Israel Film and TV Week 2013 - Israeli Missions Around The World

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Foreward by H.E. Mr. Boaz Modai
Ambassador of Israel to Ireland
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you
to the "Made in Israel - Film and Television Week" in Dublin.
Following the success of the Israeli Film Days in Ireland in
2011 and in response to many requests from our Irish friends,
we are delighted to present you with a wider selection of
interesting Israeli films and TV shows screened over a week.
I strongly believe that culture and in particular cinema is an
excellent way to get to know a different people. By presenting
a varied selection of Israeli films, we hope that audiences in
Ireland will become better acquainted with the reality of life in
Israel rather than the distorted image, which is often portrayed
in the media. Israel and Ireland have much in common and we
hope the "Made in Israel - Film and Television Week" will
emphasize the bonds between our countries.
During our "Made in Israel" week, you will have the
opportunity to see many of the recent award winning Israeli
films, which deal with diverse issues and illustrate the cu
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cultural vitality of life in Israel. The modern state of Israel
was established over 65 years ago. Since that time, the
country has overcome many challenges but nonetheless
survived and prospered into a modern, vibrant democracy.
We are particularly glad to present a selection of popular
Israeli TV shows to audiences in Ireland for the first time.
The success of Israeli TV in the U.S.A. and also around the
world in recent years has been phenomenal. We are
delighted to partner with TV3 and with Keshet
International on an exciting project, whereby viewers will
be given the option to vote for their favourite Israeli TV
show, which they would like to be screened in its entirety
on TV3. Further information can be found in the festival
brochure.
I would like to extend my appreciation to all those who
were instrumental in planning this event and in particular
to my Deputy Head of Mission, Mrs. Nurit Tinari-Modai,
who has devoted a tremendous amount of time, energy and
passion into making "Made in Israel" a reality.
Enjoy!
Boaz Modai
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THE "MADE IN ISRAEL" FILM & TV WEEK
IS THE PLACE TO BE
Why?
Where else would you get to see so many great films
for free
Have a drink on us
for free
Enjoy Pizza, donuts and cupcakes
for free
Have your opinion heard by voting
For the next potential Israeli Keshet's TV Drama
To be shown on TV3
for free
Listen to Q&A's with special guests
for free
Have the opportunity to promote relations
Between Ireland & Israel
for free
Hope to see you all, Enjoy!
Note:
1. Seats are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
To avoid disappointment, please arrive early.
2. There is no admission charge but management reserve the
right to refuse admission
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Screenings
Irish premiere
WEDNESDAY 4TH DECEMBER
19.30
(invite only)
FRIDAY
6TH DECEMBER
10:30 AM
ADAM RESURRECTED is an American-German-Israeli film, directed
by Paul Schrader and adapted from Yoram Kaniuk's novel "Man, Son of
a Dog". It follows the story of Adam Stein (Academy Award nominee
Jeff Goldblum, "Jurassic Park"), a charismatic patient at a mental
institution for Holocaust survivors in Israel in1961. He reads minds and
confounds his doctors, led by Nathan Gross (Derek Jacobi, "The Golden
Compass"). Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer--cabaret
impresario, circus owner, magician until he finds himself in a
concentration camp, commandeered by Commandant Klein (Oscar
nominee Willem Dafoe, "Spider-man"). Adam survives the camp by
becoming the Commandant's "dog". He provides entertainment for the
Commandant while Adam's wife and daughter are sent off to die. Years
later we find him at the Institute. One day, Adam senses something amiss
"Who brought a dog in here?" he asks Gross. Gross denies there is a dog
but Adam finds "the dog"- a young boy raised in a basement on a chain.
Adam and the boy see and recognize each other as fellow dogs and thus
their journey begins.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ1hNtR-xhg
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Screenings of Adam Resurrected:
Gala Opening (invite only):
With special guest Minister for Arts, Heritage
and the Gaeltacht, Mr. Jimmy Deenihan T.D.
followed by a reception to mark the Jewish
festival of Hanukkah.
The screening of "Adam Resurrected" will be followed on Friday, Dec.
6th by a lunch-time talk (12:30-13:30) by Auschwitz Death Camp
survivor, Mrs. Batsheva Dagan, from Israel, who is a pioneer in the field
of Holocaust teaching.
The event is free but
pre-booking is essential RSVP: ambassador-sec@dublin.mfa.gov.il
*This is a joint event with The Jewish Historical society of Ireland
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Screenings
Irish premiere
THURSDAY 5TH DECEMBER
18.30
TV
THE A WORD
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THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER
19:15
FILM
FLOOD
Yoni's Bar Mitzvah (a coming of age ritual where the young adult,
usually 13, reads directly from the Torah scroll and leads the
congregation in prayer) approaches but his family continues to
disintegrate as his parents prepare to separate. Things take a turn when
Yoni's autistic older brother returns to the family home and challenges
the family to reconcile and put an end to their dysfunctional ways in time
for Yoni's Bar Mitzvah celebration.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCfxMZ1ufOk
Screening with 1st episode of Keshet's
Television Drama "The a Word"
English subtitles \ 2011-14 \ 35' minutes
The drama series follows a family of
farmers on a remote village as it copes
with the diagnosis of its 5-year-old son
(Omri) with autism. The day Omri is
diagnosed with autism marks the family’s long, painful, and occasionally
humorous journey of denial, manipulation, and introspection.
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Screening
FRIDAY 6TH DECEMBER
FRIDAY 6TH DECEMBER
FRIDAY 6TH DECEMBER
19:00
19:30
20:00
TV
TV
FILM
TRAFFIC LIGHT
LOADED
THE DEBT
1965, three Mossad agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend
a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets
the agents share come back to haunt them.
This film is a taut and complex espionage thriller and stars
"Israel's Queen of Cinema", Gila Almagor. The film was
subsequently re-made in a British/American production
starring Helen Mirren.
Come to see a film made in Israel by Israelis
about the Israeli Mossad
No one can tell their story better than the original!
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEFpRsF-Ts
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Screening with the 1st episodes of Keshet’s successful TV series:
Traffic Light
December 6th 19:00
English subtitles\2008-2013\25' minutes
Winner of the 2010 International Emmy® Awards
Traffic Light centers on three longtime friends and their attempts to navigate
the demands of their relationships. Now in their 30s, these men find themselves
at very different stages in their lives: Itzko, manages his father’s tricks and
magic shop. He is married to Lilach, an assertive, career driven journalist, and
is the father of seven-year-old Danielle. Amir, a director of union social events,
is in a committed relationship with Tali and her dog… and Heffer, the perpetual
bachelor, who can’t manage to keep a steady job, and is constantly getting into
messy situations with women.
Loaded
December 6th 19:30
English subtitles\ 2007-2009\35' minutes
After years of crazed work, 4
business partners and best
friends Guy, Tomer, Erez and
Berlad - realize their dream
when the ingenious video
game they developed sold
millions
worldwide. The
computer geeks who started
out in their parent's garage
became overnight millionaires
changing their lives forever.
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Screenings
Irish premiere
7TH
SATURDAY
DECEMBER
14:30
TV MOTHER'S DAY
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SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER
15:00
BY SUMMER'S END
It is the summer of 1978, a month to go until the Egypt-Israel peace
accords, but Michal is not worried by world affairs. Her 7 year old
daughter Maya has yet to learn how to read and write and her teacher
wants to hold her back a year. Michal rises to the occasion and vows that
by the end of the summer Maya will read, write and move on to the next
grade. But this summer is set to be full of surprises for the family.
Michal's father, who has been missing for twenty years, suddenly returns,
and brings with him the family's dark past and hidden secrets. By
summer's end Michal and her sister will have to deal with the past they
have tried so hard to bury and the painful, yet liberating process will
eventually lead them onto a new path.
Screening with Keshet’s TV series Mother's Day
English subtitles\ 2012-2013\30' \1st episode
Ella has this perfect life, she's a successful
comic columnist, happily married and
mother of 3 beautiful kids. But in order to
successfully navigate through the complex
task of being a mother, lover, friend and
daughter, Ella needs to constantly lie her
way out of and into situations – little lies,
big lies, white and at times not so white
lies… SATURDAY 7TH ECEMBER
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SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER
18:30
TV
PRISONERS OF WAR
FOOTNOTE is the story of a great rivalry between a father and son. Both
eccentric professors, they have dedicated their lives to their work. The
father seems a stubborn purist who fears the establishment. His son,
Uriel, appears to strive on accolades, endlessly seeking recognition.
But one day, the tables turn. The two men switch places when the father
learns he is to be awarded the most valuable honour one can receive. His
desperate need for recognition is betrayed, his vanity exposed. Uriel is
torn between pride and envy. Will he sabotage his father’s glory?
FOOTNOTE is the story of insane competition, the admiration and envy
for a role model, bringing father and son to a final, bitter confrontation.
Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at
The 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Nominated for an Academy Award in the
category of Best Foreign Film
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DjUwSr0VFo
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Prisoners of War
Saturday 7th December 18:30
English subtitles \ 2010 \ 60 minutes
THE ORIGINAL SERIES ON WHICH THE
HIT US SHOW HOMELAND IS BASED
The series, set in 2008, depicts three Israeli soldiers who were captured
17 years ago while on a secret mission with their unit in Lebanon
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Screenings
SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER
SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER
19:30
20:30
TV
FILM
MICE
2NIGHT
In Tel-Aviv, a city where everything is possible, a
guy and a girl are looking for the impossible:
A parking place!
The story of an hour and a half of two strangers who met in a bar
and want to spend the night together but can't find a parking
place and thus become 'victims' of the situation and have to deal
each with the other. Roi Werner and Yaron Brovinsky's "2 Night"
is a magical tour of situations, feelings, fears and love.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR9mvqW6S2w
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Mice
Saturday 7th December 19:30
English subtitles \ 2012 \ 45 minutes\ 1st episode
A knock at the door suddenly
turns the placid lives of Michael
and Diana Gordin upside-down.
One morning Jacob Londin, an
agent handler for the Russian
intelligence who manipulated
their lives for years, appears at
their doorstep. Michael and
Diana both immigrated to Israel
in the early 1990s from the
USSR. It had seemed to them
that their terrifying contact with
Londin had ended. Now he is
back unexpectedly, bearing a
message that is hard for them to swallow: he wants their son.
DON'T FORGET TO RATE
YOUR FAVOURITE
ISRAELI TELEVISION SERIES
AT THE END OF THE SHOW!
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Screening
SUNDAY
8TH DECEMBER
15:00
Eighteen year old Shira is about to be married off to a suitable young man
when the death of her sister, whilst giving birth to her first child,
postpones the wedding and grief overwhelms the family. Her mother now
looks to Shira to marry her bereaved brother-in-law instead and the
pressure builds as Shira is caught up in an uncomfortable personal
dilemma.
Lead actress won BEST ACTRESS at the
VENICE Film Festival
A fascinating and compelling portrait of the pressures
and rules of this closed Ultra-Orthodox Jews society
versus the desires of the heart
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hoxulGKQ7g
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Screening
Irish premiere
THURSDAY 8TH DECEMBER
16:30
After years of living apart from her dad, Libby, an introverted yet sharpwitted teenager is sent to live with him in Israel. Her arrival coincides
with the outbreak of the second Lebanon war. Libby quickly discovers
that her Dad, Shaul, is an infantile eccentric, and that he is “in-between
apartments” (in other words: homeless). Shaul comes up with a creative
plan to put a roof over their heads- they pose as refugees from the
bombarded Northern region of Israel, and are taken in by a well-off
family in Jerusalem. Finally in a "normal" household, Shaul and Libby
begin to build their father-daughter relationship, but their false identities
can't last forever, especially as Libby unleashes teenage fury at the lies
permeating her life; those she must tell now, and those she's been fed
since childhood.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwgRTJ6Q9RU
Best Actor, Jerusalem Film Festival 2011
Special Jury Prize -Annonay Festival (France) 2013
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Screening
THURSDAY 8TH DECEMBER
Irish premiere
19:00
“WATCHING CUPCAKES IS LIKE TAKING AN EXTRAVAGANT
90-MINUTE VACATION FROM REALITY,
AND WHO COULDN’T USE A VACATION THESE DAYS?”
Jerusalem Post
Award-winning filmmaker Eytan Fox (Yossi &
Jagger, Walk on Water) returns with a stylized,
gossamer-light musical comedy about life, love and
friendship.
When heartbroken Tel Aviv baker Anat gets
together with her friends to watch a Eurovision-style song contest, the
catchy tune they write to cheer her up unexpectedly ends up as Israel’s
entry for the contest! But will the good-natured friends survive the cutthroat world of the pop business? With feel-good music by Babydaddy
(Scissor Sisters), Technicolor styling à la Almodóvar and an
unashamedly entertaining storyline that could have come from Friends,
this hit musical comedy is the guiltiest pleasure of the year.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJne6oCGuw
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The screening of the 2013 film "Cupcakes" will be
followed by a discussion with the film director
Eytan Fox
A post-show talk moderated by Zbyszek Zalinski,
presenter of Eurovision coverage on RTE Radio 1
From Dana to Dana
The Success of the
Eurovision phenomena
In Ireland and in Israel
Complimentary Cupcakes and Drinks
available!
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Screenings
Irish premiere
9TH
MONDAY
DECEMBER
14:30 TV MYTHOLOGICAL EX
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MONRDAY 9 DECEMBER
19:00 FILM
A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial
bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent
the publication of a defamatory article.
This film brings the issue of immigrant workers to the forefront,
Immigrant workers can often be invisible in their host countries
Israel's official entry for the 2011 Academy Awards
Best Foreign Film category
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbv5A9AD-so
Screening with Keshet’s TV series "Mythological Ex"
English subtitles\ 2007 \ 35 minutes\1st episode
Michal Golan, is a hopeless romantic (35 years
old) who has had many relationships, but these
romances never lasted long. Fresh out of yet
another failed relationship, Michal turns to a
psychic, who tells her that she's already dated
her future husband, and predicts that she will
remain single for the rest of her life unless she
finds him within a year. From this point on Michal sets off on her life's journey.
Will she find Mr. Right?
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TUESDAY 10TH 19:00
Irish premiere
Ex Israeli flags are hoisted on Sandy Row and Palestinian flags fly over
the Falls Road. Israeli journalist Ithamar Handelman Smith is intrigued
by why some people in Northern Ireland have taken sides in the Middle
Eastern conflict.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzVmiXO9Bqg
The closing event will be the dedicated to the question
that influences the attitude of many Irish towards Israel
SHATTERING THE MYTH:
The comparison of the Northern Irish conflict &
the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict
A post-show talk moderated by the
acclaimed
Sunday
Independent
journalist Carol Hunt with-film maker
Eamonn Devlin, and John Maher PhD.
Complimentary Movie snacks and
drinks are included
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