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Avraham Heffner
Avraham Heffner (Hebrew: אברהם הפנר‎; 7 May 1935 – 19 September 2014) was an Israeli film and television director, screenwriter, author and Professor Emeritus at the Tel-Aviv University. He was a recipient of the Ophir Award for lifetime achievements. Biography Heffner served in the IDF with the Nahal Army Band. After his IDF service, he studied French literature at the Sorbonne, Paris. His love for the cinema began, according to him, at the age of 17. He began his career as an actor (in Uri Zohar's '' Hor BaLevana''). His first movie as director was ''Slow Down'' (1967), an adaptation of a short story by Simone de Beauvoir, which won him the Silver Lion Award at the 1969 Venice Film Festival. In the 1960s and the 1970s he was among the Israeli directors creating more personal and social films (in the "New Sensitivity" genre), films that were influenced from the Avant-garde-European cinema. The most significant example for these type of films is Heffner's first fe ...
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Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel. It is home to the Baháʼí Faith's Baháʼí World Centre, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage. Built on the slopes of Mount Carmel, the settlement has a history spanning more than 3,000 years. The earliest known settlement in the vicinity was Tell Abu Hawam, a small port city established in the Late Bronze Age (14th century BCE). Encyclopedia Judaica, ''Haifa'', Keter Publishing, Jerusalem, 1972, vol. 7, pp. 1134–1139 In the 3rd century CE, Haifa was known as a dye-making center. Over the millennia, the Haifa area has changed hands: being conquered and ruled by the Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, ...
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Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Six" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Film festival#Notable festivals, Big Three European Film Festivals, alongside the Toronto Film Festival in Canada the Sundance Film Festival in the United States and the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia. The Festivals are internationally acclaimed for giving creators the artistic freedom to express themselves through film. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival. Founded by the National Fascist Party in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The ra ...
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Hagai Levi
Hagai Levi ( he, חגי לוי; born on 2 July 1963) is an Israeli television creator, writer, director, and producer. Early life and education Levi was born in Sha'alvim, Israel in 1963. He studied psychology at Bar-Ilan University but left to complete his mandatory military service. Levi served in the Israeli Ground Forces before studying film at Tel Aviv University. Levi practiced Orthodox Judaism but left the faith while completing his military service. Career Levi was a film critic for various newspapers for 10 years, as well as lecturer in the leading film schools in Israel, and was the head of the drama department in the leading Israeli TV channel Keshet (2003–2006). Levi won a Golden Globe Award for co-creating and co-producing the television drama '' The Affair'' with Sarah Treem. In 2014 Levi retired from writing ''The Affair'', citing dissatisfaction with the commercial aspects of U.S. television development. He is also known for creating, directing and producing ...
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Ari Folman
Ari Folman ( he, ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-action/animated film '' The Congress''. Biography Ari Folman was born in Haifa to Holocaust survivors. His wife is also a film director. They live in Tel Aviv. In 2006, he was the head writer of the Hot 3 famous drama series ''BeTipul''. Folman's latest project is an animated drama film based on the life of Anne Frank during the Holocaust, named ''Where Is Anne Frank?'' ''Waltz with Bashir'' Ari Folman's memories of the aftermath of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, which took place when he was a 19-year-old soldier, served as the basis for his movie ''Waltz with Bashir''. The film follows his attempt to regain his memories of the war through therapy, as well as conversations with old friends and other Israelis who were present in ...
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Eitan Green
Eitan ( he, אֵיתָן) is the Hebrew source of the male given name Ethan, and roughly translates to "spiritual strength". Eitan may also refer to: People First name * Eitan Avitsur (born 1941), Israeli composer *Eitan Ben Eliyahu (born 1944), Israeli general * Eitan Berglas (1934–1992), Israeli economist *Eitan Bernath (born 2002), American celebrity chef, entertainer, author, and TV personality * Eitan Broshi (born 1950), Israeli politician * Eitan Cabel (born 1959), Israeli politician * Eitan Freilich (born 1993), international celebrity *Eitan Friedlander (born 1958), Israeli Olympic sailor * Eitan Haber (born 1940), Israeli journalist *Eitan Livni (1919–1991), Israeli activist and politician * Eitan Reiter * Eitan Tibi (born 1987), Israeli football player *itan Moskowitz Surname *Michael Eitan (born 1944), Israeli politician * Or Eitan (born 1981), Israeli basketball player * Rafael Eitan (1929–2004), Israeli general and politician *Rafi Eitan (1926–2019), Israel ...
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Cinema Of Israel
Cinema of Israel ( he, קולנוע ישראלי, Kolnoa Yisraeli) refers to film production in Israel since its founding in 1948. Most Israeli films are produced in Hebrew, but there are productions in other languages such as Arabic and English. Israel has been nominated for more Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film than any other country in the Middle East. History Pre-state films Movies were made in Mandatory Palestine from the beginning of the silent film era although the development of the local film industry accelerated after the establishment of the state. Early films were mainly documentary or news roundups, shown in Israeli cinemas before the movie started.Editing out a frame of history
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Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv, the university is the center of teaching and research of the city, comprising 9 faculties, 17 teaching hospitals, 18 performing arts centers, 27 schools, 106 departments, 340 research centers, and 400 laboratories. Tel Aviv University originated in 1956 when three education units merged to form the university. The original 170-acre campus was expanded and now makes up 220 acres (89 hectares) in Tel Aviv's Ramat Aviv neighborhood. History TAU's origins date back to 1956, when three research institutes: the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics (established in 1935), the Institute of Natural Sciences (established in 1931), and the Academic Institute of Jewish Studies (established in 1954) – joined to form Tel Aviv ...
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Zionist Movement
Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Jewish tradition as the Land of Israel, which corresponds in other terms to the region of Palestine, Canaan, or the Holy Land, on the basis of a long Jewish connection and attachment to that land. Modern Zionism emerged in the late 19th century in Central and Eastern Europe as a national revival movement, both in reaction to newer waves of antisemitism and as a response to Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment. Soon after this, most leaders of the movement associated the main goal with creating the desired homeland in Palestine, then an area controlled by the Ottoman Empire. From 1897 to 1948, the primary goal of the Zionist Movement was to establish the basis for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and thereafter to consolidate it. In a unique vari ...
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Eretz Ktana, Ish Gadol
Eretz ( he, ארץ) is Hebrew for "land", "country" (with the definite article, HaAretz ( he, הארץ, "the land") In particular, it may refer to: * HaAretz HaMuvtahat, the "Promised Land" * Eretz Israel, the Land of Israel * ''Haaretz'', originally ''Hadashot Ha'Aretz'' "News of the Land", Israeli newspaper See also * Am ha'aretz ''Am haaretz'' () or the people of the Land is a term found in the Hebrew Bible and (with a different meaning) in rabbinic literature. The world usually is a collective noun in Biblical Hebrew but occasionally pluralized as עמי הארץ ''amei ...
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Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish is primarily written in the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, its worldwide peak was 11 million, with the number of speakers in the United States and Canada then totaling 150,000. Eighty-five percent of the approximately six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hambu ...
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Laura Adler's Last Love Affair
''Laura Adler's Last Love Affair'' ( he, אהבתה האחרונה של לורה אדלר, also known as ''The Last Love Affair of Laura Adler'') is a 1990 Israeli drama film written and directed by Avraham Heffner. It was entered into the main competition at the 47th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Rita Zohar : Laura * Menashe Warshavsky : Savitch * Avraham Mor : Menashe * Shulamit Adar Shulamis () or Shulamit is the feminine form of the Hebrew name Solomon (in Hebrew, "Shlomo", ), related to the word "shalom" (), or "peace". See Salome (other). "Shula" is a shortened form. The name Salome is also a related form. See also: ... : Becky References External links * 1990 films 1990 drama films Israeli drama films 1990s Hebrew-language films {{1990s-drama-film-stub ...
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