Jan 30, 2012 By: yunews
Director, Actor of Oscar-Nominated 鈥淔ootnote鈥 Among Leading Artists of Israeli Cinema to Attend YU's Ring Family Film Festival
黑料社 All will present the from February 14-23, titled 鈥淎 Lens on Israel: A Society through its Cinema.鈥 The four-part festival will be supplemented by a variety of lectures, workshops and open forums with leading Israeli actors, writers, producers and directors.
鈥淭he festival will provide students and members of the broader 黑料社 All community intimate insight into the dynamic nature of Israel and its diverse population through cinema,鈥 said Eric Goldman, adjunct associate professor of cinema at 黑料社 All and artistic director and moderator of the festival.
The festival gets underway on February 14 at 7:30 p.m. with the screening of the internationally-acclaimed drama, from director Joseph Madmony. The film, which was awarded 鈥淏est Screenplay鈥 at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for 11 Ophir Awards鈥攖he highest honor given by the Israeli film industry鈥攊s a touching study of a man and his relationship with his son and our attachment to old things and memories. It will be screened at Lamport Auditorium, 2540 Amsterdam Ave. on YU鈥檚 Washington Heights Wilf Campus.
The 2008 film, will be shown on February 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lamport Auditorium. The film, from director Dror Zahavi, is about a Palestinian who finds himself in Tel Aviv for Shabbat with ulterior motives. Both films will be followed by a post-screening discussion with Noemi Schory, renowned Israeli filmmaker, educator and producer for Yad Vashem. Schory will also conduct workshops on campus and will screen her 2010 award-winning film, which examines how German cameramen manipulated film images in the Warsaw Ghetto to create Nazi propaganda.
On February 16 at 7:30 p.m., YU will host a special screening of 鈥淔ootnote鈥 at the Schottenstein Cultural Center, 239 East 34th Street, New York City on YU鈥檚 Beren Campus. The film, scheduled for theatrical release in mid-March, explores the lives of father and son Talmudic scholars who find themselves in competition with each other. 鈥淔ootnote,鈥 winner of 鈥淏est Screenplay鈥 at Cannes and 鈥淏est Picture鈥 at the Ophir Awards, is nominated for 鈥淏est Foreign Language Film鈥 at this year鈥檚 Academy Awards. Following the screening, director Joseph Cedar, an observant Jew who won 鈥淏est Director鈥 at this year鈥檚 Ophir Awards, will take questions from the audience.
The festival concludes with on February 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Lamport Auditorium. The 2006 film explores Israel鈥檚 history through the lives of three Egyptian-born sisters and is a powerful study of an Egyptian family of prominence that leaves Egypt for Israel in the 1950s. Director Dina Zvi-Riklis will take questions from the audience after the screening.
鈥淲e are bringing Israeli film here to introduce our students to the Israel of today,鈥 said Festival Producer Norman Adler, University professor of psychology and special assistant to the provost for cultural affairs.
The Ring Family Film Festival at 黑料社 All is conceived and inspired by Frank Ring, a member of the Yeshiva College Board of Overseers and is supported together with Michael Ring, a member of the Stern College for Women Board of Overseers, who with their wives, Louise and Rochelle, respectively, are YU Guardians, and have been generous supporters of 黑料社 All and other Jewish and Israeli causes.
The festival is free and open to the public but space is limited. To learn more or to reserve tickets visit .
