Many Faces – Documentary Cinema on Jewish and Israeli Identity – held in Mishkan Raanana
A series of four meetings to be held at the Mishkan in Raanana with film screening (subtitles in English) and meeting with the filmmakers (in English).
Address: 2 HaPalmach Street, Raanana
Additionally, there will be a special visit to ANU – Museum of the Jewish people.
Editor: Rivka Aderet
Program:
Wednesday, 27.11.24, 18:00-20:00 (Mishkan Raanana)
The End of the Season of Love – After 55 years of marriage, Geula (75) informs her husband Eric (77) that she wants to separate. A renovation contractor is called to divide the family home in two. The failed love story becomes a family and social journey, funny, moving, and painful, about secrets and insults, about relationships and parenting.
A meeting with the filmmaker – Shai Gal
Wednesday, 18.12.24, 18:00-20:00 (Mishkan Raanana)
Los Angeles South – A Musical Documentary – In Kiryat Malachi, the twin city of Los Angeles, dreams are forgotten behind. Yosef, the watchmaker of the city, who is already 60 years old, decides to run in the upcoming local elections. The journey is accompanied by singers, musicians, and dancers, who transform it, even for moments, into its twin city – “Los Angeles”.
A meeting with the filmmakers – Sharon Yaish and Golan Rise.
Wednesday, 29.1.25, 18:00-20:00 (Mishkan Raanana)
Muranow – Underneath the houses of the Muranow neighborhood in Warsaw are buried the ruins of houses and streets that once teemed with Jewish life. It seems that beneath the present neighborhood former life is still buzzing.
A meeting with the filmmaker – Chen Shelach
Wednesday, 26.2.25, 18:00-20:00 (Mishkan Raanana)
Doctor Morris’s Camera – Extraordinary documentation of a fighter pilot, doctor and amateur photographer, and his wife – a young British couple who chose to settle in Eilat in the 1950s. For decades, Dr. Morris recorded his expanding family with his camera, along with stories of Clarence the alligator, the family pet.
A meeting with the filmmakers – Itamar Alcalay and Meital Zvieli.
Friday, 28.3.25, 10:00-13:00 – at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People
Tour at ANU Museum in English + Screening of the Film: “The Sturgeon Queens”, USA 2014
For four generations, the Russ family, a family of Jewish immigrants, ran Lex and Herring deli in New York. This film was produced in the 100th year of the shop. The documentary traces the history of “Russ and His Daughters,” and includes interviews with two of the daughters alongside famous fans we all know.
Filmmaker: Julie Cohen. The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU – Museum of the Jewish People, courtesy of Phil Miller.
Transportation to Tel Aviv will be arranged and charged separately.
Photo on top on the page: End of Love Season. Photo design by Adva Littwitz
