''From Language to Language'' (Hebrew: משפה לשפה, tr. ''MiSafa LeSafa'') is a 55-minute 2004 Belgian-French-German-Israeli Hebrew-language independent underground experimental documentary art film directed by Nurith Aviv.

Synopsis

The film, produced by and the Dardenne brothers, was released on DVD by as part of a boxset also including 2008's '' Langue sacrée, langue parlée'' and 2011's '' Traduire'', with which they form a trilogy. It contains interviews with Israeli artists and writers such as

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, Prof. Dr.

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, Haïm Ulliel, and Meir Wieseltier who write in Hebrew even though it is not their native language about the importance of language and asks how the struggle between their mother tongue and Hebrew has affected their art.

Reception

Between its release and 2006, the film was screened and won several awards at DocAviv, Marseille Festival of Documentary Film,

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, Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, , , , Centre culturel international de Cerisy-la-Salle, Israel Psychoanalytic Society, Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Martin-Gropius-Bau, University of Lausanne, and many other places. The film was produced by ZDF, Arte, , , and . It was also screened at

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in 2015.

References

External links

''From Language to Language''
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Nurith Aviv’s Official Website
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''From Language to Language'' Film Trailer
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Éditions Montparnasse’s Website
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