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The Ring Family Wesleyan Israeli Film Festival
Spring 2006
All the films will be screened at 7:30pm at The Goldsmith Family
Cinema (The Center for Film
Studies), Screening Room 100.
A presentation/discussion will follow the screening of each movie. |
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Broken Wings (February 14, 2006)
Winner of Grand Prix for Best Film , Tokyo International film Festival
, and winner of 9 Israeli Academy Awards.
Directed by Nir Bergman.
An emotional and touching drama of a middle class family; a mother and
her 4 kids that are trying to pick up the pieces after the sudden
death of the father which leaves them estranged from each other in
their grief. Presentation/discussion led by Maya Maron, lead actress in the
movie |
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Walk on Water (February 21, 2006)
Official selection Toronto International Film Festival,2004.
Director Eytan Fox (director of Yossi and Jagger).
A Mossad (Israeli Intelligence) agent, Eyal, is assigned to
track down a Nazi officer. Pretending to be a tourist guide
he befriends Axel, the Nazi's grandson, who comes to Israel to
convince his sister to come back to Germany to participate in
their father's birthday party. As the friendship between Eyal
and Axel develops, Axel's open attitude challenges Eyal's rigid values.
Eyal arranges to be invited to the birthday party where secrets begin to unfold.
Presentation/discussion led by Gal Uchovsky, script writer and
co-producer of the film and a gay rights activist. |
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Ushpizin (February 28, 2006)
(Ushpizin an Aramaic word for guests, a Jewish custom in the holiday of Succoth to
invite guests)
The first film told from inside the Haredi ( Jewish orthodox
community ) and made through the unique collaboration of a secular
director, Gidi Dar, and an orthodox actor, Shuli Rand.
A poor childless couple gets a generous donation on the eve of Sukkot.
Soon afterward two escaped convicts appear uninvited at the couple
doorsteps and their outrageous behavior puts the couple's faith to the
ultimate test.
Presentation/discussion led by Laura Blum, film critic and political
analyst of the Middle East. |
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The Syrian Bride (March 7, 2006)
Director: Eran Riklis(2004)
Mona' s wedding day is also the saddest day of her life. Once she
crosses the border between Israel and Syria she will not be able
to return to her Druze village in the Galilee in Israel. The story is
told from her older sister's point of view, an energetic strong woman
trapped in tradition.
Presentation/discussion led by Laura Blum, film critic and political
analyst of the Middle East. |
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Campfire (March 28, 2006)
Director Joseph Cedar
Winner of 6 Israeli Academy Awards including Best Picture,2000
Set in 1981, a widowed mother of two teenage girls would like to join
a religious settlement and has to prove that she is a worthy candidate
by meeting religious and ideological standards . This process is being
further complicated by her rebellious older daughter's behavior, the
personal trauma that her youngest daughter faces and her growing
friendship with the new man in her life.
Presentation/discussion led by Dr. Miri Talmon-Bohm, a Wesleyan
visiting associate professor and an Israeli film specialist. |
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Bonjour Mr. Shlomi (April 4, 2006)
Written and directed by by Shemi Zarhin (2004)
16 year old Shlomi is a gifted youth who prefers to use his special
talents, especially his gift of cooking, to keep his turbulent family
together and to develop his love interest with the new girl next door.
When Shlomi get the sudden opportunity to develop his own unique
talents, he has to decide whether to take it or not.
“Charming! Upbeat! Spirited Performances” Los Angles Times.Presentation/discussion led by
Dr. Miri Talmon-Bohm, a Wesleyan visiting associate professor and an
Israeli film specialist. |
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Previous Events |
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09.23.2004
Etgar Keret
Short and Sweet: Writing
and Making Short Films in Israel |
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10.12.2004
Linda Zisquit
The Face in the
Window,
A Reading and Discussion |
11.2.2004
Rachel Tzvia Back
Placing the Voice:
The Personal and the Political, Israel 2004 |
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02.16.2005
Nurit Zarchi and Lisa Katz
Fantasy and Reality
in the Poetry of Nurit Zarchi and Lisa Katz |
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02.28.2005
Avi Nesher
Turn Left at the End
of the World
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