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Catalog  Docs The Ashkenazim |
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The Ashkenazim
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 50 min, | Video
Director:
Dani Dotan, Dalia Mevorach
Script: Dalia Mevorach and Dani Dothan
Producers: Dalia Mevorach, Dani Dotan
Sponsors: Avi-Chi Foundation, Israeli Channel 2
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| Synopsis |
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The Ashkenazim is a humorous and moving film about young Israelis in search of their Ashkenazi roots. These women and men seek to reconnect with their Jewish European heritage which they feel was suppressed in order for their ancestors to acclimate to their new Israeli and Middle Eastern environment.
The Ashkenazim follows the lives of a group of young women and men as they reconnect to their Ashkenazi roots. Assaf Galay forms "Ashkenazi Identity" to promote a cultural revolution in Israel. Tammy Ben-Tor creates an electro- Yiddish sexy cabaret. Itamar Handelman Ben Canaan, always ashamed of his Ashkenazi roots, falls in love with Olga, a new immigrant from Russia, and with her returns to the life style of his European ancestors. What makes these Israelis look back with longing at their Ashkenazi history and can they bring some of their forefather`s lost Jewish European culture to the Middle East?
Un film tragi-comique sur de jeunes israéliens à la recherche de leurs racines ashkénazes. Ils tentent de redéfinir une identité israélienne construite sur le refoulement du passé. Chacun cherche un moyen de se réapproprier ses racines . Mais ces produits du melting-pot israélien pourront-ils jamais importer la culture de leurs ancêtres au Moyen-Orient ?
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Awards and Festivals |
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Awards:
Special jury Prize, WARSAW Jewish Motives Film Festival, May 2006 |
Festivals:
Chicago Israeli Film Festival 2007
Cleveland Jewish Film Festival 2007
Haifa International Film Festival 2006
Israeli Film Festival in Paris, France 2006
Israeli Film Festival, NY 2006
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Canada 2006
Warsaw Jewish Motives Film Festival, Poland 2006
Sonoma County Jewish Film festival, California 2006
Ashkenaz Film Festival, Toronto, August 2006
Boston Jewish Film Festival, November 2006
Argentina Jewish Film Festival 2006
Libraries, Universities and Special Screenings:
Boston University
Harvard University
Tel Aviv University
Sinai Temple - USA
Chicago YIVO 2009 |
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| Script: Dalia Mevorach and Dani Dothan |
| Production Company: Elil productions |
| Co-Production Company: Dalia Mevorach and Dani Dothan |
| Camera: Daniel Miran |
| Editor: Ron Goldman |
| Original Music: Daniel Gali, Harel Shachal |
| Original Language: Hebrew and Yiddish |
| Subtitles: English/ French |
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