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10:00
| 105 min
B113
2025-07-22 10:00:00 2025-07-22 13:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem The Dreamer Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
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10:30
| 96 min
D126
2025-07-22 10:30:00 2025-07-22 13:30:00 Asia/Jerusalem The Botanist Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753169400
10:30
| 99 min
A108
2025-07-22 10:30:00 2025-07-22 13:30:00 Asia/Jerusalem Deaf Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753169400
10:45
| 93 min
C120
2025-07-22 10:45:00 2025-07-22 13:45:00 Asia/Jerusalem The Sea Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753170300

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11:30
| 129 min
E128
2025-07-22 11:30:00 2025-07-22 14:30:00 Asia/Jerusalem Sham Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753173000

12

12:30
| 73 min
B114
2025-07-22 12:30:00 2025-07-22 15:30:00 Asia/Jerusalem Hani Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753176600

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13:00
| 95 min
C121
2025-07-22 13:00:00 2025-07-22 16:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Oxygen Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753178400
13:00
| 122 min
A109
2025-07-22 13:00:00 2025-07-22 16:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Islands Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753178400

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14:15
| 91 min
E129
2025-07-22 14:15:00 2025-07-22 17:15:00 Asia/Jerusalem La 42 Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753182900
14:15
| 106 min
B115
2025-07-22 14:15:00 2025-07-22 17:15:00 Asia/Jerusalem The Little Sister Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753182900

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15:00
| 115 min
D125
2025-07-22 15:00:00 2025-07-22 18:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Cat's Play Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
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15:15
| 106 min
C122
2025-07-22 15:15:00 2025-07-22 18:15:00 Asia/Jerusalem No Dogs Allowed Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753186500
15:45
| 96 min
A110
2025-07-22 15:45:00 2025-07-22 18:45:00 Asia/Jerusalem Love Letters Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753188300

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16:30
| 92 min
E130
2025-07-22 16:30:00 2025-07-22 19:30:00 Asia/Jerusalem Tell Her That I Love Her Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753191000
16:30
Special Program
B116
2025-07-22 16:30:00 2025-07-22 19:30:00 Asia/Jerusalem Tribute to Experimental Filmmaker Benjamin Hayeem <p><strong>Curation and Introduction: Chen Sheinberg</strong></p><p>Benjamin Hayeem (1933-2004) was an Israeli-American experimental filmmaker, director, writer, and editor who created experimental films, fiction features, including the controversial <em>The Black Banana</em> (1976), documentaries, and educational films. Born in Bombay, India, he was part of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren's circle. Influenced by the montage principles of director Slavko Vorkapić, he applied them extensively in his work. He was a member of the Living Theatre and part of New York's bohemian art scene.</p><p> </p><p>Program Length: 53 minutes</p><p> </p><p><strong>Papillote</strong></p><p>Benjamin Hayeem | USA 1964 | 8 min. | 16mm</p><p>In this film, Benjamin Hayeem creates a surrealist fantasy using silent film conventions, slow motion, and stop-motion animation. The result is an anarchic, critical statement on American capitalism. Renowned American experimental filmmaker Gregory Markopoulos wrote: "The satirical and marvelous surprise of the festival was Benjamin Hayeem's film <em>Papillote</em>."</p><p>(Ann Arbor Film Festival catalogue)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Meshes of the Afternoon</strong></p><p>Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | USA 1943 | 14 min. | 16mm</p><p>Filmmaker Maya Deren, often referred to as "the mother of American avant-garde cinema," created this seminal poetic film. A surrealist work, using slow motion, jump cuts, and sophisticated montage to shift between disconnected spaces traversed by the protagonist. The film unfolds through the consciousness and desire of its main character, documenting events that could not occur in reality but are witnessed by her regardless. It may be described as an experimental film noir. It was made in Hollywood with Deren's husband, Alexander Hammid.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra</strong></p><p>Slavko Vorkapić, co-directed with Robert Florey | USA 1928 | 14 min. | 16mm</p><p>This macabre and cynical satire of Hollywood's dream machine was co-directed by experimental filmmaker Slavko Vorkapić, whose editing technique deeply influenced Benjamin Hayeem. The main character attempts to become an actor in Hollywood, only to lose his humanity—marked by the number 9413 which is printed on his face. The film was made on a budget of only $97 and shot by legendary cinematographer Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane) in one of his earliest projects. It was filmed in the directors' homes using miniatures, toy trains, paper boxes, and other makeshift props, with an expressionist approach to lighting. Promoted by Charlie Chaplin, it received unusually wide distribution for an experimental work and was screened in 700 theaters across the U.S.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Extreme Unction</strong></p><p>Benjamin Hayeem | USA 1969 | 6.5 min. | Silent | Digital</p><p>In this film, Benjamin Hayeem applies the theoretical principles of montage and movement as developed by Slavko Vorkapić.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Flora</strong></p><p>Benjamin Hayeem | USA 1965 | 6 min. | Silent | 35mm</p><p>As a woman prepares for a date, she frantically tries different outfits. The director constructs a rapid montage by cutting between the protagonist and a doll that moves its face. The film is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.</p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753191000

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17:45
| 105 min
C123
2025-07-22 17:45:00 2025-07-22 20:45:00 Asia/Jerusalem Tow Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753195500

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18:00
| 104 min
D237
2025-07-22 18:00:00 2025-07-22 21:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Impatience of the Heart Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753196400
18:00
Special Program
B117
2025-07-22 18:00:00 2025-07-22 18:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Nathaniel Dorsky <p><strong>Curation and Introduction: Chen Sheinberg</strong></p><p>Nathaniel Dorsky, born in 1943, continues to make films to this day. He is an experimental filmmaker whose work focuses on light, movement, and color. His films shift between nature and plant life and enclosed urban spaces. He trains his 16mm camera on textures, sometimes detaching the figure or object from the surrounding background. Dorsky developed a method of montage known as Polyvalent Editing. His films are non-narrative, and this program offers Israeli audiences an encounter with a cinematic world entirely different from the familiar, even within the realm of experimental film.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Alaya</strong></p><p>1976-1987 | 28 min. | 16 mm | Silent | Sand, wind, and light merge with emulsions. The spectator is the star. (N.D.) "<em>Alaya </em>manages a perfection of ‘musical’ light across a space of time greater in length than would seem possible (consider how brief most such perfected works are, such as Peter Kubelka, say) … and with minimal means of line and tone. … After about three minutes I began to be aware of the subtlety of rhythm, within each shot and shot-to-shot, which carried each cut, causing each new image to sit in-the-light of those several previous … a little short of a miracle." Stan Brakhage</p><p> </p><p><strong>Variations </strong></p><p>1992-1998 | 24 min. | 16 mm | Silent | <em>Variations</em> had come to a close, just as I was sketching new ideas for my other film, <em>Triste</em>. What tender chaos, what luminous stream of rhymes cinema can summon—beyond the grasp of daytime language. In the Bronze Age, countless sanctuaries were built for healing. Among their central rites was the art of restorative sleep. This montage speaks in the spirit of that tradition. (N.D.)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Apricity</strong></p><p>2019 | 22 min. | 16 mm | Silent | The title, <em>Apricity</em>, refers to the warmth of the sun in winter. It is an homage to the writer Jane (Brakhage) Wodening. In speaking to her I mused, "perhaps your age is the winter and you are the warmth of the sun." (N.D.)</p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753196400
18:00
| 75 min
A111
2025-07-22 18:00:00 2025-07-22 21:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Bella Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753196400
18:45
| 90 min
E131
2025-07-22 18:45:00 2025-07-22 21:45:00 Asia/Jerusalem Adam's Sake Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753199100

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20:00
| 92 min
Premiere Screening
C124
2025-07-22 20:00:00 2025-07-22 23:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem The Pill <p>A newly-restored copy produced by the Israel Film Archive and supported by the Werner Braun Foundation. In the presence of the Perlov family.</p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753203600
20:00
| 103 min
B118
2025-07-22 20:00:00 2025-07-22 23:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Chain Reactions Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753203600
20:15
| 91 min
A112
2025-07-22 20:15:00 2025-07-22 23:15:00 Asia/Jerusalem Mama Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753204500

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21:00
| 105 min
D127
2025-07-22 21:00:00 2025-07-23 00:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem The Best Mother in the World Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753207200
21:15
| 115 min
E132
2025-07-22 21:15:00 2025-07-23 00:15:00 Asia/Jerusalem Dossier 137 Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753208100

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22:15
| 83 min
B119
2025-07-22 22:15:00 2025-07-23 01:15:00 Asia/Jerusalem The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque
1753211700