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The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Awards

He Who Says No

Dir.: Tamar Nissim
| 11 minutes

A child sets out on an expedition to find a cure for the plague. Will he sacrifice himself when he does not withstand the mission? Brecht's play, performed by IDF's disabled veterans, loaded on a local level about the meaning of the refusal.

How the Lake Became a River

Dir.: Sevan Smolnik
| 13 minutes

After years of separation and silence, a young man visits his mother and speaks to her for the first time about the indelible mark left on him by her and his drug-addicted father.

Motherland

Dir.: Dylan Joseph
| 9 minutes

Moments from reality in a militaristic society.

Permanent Resident

Dir.: Thalia Hoffman
| 15 minutes

The work follows five women for whom the political space is ingrained in their life: Tatiana Hoffman, Maria De Pina, Yvonne Deutsch, Yuli Novak and Thalia Hoffman. Each woman has a complex relationship with her place of residence and with activism.

They All Died

Dir.: Ayala Berger
| 11 minutes

The film follows the futile attempt of a mother and her only daughter to recreate a memory from the past. A cinematic reflection on reality and fiction in the space between loss and completion.

Verbal Problems

Dir.: Nitzan Satt
| 4 minutes

Through images from pedagogy and translation, the film addresses the pain inherent in hidden capitalist values. The film was inspired by the years the artist worked as a teacher in the Bedouin villages of Ibtin and Ras Ali.

The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Competition 2023

76 Minutes
How the Lake became a River - Sevan Smolnik | Verbal Problems - Nitzan Satt | He Who Says No - Tamar Nissim | They All Died - Ayala Berger | Motherland - Dylan Joseph | Riding Out of The Saddle - Dan Robert Lahiani | Permanent Resident - Thalia Hoffman