Belarus 2007, 19 Min, Russian, English & Hebrew Subtitles
She is close to 60 with red hair, a pretty, slightly made up face, and has well groomed hands. Maria''s look couldn''t be more outstanding over the background of the small village in which she lives with geese, a cow and two dogs. She is also the owner of a rusty and old petrol station -miles away from her soft urban image.
She has a pensive look in her eyes, full of sorrow and longing for a past that we are allowed to catch a glimpse of, through her fan mail and short clips of home movies.
Director: Victor Asliuk, Producer: Vladimir Zametalin,
Cinematographer: Anatol Kazazaeu, Editor: Iryna Aksionenka.
EVEN IF SHE HAD BEEN CRIMINAL
After the dizzying images of the blurred archive footage of World War Two, the artist and filmmaker, Jean-Gabriel Periot, takes us to the triumphant, victory marches in France; he shows us the happy expressions of celebration, which turn abruptly, into scenes of women, who, to the tune of La Marseillaise, have their heads shaved in the town square, as a sign of shame for their affairs with German soldiers.
The director masterfully changes the context of the shots, also changing our relation to them.
Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot,
Producer: Envie de Tempête productions,
Cinematographer: Jean-Gabriel Périot, Editor: Jean-Gabriel Périot, Music: Jean-Gabriel Périot.
Spain 2007, 30 Min, Spanish & Punjavi, English &Hebrew Subtitles
The director, Oscar Perez, is about to enter the alcove of Muhammad – a lazy, cheating and short tempered Pakistani tailor, in the poor district of Barcelona – to begin filming. He films the customers complaining about the poor treatment they receive. He films the assistant, an Indian without a residency permit, who unsuccessfully tries to please him. He films the alcove, bursting at the brim from the recent rains that cover the filthy floor and also from the plastic bags containing clothes for alteration.
A tragic yet funny story about immigrants from the third world.
Director: Oscar Perez, Producer: Mia de Ribot, Oscar Perez, Cinematographer: Oscar Perez, Editor: Oscar Perez, Mia de-Ribot.
UK 2006, 23 Min, English, Hebrew Subtitles
For twenty years Mark Craig kept the messages on his electronic answering machine. Back then, he was a young, handsome graphic designer with long hair and a very full social life. Now, as a documentary film maker with short, grey hair, he is creating a very special and personal journey into mid-life using those real messages, and photographs taken from albums of the people in his life, in particular – the women.
Dircetor: Mark Craig, Producer: Mark Craig, Cinemtographer: Ken Morse, Editor: Dan Haythorn, Music: Steve Alexander.
Israel 2008, 20 Min, Hebrew, English Subtitles
In the film "Lemon Delicacy", the director attempts to capture people and details of life at Haim Bokobza''s canteen in the market of the old city of Ramla. The director says of her film that, "Haim''s Tunisian Sandwich
canteen is filled with a crowd of dislocated people and refugees. There I found the essence of the Israeli existence - exposed of its ideological cloaking, it''s chewed up clichés, and left bare."
Director: Michal Aviad, Producer: Michal Aviad, Cinematography: Yoram Milo, Itzik Portal, Editor: Iris Ozer.
* The Films will be screened Continuously.
