Israeli movies at FEST 2013

Two movies coming from Israel

  •   Visit the 41th International Film Festival (22nd Februay-3rd March)
  • 2/19/2013
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    ​Out in the dark
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    ​OUT IN THE DARK 

    (Israel, USA, 2012, 96')


    23.02 | Dom omladine | 22:30
    24.02 | Dvorana Kulturnog centra | 15:30
    25.02 | Bioskop Fontana | 21:00

    Directed by: Michael Mayer
    Cast overview: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jameel Khouri, Alon Pdut, Shimon Mimran, Loai Noufi, Majd Bitar, Maysa Daw, Morris Cohen
    Distributor: M-appeal
    Festivals: Toronto, Haifa (Nacionalna sekcija – Najbolji film), Solun, Hamburg, Čikago, Rio de Žaneiro / Toronto, Haifa (Israeli Film Competition Award – Feature Film), Thessaloniki, Hamburg, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro

    Nimer, a Palestinian student, is dreaming of a better life. One fateful night he meets Roy, an Israeli layer, and the two fall in love.As their relationship deepens, Nimer is confronted with the harsh realities of a Palestinian society that refuses to accept him for his sexual identity, and an Israeli society that rejects him for his nationality. When his close friend is caught hiding illegally in Tel Aviv and sent back to the West Bank, where he is brutally murdered, Nimer must choose between the life he thought he wanted and his love for Roy.

     
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    EAGLES

    (Israel, 2012, 104')


    25.02 | Dvorana Kulturnog centra | 20:30
    26.02 | Bioskop Fontana | 17:00

    Directed by: Dror Sabo

    Cast overview: Yossi Pollak, Yehoram Gaon, Noa Barkai, Miriam Gavrieli, Michael Moshonov, Oz Zehavi, Tali Rubin, Adva Bolle
    Festivals: Toronto

    Ephraim and Moshka come every day for the past 60 years to the same coffee shop. This is their daily mundane routine. They feel lifeless and useless. Like fish in an aquarium they gaze through the glass window, watching the revolution they were once willing to die for, spit in their faces. Beautiful, young and perky, the young adults of the decadent Tel Aviv pass by the café window, without giving the two old men the slightest of glance. As if they were transparent, as if they did not exist. The pain on what’s become of the revolutionists, who now feel worthless, starts to take its toll. Everything changes when a car accident takes place in front of the coffee shop....