Addis Ababa – As part of the 7th edition of the Addis International Film Festival event, the Italian Cultural Institute (Istituto Italiano di Cultura) hosts the screening of ‘Free Flow’ movie on Thursday, 16th of May 2013, starting at 6:30PM.
Co-organized by the Israeli Embassy in Addis Ababa and the Initiative Africa non-governmental organization in collaboration with partners, the film screening is expected to be attended by young as well as established filmmakers, government and non-government officials, diplomats from different countries, and hundreds of film loving audience at large.
The revered Israeli film maker, producer, and director, Mr. Ramy Katz, will be present at the screening event which will be followed by a Question & Answer session where he chats with the audience, answers questions, etc. He will also hold a workshop for anyone interested, particularly for budding filmmakers, on the afternoon of 17th of May (from 1PM through 3PM), where he will in-depth share his eclectic expertise in film making and production. This is believed to equip students/learners with overall film directing proficiency.
Directed and produced by Mr. Katz, ‘Free Flow’ won the Other Israel’s Award for an Israeli Documentary Film. The jury’s statement: “New to cinema, yet mature, responsible and full of empathy for the characters he depicts: a mother of six in a provincial town, fighting with courage and wisdom to keep her family together despite the harsh violence against her from her abusive husband, and her eldest son who stands by her side.”
A Katz Films production of Human Interest/Human Rights genre, this documentary film features Parkour’s world in which Avshalom is a super hero ahead of his father's release from prison. This virtual reality starts to crack as the inevitable upcoming showdown with the man he testified against is going to dictate his mother's fate. A father's arrest three years ago shocked the family. The father was sentenced to three years in jail, and the wife (42) remains the sole provider for her family of eight. The court banned the father from seeing his children. In 10th grade, the son drops out of school and was unable to keep a job. As his childhood world collapsed, he starts creating an alternative reality for himself in which he was a superhero.
The film was selected for official screening on the following events:
- Belgrade Docu & Short Film Festival 2012-Official selection
- Tranzyt Film Festival 2012-Official selection
- Warsaw Jewish Film Festival 2012-Official selection
- Other Israel Film Festival (New York)-Official selection
- Haifa International Film Festival (Award winner for an Israeli Documentary Film)
- International festival of documentary and short movie "Prvi kadar"-East Sarajevo-Bosnia and Herzegovina (Prvi Kadar- Grand Prix for best documentary)
- Addis Ababa International Film Festival 2013
The Embassy of Israel invites you all to watch this enlightening documentary film.