A History of Israeli Cinema
Synopsis
According to filmmaker Raphael Nadjari, Israeli cinema has gone through two stages. The first, 1933-1978, began with the nature of Zionism and exaltation of the Israeli endeavor in Palestine and ended in a more personal study of the Ashkenazi psyche. The second stage, 1978-2005, was defined by a greater diversity of topics as filmmakers tackled everything from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the contradictions of modern life. A History of Israeli Cinema tells the story of the building of a gaze on a society torn by ethnics, religious, and political conflicts. It attempts to understand, to denounce, and to explore these complex subjects, always searching for the right ethic, the right form. A History of Israeli Cinema is the result of years of research, studies, documentation, screening, and interviews. Actors, thinkers, producers, filmmakers, professors, and critics worked to build a narrative that remains fragile and incomplete. It is the process rather than the result that is sh...
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Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Zadig Productions
- Co-production : ARTE France
- Foreign production company : United King Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Playtime
Full credits (5)
- Executive Producer : Bruno Nahon
- Directors of Photography : Oded Israeli, Frédéric-Guillaume Lefebvre
- Editor : Sean Foley
- Sound Recordist : Tully Chen
- Participants : Ronit Elkabetz, Joseph Cedar, Haïm Bouzaglo, Mohammad Bakri, Salim Daw, Amos Gitaï, Menahem Golan, Moshé Mizrahi, Avi Mograbi, Avi Nesher, Ze'ev Revach, Marek Rozenbaum
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Cinema
- Coproducer countries : France, Israel
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2009
