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Solidarity Festival 2023 The special edition of the 2023 Solidarity Festival was held for eight days under the distress and dark shadow of the events of October 7 and the war in Gaza and northern Israel. The 11th edition of the Solidarity Festival took place out of a sense of commitment to the themes and founding values ​​of the festival, aiming to provoke though about what happened to us and the path we must walk on right now. We would like to thank the Israeli and international filmmakers for the privilege to screen their films, the thousands of viewers who attended the festival events, and all of our partners who made it possible for us to hold the 2023 Solidarity Festival at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and five other locations throughout Israel. We will be pleased to see you at our events throughout 2024 and at the 12 th Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival, which will be held in December on 5-10.12.2024, in the hope of strengthening in Israel a commitment to human rights and to quality cinematic work, of which human rights are part of its DNA. ​ Click Here for the full list of Solidarity Festival 2023 Competition Winners​ International Films Israeli Films About the Festival Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival is a unique event that raises awareness on significant socio-political issues through screenings of groundbreaking films on human rights in Israel and around the world, films that promote peace, democracy and human rights alongside equality and social justice. This is the 11th edition of the festival, and given the situation in Israel and around the world, it seems that the need for its existence is clearer than ever. Solidarity, the only Israeli film festival fully dedicated to human rights, takes place at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque since 2010. The Festival's program shows award-winning narrative and documentary films, providing contexts for issues related to social and political struggles, among them: democracy, globalization, refugees and asylum seekers, the occupation of the West Bank and the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, hunger, poverty and food security, women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, children's rights, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, environmental justice and the climate crisis.

Play Students Competition Screenings: Mon 25.12 | 15:00 | Jaffa theatre Tickets ​ Tickets Israel, 2023 Director: Amit Hakhamov Zohar Horev Michael Shenhav Yana Riahi Language and Subtitles: Hebrew Cast: ​ Production: ​ Festivals: ​ Prizes: ​ Students Documentary Competition Amit Hakhamov: Prolonged Exposure / Israel, 22 min Zohar Horev: Remnants of war / Israel, 3.5 min Michael Shenhav: One of the Versions / Israel, 11 min Yana Riahi: 88 My Love / Israel, 33 min Participation in the event is open to creators, staff members, and invited guests. Reservation is required through prior registration at producer.solidarity@gmail.com . Please specify the number of seats you wish to reserve in your application.

Play International Documentary Films Screenings: Fri 29.12 | 12:30 | Hall 4 Tickets ​ Tickets Sweden/Ukraine/Norway, 2023, 92 min Director: Alexander Mihalkovich and Hanna Badzia Language and Subtitles: Russian and Belarusian, Subtitles in English and Hebrew Cast: ​ Production: ​ Festivals: Cph:Dox, One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Seattle International FF, Wiesbaden goEast, Krakow FF, DocsBarcelona, Odessa International Film Festival, Reykjavik International FF Prizes: Dox:Awards, Krakow FF, Audience Award; Wiesbaden goEast, FIPRESCI Prize Motherland In an autocratic and violent society, hazing in the Belarus military is a common means of oppression and humiliation. When Svetlana’s son dies, his commanders claim he committed suicide. She refuses to believe them and launches an inquiry of her own. While Svetlana seeks justice in a corrupt legal system, young dissident Nikita is drafted. As a soldier, he finds himself participating in suppressing the protests that sweep the country after President Lukashenko is “elected” once again. With spellbinding and gut-wrenching camera work, the film conveys the atmosphere of terror that reigns in Belarus after thirty years of ongoing tyranny. ​

Play Israeli Films Screenings: Thur 28.12 | 18:00 | Cinemana, Nazareth Tickets ​ Tickets Israel, Palestine, 2014, 73 min Director: Ibtisam Mara'ana - Menuhin Language and Subtitles: Arabic, Hebrew, English Subtitles in Hebrew Cast: ​ Production: ​ Festivals: Hot Docs 2014 Prizes: Docaviv 2014 Write Down, I Am an Arab “Write Down, I Am an Arab” tells the fascinating story of the Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish. His poetry molded Palestinian identity and helped shape entire generations on its behalf. Darwish grew up under a military government, which denied him freedom of movement and left him confined to the city of Haifa. In 1964 he wrote the defiant poem “Write down, I am an Arab”. The work succeeded in provoking the ire of the authorities. Darwish was sent to prison and became a national icon for the entire Arab world. Through his poetry, secret love letters that have only just been revealed, his intimate relationships and rare archival materials, we will get to know the man, the exile and the lover, whose words became the clarion call of the Palestinian people. ​

Play International Documentary Films Screenings: Sun 31.12 | 18:00 | Hall 2 Tickets ​ Tickets Spain, Germany, 2023, 95 min Director: Paloma Zapata Language and Subtitles: Spanish, Subtitles in English and Hebrew Cast: ​ Production: ​ Festivals: Thessaloniki Film Festival, Hot Docs, Moscow International FF, DocsBarcelona, Krakow FF, Festival de Málaga Prizes: Krakow FF, Special Mention; DocsBarcelona, Audience Award, Jury Special Mention; Moscow FF, Russian Film Clubs Federation Award La Singla All her life, Antonia Singla danced in the dark. The flamenco dancer, born to gypsies near Barcelona, lost her hearing as a child. Unable to speak, and communicating only by moving, La Singla (in Catalan, an affectionate nickname for a woman) started dancing while watching the musicians to follow the beat. By age 17, she was considered a sensation, and filled dancehalls thanks to her total performance and powerful expressiveness. But just when she reached her peak, La Singla disappeared. Fifty years later, a young woman stumbles across her story and starts an investigation leading to a surprising discovery. ​

Play סרטים בינלאומיים עלילתיים Screenings: ​ Tickets ​ Tickets France/Belgium/Italy/Poland, 2023, 91 min Director: Giacomo Abbruzzese Language and Subtitles: French, English, Igbo, Polish, Subtitles in English and Hebrew Cast: Production: Lionel Massol, Pauline Seigland Production: ​ Festivals: 73rd Berlin International Film Festival Prizes: ​ Disco Boy After a long journey, Aleksei arrives in Paris and decides to join the Foreign Legion. On the Niger River Delta, Jomo fights oil multinationals that threaten life in his village. While he is at the head of an armed group, one day he kidnaps French citizens. To intervene is a command of the Foreign Legion, led by Aleksei. ​

Play International Documentary Films Screenings: Mon 25.12 | 13:00 | Hall 4 Tickets ​ Tickets Germany, 2023, 93 min Director: Daniel Andreas Sager Language and Subtitles: German, Subtitles in English and Hebrew Cast: ​ Production: ​ Festivals: Cph:Dox Prizes: ​ Inventing Truth What will the editors of a respectable magazine do after finding out that they have been publishing fake stories for years? In 2018, Juan Moreno was asked to work together with the rising star of German press, Claas Relotius. The latter’s editors in Der Speigel were quite pleased with him: the young journalist had published exclusive, heartrending interviews. Therefore, when Moreno claimed Relotius was faking his sources, they refused to believe. Only after an inquiry conducted by Moreno on his own – parts of which are exposed in this film for the first time – did the editors believe him, and the scandal became public. ​

Play Israeli Films Screenings: Fri 30.12 | 21:00 | Hall 4 Tickets ​ Tickets Israel, 2023, 80 min Director: Amir Har-Gil Language and Subtitles: Hebrew, Subtitles in English Cast: ​ Production: Itay Ken-Tor & Amir Har-Gil Festivals: ​ Prizes: ​ Imagine no Possession 40 years later I return to Samar, the settlement we built in the Israeli desert. We dreamt of building a community in which there is real partnership with maximal personal freedom. We imagined a better place than anything we knew. I meet old friends and new members. The cashbox, turned into a common bank account with 100 credit cards. Each member still decides about everything according to his or her own conscience. The current economic crisis brings up tensions concerning the continuation of the system. Will this unique community survive? ​

The 11th Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival will be held this month in a special edition at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and in other venues in Israel on 24-31 December 2023. The Solidarity Festival will offer Israeli premiere screenings of narrative and documentary films on human rights issues from Israel and the world alongside lectures, meetings and discussions. ​ The Festival program, the screening schedule and information about the festival events will be published towards the middle of the month. You are invited to stay updated through our Facebook Page and sign up to our Newsletter . Solidarity 2020 Solidarity 2021 Solidarity 2022 © All Rights Reserved to Solidarity Human Rights FF 2015-2023

פסטיבל סולידריות לקולנוע וזכויות אדם יתקיים החודש במהדורה מיוחדת בסינמטק תל אביב ובמקומות נוספים ברחבי הארץ בתאריכים 24-31.12.2023. הפסטיבל יציע הקרנות בכורה של סרטים עלילתיים ותיעודיים בנושאי זכויות אדם מישראל ומהעולם לצד הרצאות, מפגשים, דיונים. ​ תכנית הפסטיבל ופרטים על מועדי ההקרנות והאירועים יתפרסמו לקראת מחצית החודש. מוזמנים להשאר מעודכנים דרך עמוד הפייסבוק שלנו, ו להרשם לניוזלטר שלנו . ​ סולידריות 2022 סולידריות 2021 סולידריות 2020 © כל הזכויות שמורות לפסטיבל סולידריות 2023-2015

Events Sun 24.12.23 | 20:00 | Hall 3 Opening: Levante (Power Alley) & Faith An Israeli premiere screening of the award-winning narrative film by Lillah Halla Levante (Power Alley) , and a special screening in memory of Yahav Winner, who was murdered in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct 7, of his short film "Faith", the winner of the Student Film Competition in the 2020 Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival. Tue 26.12.23 | 20:00 | Radical House Screening & Talk: Common Ground Screening and a Talk with Mazon - A Jewish Response to Hunger Hollywood stars team up with farmers and climate activists to revolutionize the food industry. Will they be a match for America’s polluting food giants? Tue 26.12.23 | 20:00 | Hall 4 Screening & Talk: Breaking the News Screening and a Talk with The Association for Civil Rights in Israel In Trump’s America, a Texan journalist starts a news agency to report the stories of those marginalized from mainstream media. Will she manage to negotiate a masculine news world, a global pandemic, and her own blind spots? יום ה׳ 1.12.23 | 17:00 | אולם 4 אירוע מיוחד: גן עדן עכשיו אנו שמחים להזמינכם.ן לאירוע הפתיחה החגיגי של פסטיבל סולידריות לקולנוע וזכויות אדם ולהקרנת בכורה בישראל בנוכחות הבמאית אנה שישובה של סרט התעודה עטור הפרסים: ׳התיק נגד אניה׳. יום ו׳ 30.11.23 | 14:00 | אולם 4 שיחה וסרט: לה סינגלה אנו שמחים להזמינכם.ן לאירוע הפתיחה החגיגי של פסטיבל סולידריות לקולנוע וזכויות אדם ולהקרנת בכורה בישראל בנוכחות הבמאית אנה שישובה של סרט התעודה עטור הפרסים: ׳התיק נגד אניה׳. יום ה׳ 29.11.23 | 12:00 | אולם 1 בכורה בישראל: שיטת אלטמן אנו שמחים להזמינכם.ן לאירוע הפתיחה החגיגי של פסטיבל סולידריות לקולנוע וזכויות אדם ולהקרנת בכורה בישראל.