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| The 3rd Annual Other Israel Film Festival Will Take Place at the Jewish Community Center By Staff posted Oct 28, 2009, 14:40 |
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Presented by The Israel Film Center at The JCC in Manhattan.
Location: Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Manhattan, 92STY Tribeca, and Cinema
Village.
Full program scheduling was announced today for The 3rd Annual Other Israel
Film Festival, dedicated to showcasing the lives of Arab citizens of Israel.
The Festival will take place in New York City from November 12th - 19th and
will run at JCC in Manhattan, 92STY Tribeca, Cinema Village, and other locations
around the city. It is presented by The Israel Film Center at The JCC in Manhattan.
A scene from the film, "Jaffa". Photo courtesy of the Other Israel Film
Festival.
Now in its third year, Other Israel Film Festival explores the lives and challenges
of the Arab minority in a Jewish defined state. The Festival celebrates the
diversity of Israeli life with award-winning films and open discussions by and
about the country's Arab minority populations, (Christian, Muslim, Bedouin and
Druze) which make up 20% of Israel's population.
A scene from the film, "Laila's Birthday". Photo courtesy of the Other Israel
Film Festival.
The controversial state of Arabs is extremely relevant to America today. Other
Israel Film Festival brings these stories to the big screen and to the American
public.
A scene from the film, "Telling Strings". Photo courtesy of the
Other Israel Film Festival.
"The goal of the Other Israel Film Festival is to promote tolerance," said Festival
founder Carole Zabar. "Film is a great vehicle for cultural understanding and
social awareness and we are excited to continue our conversation and shine a
light on a segment of Israel's population that no one gets to see. I never imagined
three years ago that the Other Israel Film Festival would be in the center of
the Israeli film industry. We have just produced our first film "Zahara" by
Mohammad Bakri and we are thrilled with the films that you will see at this
year's festival."
Many of the films presented by Other Israel Film Festival in the past two years
went on to participate in festivals world-wide and several have received North
American distribution.
"With the recent polarization of the social and political climate in Israel,
the Other Israel Film Festival is more urgent than ever" added Festival Executive
Director Isaac Zablocki. "In addition, we've noted a major rise in the quality
and quantity of films on the topic of Palestinians in Israel. Clearly, these
voices need to be heard."
Tickets for the Other Israel Film Festival cost $11 and go on sale at www.OtherIsrael.org
or by phone 646-505-5708.
The festival will feature several special directors' presentations and international
sneak previews.
THE FILMS:
LAILA'S BIRTHDAY
Director: Rashid Masharawi
A comically existential fable about a day in the life of a former-judge-turned-taxi
driver, on the day of his daughter Laila's seventh birthday. His only goal is
to be home early with a present and a cake, but life takes him through many
twists and turns before he gets home. His customers include a young Romeo who
hires the taxi to have a place "alone" with his lover; a housewife who'll stop
anywhere there's a free-food giveaway, armed Palestinian militia members, and
an ex-convict who leaves his cell phone in the cab.
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