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The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Competition - Screening Program

Shalom Hai
The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Competition - Screening Program
About the series

 Adam - Amir Yatziv | Can't Wait to Die | 死ぬのが待ちきれない - Akim Dolinsky | I am not afraid of the Apocalypse, I’m afraid you don’t love me anymore / 4.33 - Leila Erdman – Tabukashvili | Little Boney and his Winter Extinguisher (at last!) - Jonathan Omer Mizrahi | Planet of Luck - Roy Menachem Markovich | Runway Freefall - Alona Rodeh | Rustle - Yasmin Davis | Who Am I Without My Story? - Shalom Hai

Adam
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Dir.: Amir Yatziv | Israel 2024 | 15 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

Psychologists are invited to provide therapy to an AI entity, exploring its pain and dreams. This psychological experiment raises profound questions about human essence, consciousness, and the future of our existence.

Dir.:
Amir Yatziv
Can't Wait to Die | 死ぬのが待ちきれない
Dir.: Akim Dolinsky | Israel 2024 | 9 minutes | Japanese | Hebrew, English subtitles

After a long and successful career, Yoshinobu Endo, a humble 78-year-old Japanese CEO, retires to pursue old dreams and cherished memories. Setting out on a journey of self-discovery, he seeks to determine if these experiences will still fulfill his expectations after so many years.

Dir.:
Akim Dolinsky
I’m not afraid of the Apocalypse, I am afraid you don’t love me anymore / 4.33
Dir.: Leila Erdman–Tabukashvili | Israel 2024 | 5 minutes | Russian | English subtitles

When the world is falling apart and is hugged by fire and fog, when your fingers are leaving mine — what will be left? Will we meet again in different forms? Let's celebrate the end, let's have a farewell party. Say you love me eternally for tonight. Tribute to Boris Bernaskoni and Ilya Yashin.

Dir.:
Leila Erdman–Tabukashvili
Little Boney and his Winter Extinguisher (at last!)
Dir.: Jonathan Omer Mizrahi | Israel 2024 | 15 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

A personal heating bag, manufactured by Israeli arms company Eli Kal, becomes a form of defense against cold climate warfare, or “General Winter” — the uncertain state of climate crisis and continuous wars.

Dir.:
Jonathan Omer Mizrahi
Planet of Luck
Dir.: Roy Menachem Markovich | Israel 2024 | 6 minutes | No Dialogue

A video tutorial showing how to use a DIY lottery stand, made from materials within reach: jars, salt shakers, cans, boards, and pieces of furniture. In one key point of the video, the lottery booth turns into a secured unit that can protect its user from any threat.

Dir.:
Roy Menachem Markovich
Runway Freefall
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Dir.: Alona Rodeh | Israel 2024 | 4 minutes | No Dialogue

 Runway Freefall is a born-digital animation film about an impossible love story set in a deserted nocturnal cityscape. It depicts an imaginary takeover of two e-scooters dancing the night away.  16:9 4K Single Channel Computer-Generated Video with Sound.

Dir.:
Alona Rodeh
Rustle
Dir.: Yasmin Davis | Israel 2023 | 15 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

I began filming Rustle shortly after the birth of my daughter. The fear of forgetting and missing moments in her life led me to try to document the time, wishing that maybe this way I could gain its control.

Dir.:
Yasmin Davis
Who am I Without My Story
Dir.: Shalom Hai | Israel 2023 | 1 minutes | No Dialogue

A video records a figure writing a water inscription on an exposed concrete wall in the foundations of an abandoned building in Jerusalem. The inscription slowly disappears, leaving the question unanswered.

Dir.:
Shalom Hai