how in 1947 Paul Kaye and twenty six other
American volunteers got involved in trying to break the British blockade
of Palestine.
* Golden Globe Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
*
Israeli
Academy
Awards Nominations
*
Los Angeles
Jewish Film Festival
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"Hava Nagila"
- Monday,
August 9, 4 PM, Isis Theater, Aspen. will precede
"888-GO-KOSHER"
and "Waves
of Freedom"
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English - 11 minutes
Hava nagilah, hava nagilah
Hava nagilah ve-nismeha
Hava neranena, hava neranena
Hava neranena ve-nismeha
Uru, uru ahim
Uru ahim be-lev sameah!
Its to music what the bagel is to food a
uniquely Jewish invention that has transcended its origins and become a
worldwide hit. "Hava Nagilah, What Is
It?" is a documentary feature which asks that burning
question. And also:
- Where did Hava Nagilah come from?
- What does it mean?
- Do you have to be Jewish to Hava?
- Why is Hava Nagilah the most recognizably Jewish thing around the
world?
- Is it odd that this iconic Jewish anthem is an ode to happiness?
- Are mambo, surf and techno Hava mash-ups still the real thing?
- And, whats the deal with the chair?
Part humorous, part informative, this exploration
of the history and meaning of Hava Nagilah uncovers the mysteries behind
one of the most frequently recorded and performed standards of all time.
Scholars will trace the song through the decades.
Singers and comedians
will provide their own renditions of the song. Jews and non-Jews alike
will riff on Hava happenings in their pasts. And in the end, Hava
Nagilah gets the kind of insightful and meaningful treatment it deserves
one that explores Jewish and American culture and history, and
reveals the power of music to bridge cultural divides and bring us
together as human beings.
| "888-Go-Kosher"
(documentary) will follow "Hava
Nagila," Monday, August 9, 4
pm |
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English - 11 minutes
This film depicts day
in the life of New York
City 's only rapid-response Kitchen Koshering service. Follow
Rabbi Sholtiel Lebovic as he helps clients go kosher from scratch.
It is an affectionate portrait of one man's passion for making the world
kosher, one kitchen at a time.
English - 11 Minutes
WINNER: Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival New Filmmaker's Award
San Diego Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco
Jewish Film Festival
Miami Jewish Film Festival
Toronto
Jewish Film Festival
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