Exclusive: Tel Aviv-based festival will open with world premiere of Before My Feet Touch the Ground.
Docaviv, Israel’s top documentary festival, has finalised the selection for its 19th edition (May 11-20).
The Tel Aviv-based event will kick off with the world premiere of Daphni Leef’s Israeli documentary Before My Feet Touch The Ground (pictured), about a film student who became the leader of a popular protest movement.
13 Israeli films have been selected to compete in the Docaviv Isreali film competition, 11 of which are world premieres.
They are competing for the best Israeli film award worth $19,000 (Nis 70,000), the largest prize for documentary filmmaking offered anywhere in Israel.
For the first time, a Fipresci jury will also award a best director award.
The competition will feature work by David Deri, Doron Galezer and Ruth Yuval (The Ancestral Sin), Daniel Sivan (The Patriot), and Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander and Tamir Elterman (Muhi).
International competition
11 films have been selected for the...
Docaviv, Israel’s top documentary festival, has finalised the selection for its 19th edition (May 11-20).
The Tel Aviv-based event will kick off with the world premiere of Daphni Leef’s Israeli documentary Before My Feet Touch The Ground (pictured), about a film student who became the leader of a popular protest movement.
13 Israeli films have been selected to compete in the Docaviv Isreali film competition, 11 of which are world premieres.
They are competing for the best Israeli film award worth $19,000 (Nis 70,000), the largest prize for documentary filmmaking offered anywhere in Israel.
For the first time, a Fipresci jury will also award a best director award.
The competition will feature work by David Deri, Doron Galezer and Ruth Yuval (The Ancestral Sin), Daniel Sivan (The Patriot), and Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander and Tamir Elterman (Muhi).
International competition
11 films have been selected for the...
- 4/19/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
The first project from documentary distributor Dogwoof's production fund TDog, which was launched at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, is set to bow at the festival next month.
The Family I Had, co-directed by Katie Green and Carlye Rubin, was selected by Dogwoof from Tribeca's speed-dating meetings in 2016 and will have its world premiere in New York on April 21, with Dogwoof representing world sales.
The film tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who murders his four-year-old sister. The seemingly isolated event quickly reveals a portrait of a family and its unique history. The film is executive produced by...
The Family I Had, co-directed by Katie Green and Carlye Rubin, was selected by Dogwoof from Tribeca's speed-dating meetings in 2016 and will have its world premiere in New York on April 21, with Dogwoof representing world sales.
The film tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who murders his four-year-old sister. The seemingly isolated event quickly reveals a portrait of a family and its unique history. The film is executive produced by...
- 3/15/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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