''Gay Days'' ( he, Hazman havarod) is a 2009
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i documentary film about the emergence of an
LGBT
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity.
The LGBT term is a ...
community in Israel, starring major activists in Israel's cultural life and LGBT community:
Gal Uchovsky
Gal Uchovsky ( he, גל אוחובסקי; born September 27, 1958) is an Israeli screenwriter, producer, journalist, activist and Israeli TV personality.
Early life
Uchovsky was born in Hadera. His family moved to Vienna where his father studie ...
,
Eytan Fox
Eytan Fox ( he, איתן פוקס; born on August 21, 1964) is an Israeli film director.
Biography
Eytan Fox was born in New York City. His family immigrated to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a Conservative rabbi and a prof ...
,
Ellyot,
Amalia Ziv,
Amit Kama and others and some rare archival footage from pride events, feature films and student films.
Background
In 1985, there were three openly gay persons in Israel. By 1998, there were 3,000. In a short period of time Israel went through a change. Director
Yair Qedar
Yair Qedar ( he, יאיר קדר, born June 13, 1969) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker, social activist and former journalist.
Chronicling the lives of Jewish and Israeli figures of the modern Hebrew literary canon, Qedar's 19 feature length ...
documented this revolution in the newspaper, ''The Pink Times'' (הזמן הוורוד). The film uses archival materials, personal stories and Qedar's personal diary.
Screenings and reception
The film premiered in June 2009 in the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, 2009. The film also showed in the Panorama at the
60th Berlin International Film Festival
The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama ''Apart Together'', in comp ...
and the
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, formerly known as the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (LLGFF), is the biggest LGBTIQ+ film festival in Europe. It takes place every spring in London, England. It began in 1986, as a season of gay and ...
2010.
and it is shown all over the world since in universities, film festivals and cinematic events.
The television premiere was on the Israeli documentary channel
yes Docu, during July 2009, and was shown in
Keshet, the commercial TV.
See also
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LGBT rights in Israel
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Israel are considered the most developed in the Middle East. Although same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1988, the former law against sodomy had not been enforced since a court dec ...
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Homosexuality and Judaism
The subject of homosexuality and Judaism dates back to the Torah. The book of Vayikra (Leviticus) is traditionally regarded as classifying sexual intercourse between males as a ''to'eivah'' (something abhorred or detested) that can be subject to ...
References
External links
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Gay Days' at the Athens International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
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Gay Days'' at the Torino GLBT Film Festival
2009 films
2000s Hebrew-language films
2009 documentary films
Israeli documentary films
Israeli LGBT-related films
Documentary films about LGBT topics
2009 LGBT-related films
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