Weekend Arts Guide: Film, Opera, Fashion, and Food
Translated & summarized from Calcalist by baba
A weekend arts guide highlights the TLV Fest film festival opening with RuPaul's "Anything's Possible," the Israeli Opera's production of "The Magic Flute," and a new cafe in Jattis offering ma'amoul workshops. Tel Aviv Fashion Week is set to feature designer Pini Leiterdorf and a Hapoel centennial showcase, while artist Yeshayahu Shmir exhibits drawings at the Pan Gallery. A conference on "Boundary-Breaking Creation" will bring Israeli filmmakers and creators to Tel Aviv.
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- TLV Fest opens with RuPaul's "Anything's Possible," a drag queen-filled parody.
- The Israeli Opera presents a new production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute."
- A Jattis cafe offers workshops on making traditional ma'amoul pastries.
- Tel Aviv Fashion Week will honor designer Pini Leiterdorf and Hapoel's 100th anniversary.
- Artist Yeshayahu Shmir exhibits "Israeli Men" drawings at the Pan Gallery.
- A conference on "Boundary-Breaking Creation" will feature Israeli filmmakers.
The TLV Fest, Tel Aviv's LGBTQ+ Film Festival, opens today with RuPaul Charles's latest film, "Anything's Possible," a campy disaster movie parody featuring drag queens. The festival will also screen "Rose," an Austrian period drama starring Sandra Hüller, who won Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival for her role as a woman posing as a man in 17th-century Germany. Other films include "Girls Like Girls," a coming-of-age drama, and a restored version of "Ravens," a 1988 Israeli queer short film, with a Q&A with director Ayelet Menahemi.
The Israeli Opera is presenting Mozart's "The Magic Flute" in a new production conducted by Dan Ettinger, featuring impressive giant puppets and acclaimed performances by Hila Fahima as the Queen of the Night and Oded Reich as Papageno. The production aims to revitalize the opera for both seasoned fans and newcomers.
In Jattis, a new cafe called Cafe Noor has opened, offering workshops on making ma'amoul, a traditional Middle Eastern pastry. The cafe is run by Dalal, whose sister Basma Al-Nour previously cooked for soldiers during the war. Participants learn to make ma'amoul with various fillings using traditional tools.
Tel Aviv Fashion Week, from November 9-12 at Kreaminitzky Complex, will feature a tribute to designer Pini Leiterdorf and a showcase by Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design celebrating 100 years of Hapoel, focusing on Israeli sportswomen. The event, produced by Motty Reif, includes 28 shows from designers like Aharon Ganish, Shai Shalom, and Hana Merlius. Separately, designer Einav Zucker launched "Something Borrowed," a collection of 25 unique vintage t-shirts.
The Israeli Academy of Film and Television is hosting a conference on October 26 titled "Boundary-Breaking Creation" in Tel Aviv. The event will feature directors Niahm and Gal Muggia, effects artist Vico Sherabani, and creators Avi Issacharoff and Hagar Ben Asher discussing their work sold to Netflix. Sigal Avin will talk with actress Ayelet Zurer about "Losing Alice," sold to Apple TV.
Artist Yeshayahu Shmir, 80, is exhibiting "Israeli Men," a collection of colorful drawings of the human body, at the Pan Gallery for LGBTQ+ and Queer Art in Tel Aviv. Shmir finds Israeli men more willing to model than women. The exhibition also includes sculptures and laser-cut works, curated by Erez Bialer.