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Catalog  Docs Men on the Edge |
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Men on the Edge
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 90 min, 56 min | Video.
Director:
Macabit Abrahmosn, Avner Faingulernt
Script: Avner Faingulert, Macabit Abramson
Producers: A.Finagulert, M. Abramson
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| Synopsis |
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World Sales: F.P.A.D
Jewish world and educational: Go2Films
Over four years, the filmmakers depicted the complex dynamics of these hard working fishermen, driven together by necessity, who created a partnership in a place where their respective communities are in a constant state of conflict. Through the camera`s unflinching presence in their provisional huts, we gain unique access into the inner worlds of middle-aged men, struggling with the forces of nature, as well as with the harshness of the national conflict that dictates their lives and the vicissitudes of their personal relationships. Away from the familiar scenes of the Intifada, the suicide attacks and the dramatic visuals that daily fill our screens, Men on the Edge, is a poetic documentary that invites us to reflect on the contemporaries of the Middle East and far beyond. |
Awards and Festivals |
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Awards:
Best Documentary, Mediterranean Film Festival, Portugal 2006
First award of the Mediterranean Category
Sole e Luna Doc Fest-Italy 2006
International Prize for Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage
(with CMCA) Winning of the "RAI SAT CINEMA PREMIUM" |
Festivals:
Filmpodum Zurich, Switzerland 2006
États Généraux du Film documentaire-France 2006
Sao Paulo international film festival-Brazil 2006
Human Rights Watch IFF -Buenos Aires Argentina 2006
Vienna Jewish Film Festival 2006
Sole e Luna DOC FEST-Italy 2006
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire Montreal, Canada 2006
Mediterraneo Video Festiva, Italy 2006
International Film Festival El ojo cojo, Spain 2006
Human Right watch Film Festival, New York 2006
Mediterran Film Festival, Portugal 2006
Nyon International Film Festival 2005
Montpellier International Film Festival 2005
UK Jewish Film Festival 2005
Cinema Du reel - Switzerland 2005
Medimed - Barcelona 2005
Israfest - USA 2005
Documenta-Madrid 2005
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More Credits |
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| Script: Avner Faingulert, Macabit Abramson |
| Production Company: Avner Faingulert, Macabit Abramson |
| Co-Production Company: Avner Faingulert, Macabit Abramson |
| Camera: Avner Faingulert, Macabit Abramson |
| Editor: Lev Goltser |
| Original Music: Yansimilar |
| Original Language: Hebrew and Arabic |
| Subtitles: English/ French |
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"The film, shot as a tour-de-force by Faingulernt, is combining influences of
Flaherty and Wiseman, and presents a microcosm of the Israeli /Palestinian
conflict, painting the picture of the realities and dangers of coexistence.
Despite the destruction of the dream of living and working together, the
film manages to build a robust image of cooperation, closeness and
understanding between its subjects. A sensitive, dramatic and truthful film"
Prof. Haim Bresheeth
Chair of Cultural and Media Studies
School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies
Uiniversity of East London
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