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Solidarity Film Festival Timetable Screening Schedule 10.12 Sat 9.12 Fri 8.12 Thur 7.12 Wed 6.12 Tue 5.12 Mon 4.12 Sun 3.12 Sat 2.12 Fri 1.12 Thur Cinematheque 1 Cinematheque 2 Cinematheque 4 12:00 Eternal Spring International Documentary Competition Information Tickets 14:30 Melting Dreams International Films Information Tickets 21:30 Atomic Hope International Films Information Tickets 12:00 No Place for You in Our Town | Screening and Conversation International Films Information Tickets 15:30 My Terrorist | Screening and Conversation a Tribute to Yulie Cohen's Trilogy Information Tickets 20:00 Semret International Feature Competition Information Tickets 12:00 A Safe Place | with The Association of Civil Rights in Israel, Emil Grunzweig Award Israeli Films Information Tickets 14:30 Forest for the Trees | Screening and Conversation with 'Good-Energy' International Films Information Tickets

Solidarity Film Festival Timetable Screening Schedule 10.12 Sat 9.12 Fri 8.12 Thur 7.12 Wed 6.12 Tue 5.12 Mon 4.12 Sun 3.12 Sat 2.12 Fri 1.12 Thur Cinematheque 1 Cinematheque 2 Cinematheque 4 11:30 Europe International Feature Competition Information Tickets 13:45 Sansón and Me International Documentary Competition Information Tickets 15:45 Last Flight Home International Documentary Competition Information Tickets 18:00 Erasmus in Gaza | Opening remarks: Andrea Pontiroli, Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to Israel International Films Information Tickets 21:00 Our Bodies are Your Battlefields International Films Information Tickets 10:00 The Killing Of A Journalist International Films Information Tickets 12:15 Lyra International Documentary Competition Information Tickets 14:15 Ithaka International Films Information Tickets 16:30 Spanton vs The French Police International Films Information Tickets 18:15 Working Class Heroes International Feature Competition Information Tickets 20:15 a Tribut to Judd Neeman: Four Occupation Shorts | Event in Memory of Judd Neeman, with Filmmakers Against The Occupation Forum Screening and Event Information Tickets 11:30 Convenience Store | Screening and Conversation with 'Kav Laoved' Organization International Feature Competition Information Tickets 14:15 Paris in Harlem International Feature Competition Information Tickets 17:00 Band | Screening and Conversation about Music and Women Rights International Films Information Tickets 20:00 Expecting a Revolution | Screening and Event Israeli Films: Community Cinema Information Tickets

Lyra International Films Lyra Great Britain, 2022, 91 min Director: Alison Millar Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Producers: Alison Millar, Jackie Doyle Production: Festivals: Sheffield DocFest (Tim Hetherington Award), Cork International Film Festival, Giffoni, Achill Island Screenings: Tue. 6.12 | 20:00 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Sat. 10.12 | 12:15 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets With deep roots in the working class of war-torn Belfast, Lyra McKee became a nationally renowned investigative journalist. She did not cease to expose the consequences of the conflict days in Northern Ireland and demanded a proper response to the crimes that were forgotten after the peace agreement. Her life was cut short in 2019, when she was murdered during riots by members of the IRA organization opposing the Good Friday Agreement. Director Alison Miller, McKee's best friend, used her recordings and interviews with her family members to create a moving and touching film that brings Lyra McKee's story to the screen in her own words. 6.12.22 | Screening and Conversation with 'Mekomit' Magazine and Hagar Shezaf, Hulud Masalha and Oren Ziv. Host: Meron Rapoport

This Is National Wake International Films This Is National Wake United States, 2022, 66 min Director: Mirissa Neff Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Producers: Mirissa Neff, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Production: Festivals: Sheffield DocFest, Dokufest, Doc'n Roll, Trinidad+Tobago, Portland, Accessible, Wake Forest Screenings: Wed. 7.12 | 16:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Sat. 3.12 | 13:30 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets "National Wake" was a wild and boundless punk rock band that came up precisely in the heart of the fascist apartheid regime of the 1970’s in South Africa. In the reality of racial segregation by law between blacks and whites, a young Jew teamed up with two black brothers to form a band whose very existence, not to mention the songs and playing ability of its members, broke quite a few laws. The story of the band, which was documented during its years of activity in amazing old videos on film taken by the band members themselves, reveals the ability of music to reflect a historical moment while simultaneously offering a subversive utopian alternative. The legacy of South Africa's violent regime also includes the musical rebellion that managed to crack it.

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חזרה לדף הקודם Student Films Competition Cluster 1 Fri. 2.12 | 10:00 | Cinematheque 2 Blind Spot Student Films: Features Maya Louzon; Israel, 2022, 15:20 min A female commander struggles with her position of power. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/0 Jordan Student Films: Features Shira Daniel Hellwing; Israel, 2021, 18 min During a visit in the refugees' preschool where she volunteers, Aria finds out one of the kids wasn't picked up. She decides to take him to her house. There she must deal the consequences of her actions. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/0 Fallen Student Films: Features Chen Rachum; Israel, 2022, 16:43 min Rona is sexually assaulted by her boyfriend. Shortly after, the worst news of all is announced. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/0 Between Her Student Films: Features Bar Cohen; Israel, 2022, 29:55 min Aya is a trans girl who is frustrated by her love life and experiences with men. An accidental encounter with a man from her distant past causes her to reconnect with her identity. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/1 Your'e OK. Student Films: Features Sachar Agranat & Rachel Zilberberg; Israel, 2022, 5:55 min when returning fron a fun night out with her best friend, Tamar is brutally attacked. from this moment she finda herself in a traumatic loop that she tries to break. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/0 Scene no. 4 Student Films: Features David Noy; Israel, 2022, 10 min A conflict between the director, the Jewish actor and the Arabic one. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/0 סטודנטים2 Cluster 2 Fri. 2.12 | 14:30 | Cinematheque 2 The Twinkling Light Student Films: Documentary Reem bisan, Rania Rabah, Shadia Bebar & Dalal Kesrawy; Israel, 2022, 10 min The documentary ‘twinkling light’ describes the way Ganem's family deals with the needs of Sinal, the daughter with Down Syndrome. Tickets for Cluster 2 Arak Cigarettes and Demons Student Films: Documentary Eliav kikus; Israel, 2021, 6:40 min This film tells about my father's post-war trauma due to the First Lebanon War and alongside this a personal crisis in my life when my parents divorced and how the divorce led me to regard life as a war. Tickets for Cluster 2 Silent One Student Films: Feature Naama Shmueli; Israel, 2022, 15:30 min Arriving at a silence retreat in the Jerusalem hills, Maayan could not have imagined who she would encouter there, and the sort of wound from her past she would have to confront. As the silence around her becomes deafening, she must now find a way to stare at the pain straight in the eye. Tickets for Cluster 2 Ohad's Room Student Films: Documentary Naama Remer; Israel, 2022, 26:43 min Ohad’s room remains almost as it was. Seventeen years that no one lives there. And yet, it feels so very present. Not much I know about my older brother. Who was he? And why is he gone? Maybe it was easier if I didn’t know. So I opened the door and I was looking for answers. Tickets for Cluster 2 Her Gaze Student Films: Feature Alma Zalait; Israel, 2022, 11 min Michaela can sense that her male roomate is watching her as she sleeps. She wakes up frightened and shaken. Hoping to gain a sense of stability, she conacts her ex. Tickets for Cluster 2 Sentence (Mishpat) Student Films: Feature Or Getz; Israel, 2022, 19 min On the day of Or’s sixth-grade graduation, his mother Anat learns he won’t speak at the ceremony because of his stutter. Anat feels this is a huge mistake and makes no compromises to ensure he goes on stage. Or fearfully takes the stage with hope of bringing pride to his mother — will he succeed? Will he fail? Tickets for Cluster 2

Despite the small number of Israeli (and international) films that deal with the ethical and human questions of the occupation in the West Bank, narrative and documentary films about human stories that take place beyond the green line, in Gaza and in East Jerusalem continue to be at the center of the festival program. חזרה לדף הקודם Occupation & Apartheid Despite the small number of Israeli (and international) films that deal with the ethical and human questions of the occupation in the West Bank, narrative and documentary films about human stories that take place beyond the green line, in Gaza and in East Jerusalem continue to be at the center of the festival program. To mark Solidarity Festival's 10th anniversary, we will showcase local and international films that, despite everything, dared to face questions of oppression and apartheid, rebellion and defiance, reconciliation and recovery.

Last Flight Home International Films Last Flight Home United States, 2022, 101 min Director: Ondi Timoner Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Producers: Ondi Timoner, David Turner Production: Festivals: Sundance, Telluride, Woodstock (Best Documentary Feature), BFI London, Los Angeles Screenings: Sat. 3.12 | 11:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Sat. 10.12 | 15:45 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets After a long life and dealing with serious illness, Eli Timoner decides to end his life by medical means. Timoner is a husband, father and successful businessman, and his decision to end his life generates emotional and thought-provoking reactions from the people close to him. The loving and supportive family accompanies the dying father in the few days he has left until the end of his life. Award-winning director Ondi Timoner intimately reveals her family's intimate and heartbreaking journey towards closure. Eli and his family members courageously and humorously formulate a surprising and moving guide to the inevitable process of separation. They show the grace that can spring forth even in the face of death and demonstrate how we can live even as we are about to die. 3.12.22 | Screening and Conversation with Anat Maor and 'Lilach' Association

Kashmir: Journey to Freedom Tribute to Udi Aloni Kashmir: Journey to Freedom USA, Israel, 2009, 72 min Director: Udi Aloni Language & Subtitles: English, Arabic, Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew and English Festivals: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto, Berlin International Film Festival Once described by Mahatma Gandhi as “a pillar of light in a subcontinent lost in darkness,” Kashmir has become a land of terror and despair, its people suffering under the strain of constant violence and human rights violations. This film tells the story of a new generation of young Muslim Kashmiris who, after years of armed resistance, decided to lay down their arms and start a nonviolent resistance movement in the hope of finally achieving peace and independence. They strive for a renaissance of the Kashmiri tradition of religious and ethnic coexistence, inspired by Sufi culture and the spirit and history of Kashmir. In a rare look at the region, Udi Aloni filmed his protagonists as they launched their new struggle. Finally refused re-entry by the Indian government, Aloni was forced to tell the rest of this story far from the land and people he had come to admire creation, a feast for the senses which capable of restoring our faith in the human spirit. After the Screening there will be a Zoom Conversation with Hillel Cohen and Kashmiri Altaf Khan, one of the film's protagonists who isn't in custody yet Amal's Photo Credit: Ilan Besor Firas's Photo Credit: Angie Assal Screenings: Mon. 5.12 | 20:15 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets

No Place for You in Our Town International Films No Place for You in Our Town Bulgaria, 2022, 81 min Director: Nikolay Stefanov Language & Subtitles: Bulgarian; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producer: Ralitsa Golemanova Production: Festivals: CPH:DOX, Visions du Réel, Movies that Matter, Dok.fest Munich, Doc Cevennes, Krakow Film Festival, Sheffield DocFest, Sarajevo, Sofia Documental, Astra Screenings: Mon. 5.12 | 17:00 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Fri. 9.12 | 12:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets A documentary that follows different moments in the lives of three hooligan football fans, who will do anything to support their team in the mining town of Pernik, located far from the center - on the outskirts of Bulgaria, at the outskirts of Europe. A violent and racist fan, the leader of the group of rough diehard fans, and the only woman in the group – all experience exciting and hair-raising moments together on the bleachers. The film documents their candid confessions, and the decline of a city that was one of the most prosperous industrial centers in Bulgaria in those distant days of the twentieth century. Economic forces, social struggles, and ideological currents – all sweep the lives of the film's protagonists in the stormy bleachers. 9.12.22 | Screening and Conversation

The Wind Blows The Border International Films The Wind Blows The Border Brazil, 2022, 77 min Director: Laura Faerman, Marina Weis Language & Subtitles: Guaraní, Portuguese; subtitles in English and Hebrew Producers: Rodrigo Díaz Díaz, Luís Ludmer Production: Festivals: Hot Docs (Special Jury Prize – International Feature Documentary), It's All True International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea DMZ International Documentary Film Festival Screenings: Sat. 3.12 | 15:15 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Mon. 5.12 | 17:45 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets The border between Brazil and Paraguay stretches over 1,524 kilometers. When Luana Ruiz, a rich heiress of vast lands, covets the green lands on this border, she provokes a war against the native inhabitants. Ruiz is the embodiment of the authoritarian Brazilian President Bolsonaro's rule: in her eyes, the natives deserve only hatred and contempt. But Elenir Shimendes rises against her – a teacher, leader and social activist on behalf of the Guarni-Kaiuba people. Shimendes herself pays the price of the fight against the rich elites, but she manages to fight back and protect her community and its lands. 5.12.22 | Screening and Conversation with ׳Standing Together' Movement

Band International Films Band Iceland, 2022, 88 min Director: Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir Language & Subtitles: Icelandic; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producers: Þórdur Bragi Jónsson, Heather Millard Production: Festivals: Hot Docs, Chicago, Haugesund, Gimli Screenings: Sat. 10.12 | 17:00 | Cinematheque 4 Tickets Tickets The band at the center of this docu-fiction film is a young female group in search of elusive success. The members of the band do not go on concert tours in large stadiums, and are forced to perform in front of a limited audience in a small club. A moment before turning forty, after divorces and separations, they decide to set themselves an ultimatum: become stars within a year, or disband the band and retire from the world of music. In the field of pop, ageism towards women is a universal issue. The film follows the attempts of the three members of the failed Icelandic band to fill concert halls, and to find their own formula for combining art, femininity and career. Between failure and failure, the members of the band get into funny, strange and ridiculous situations, and learn a thing or two about music, self-love and life. 10.12.22 | Screening and Conversation about Music and Women Rights