Coinciding with the anniversary of Kristallnacht (the night after the US presidential elections) the Israel Film Festival premiered in L.A. on November 10th. Former Bev Hills Mayor Jimmy Delshad tells what Iranian Jews can teach the west regarding the global jihad which US president-elect Donald Trump seeks to thwart through curtailing Muslim immigration to the U.S.
America-Israel relations under Trump? Should Israel Film Festival should portray Israel in favorable light?
Despite liberal Israeli filmmakers penchant for deprecating their society in domestic films, American patrons at the gala fundraiser, Ardyth and daughter Alise, say they expect the Israel Film Festival to select films which depict Israel in a favorable light.
Israel Film Festvial premiere in Hollywood screens Swiss-Israeli director/cinematographer, Raphael Rebibo's film, "Amor," regarding the Jewish dilemma of assisted suicide of terminal patients by relatives. His picture illustrates the conflict between fundamentalist / orthodox religion and liberal society.
Rebibo says that French speaking countries (including Switzerland) nowadays shy away from showing movies from Israel or Israeli filmmakers.
Meni Yaish, director of Israeli mafia drama, "Our Father" in the style of Quentin Tarantino, talks at the premiere of the Israel Film Festival in Hollywood about bringing Israeli domestic movies to an international market. Do Israeli filmmakers and festivals have a responsibility to represent Israel's public image favorably?
Based on a satire by Israeli author, Ephraim Kishon, Koby Azran produced a parody short-subject movie, "An Average Story" starring Itzik Golan as the demographic, average Israeli which catapults him to above-average celebrity.
See Israel Film Festival website for show times in Beverly Hills and Encino.
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Muslims in France concuss sympathizing, Israeli filmmaker chasing another European Oscar
The film "Rock the Casbah," depicts war-time dilemmas of Israeli soldiers trying to root out terrorists hiding among Gazan civilians. Two of its Jewish Israeli filmmakers, Yariv Horowitz and Assaf Amdursky, after premiering the movie at a film festival in France, were attacked by a group of Arab youths in the street, knocking Horowitz' head unconscious against the pavement.
After the violent incident, which apparently was racially motivated, Horowitz's film won the Special Prize of the Jury for Best Picture.
The film "Rock the Casbah", starring Yon Tumarkin, follows the story of young soldiers in the first intifada in Gaza. The soliders are located on the roof of a Palestinian family whose son is involved in the murder of one of their battalion.
The film which nabbed the Art Cinema Award at the Berlin Intl. Film Festival, paints a harsh portrait of Israel, follows a group of hapless young Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza in 1989 as they struggle to keep a lid on the chaos around them.
From Walla News site, (machine translated from Hebrew:)
The first intifada, continues to make waves in the world, but this time the reaction hugging accompanied by the incident frightening: During the festival Ovin (Aubagne) French music and film, attended Horowitz and collected. Asaf Amdursky composed the soundtrack for the film, was attacked Horowitz by a gang of youths of Arab descent. He lost consciousness, but fortunately was treated there and finally returned to the festival, where he picked the special prize of the jury for best picture and best music with Amdursky.
"The night after the premiere of the film back, I gathered, to the hotel," says Horowitz Walla! Culture. "And suddenly a bunch of Arabs attacked me. They told me, 'Fuck you' and I said to them, 'Fuck you', and Assaf tried to defend me, but they threw me and my head hit the pavement, and then lost consciousness. Luckily I was treated and recovered, it could have ended much worse."
According to Horowitz, although clearly not possible to know whether the attack is related to a movie, locals claimed that at least one of the young people were watching it. "After they dealt with me asked if I wanted to file a complaint and did not want, I flew away. But the next day I realized through the local and the festival at least one of the young people who attacked me see the movie. They did not say anything when they attacked me."
You can understand why you were attacked following the film?
"Listen, it's strange that here right activists wrote talkbacks should hang me. Has many Arabs who loved him. Perhaps extreme enlightened men think showing it worth beating."
Horowitz and winning the prize Amdursky joins the International Confederation for quality cinema Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at the festival Bergamo in Italy which won the "Rock the Casbah" earlier this year.
After the violent incident, Horowitz's film won the Special Prize of the Jury for Best Picture. Israeli singer and musician Assaf Amdursky also received an award for a movie he wrote music.
After the violent incident, which apparently was racially motivated, Horowitz's film won the Special Prize of the Jury for Best Picture.
The film "Rock the Casbah", starring Yon Tumarkin, follows the story of young soldiers in the first intifada in Gaza. The soliders are located on the roof of a Palestinian family whose son is involved in the murder of one of their battalion.
The film which nabbed the Art Cinema Award at the Berlin Intl. Film Festival, paints a harsh portrait of Israel, follows a group of hapless young Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza in 1989 as they struggle to keep a lid on the chaos around them.
From Walla News site, (machine translated from Hebrew:)
The first intifada, continues to make waves in the world, but this time the reaction hugging accompanied by the incident frightening: During the festival Ovin (Aubagne) French music and film, attended Horowitz and collected. Asaf Amdursky composed the soundtrack for the film, was attacked Horowitz by a gang of youths of Arab descent. He lost consciousness, but fortunately was treated there and finally returned to the festival, where he picked the special prize of the jury for best picture and best music with Amdursky.
"The night after the premiere of the film back, I gathered, to the hotel," says Horowitz Walla! Culture. "And suddenly a bunch of Arabs attacked me. They told me, 'Fuck you' and I said to them, 'Fuck you', and Assaf tried to defend me, but they threw me and my head hit the pavement, and then lost consciousness. Luckily I was treated and recovered, it could have ended much worse."
According to Horowitz, although clearly not possible to know whether the attack is related to a movie, locals claimed that at least one of the young people were watching it. "After they dealt with me asked if I wanted to file a complaint and did not want, I flew away. But the next day I realized through the local and the festival at least one of the young people who attacked me see the movie. They did not say anything when they attacked me."
You can understand why you were attacked following the film?
"Listen, it's strange that here right activists wrote talkbacks should hang me. Has many Arabs who loved him. Perhaps extreme enlightened men think showing it worth beating."
Horowitz and winning the prize Amdursky joins the International Confederation for quality cinema Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at the festival Bergamo in Italy which won the "Rock the Casbah" earlier this year.
After the violent incident, Horowitz's film won the Special Prize of the Jury for Best Picture. Israeli singer and musician Assaf Amdursky also received an award for a movie he wrote music.
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