Avi Mograbi
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DAFilms presents best platform debuts of 2023 programme
Discover the expertly curated collection of the most remarkable films that made their debut on DAFilms in 2023. This year’s finest selections at DAFilms span from 1976 through 2022, embracing a global tapestry from Croatia to Cameroon, and from Argentina to India. The collection showcases a range of filmmaking techniques, from cutting-edge digital surveillance footage…
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MajorDocs honours documentaries “Al Djanat” and “Apolonia, Apolonia”
The fifth edition of the #MajorDocs concluded in Mallorca, recognizing documentaries Al Djanat directed by Chloé Aïcha Boro and Apolonia, Apolonia by Lea Glob with top honours. The festival attracted an audience of over 2,000 people, with an additional hundred attendees at the closing gala. The jury, comprising #Avi Mograbi#, #Sylvie Gadamer#, and #Zeynep Güzel#,…
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MajorDocs announces full 2023 festival programme
MajorDocs, the first international slow film festival, unveiled its 5th edition’s full programme. Scheduled from October 3rd to 7th at s’Escorxador, the festival will also introduce Estudi General Lul·lià as a new venue this year. Miguel Eek, the festival’s director, highlighted the festival’s core principles: authors, creation, and slowness. «In an age of haste and…
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Filmmaker Avi Mograbi, essayist Ramón Andrés among first 2023 MajorDocs guests
The fifth #MajorDocs edition, a creative documentary film festival scheduled for October 3-7 in Mallorca, will feature #Avi Mograbi# (Tel Aviv, 1956) as the guest of honour. Mograbi, renowned as a significant non-fiction filmmaker in #Israel and the #Middle East#, will open the festival with one of his films, conduct a masterclass on the creative…
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Doclisboa announces full 2021 programme
The 19th edition of #Doclisboa was unveiled its full programme for the festival taking place 21 – 31 October in Lisbon, Portugal. The programme consists of 249 films and is composed of competitive and non-competitive sections: International Competition, National Competition, New Visions, From the Earth to the Moon, Heart Beat, #Ulrike Ottinger# Retrospective, #Cecilia Mangini#…
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Manual for military occupation
ISRAEL: An insight into how a foreign occupation works and the logic behind it.
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Orwa Nyrabia – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
IDFA: The new artistic director at IDFA talks about the new features of the documentary industry and how watching a documentary can turn into a life-changing experience.
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The treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli military
CONFLICT: Israeli filmmaker Avi Mograbi’s latest documentary has an unabashedly provocative thesis, juxtaposing footage of Palestinians being humiliated by Israeli guards with scenes of Jewish tourists being regaled by tales of historical struggle.
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POLITICAL FILMMAKING: Go Film It
In "August, a Moment Before the Eruption", Avi Mograbi portrays the hot month of August as a metaphor for the omnipresence of violence, anger, fear and suspicion in Israel. Mograbi’s highly personal and provocative style includes humour as a device to depict the absurdity of violence. The film won a prize for Best Documentary at…