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Israel / 2004 / Length: 131
Direcor: Joseph Pitchhadze
Language: Hebrew
In Memory of Dan Toren Year Zero This film takes us into the world of strangers whose lives change forever when they meet by chance: a young mother with a 10-year-old tries to make ends meet after she's fired and evicted from her apartment; a hit-and-run driver kills a blind man's seeing-eye dog; a married couple in their 40s fight over an unplanned pregnancy; a radio producer faces his past as he creates a historical radio program about his father; an unethical businessman is forced to come home to Israel to take care of his aging dad. The songs by...
Israel / 2024 / Length: 42
Direcor: Bettina Fainstein
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Indie City - Gaza Envelope Indie City is a concept project combining the vibrant Israeli indie music scene and documentary situations in different Israeli locations. The series provides a platform for new and unknown bands alongside veteran artists and has been promoting Israeli indie music for over a decade. Over the course of 12 seasons, over 180 music videos were filmed and broadcast as part of a special slot on HOT’s Channel 8. Indie City's YouTube channel has received millions of views and thousands comments from all over the world, and serves as an archive of independent Israeli music. The...
Israel / 1983 / Length: 130
Language: עברית
In Memory of Dan Toren The Tel Aviv Soundtrack Film Festival is holding a tribute event to the late musician and actor Dan Toren, with the participation of family and friends. In addition to a memorial for Toren, we will screen the short documentary "As Long as it Rolls" and the feature, "Final Exams". As Long As it Rolls (Israel 2016 A film about the history of Dan Toren’s musical life, by Yaron Amitai. 25 minutes, Hebrew Final Exams Israel 1983 Dir: Assi Dayan Music: Naftali Alter Starring: Dan Toren, Irit Frank, Ariella Rabinovich, Irit Alter As part of the...
Language: עברית
Hell Show Podcast Live with Special Guest Assaf Talmudi The Hell Show Podcast discusses shows from hell, horrible gigs, tragic blunders and anything else that can go wrong on stage. The podcast is created and presented by musician and producer Ori Ronen, alongside Avigail Kovary, Omer Moskovich and Adi Shiffer. In each episode, the guests talk about their most terrible gigs, and discuss the long road they took from playing live at the community center in front of two people to selling out large venues. In this episode, which will be recorded live in front of an audience at the...
Israel / 1973 / Length: 87
Direcor: Assi Dayan
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
The Soundtrack Tel Aviv Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony & Jubilee of Murder C.O.D. Murder C.O.D. Writer: Assi Dayan and Naftali Alter Music: Naftali Alter One of Naftali Alter's greatest cinematic moments is " Murder C.O.D" – Assi Dayan's first film as a director. Alter produced, co-wrote the screenplay with Dayan, and composed the film's soundtrack. Since it was first released, 51 years ago, the film has hardly been screened, and no one has watched it for years, for the simple reason that it can only be seen on film, and only one copy of it exists in the...
Language: Hebrew
TikTok Killed the Video Star: A Panel Discussion About Israeli Music Videos While the rest of the world had MTV, Israel still had its local music shows and channels. But where there is pop and rock, there are also music videos. From the humble beginnings and the creative solutions to budget problems, all the way up to the fancy and shiny music videos of today – we’re taking a look at the Israeli music video. Participants: director Omer Aloni, musician, director and journalist Sharon Kantor, director and podcaster Amir Buxbaum, Head of programming at the Tel Aviv cinematheque Pini Schatz,...
Israel / 1993 / Length: 116
Direcor: Eran Riklis
Language: Hebrew, Hebrew subtitles
Premiere screening of the restoration print of “Zohar”: Celebrating the 30th (+1) anniversary of Israel’s most revered musical biopic, in collaboration with the podcast "Once Upon a Time in Israel" Moving biopic about Israel's most successful and famous Sephardi singer, Zohar Argov, his rise to fame, struggles, drug addiction, and eventual downfall. The digital copy was produced at the Israeli Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque in collaboration with United King Films and Eran Riklis. A panel discussion with Eran Riklis, Avihu Medina, Shaul Mizrahi, Dafna Dekel, Gabi Amrani and screenwriters Moshe Zonder and Amir Ben David, will follow the screening....
Direcor: Tal Avidan
Yo Let’s Rap - Work in Progress Screening A music documentary that tells the story of a band that was not destined to succeed, on its way to...success. This band is Parvarim Refugeez, a group of ten childhood friends who grew up in the most Israeli of suburbs - Maccabim-Reut. What begins as a youth rebellion, leads to an extraordinary journey of a band trying to succeed, against all odds. They make hip hop, a style that in the early 2000s doesn’t really represent the Israeli mainstream, plus a twist of edgy punk. The combination is deadly, not only musically,...
Language: Hebrew
Master Class with Didi Erez In this master class, composer Didi Erez will describe the path he took from being a band member and independent singer-songwriter to dance and film composer, radio personality and lecturer, and will explain how all these fields make up his musical identity as a composer. Among the topics that will be covered in the master class: Movement in dance and its effect on camera movement and movement in general. Building a distinct musical language for a project and finding one's personal voice as a composer. How to start writing music for a new project. The...
Israel / 1988 / Length: 90
Direcor: Boaz Davidson, Uri Zohar
The Cinematheque Youth Presents: If the Lool Gang Made Hip Hop: Lool + Shay Tra Litman A collection of skits and songs from the legendary 1970s Israeli TV show. The screening will be preceded by a short set by the band Boaz Davidson and followed by a show by Shay Tra Litman, who will perform hip-hop versions of songs from the film. Total duration approx. 135 minutes Photo by: Ariel Bendet