To Israelis, it was the War of Independence. To Palestinians, it was the Nakba — the catastrophe. “Tantura,” from Israeli documentarian Alon Schwarz, begins with audio from the 1948 U.N. Declaration that led to the founding of Israel and the subsequent clearing of Arab populations from the region. While it aims to contextualize self-perpetuated myths of national glory, it focuses more specifically on the tiny Palestinian fishing village of Tantura, the site of an alleged massacre by the Idf, and one Israeli researcher’s squashed attempts to expose that history 50 — now almost 75 — years later.
Though it features brief moments of confrontation with elderly Israeli subjects — some of them soldiers who were present at the time — for its first hour. However, in the final stretch of its 85-minute runtime, this approach proves foundational for chilling revelations and quiet, cinematically self-evident questions about the way we remember history.
If “Tantura” is about one person,...
Though it features brief moments of confrontation with elderly Israeli subjects — some of them soldiers who were present at the time — for its first hour. However, in the final stretch of its 85-minute runtime, this approach proves foundational for chilling revelations and quiet, cinematically self-evident questions about the way we remember history.
If “Tantura” is about one person,...
- 12/1/2022
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Indiewire
Avishai Sivan’s religious drama wins Best Israeli Feature while Hotline scoops Van Leer award for Best Documentary.Scroll down for full list of winners
Avishai Sivan’s drama Tikkun has won Best Israeli Feature at the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival, which held its awards ceremony last night [July 16] and closes on Sunday.
Tikkun, which follows a committed Hassidic student who begins to doubt himself after a life-changing experience, won the Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature Film, which comes with a $31,500 (Ils 120,000) prize.
The film also won the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Script, which comes with a $2,600 (Ils 10,000) prize, the Haggiag Award for Best Actor for lead Khalifa Natour, also accompanied by a $2,600 (Ils 10,000) prize, and the Van Leer Award for Best Cinematography, which scoops $2,400 (Ils 9,000).
The film was directed by Avishai Sivan and produced by Ronen Ben-Tal, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery and Leon Edery of Plan B Productions.
Tikkun will also...
Avishai Sivan’s drama Tikkun has won Best Israeli Feature at the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival, which held its awards ceremony last night [July 16] and closes on Sunday.
Tikkun, which follows a committed Hassidic student who begins to doubt himself after a life-changing experience, won the Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature Film, which comes with a $31,500 (Ils 120,000) prize.
The film also won the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Script, which comes with a $2,600 (Ils 10,000) prize, the Haggiag Award for Best Actor for lead Khalifa Natour, also accompanied by a $2,600 (Ils 10,000) prize, and the Van Leer Award for Best Cinematography, which scoops $2,400 (Ils 9,000).
The film was directed by Avishai Sivan and produced by Ronen Ben-Tal, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery and Leon Edery of Plan B Productions.
Tikkun will also...
- 7/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
PARK CITY -- A pulsating look from the front lines during the August 2005 Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, "5 Days" should enthrall viewers interested in the Israel-Palestinian conflicts, as well as those generally interested in prescriptive conflict resolution.
"5 Days" will thrive at film festivals, and should be a smart draw on the Sundance Channel.
In this gripping document, we follow the removal of 8,000 settlers from their Gaza dwellings by the Israeli army. What was feared would be a catastrophe of bloodletting turns into a triumph of restraint. Director Yoav Shamir evenly captures the endgame scenario orchestrated by both sides and shows succinctly how armed violence was avoided.
With multiple camera crews, including a unit which followed General Dan Harel, chief of the Southern Command, "5 Days" is a ranging, provocative insight into the volatile dynamics of this historic mission. General Dan Harel, we see, is a commanding but compassionate leader who realized that the five-days would proceed on a certain course. Under his command, the Israeli soldiers showed compassion and civil fortitude as things inexorably climaxed toward the fifth day, when the most entrenched and resistant would be confronted and removed.
Told with intelligence and multiple perspectives, "5 Days" provokes one to examine why all intractable conflicts can't be solved with such honor and delicacy.
Technical contributions are first rate: taut editing from Arik Lahav-Leibovitz and probing camera work from the legion of cinematographers.
5 DAYS
Keshet
idfa Documentary
Sundance Channel
Profile Prods. Presents
Credits:
Director: Yoav Shamir
Producer: Moshe Levinson
Directors
of photography: Yoav Shamir, Mahmoud Albaied, Yossi Aviram, Shai Goldman, Eytan Harris, Nadav Lapid, Gil Mezuman, Amit Shalev, Claudio Steinberg, Alon Zingman
Music: Ophir Leibovitch
Editor: Arik Lahav-Leibovitz
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 94 minutes...
"5 Days" will thrive at film festivals, and should be a smart draw on the Sundance Channel.
In this gripping document, we follow the removal of 8,000 settlers from their Gaza dwellings by the Israeli army. What was feared would be a catastrophe of bloodletting turns into a triumph of restraint. Director Yoav Shamir evenly captures the endgame scenario orchestrated by both sides and shows succinctly how armed violence was avoided.
With multiple camera crews, including a unit which followed General Dan Harel, chief of the Southern Command, "5 Days" is a ranging, provocative insight into the volatile dynamics of this historic mission. General Dan Harel, we see, is a commanding but compassionate leader who realized that the five-days would proceed on a certain course. Under his command, the Israeli soldiers showed compassion and civil fortitude as things inexorably climaxed toward the fifth day, when the most entrenched and resistant would be confronted and removed.
Told with intelligence and multiple perspectives, "5 Days" provokes one to examine why all intractable conflicts can't be solved with such honor and delicacy.
Technical contributions are first rate: taut editing from Arik Lahav-Leibovitz and probing camera work from the legion of cinematographers.
5 DAYS
Keshet
idfa Documentary
Sundance Channel
Profile Prods. Presents
Credits:
Director: Yoav Shamir
Producer: Moshe Levinson
Directors
of photography: Yoav Shamir, Mahmoud Albaied, Yossi Aviram, Shai Goldman, Eytan Harris, Nadav Lapid, Gil Mezuman, Amit Shalev, Claudio Steinberg, Alon Zingman
Music: Ophir Leibovitch
Editor: Arik Lahav-Leibovitz
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 94 minutes...
- 1/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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