Austria
Defamation
[DEFAM] World Documentary Feature Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 94 min
Directed by: Yoav Shamir
Interests: Documentary, Identity, Jewish, Religion, Social Issues
Is anti-Semitism an extant threat on the verge of coalescing into a second Holocaust? Or is it a scare tactic used by right-wing Zionists to discredit their critics? Speaking with the head of the Anti-Defamation League, controversial author Norman Finkelstein, and others, Shamir sets out to discover the realities of anti-Semitism today. His findings are both shocking and wryly funny. Read More
[DEFAM] World Documentary Feature Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 94 min
Directed by: Yoav Shamir
Interests: Documentary, Identity, Jewish, Religion, Social Issues
Is anti-Semitism an extant threat on the verge of coalescing into a second Holocaust? Or is it a scare tactic used by right-wing Zionists to discredit their critics? Speaking with the head of the Anti-Defamation League, controversial author Norman Finkelstein, and others, Shamir sets out to discover the realities of anti-Semitism today. His findings are both shocking and wryly funny. Read More
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Gefilte Fish
[SWAKE] Shorts in Competition: Student
Short Narrative, 2008, 10 min
Directed by: Shelly Kling-Yosef
Plays In: Shorts: Wake-up Call
Interests: About Family, Comedy, Family, Female Director(s), Identity, Jewish, Middle Eastern
Gail is torn between a fish and her family tradition in Gefilte Fish. Read More
[SWAKE] Shorts in Competition: Student
Short Narrative, 2008, 10 min
Directed by: Shelly Kling-Yosef
Plays In: Shorts: Wake-up Call
Interests: About Family, Comedy, Family, Female Director(s), Identity, Jewish, Middle Eastern
Gail is torn between a fish and her family tradition in Gefilte Fish. Read More
A Matter of Size
[MATTE] Discovery
Feature Narrative, 2009, 92 min
Directed by: Sharon Maymon and Erez Tadmor
Interests: *ESPN*, Comedy, Drama, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Returning Filmmaker, Social Issues, Sports
In this touching, lighthearted comedy, an overweight, underemployed chef and three close friends abandon their weight-loss group to pursue an activity for which girth is a virtue: sumo wrestling. While training, they discover the soul of sumo, realizing that—fat or thin—love and success will only come from being true to themselves. Read More
[MATTE] Discovery
Feature Narrative, 2009, 92 min
Directed by: Sharon Maymon and Erez Tadmor
Interests: *ESPN*, Comedy, Drama, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Returning Filmmaker, Social Issues, Sports
In this touching, lighthearted comedy, an overweight, underemployed chef and three close friends abandon their weight-loss group to pursue an activity for which girth is a virtue: sumo wrestling. While training, they discover the soul of sumo, realizing that—fat or thin—love and success will only come from being true to themselves. Read More
Seven Minutes in Heaven
[SEVEN] World Narrative Feature Competition
Feature Narrative, 2008, 94 min
Directed by: Omri Givon
Interests: Drama, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Mystery, Thriller, War, Women
A young woman struggles to reconstruct her memory of the events immediately following the Jerusalem bus bombing that took the life of her boyfriend and left her back badly scarred. Part memory play, part love story, and part metaphysical thriller, this startling debut feature announces Givon as a forceful storyteller and exciting new voice in international cinema. Read More
[SEVEN] World Narrative Feature Competition
Feature Narrative, 2008, 94 min
Directed by: Omri Givon
Interests: Drama, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Mystery, Thriller, War, Women
A young woman struggles to reconstruct her memory of the events immediately following the Jerusalem bus bombing that took the life of her boyfriend and left her back badly scarred. Part memory play, part love story, and part metaphysical thriller, this startling debut feature announces Givon as a forceful storyteller and exciting new voice in international cinema. Read More
