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International Women’s
Film Festival, Rehovot
The International Women's Film Festival, “Women
in the Picture 2007,” will take place this year
for the fourth time, in the city of Rehovot from the
5th to the 8th of September. Over sixty films directed
by women from Israel and around the world will be
screened at the festival. The theme of this year’s
festival is “desire” and films will explore
different facets of female desire in cinema. The festival
opens with the film Waitress, USA, 2007, and will
include panel discussions and special events. The
festival hands out awards to Israeli films in the
following categories: Best Film, Screenplay Development
Grant for a Full-length Fictional Film, Documentary
Film, Most Promising Director, and the Director Promotion
Award.
For more information on the festival and to read
some fascinating articles: http://www.iwff.net/En/Index.asp?yid=2007
Haifa Film Festival
The 23rd annual Haifa Film Festival will take place
this year from September 27th to October 4th. One
of this year’s special guests is French actress
and director Sophie Marceau. Marceau will present
"Trivial" ("La Disparue de Deauville,"
France, 2007), the second film she directed, where
she stars with Christopher Lambert, who will join
her on the visit to Israel. Haifa is Israel's oldest
film festival and focuses on Mediterranean cinema.
The festival has two competitions: the Golden Anchor
for Mediterranean cinema and the Fipresci-Haifa prize
for first and second-time films. This year’s
festival will boast around 150 features, all of which
are Israeli premieres. “Disengagement,"
Amos Gitai's new film starring Juliette Binoche, will
open the festival and the final film in the festival
will be Michael Winterbottom's much talked-about "A
Mighty Heart," based on Mariane Pearl's memoir
of the life and death of her journalist husband Daniel
Pearl, who was murdered in Pakistan.
For more information visit: http://www.haifaff.co.il/
Museum on the Seam
The Museum on the Seam is a socio-political contemporary
art museum located in Jerusalem on the seam line between
the east and west sides of the city. The Museum is
a private institution whose goal is to raise issues
that will have an impact on public dialogue. The Museum
on the Seam was established in 1999 in conjunction
with the von Holtzbrinck family of Germany, the Jerusalem
Foundation, and Raphie Etgar - the designer and curator
of the Museum.
The current exhibit on display is called “Equal
and Less Equal” that deals with work and slavery.
The exhibition shows the distressed existence of humankind
in a world of globalization and migration. The exhibition
attempts to awaken the awareness and social sensitivity
and elucidate questions relating to the labor relations
prevailing in our world. “The exhibition displays
the discrimination, exploitation and humiliation,
and calls upon us to reinforce the aspiration to strive
for greater equality between human beings.”
Entrance fee – 25 NIS
Hours - Sunday- Thursday 9:00-17:00, Friday 09:00-14:00,
Closed on Saturdays
Address - 4 Chel Handasa st., P.O.B. 1649, Jerusalem
91016
Phone: 02-628-1278, Fax: 02-627-7061
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