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Archives from the Festival in 2007 |
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Aviva My Love
Winner of Israeli Academy Awards of 2006 |
Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to Oded, an accomplished novelist. Immediately recognizing Aviva's talent, Oded takes her under his wing, promising to help her achieve greatness. But the journey to greatness effects her life and the lives of her family - her unemployed husband, her troubled children, her unstable mother, and primarily her sister, a funny and sensitive woman who has her own dreams. Aviva's story, as it unfolds with laughter and tears, is about the power of one woman to realize her true destiny. |
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Year Zero
131 minutes |
Three seemingly separate stories taking place in Tel Aviv, this film examines people from very different backgrounds beginning what seems to be an ordinary day, although by the end of a few weeks, their lives will have intersected with surprising results. Reuben and Michal, a couple in their forties, decided years ago not to have any children. Michal unexpectedly gets pregnant. Anna, a young single mother, and her ten-year-old son are thrown out of their rented apartment. Kagan, a solitary and introverted radio technician in his thirties, is recording a radio program about his father, the founder of the punk movement in Israel. |
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Frozen Days Best Israeli Film, Haifa International Film Festival, 2005 |
"Meow", an intriguing young woman roaming the streets and nightclubs of Tel Aviv, meets up with her internet chat buddy and gradually assumes his identity. As she moves into his apartment she finds herself sinking into a twisted reality, daring the audience to decipher the clues. |
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The Final Victory, the story of Felix Zandman 58 minutes |
Felix Zandman began his life in a small village in Poland. As a young child, he watched while most of his family was captured and killed by Nazis. Thanks to the kindness and courage of his maid, he escaped the Nazi's by hiding in her basement for 17 months. This film traces the harrowing time he spent hidden and hungry during World War Two to his achievements as a world renowned scientist and an entrepreneur after the war. Today, Dr. Zandman is founder, Chairman and CEO of Vishay Intertechnology Inc, a global high-tech manufacturer. |
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Love Hurts
Best TV Series - Haifa Internation Film Festival |
Luke is the sexy host of a TV food show and appears to be a tough, cynical, young women. She comes home to find her fiancé moved out. Her best friend’s advice is to sleep with the first attractive man she meets. She reluctantly takes the friend’s advice. This very entertaining series follows Luke through her heartbreak, career and new surprising romance. |
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Three Mothers
106 minutes |
"Three Mothers" is a poignant tale of the lives of triplet sisters, born in Alexandria to the palace midwife and raised in Israel . The Hakim sisters, Rose, Yasmin, and Flora were born in Alexandria in 1942. In 1958 Jews became unwelcome and the family fled to Israel. The film which follows the lives of the three sisters and their families in Israel, with many twists and turns, challenges the meaning of marital loyalties and sibling relationships. |
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Little Heroes
76 minutes |
Four children embark on a magical journey to rescue two injured teenagers. One day, Alicia, an immigrant girl from Russia with telepathic abilities, senses that there are people crying for help in a nearby valley. Determined to save them, she and three boys set off on a journey. Through their adventures, these four outsiders bond and become heroes. |
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Like Fish Out Of Water
50 minutes |
A romantic comedy about Marcelo, a new immigrant from Argentina, and Anat, his Hebrew teacher at the Raanana Absorption Center. Marcelo is trying to improve his Hebrew accent so he can get an acting role in an Israeli Soap Opera. Anat, who could help him, has her own issues. |
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Stand At Ease
19 minutes |
A short comedey about eighteen-year-old Noah, a religious drummer in a heavy rock band. Upon joining the army, Noah has to choose between service in the IDF commandos like his friends in the settlement, and a musical career. |
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