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The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Competition 2023

Sevan Smolnik
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The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Competition 2023
About the series
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
How the Lake Became a River
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Dir.: Sevan Smolnik | Israel 2023 | 13 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

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.

Dir.:
Sevan Smolnik
Source:
Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
Verbal Problems
Dir.: Nitzan Satt | Israel 2023 | 4 minutes | No Dialogue | English subtitles

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.

Dir.:
Nitzan Satt
He Who Says No
Dir.: Tamar Nissim | Israel 2023 | 11 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

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.

Dir.:
Tamar Nissim
They All Died
Dir.: Ayala Berger | Israel 2023 | 11 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

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.

Dir.:
Ayala Berger
Motherland
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Dir.: Dylan Joseph | Israel 2023 | 9 minutes | Hebrew | Hebrew, English subtitles

Moments from reality in a militaristic society.

Dir.:
Dylan Joseph Schitrit
Riding Out of the Saddle
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Dir.: Dan Robert Lahiani | Israel 2023 | 11 minutes | Hebrew | English, Hebrew subtitles

From his studio located in Jerusalem’s Talpiot neighborhood, the artist enters a dance choreographed by two workers spinning around the future controversial Dome of Beit Safafa’s mosque.

Dir.:
Dan Robert Lahiani
Permanent Resident
Dir.: Thalia Hoffman | Israel 2023 | 15 minutes | Hebrew, Arabic | Hebrew, English subtitles

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.

Dir.:
Thalia Hoffman