South Film Festival Marks 25 Years With Premieres and Creator Events
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
The South Film Festival in Sderot will celebrate its 25th anniversary from November 1-5 with screenings, premieres, and creator events. The festival will feature new Israeli series and films, including "Bash and Water" and "What About a Child?", alongside works by alumni and local creators. A tribute to editor Nili Flier and a program focusing on life in the Western Negev after October 7th are also planned, along with an international program featuring Swiss director Thomas Imbach.
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- The South Film Festival in Sderot celebrates its 25th anniversary from November 1-5.
- The festival will screen new Israeli series like "Bash and Water" and "What About a Child?"
- A tribute to editor Nili Flier, a two-time Ophir Award winner, is part of the program.
- Films by alumni and creators from the Western Negev will be showcased.
- A program titled "Soul Records" will feature short films about life after October 7th.
- Swiss director Thomas Imbach will participate in the international program.
The South Film Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary in November with five days of screenings, premieres, and events in Sderot. Founded by Sapir Academic College's School of Screen Arts, the festival, running from November 1-5, will showcase new series and films alongside works by the school's alumni and creators from the Western Negev.
The opening event will feature a special screening of the first two episodes of "Bash and Water" Season 2, the Netflix series by Hanan Savyon and the creator, who are expected to participate in a discussion. The television program lineup also includes "What About a Child?", a comedy-drama by Yael Hedaya for Kan, starring Dana Ivgy, Sasson Gabai, and Alma Zack, and "Whose Daughter Are You?", a documentary series by Kan directed by Efrat Shalom Danon and Keren Shaio, exploring the stories of Mizrahi women in Israel.
The festival will close with a preview screening of "What Is She Thinking?", a film by Iris Zaki, head of the MA program at Sapir's School of Screen Arts, which addresses childlessness in Israeli society. This screening is part of a tribute to editor Nili Flier, a two-time Ophir Award winner, which will include four films she edited, meetings with creators like Ari Folman and Dani Rosenberg, and a masterclass.
Alumni will also be featured, with Efrat Koren presenting "Golden Heart," starring Chen Amsalem, Menashe Noy, and Yisrael Attiass; Shir Churi Abu presenting the documentary "Chayai Sarah"; and Tal Avitan, a creator from Sderot, presenting "Carlos Off the Lines," about a children's soccer coach. Eight award-winning films from the festival's 25-year history will also be screened.
The connection between cinema and local reality will be explored in "Soul Records," a program of five short films by Western Negev creators addressing life after October 7th. Other highlights include the premiere of "My Beloved Gurama," Sami Shalom Shitrit's film about his father and his life in Morocco and Israel, and two films by Bedouin women creators from the Negev, made in the "In a Woman's Eyes" incubator.
The "New South Cinema" competition will showcase films by the school's alumni, and a new incubator for young creators from the South, "Negba," will be launched at the closing ceremony. The international program will host Swiss director Thomas Imbach, with screenings of two of his films and a masterclass, in collaboration with the Swiss Embassy. Films will also be shown as part of a program celebrating the festival's legacy and its ongoing connection to local creators and cinema.
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