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Montreal: Israeli Film Festival
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Israeli film festival returns to Montreal
This year’s event to screen seven films – including ‘Ajami’ and ‘Lebanon’ – between April 25 and May 3
The Israel Film Festival returns to Montreal with seven films. This year’s festival will screen films at the AMC Forum (2313 Ste-Catherine W.) and Cinema des Sources (3237 Blvd. Des Sources) between April 25 and May 3. Below is the complete list of the films featured at the festival:
“A Matter of Size” – A lighthearted comedy about four fed up, overwight friends who come to the realization that size is an asset in sumo wrestling.
“Ajami” – This Oscar-nominated movie focuses on a series of inter-related stories that eventually come together.
“Five Hours From Paris” – The film tells the story of Yigal, a taxi driver and Lina, a music teacher who has given up on her dreams. The two eventually cross paths and life starts to feel like a French film – until reality sets in.
“Eyes Wide Open” – The film focuses on a gay love story in the heart of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem.
“Jame’s Journey to Jerusalem” – A Christian African tribe sends a noble man in their village, James, on a spiritual journey to Jerusalem. However, Israel is no longer the holy land that James and his tribe imagined.
“Lebanon” – The movie focuses on the emotional traumas of young Israeli soldiers drafted into the war.
Source: Ynetnews, Shalomlife
Seal to perform in Israel
Soul and R&B singer announces concert in Raanana on July 21st
British singer Seal will arrive in Israel and hold a single concert in the Raanana Amphitheatre on July 21st, his official website reported Sunday.
No confirmation has yet been received from Israeli producers.
The singer will arrive in the Jewish state after visiting Turkey as part of his July European Tour. It has not yet been reported whether he will be accompanied in Israel by his wife, German supermodel and TV presenter Heidi Klum.
Seal, 47, is best known for two chart-topping hits from the 1990s: “Crazy” and “Kiss from a Rose”. He has won multiple Grammy awards over the years for his achievements in music.
The singer has three children with Klum and has also adopted her daughter from a previous marriage.
His latest album, “Soul,” a collection of renditions of famous soul classics, was released two years ago. Last year he released a hits compilation as well as a DVD documenting one of his live shows in New York.
Canadian singer Diana Krall to perform in Israel
Canadian singer Diana Krall is the latest in a long line of artists who have announced that they will be giving concerts in Israel this summer. She will be performing at the Ra’anana Amphitheater in the Tel Aviv suburb of Raanana on August 4, just a week after Seal will perform at the venue.
Boundary pushing NYC graffiti artists to beautify Israeli cities
Big Apple’s finest urban artists hope teaching Israeli kids graffiti will help them ‘transform the grim reminders of war – bomb shelters, fortified playgrounds – into soaring masterpieces of freedom and expression’
A group of New York’s finest urban artists are heading to Sderot and Kiryat Gat on April 24th to bring color to the two Israeli cities.
Israeli graffiti artists who will be both their guides and partners in this mission will join the American artists. Together, the Americans and Israelis will beautify two cities scarred by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, and equip the traumatized children of the region with artistic tools.
Artists 4 Israel (Photo: Seth Wolfson)
“Their mission is called the ‘Murality Project,’ joining the words ‘mural’ and ‘morality’ to evoke justice through art,” explains Meital Dohan, the Israeli actress now famous for her role on the hit American Showtime TV series “Weeds.”
Dohan is the official spokesperson of Artists 4 Israel, the New York based non-profit organization that is sponsoring the trip as part of its mission to foster exchanges between communities of artists in Israel and around the world who wish to express through artistic mediums their “support of Israel’s right to exist in peace and security.”
SUEWORKS at work (Photo: Seth Wolfson)
“The artists are hoping that teaching Israeli kids graffiti will help them to not just leave their mark on local walls, but write a better future for the region,” says Craig Dershowitz, Artists 4 Israel President. “Together they will transform the grim reminders of war – bomb shelters, fortified playgrounds, the carcasses of homes burned out beyond repair, and even the stark remains of rockets – into soaring masterpieces of freedom and expression.”
But Dershowitz says that will only be the beginning of the benefits of this remarkable trip.
The participating American artists include CYCLE, SUEWORKS, and Ame72 among other urban luminaries. Fathers of the graffiti movement Tracy168 and MED have committed to helping from the sidelines by sending in sketches of possibilities for each of the sites.
Each of the artists has their own reasons for participating. One of the graffiti muralists, C.J. Reilly III, lost two cousins in the World Trade Center on September 11. But all hope to contribute something positive and be exposed to a new culture.
‘Different side to Israel.’ CJ Reilly (Photo: Seth Wolfson)
Following their three-day journey in the South, the artists will visit Jerusalem and then spend a few days in Tel Aviv. While in Tel Aviv, the artists will continue to paint murals of hope and solidarity and finally exhibit the work that they will create on canvases while on their journey in Israel along with documentary material created and collected: photos, videos and memorabilia.
Prior to arriving to Israel, the artists will produce works of art expressing their expectations and then pieces about what they actually experience. They will stay at the homes of Israelis, visit local galleries, and simply enjoy the excitement of Tel Aviv’s vibrant culture and nightlife.
“After spending more than a week working side-by-side with Israeli artists – living with them, eating with them and traveling the length and breadth of the country with their Israeli peers, the New Yorkers are going to have a lot of positive experiences to share when they get home,” says Dershowitz.
“We hope they will then tell people about a different side to Israel than usually gets reported in the media, a country not defined by past conflicts but filled with a vibrant youth culture looking towards a bright future for everyone in the region.”
Source: Ynetnews.com
VIDEO: Funny Israeli McDonald ad
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