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28 פברואר 2024

 

 

1341 frames from Micha Bar-Am's camera

 

Photography: Ran Mendelson

Direction: Ran Tal  |  Production: Ran Tal, Shraga Fakir

 

For the past five years Ran Tal has served as the head of the international documentary film program at the Tel Aviv University's Tisch School of Film

 

 

1341 Frames from Micha Bar -Am's Camera is a film about war photography and the scars it leaves on history, as seen through the lens of Israeli photographer Micha Bar-Am's fifty-year career. Director Ran Tal was granted access to Bar-Am's extensive photo archive, selecting 1341 frames to craft the film.

 

 

 

Just in case you're still around

 

Photography by Talia (Tulik) Galon

 

Directed:Talia (Tulik) Galon    Production: Itay Tamir, Ami Levana

 

Ran Tal served for the past five years as the head of the international program for documentary cinema at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University.

 

 

Not everyone has time to die, but Yael did. A decade after they first met at university, the director meets Yael for the second time, this time as a new patient bewildered in the oncology department while Yael, an experienced patient, illuminates her way in the darkness. Yael did not use her time for "big life experiences" but for a leap into the depths of the soul, for a clear-eyed contemplation of the fear of death. She passes on this sharp gaze to her daughter Mia and her partner Rani, who remain to continue life after her. The film oscillates between then and now, between life and death, where the taste of things becomes clear.

 

 

 

I see you

 

 

Directed: Adam Weinrood  |  19 minutes | Documentary  |  Kobi Mizrahi Productions

 

Dan Liani lost his sight during his military service in the First Lebanon War. After 25 years as a blind person, he miraculously regains his vision. For the first time in his life, Dan sees his wife and four children, but this legendary story takes another turn. Through unique animation combined with rare family archives, Dan settles down to tell his incredible story.

 

 

 

To save wildlife 

 

Directed: Yafim Gerbovoy, Tanya Dudnik, Nikolai Viktorov

 

A graduate of the Film Department, Tel Aviv University, he has directed several award-winning short films. His debut feature film, "The War of Raya Sinitsina," won awards for direction and cinematography at Docaviv 2020; it also received awards for best debut film and cinematography at the documentary forum competition, 2020.

 

 

A documentary series for the whole family, produced in collaboration with the Safari and the Nature and Parks Authority, follows the Wildlife Hospital, the only one of its kind in the country. Each episode follows the individuals involved in rescuing a variety of fascinating wild animals in Israel and returning them to nature. We will meet the veterinarians, caregivers, volunteers, Nature Reserve inspectors, citizens who find injured wild animals and bring them to the hospital, and of course, the animals in the process of healing and returning home to their natural environment.

 

 

 

Lies I told myself

 

Directed: Yafim Gerbovoy  |  Production: Yahli Gat, Yafim Gerbovoy  |  Production Company: Mozza Productions, Okapi Films  |  Screenplay, Editing, and Cinematography: Yafim Gerbovoy  |  Sound Design: Anton Levkin  |  Music: Omri Bar

 

A graduate of the Film Department, Tel Aviv University, he has directed several award-winning short films. His debut feature film, "The War of Raya Sinitsina," won awards for direction and cinematography at Docaviv 2020; it also received awards for best debut film and cinematography at the documentary forum competition, 2020.

 

 

Yafim documents his family since his youth. For decades, he investigates through the lens the destructive relationship between his father and mother. When Yafim himself finds himself at a loss during one of the tough periods in his own married life, he is exposed to a dark secret his parents tried with all their might to hide from him. The revelation shakes his world, and he embarks on a cinematic journey full of lies, betrayals, and guilt, aiming to heal the deep wound within him.