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Israeli Film Festival - Sydney & Melbourne
August 4th 2009 06:11
Diverse Culture Embraces Universal Themes At
AICE ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL 2009
AICE ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL 2009
Celebrating its 6th season in 2009.
The AICE Israeli Film Festival will take place in Melbourne and Sydney from 25 August until 6 September with a vibrant programme showcasing the best of contemporary Israeli cinema.
The Israeli Film Festival is celebrating its 6th season in 2009. This years line-up includes seven new features, four documentaries, and three award-winning short films.
The Festival is a proud initiative of the Australia Israel Cultural Exchange (AICE), an organization dedicated to furthering the cultural ties between Australia and Israel.
One of the Festival’s key objectives is to engender a greater tolerance and understanding of a way of life that may be different to our own.
Venues and dates for the AICE Israeli Film Festival 2009 are as follows:
Melbourne: 25 August to 30 August
Palace Como & Palace Brighton Bay
Sydney: 1 Sept to 6 Sept
Palace Academy Twin
Short films are from the renowned Ma’ale Film School in Jerusalem.
Feature films include:
LOST ISLANDS (2008), directed by Reshef Levy.
Set in the 1980’s, LOST ISLANDS tells the story of twin brothers, who finds themselves at odds with each other, when forced to choose between family loyalty and personal desire.
ZRUBAVEL by Ethiopian-Israeli filmmaker Shmuel Beru.
ZRUBAVEL follows a multigenerational family of immigrants as they attempt to adjust to their new homeland.
Zrubavel
SEVEN DAYS (SHIVA) directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz.
Against the backdrop of the 1991 Gulf War, a Moroccan family mourn the death of a brother, and in doing so revisit suppressed tensions. Opened Critics’ Week at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
IT ALL BEGINS AT SEA by Eitan Green.
7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN Omri Givon.
ELI AND BEN by Ori Ravid.
BRURIA by Avraham Kushnir.
Documentaries:
YIDDISHE MAMA, a documentary which looks at a mother trying to prevent her son from marrying the woman of his dreams - the daughter-in-law of her nightmares.
CHRONICLE OF A KIDNAP, a documentary which follows a courageous wife’s battle to find her soldier husband, a captive of Hezbollah.
Documentaries NINE YEARS LATER and EYE WITNESS are also part of The Festival.
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