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CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS OF ISRAELI CINEMA

 February 17-25, 2010 at Sunrise Cinemas Intracoastal
Mall

 Opening
Night Honors Presented To

 Yehoram
Gaon 2010 IFF Lifetime Achievement Award

The
Peres Center for Peace 2010 IFF
Humanitarian Award

Shaul
Rikman 2010 IFF Founder’s Award

David
Keinan ~ Akiva Segal ~ Ron Reshef 2010
IFF Community Leadership Award

Opening
Night Film: A MATTER OF SIZE

Nominated
for 14 Ophir Awards (Israeli Academy)

Closing
Night Film: AJAMI

Winner
of the 2009 Ophir Award for Best Israeli Film

Nominated
for this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Film

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Miami,
February 4, 2010 -- The 24th Israel Film Festival, the largest showcase of
Israeli films in the United States, presented in association with the Consulate
General of Israel to Florida and Puerto Rico, will open on Wednesday, February
17, 2010 and continue through February 25 with all screenings held at the
Sunrise Cinemas Intracoastal Mall (3701 NE   163 St., North
Miami Beach, FL. 33160, 305.949.6002).

Join
celebrities, dignitaries, and sponsors at the Festival’s prestigious Opening
Night Gala event as we honor legendary singer/actor/director Yehoram
Gaon with the 2010 IFF Lifetime Achievement Award.  Yehoram
Gaon is one of the leading and most respected singer’s in Israel for the past
five decades. His career as a singer, actor, and director has flourished since
his beginning with Nahal Brigade in IDF. He has produced almost fifty albums,
including Ladino music,

Has
performed extensively in Israel and abroad, and starred in television and
feature films such as Kazablan, Entebbe, and this year’s IFF
presentation Voices of Jerusalem.

In
addition to Yehoram Gaon, the Opening Night Gala also feature honors
being presented to the three largest Israeli banks in
Florida: Bank Hapoalim, Ron Reshef, Bank Leumi USA, Akiva
Segal; IDB Bank, David Keinan with the 2010 IFF Community
Leadership Award; and, the Peres Center for Peace with the 2010
IFF Humanitarian Award.  A special award, the 2010 IFF
Founders Award, will be presented to Mr. Shaul Rikman, CEO of Isram
Realty Group.

The Opening Night Film will
be the highly praised Israeli box office smash A MATTER OF SIZE,
a touching, light-hearted comedy about a group of four ‘very’ overweight
friends in the Israeli city of Ramle who decide to start a sumo wrestling club
and escape from the dictatorship of diets espoused by their weight-loss group
decide to pursue a sport where their size is an asset.  In the process
they all experience a ‘coming out’ of a different kind – learning to accept
themselves both in life and love.  A MATTER OF SIZE,
directed by Sharon Maymon & Erez Tadmor, was nominated for 14 Israeli
Academy “Ofir” awards in 2009.  The
film will be release by Menemsha Films in spring 2010 and the Weinsteins have
bought the US remake rights to remake in English.

The
IFF’s Closing Night Film will be the highly acclaimed AJAMI,
which has just been selected as one of the five nominated films vying for Best
Foreign Film in this year’s Academy Awards.  A powerful crime
drama set on the streets of Jaffa’s Ajami neighborhood – a melting pot of
cultures and conflicting views among Jews, Muslims and Christians – and told
through the eyes of a cross-section of the city’s inhabitants.  The
film is co-directed by Israeli and Arab-Israeli filmmakers, Yaron Shani and
Scandar Copti, a statement in itself. Winner of the Israeli Academy Award
for Best Film, AJAMI is also the first Arab-Israeli language film
to represent the Jewish state at the Oscars.

The
24th Israel Film Festival will present 20 Israeli features,
documentaries, and award-winning student shorts, ranging from cinéma vérité and
comedies to thought-provoking, powerful dramas and documentaries. 

Under
the expert supervision of Founder/Executive Director Meir Fenigstein,
The Israel Film Festival is presented by IsraFest Foundation, Inc., in
association with the Consulate General of Israel to Florida and Puerto Rico.
The Festival has been responsible for introducing Israeli life and culture to
American audiences through the powerful medium of film, providing a
comprehensive intercultural exchange and has brought hundreds of Israeli
filmmakers to the United States to share their craft. Through the past 24 IFF,
more than 900,000 filmgoers across the country have experienced the best of
Israeli cinema by viewing more than 800 feature films, documentaries,
television dramas, short films and student shorts.

The
Festival is the only film festival that will visit three American cities - Los
Angeles, New York and Miami.

FEATURE FILMS

A MATTER OF SIZE (Israel / 2009) Dir: Sharon Maymon and
Erez Tadmor

Herzl
(Itzik Cohen) is an overweight, underemployed chef living at home with his
mother in the Israeli city of Ramla. Unable to find a job cooking, he becomes a
dishwasher at a Japanese restaurant. One day he notices his coworkers watching
sumo wrestling on TV. To Herzl, sumo is a revelation, an escape from the
dictatorship of diets espoused by his weight-loss group. With three hefty pals
in tow, Herzl decides to pursue the sport where his size is an asset. (92 min)

AJAMI
(Israel / 2009), Dir: Scander Copti,
Yaron Shani

A
gritty, urban crime drama brimming with raw energy and razor sharp insights,
AJAMI tells the interwoven stories of Jewish, Muslim and Christian neighbors
living in bloody disharmony in an impoverished Jaffa neighborhood. The sweeping
cast of characters – illegal workers, gangs, drug dealers, revenge squads,
corrupt police, and clandestine lovers – is all vividly portrayed by
non-professional actors who are actual Ajami residents. Their disparate stories
are tied together by a revenge killing and drug deal gone bad. Shuttling back
and forth through time, interlocking events are witnessed through the eyes of
different characters, thus changing audience perceptions and responses. (120
min.)

THE LONERS
(Israel / 2009) Dir: Danny Lerner

The
story of two “lone soldiers” immigrants to Israel on their own, without
families, One from Russia and the other from Caucasus. Despite being highly
motivated with a deep desire to excel and contribute to the country, the two
fall into a predictable trap awaiting those who are foreign, alone and
unprotected without home, family and homeland. The film, in Russian and Hebrew,
is based on events that took place in a military prison in northern Israel in
1997. (92 min.)

BRURIAH
(Israel / 2008), Dir: Avraham Kushnir.  Bruriah struggles
with a childhood trauma: a life of excommunication which was forced on her
following the publication of her father’s book. Bruriah goes in search of the
only surviving copy of the book. Her husband sees her quest as a threat to the
way of life that he has created for his family. But Bruriah is unwilling to
give up, and the search for the book becomes a crusade during which she faces
the compromises she has made in her life, her desires, and her
limitations. (90 min.)

FOR MY FATHER
(Israel / 2008), Dir: Dror Zahavi.  Terek, a young
Palestinian on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv, is given a second chance when the
fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in
Tel Aviv awaiting its repair, Terek befriends several Israelis, including the
beautiful Keren, who has cut off contact with her Orthodox family and
upbringing. With nothing to lose, Terek and Keren open up to one another, and
an unlikely love blooms between two isolated and damaged individuals, raised to
be enemies. (102 min.)

JAFFA
(Israel / 2009), Dir: Keren Yedaya, brings forth the
dramatic story of Mali, who lives with her family in Jaffa, and works with her
brother and father at the family owned car repair shop. Mali falls in love with
Tauffik, a mechanic in the garage. Despite underlying racism and jealousy that
surrounds them, their love affair grows. When Mali finds out she is pregnant,
the couple decides to run away and get married abroad. On the morning of the
flight, a tragic event reshapes this couple's future. (106 min.)

SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN
(Israel / 2008), Dir: Omri Givon.  For a year, Galia
has tended to her own injuries as well as her boyfriend’s. The event that left
him in a coma and her back badly scarred is a blur. Getting on the Jerusalem
bus…the explosion…waking up in the hospital…most of Galia’s recollections come
from the reports of others. But when he finally passes away, never having
awoken, Galia realizes that in order to move forward, she must reconstruct this
mysterious past and, in particular, that one horrific day. (94 min.)

ZRUBAVEL
(Israel / 2008), Dir: Shmuel Beru.  Itzhak’s family
emigrated from Ethiopia to Israel and now makes their home in a poor
neighborhood, full of crime and drugs.  Gita, Itzhak's grandfather,
successfully protects and unites the whole family, but a surprising chain of
events undermines Gita's control over his family. The conflict is ignited by
the clash of generations, specifically between the Ethiopian customs cherished
by Gita and his wife and the younger generation's desire to assimilate with
Israeli culture. (70 min.)

MRS.
MOSCOWITZ & THE CATS   (Israel / 2009) Dir: Jorge Gurvich

When
Yolanda Moscowitz, a retired French teacher, wakes up in a hospital geriatric
ward, she is convinced there must be some mistake. She wants to go home
immediately. But the titanium plate in her hip confines her to a wheelchair and
to a lengthy convalescence. Nonetheless, Yolanda discovers a new life: she
develops a close relationship with Allegra, the solitary woman with whom she
shares a room; she confronts Rosie, the head nurse; and when she meets Shaul, a
former soccer player, emotions surface that she thought had vanished from her
life for good. Like a young woman in love, she does anything to captivate the
charming Shaul. When the time comes for her to return home, it’s the last thing
she wants to do. However, she has no choice and is forced to return to her life
of loneliness, with its French TV game shows and the cats that wail under her
window all night long. Just as she’s about to renounce her possessions to win
over the friendship of a caregiver, there’s a knock at her door…. (83 min)

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

ACHZIV
(Israel / 2009), Dir: Etty Wieseltier. 
Documents the unique story of Eli Avivi, President of “Achziv Land,” from the
time of the War of Independence when Eli appropriated a deserted Arab village
called A’Ziv. He declared the village as the Independent State of Achziv and up
until the present day has remained the colorful and independent ruler of his land
despite the authority’s perpetual attempts to close him down. (55 min.)

A HISTORY OF ISRAELI CINEMA
(Israel/France / 2009), Dir: Raphael Nadjari,
investigates more than 70 years of Israeli cinema. The journey begins with the
Zionist propaganda of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, establishing Jewish life in
Palestine on film. The 60s introduced the fiction era, influenced by European
and American cinema. In the late 60s and 70s, Israeli cinema tried to form its
unique and local identity, when directors, born and raised in Israel, appeared
onstage. During the 80s, Israeli cinema became an important means of political
expression. In the 90s and the 2000s, we start hearing a diversity of voices,
representing the different cultures forming Israeli society, and the filmmakers
begin searching for individual poetic expression. The film includes interviews
with filmmakers and researchers from different eras. A must see for those
wanting a comprehensive knowledge of Israeli Cinema! (Presented in two parts).
(103 min.)

A LEGEND IN THE DUNES
(Israel/France / 2009), Dir: Ya’akov Gross.  In honor
of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Tel Aviv, Ya’akov Gross presents a
new documentary that follows the development of the building of the new city
across from the ancient city of Yaffo. Its founders, builders and bohemia who
settled there installed a new spirit in the awakening Land of Israel, in times
when it was hard to believe the Zionist dream would be fulfilled. (90
min.)

THE GREEN DUMPSTER MYSTERY
(Israel / 2008), Dir: Tal Haim Yoffe.  Traveling
on his scooter through south Tel Aviv, film-maker Tal Haim Yoffe noticed an old
photograph and some documents inside green dumpster. This was the beginning of
an investigation that slowly unwound a tragic family history beginning in Lodz,
and transverses a Siberian Gulag, a Samarkand sugar plant, a kibbutz in
Frankfurt, a deserted Arab building in Jaffa, and an absentee IDF soldier
somewhere in the sands of the Sinai Peninsula. Just an anonymous family, but a
typical Israeli one. (50 min.)

THE MYSTERY OF ARIS SAN
(Israel / 2009), Dir: Dani Dotan & Dalia Mevorach. 
A journey into the mysterious life of Aris San, the Greek singer who became a
megastar in Israel, close friend of generals and politicians, until rumors
spread that he was a spy. Aris left for New York and opened a night club where
Hollywood stars, politicians, and Mafiosos mingled. His friends included
Anthony Quinn, Telly Savalas, Harry Belafonte, as well as the Gallo crime
family. His meteoric rise ended with a drug addiction, jail and a mysterious
disappearance in Budapest. (75 min.)

VOICE OF JERUSALEM
(Israel / 2009), Dir: Ofer Naim.  Those who remember
Jerusalem in its splendor have called it the city of gold. It is a city known
for its glorious past but bleak future. Thirty six years after the film I Am
a Jerusalemite, Yehoram Gaon sets off to find the Jerusalem he left behind.
What happened to “Jerusalem of Gold”? Which of the three religions should have
the right to control Jerusalem? Maybe this all stems from the "Jerusalem
Syndrome" that causes one to lose touch with reality. Have the leaders of
Israel and Jerusalem suffered from this syndrome as well? This film attempts to
answer many of these questions, talking to a number of the city's residents and
through the many songs sung longingly about this city, over time. (68 min.)

THE WORST COMPANY IN THE WORLD
(Israel / 2009), Dir: Regev Contes.  Three
divorced middle aged men work together in a small, failing insurance agency,
located in the rented apartment of the manager. Although they are highly
intelligent, have a sense of humor, and well educated, they have absolutely no
idea about running a business, and their company is continually on the verge of
bankruptcy. The film documents the attempts of the manager's son, (Contes), to
join this motley crew at the onset of the recession, and save his father's
collapsing firm. 50 min.)

QUEEN KHANTARISHA
(Israel / 2009) Dir: Israela Shaer-Meoded

Queen Khantarisha presents
two Israeli-Yemenite women writers in their sixties: A songwriter and lyricist
of love, who also stands behind some of the hottest hits that resonate in
Yemeni clubs and weddings, and a Jerusalem-born poet and writer, whose writing,
touching on demons, madness, rape, and rebellion, has garnered her community’s
denunciation. The film explores the personal costs of straddling the ambitions
of creative expression and the restraints of conservative communities requiring
subservience. (53 min)

TALE OF NIKOLAI
 (Israel / 2008) Dir: David
Ofek

The
collapse of Communism puts Nicolai, like thousands of other Romanians, out of
work. He leaves his family to earn money in Israel. After three years as a
“guest worker,” tired of giving most of his pay to his employer, Nicolai
becomes an “illegal.” Caught and sent to prison, his life takes an abrupt turn.
Noted documentarian David Ofek (The Hebrew Lesson, 2007 Festival) uses
subtle irony to raise questions about who belongs in an increasingly diverse
Israel. (54 min)

All
films are in Hebrew with English subtitles unless otherwise noted.  Films
and schedule subject to change.

Official
Miami Sponsors of the 24th Israel Film Festival include:
Isram Realty Group, The LeRoy and Shoshana Schecter Family Foundation, Triangle
Financial Services, Diario Las Americas/La Revista, Trump International,
American Friends of the Peres Center for Peace among many others as Clear
Channel, Nu Image, EL AL Israel Airlines LTD., JDate LLC., and other
corporations, organizations and individuals.  The Official Hotel of the 24th
Israel Film Festival is The Charles Group/Holiday Inn.

Tickets
for the 24th Israel Film Festival are General Admission: $12;
Opening Night Gala (including reception, Awards presentation & film) $50;
Seniors, Students, Children & Weekday Matinees (before 6pm) $10; All Access
Single Badge (good for any festival screening except Opening Night screening
and reception) $180 – limited availability; Festival pass-book are 5 tickets
for $50 or 10 tickets foe $90 (Good for regular screenings. Must be exchanged
for ticket at theater 30 minutes prior to screening).  Tickets, Passes,
Sponsorships, Opening and Closing Night are all on sale Monday, February 8, at
the Box Office, online at www.israelfilmfestival.com or by calling 1.877.966.5566.

For Press Accreditation, Screeners
and Additional Materials & Information

Press Contact: Jessi Bauer

Israel Film Festival 1.877.966.5566
(toll free)

meir@israelfilmfestival.com

For all program, ticket, schedule
and/or sponsorship information regarding the

24th Israel Film Festival,
February 17, through February 25, 2010 at the

Sunrise Intracoastal Cinemas (3701
NE 163 St., North Miami Beach, FL  33160, 305.949.6002),

Please Visit www.israelfilmfestival.com

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Films on the Beach

20th September - 25th September 2010 

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We look forward to receiving your submissions and comments.

Ryde Isle of Wight International Film Festival

Films on the Beach

20th September - 25th September 2010 

Contact Us on 

+ 44 (0)7 772 409 915

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