Special Event by B'Tselem and Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival 2025 Play Screenings: Thur 11.12 | 19:00 | Hall 2 Tickets Tickets Israel, 2025 Director: Language and Subtitles: Hebrew, Arabic and English Cast: Special Event B'Tselem Special Event by B'Tselem and Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival 2025 Production Credits and More -> More Films

One Street in Silwan tells the story of "Batan al-Hawa" Street (East Jerusalem), which overlooks the Temple Mount and serves as a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On one side of the street, live Israeli settlers in a house once belonging to an evicted Palestinian family. Play Screenings: Screening and Talk Sat 6.12 | 19:15 | Hall 1 Tickets Tickets Israel, 2025, 52 min Director: Bissan Tibi Language and Subtitles: Arabic and Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew Cast: October 7 One Street in Silwan One Street in Silwan tells the story of "Batan al-Hawa" Street (East Jerusalem), which overlooks the Temple Mount and serves as a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On one side of the street, live Israeli settlers in a house once belonging to an evicted Palestinian family. On the other side, a Palestinian family faces eviction, alongside 750 of the neighborhood’s residents, with the purpose of establishing more settlements. Told in segments through the perspectives of children and residents, the film sheds light on the chaotic realities of life on the street. 6.12.25 | Screening and Panel Discussion At the end of the screening, there will be a special discussion. Production Credits and More -> More Films

Israeli Premiere! Twelve-year-old Adi dreams of a huge whale floating in the sky, until it reaches a gas rig – and the world turns around. Through her eyes, we experience the protest of her father and the Homeland Guards, who have led the largest environmental campaign in Israel – to expose the truth behind the gas rigs, the falsehood of “green energy”, and the machinations of politics and capital. Play Screenings: Fri 5.12 | 13:00 | Hall 1 Tickets Fri 12.12 | 14:00 | Hall 1 Tickets Israel, 2025, 55 min Director: Elia Schwartz Language and Subtitles: Hebrew; subtitles in English Cast: Panorama Competition The Whale Israeli Premiere! Twelve-year-old Adi dreams of a huge whale floating in the sky, until it reaches a gas rig – and the world turns around. Through her eyes, we experience the protest of her father and the Homeland Guards, who have led the largest environmental campaign in Israel – to expose the truth behind the gas rigs, the falsehood of “green energy”, and the machinations of politics and capital. Along the way, both mature and discover the meaning of home. 5.12.25 | Screening and Panel Discussion At the end of the screening, there will be a special discussion. Production Credits and More -> More Films

Israeli Premiere! Shen, a woman in her sixties, faces an unexpected jolt. Her young daughter Zuer has travelled from Taipei to New York with her lesbian partner to start a family with fertility treatments. They die in a car accident and leave behind a frozen embryo – and a fateful decision that must be made. Shen is forced to redefine motherhood as she is torn between her options: donate, destroy, or raise Play Screenings: Special Event Mon 8.12 | 19:00 | Hall 2 Tickets Tickets Taiwan, 2025, 126 min Director: Xi Huang Language and Subtitles: Mandarin, English; subtitles in Hebrew and English Cast: Winston Chao, Sylvia Chang, Karena Ka-Yan Lam International Feature Films Daughter's Daughter Israeli Premiere! Shen, a woman in her sixties, faces an unexpected jolt. Her young daughter Zuer has travelled from Taipei to New York with her lesbian partner to start a family with fertility treatments. They die in a car accident and leave behind a frozen embryo – and a fateful decision that must be made. Shen is forced to redefine motherhood as she is torn between her options: donate, destroy, or raise. The award-winning Daughter’s Daughter is contemporary, moving film about loss and reconciliation, presenting a poignant discussion of the meaning of motherhood when past and future collide. 8.12.25 | Zulat Institute Event At the end of the screening, there will be a special discussion. Production Credits and More -> More Films

Israeli Premiere! The film follows members of Combatants for Peace – a joint organization of Israelis and Palestinians who have sought to turn their backs on violence. It documents their daily struggles to remain committed to peace in the face of personal challenges, social pressures and sheer hatred, particularly after the outbreak of the ongoing Israel-Gaza war Play Screenings: Sat 6.12 | 16:00 | Hall 4 Tickets Sat 13.12 | 14:30 | Hall 2 Tickets Israel, Palestine, 2025, 67 min Director: Stephen Apkon Language and Subtitles: Arabic, English and Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew, English, and Arabic Cast: International Documentary Films, October 7 There is Another Way Israeli Premiere! The film follows members of Combatants for Peace – a joint organization of Israelis and Palestinians who have sought to turn their backs on violence. It documents their daily struggles to remain committed to peace in the face of personal challenges, social pressures and sheer hatred, particularly after the outbreak of the ongoing Israel-Gaza war. Through intimate testimonies, the film highlights the power of reconciliation, collaboration and determination to build a shared future while coping with the traumas of both sides. 13.12.25 | Combatants for Peace Event At the end of the screening, there will be a special discussion with the participation of the film director Stephen Apkon and Israeli and Palestinian members of Combatants for Peace. Production Credits and More -> More Films

The 13th Solidarity Film Festival will take place at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and other venues in Israel on 4-13 December, 2025. The 2025 Solidarity Festival will offer premiere screenings of narrative and documentary films on human rights alongside special screenings, meetings and discussions on human rights in Israel. Screening Schedule Download Schedule 4.12 | Thur 5.12 | Fri 6.12 | Sat 7.12 | Sun 8.12 | Mon 9.12 | Tue 10.12 | Wed 11.12 | Thur 12.12 | Fri 13.12 | Sat Hall 2 17:00 | Thur 4.12 Students Competition Program 1 Israel, 2025 Students Competition Info Tickets Hall 3 19:30 | Thur 4.12 Opening Night: Kontinental '25 Radu Jude; Romania, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Brazil, United Kingdom, 2025, 109 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets Hall 4 16:00 מחוץ לטווח הראיה ליסה פולסטר; אוסטריה, 2025, 78 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 19:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 21:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע Hall 1 10:00 | Fri 5.12 Bye Tommy Lang; Israel, 2025, 96 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets 13:00 | Fri 5.12 The Whale Elia Schwartz; Israel, 2025, 55 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets 15:30 | Fri 5.12 A Nearly Normal Life Stefan Sick; Germany, 2025, 135 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets 18:30 | Fri 5.12 Out of Sight Lisa Polster; Austria, Germany, 2025, 78 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets 20:30 | Fri 5.12 Vena Chiara Fleischhacker; Germany, 2024, 116 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets Hall 2 11:30 | Fri 5.12 Food, Inc. 2 Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo; United States, 2023, 94 min Info Tickets 16:00 | Fri 5.12 New Dawn Fades Gürcan Keltek; Turkey, Germany, Italy, Norway, The Netherlands, 2024, 132 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets 19:00 | Fri 5.12 The Shameless Konstantin Bojanov; Switzerland, Bulgaria, France, Taiwan, India, 2024, 115 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets 21:30 | Fri 5.12 Child Of Dust Weronica Mliczewska; Vietnam, Sweden, Czech Republic, Qatar, Poland, 2025, 93 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets Hall 4 14:45 | Fri 5.12 Blame Christian Frei; Switzerland, 2025, 123 min Info Tickets 17:15 | Fri 5.12 The Helsinki Effect Arthur Franck; Finland, Germany, Norway, 2025, 87 min Info Tickets Hall 4 16:00 מחוץ לטווח הראיה ליסה פולסטר; אוסטריה, 2025, 78 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 19:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 21:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע Hall 1 12:30 | Sat 6.12 Valentina and the MUOSters Francesca Scalisi; Switzerland, Italy, 2024, 80 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets 14:30 | Sat 6.12 Fitting In Fabienne Steiner; Switzerland, 2025, 84 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets 16:30 | Sat 6.12 The Fourth Wall David Oelhoffen; France, Luxembourg, Belgium, 2024, 116 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets 19:15 | Sat 6.12 One Street in Silwan Bissan Tibi; Israel, 2025, 52 min Info Tickets 21:00 | Sat 6.12 Vlam Daphne Lucker; Netherlands, 2025, 84 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets Hall 2 11:30 | Sat 6.12 She Rises Up Maureen Castle Tusty; United States, 2024, 91 min Info Tickets 14:30 | Sat 6.12 Sediments Laura Coppens; Switzerland, 2025, 81 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets 16:15 |Sat 6.12 Beethoven’s Nine Larry Weinstein; Canada, Germany, 2024, 85 min Info Tickets 19:00 | Sat 6.12 Noise Dan Geva; Israel, 2012, 72 min Info Tickets Hall 4 11:00 | Sat 6.12 The Message Iván Fund; Argentina, Spain, Uruguay, 2025, 91 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets 13:00 | Sat 6.12 Timestamp Kateryna Gornostai; Ukraine, Luxembourg, France, The Netherlands, 2025, 125 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets 16:00 | Sat 6.12 Combatants for Peace Event: There is Another Way Steven Apkon; Israel, Palestine, 2025, 67 min Info Tickets 19:30 | Sat 6.12 5 Broken Cameras Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi; Israel, 2012, 90 min Info Tickets Hall 4 15:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 18:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 20:30 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע Hall 1 10:00 | Sun 7.12 Young Creators Competition Israel, 2025 Info Tickets Hall 2 17:00 | Sun 7.12 Students Competition Program 2 Israel, 2025 Students Competition Info Tickets 19:15| Sun 7.12 Think Popcorn Dan Geva; Israel, 2004, 60 min Info Tickets Hall 4 17:00 | Sun 7.12 The Great Ambition Andrea Segre; Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, 2024, 123 min Info Tickets 19:30 | Sun 7.12 They Came to Fetch Me Yaniv Berman; Israel, 2025, 75 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets Hall 4 15:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 18:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 20:30 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע Hall 1 17:00 | Mon 8.12 A Little Gray Wolf Will Come Zhanna Agalakova; Croatia, The Netherlands, France, 2025, 90 min Info Tickets 19:30| Mon 8.12 Out of Sight Lisa Polster; Austria, Germany, 2025, 78 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets Hall 2 16:30 | Mon 8.12 Our Time Will Come Ivette Löcker; Austria, 2025,105 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets 19:00 | Mon 8.12 Daughter’s Daughter Xi Huang; Taiwan, 2025, 126 min Info Tickets Hall 3 20:00 |Mon 8.12 Waves Jiří Mádl; Czechia, Slovakia, 2024, 131 min Info Tickets Hall 4 19:30 |Mon 8.12 Shorts Competition Program Israel, 2025 Shorts Competition Info Tickets Hall 1 17:00 | Tue 9.12 Sediments Laura Coppens; Switzerland, 2025, 81 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets Hall 2 16:30 |Tue 9.12 The Witness Nader Saeivar; Germany, Austria, 2024, 104 min Info Tickets 19:15 | Tue 9.12 Is Reconciliation Possible? Israel, 2025 Info Tickets Hall 4 17:00 | Tue 9.12 Blame Christian Frei; Switzerland, 2025, 123 min Info Tickets 20:00 | Tue 9.12 I Cried In Gaza Nurit Kedar; Israel, 2025, 55 min Info Tickets Hall 4 15:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 18:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 20:30 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע Hall 1 19:00 | Wed 10.12 Awards Ceremony: The Smile of the Lamb Shimon Dotan; Israel, 1986, 97 min Info Tickets Hall 4 17:00 | Wed 10.12 710 Testimony Israel, 2025 Info Tickets Hall 4 15:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 18:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 20:30 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע Hall 1 17:30 |Thur 11.12 Valentina and the MUOSters Francesca Scalisi; Switzerland, Italy, 2024, 80 min Info Tickets 19:30 | Thur 11.12 Looking for Yadida Israela Shaer-Meoded; Israel, 2025, 64 min Info Tickets Hall 2 16:00 | Thur 11.12 A Nearly Normal Life Stefan Sick; Germany, 2025, 135 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets 19:00 | Thur 11.12 B'Tselem Event Israel, 2025 Info Tickets 21:00 | Thur 11.12 The Helsinki Effect Arthur Franck; Finland, Germany, Norway, 2025, 87 min Info Tickets Hall 6 15:45 | Thur 11.12 Solidarity Confrence More details coming soon Info Hall 1 14:00 | Fri 12.12 The Whale Elia Schwartz; Israel, 2025, 55 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets 15:30 | Fri 12.12 Beethoven’s Nine Larry Weinstein; Canada, Germany, 2024, 85 min Info Tickets 17:30 | Fri 12.12 She Rises Up Maureen Castle Tusty; United States, 2024, 91 min Info Tickets 19:30 | Fri 12.12 New Dawn Fades Gürcan Keltek; Turkey, Germany, Italy, Norway, The Netherlands, 2024, 132 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets Hall 2 13:30 |Fri 12.12 Bye Tommy Lang; Israel, 2025, 96 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets 16:00 | Fri 12.12 The Great Ambition Andrea Segre; Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, 2024, 123 min Info Tickets 19:00 | Fri 12.12 Child Of Dust Weronica Mliczewska; Vietnam, Sweden, Czech Republic, Qatar, Poland, 2025, 93 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets Hall 4 11:00 | Fri 12.12 The Witness Nader Saeivar; Germany, Austria, 2024, 104 min Info Tickets 14:30 | Fri 12.12 A Little Gray Wolf Will Come Zhanna Agalakova; Croatia, The Netherlands, France, 2025, 90 min Info Tickets 19:00 | Fri 12.12 Vlam Daphne Lucker; Netherlands, 2025, 84 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets Hall 4 15:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 18:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 20:30 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע Hall 1 12:00 | Sat 13.12 They Came to Fetch Me Yaniv Berman; Israel, 2025,75 min Panorama Competition Info Tickets 14:30 | Sat 13.12 Vena Chiara Fleischhacker; Germany, 2024, 116 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets 17:00 | Sat 13.12 Gaza: Doctors Under Attack Karim Shah; United Kingdom, 2025, 62 min Info Tickets 19:30 | Sat 13.12 Kontinental '25 Radu Jude; Romania, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Brazil, United Kingdom, 2025, 109 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets Hall 2 10:00 | Sat 13.12 The Message Iván Fund; Argentina, Spain, Uruguay, 2025, 91 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets 12:00 | Sat 13.12 The Shameless Konstantin Bojanov; Switzerland, Bulgaria, France, Taiwan, India, 2024, 115 min International Feature Competition Info Tickets 14:30 | Sat 13.12 There Is Another Way Steven Apkon; Israel, Palestine, 2025, 67 min Info Tickets 16:15 | Sat 13.12 Bilin My Love Shai Carmeli-Pollak; Israel, 2006, 84 min Info Tickets 19:00 | Sat 13.12 Description of a Memory Dan Geva; Israel, 2006, 80 min Info Tickets 21:30 | Sat 13.12 Fitting In Fabienne Steiner; Switzerland, 2025, 84 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets Hall 4 13:30 | Sat 13.12 Our Time Will Come Ivette Löcker; Austria, 2025,105 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets 16:00 | Sat 13.12 PCFF Event: Timestamp Kateryna Gornostai; Ukraine, Luxembourg, France, The Netherlands, 2025, 125 min International Documentary Competition Info Tickets 19:30 | Sat 13.12 Breaking the Silence Event: The Day Before Israel, 2023, 29 min Info Tickets Hall 4 15:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 18:00 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע 20:30 אשמה כריסטיאן פריי; שוויץ, 2025, 122 דק׳ לרכישה למידע

Israeli Premiere! The film traces the eternal heritage of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, still considered one of the greatest musical pieces of all times. Composed two centuries ago, its message of love, freedom, hope and peace is more relevant than ever. Play Screenings: Sat 6.12 | 16:15 | Hall 2 Tickets Fri 12.12 | 15:30 | Hall 1 Tickets Canada, Germany, 2024, 85 min Director: Larry Weinstein Language and Subtitles: English, German, Polish, Ukrainian; subtitles in Hebrew and English Cast: Ludwig van Beethoven, Gabriela Lena Frank, Keri-Lynn Wilson, The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Monika Brodka, Leonard Bernstein, Steven Pinker, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Charles Schulz, Jean Schulz, Franz Kranke, Craig Urquhart, John Meyer, Helen Meyer, Benjamin Clark International Documentary Films, October 7 Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity Israeli Premiere! The film traces the eternal heritage of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, still considered one of the greatest musical pieces of all times. Composed two centuries ago, its message of love, freedom, hope and peace is more relevant than ever. The film follows nine exceptional figures, including Ukrainian musicians, a deaf sailor, a polish rockstar, a best-selling author, a legendary cartoonist and the director itself, who share a deep attachment to the symphony and its values. Academy Award candidate director Larry Weinstein challenges the viewers to understand the artist’s role of art in times of violent conflict, particularly in light of the recent global disasters and the October 7 attack on Israel. Production Credits and More -> More Films

TBA Play Screenings: Sat 13.12 | 19:30 | Hall 4 Tickets Tickets Israel, 2023, 29 min Director: Breaking the Silence Language and Subtitles: Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew English Cast: Israeli Films The Day Before TBA Production Credits and More -> More Films

Israeli Premiere! The Helsinki Effect is a documentary essay based on rare archival materials. The film reveals how the innocuous Helsinki Conference convened in 1975 to promote cooperation between East and West during the Cold War weakened the Iron Curtain and inspired peace movements – how a seemingly minor event became a historical turning point Play Screenings: Fri 5.12 | 17:15 | Hall 4 Tickets Thur 11.12 | 21:00 | Hall 2 Tickets Finland, Germany, Norway, 2025, 87 min Director: Arthur Franck Language and Subtitles: English, Finnish, German, Russian; subtitles in Hebrew and English Cast: Yuri Andropov, Leonid Brezhnev, Gian Luigi Berti, Nicola Ceausescu, Geralf Ford, Carlos Arrias Navarro International Documentary Films The Helsinki Effect Israeli Premiere! The Helsinki Effect is a documentary essay based on rare archival materials. The film reveals how the innocuous Helsinki Conference convened in 1975 to promote cooperation between East and West during the Cold War weakened the Iron Curtain and inspired peace movements – how a seemingly minor event became a historical turning point. The film uses historical figures brought to life by AI to illustrate the ability of “soft” diplomacy to change the world, and invites us to reflect on similarities between then and now. Production Credits and More -> More Films

Young Creators Competition 2025 Play Screenings: Sun 7.12 | 10:00 | Hall 1 Tickets Tickets Israel, 2025 Director: Language and Subtitles: Hebrew Cast: Young Creators Competition Young Creators Competition Solidarity Human Rights Films Festival 2025 presents: Young Creators Competition Production Credits and More -> More Films

This festival program seeks not only to highlight the experiences of the present and the recent past, but also to offer an invitation to watch, ask, reflect, explore, and also to imagine with empathy a future in which art in general and cinematic creation in particular can serve as a bridge – particularly when the earth trembles. Oct 7 Program Sat 6.12 | 16:00 | Hall 4 There is Another Way Tickets Mon 6.12 | 16:30 | Hall 1 Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity Tickets Tue 9.12 | 20:00 | Hall 4 I Cried in Gaza Tickets Wed 10.12 | 17:00 | Hall 4 710 Testimony Tickets In the aftermath of the war, two years after Oct 7, Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival 2025 offers a selection of screenings, events, and discussions surrounding the tragic Oct 7 events and the Gaza War. Against the backdrop of a traumatic reality of pain, loss, fear and uncertainty, cinema has a vital role to play, to provide testimony and create space for rethinking about humanity and a shared future, as well as for a critical reflection on the ideological, political and economic forces that play a central role in our lives and in cinema alike. A selection of special festival screenings and events will focus this year on films created during and following Oct 7 – some dealing with it directly and some inevitably echoing it – in order to highlight the various ways in which cinematic works reflect life in times of war. Taken together, the films reveal a multifaceted reality open to conflicting interpretations, in which the human tragedy of both Israeli and Palestinian society is intertwined – refugees in their homeland, families and communities that move between hope and despair, soldiers, civilians, children and youth – revealed, as it were, in an unexpected light on the big screen with personal stories, struggles and sacrifices made during wartime. This festival program seeks not only to highlight the experiences of the present and the recent past, but also to offer an invitation to watch, ask, reflect, explore, and also to imagine with empathy a future in which art in general and cinematic creation in particular can serve as a bridge – particularly when the earth trembles. TBA 710 Testimony Info Tickets Israeli Premiere! The film traces the eternal heritage of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, still considered one of the greatest musical pieces of all times. Composed two centuries ago, its message of love, freedom, hope and peace is more relevant than ever. Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity Info Tickets I Cried in Gaza is a groundbreaking film confronting the severe, hidden mental toll of modern warfare. For the first time since 1948, women were extensively deployed to the front lines of the Gaza War (AKA “Iron Swords War”); war, with over 4,000 having since sought mental health treatment. The film plunges into the intimate, subjective experiences of seven female warriors who fought in active combat in Gaza and Lebanon. I Cried In Gaza Info Tickets Israeli Premiere! The film follows members of Combatants for Peace – a joint organization of Israelis and Palestinians who have sought to turn their backs on violence. It documents their daily struggles to remain committed to peace in the face of personal challenges, social pressures and sheer hatred, particularly after the outbreak of the ongoing Israel-Gaza war There is Another Way Info Tickets

If Israel is the raw material from which the trilogy is forged, then it is the land’s fragile hope—the very heartbeat and purpose of this cinematic journey—that the documentarian seeks to trace and unearth. Dan Geva's Trilogy Tribute Noise Sat 6.12 | 19:00 | Hall 2 Tickets Think Popcorn Sun 7.12 | 19:15 | Hall 2 Tickets Description of a Memory Sat 13.12 | 19:00 | Hall 2 Tickets Think Popcorn (2004), Description of a Memory (2006), and Noise (2012) are indeed three separate films, yet together they form a single cinematic poem divided into three movements. Each “movement” pays homage to a pioneering documentary filmmaker who, in turn, shaped the documentary voice of the twentieth century. Think Popcorn sends a distant greeting to the Russian cinematic genius Dziga Vertov and to his eternal figure in The Man with the Movie Camera (1929). Description of a Memory engages intimately with the cryptic cinematic language left behind by the great French cinematic poet Chris Marker who during his visit to Israel in 1960 made the acclaimed film-essay: Description of a Struggle. Noise explores how, in a world that does not exist, British master-documentarian John Grierson and the French Jean Rouch, the founder of Cinéma Vérité school, might have joined forces to make a film in Tel Aviv if their imaginary protagonist had been born and lived there. Each of the films adopts a narrative and stylistic approach inverted in relation to the other two: in Think Popcorn, the cinematic world of the protagonist is sculpted from his real-life encounters with actual people across Israel. Description of a Struggle converses with the alter ego of one who sets out to film his fractured, bruised homeland. Noise recounts the tormented inner world of its protagonist from the piercing and compassionate perspective of his life partner. Compassion, sorrow, irony, self-deprecating humor, humility and hubris, love of cinema, and love of humanity—these are the leitmotifs threading through the three love songs to the documentary by Dan and Noit Geva. If Israel is the raw material from which the trilogy is forged, then it is the land’s fragile hope—the very heartbeat and purpose of this cinematic journey—that the documentarian seeks to trace and unearth. Click Here for more information on Dan Geva > Dan Geva (PhD) בוגר, בהצטיינות יתרה, בית הספר לקולנוע וטלוויזיה סם שפיגל (1994). מאז יצר כ-25 סרטים תיעודיים שזכו בעשרות פרסים בינלאומיים, השתתפו במאות פסטיבלים בארץ ובחו"ל והוקרנו ברשתות טלוויזיה בארץ ובעולם. את הטרילוגיה "שלושה שירי אהבה לדוקומנטרי " יצר בין השנים 2004-2012: "תחשוב פופקורן " (2004), "צד רביעי למטבע " (2006), "רעש " (2012). את עבודת הדוקטורט ״The Extended Sign of the Documentarian ״ כתב באוניברסיטת תל אביב, 2014. גבע הוא אמן אורח באוניברסיטת ג׳ונס הופקינס, ארה״ב, 2010; חתן פרס Teacher Award, CILECT, 2014; חתן פרס ״חדשנות פדגוגית ״, מכללת בית ברל, 2020, ופרופסור אורח באוניברסיטת UCSD, סן דייגו, קליפורניה, 2024. הוא מייסדה של ״המעבדה לאתיקה ״, פרויקט מחקר בינלאומי בתחום הפילוסופיה של המוסר ויישומה החברתי. מחבר חמישה ספרים: Toward a Philosophy of the Documentarian/Palgrave Macmillan (2018) The Ethics Lab Guidebook/CILECT (2019) A Philosophical History of Documentary, 1895-1959/Palgrave Macmillan (2011) The Ethics Lab Guidebook Second Edition/CILECT (2022) A Philosophical History of Documentary, 1960-1990 Palgrave Macmillan (2025) כעת בעבודה, כרך III בטרילוגיה: A Philosophical History of Documentary, 1991-2023, Palgrave Macmillan < An inward odyssey through Israel, 2005—undertaken in the footsteps of the celebrated French filmmaker Chris Marker and his internationally acclaimed film Description of a Struggle (1960). In that work, Marker contemplates fragments of everyday life in a twelve-year-old nation, wandering its landscapes with exquisite observational sensitivity and a distinctly poetic cinematic language. Description of a Memory Info Tickets On his restless journey to heal from the noise that has shattered the fragile balance of his life, the film’s protagonist–director, discovers—through the eyes and voice of his wife, who tells his story from her own vantage—that sensitivity to noise is a deeply personal terrain: one soul may lie sleepless through the slow dripping of water, while another remains deaf to the shriek of a car alarm below the window. Noise Info Tickets A naïve documentary filmmaker, astride a battered scooter, armed with a modest stage draped in purple cloth and three cameras, embarks on a journey in search of the true and absolute voice of his people. His quixotic mission—an intimate allusion to Dziga Vertov’s The Man with the Movie Camera (1929)—revives the early dream of cinema as an instrument of pure revelation, determined to bring truth itself to the screen. Think Popcorn Info Tickets