Israel: A Home Movie

  • Israel
  • Documentary
  • 2012
  • 95 min.
  • Director(s): Eliav Lilti
  • Producer(s): Arik Bernstein

Synopsis

Israel: A Home Movie weaves together stunning home movie footage from the early years of Israel to offer a critical look at the history of the Jewish state. Showing the birth of one nation and the exile of another, the film goes on to capture the development of Israeli society within the first 30 years of the country. The images recount history from a complex Zionist perspective, revealing Israel’s tangled past.

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Credits

Director(s)

Eliav Lilti

Producer(s)

Arik Bernstein

Script

Eliav Lilti

Editor

Romi Klimovsky, Tanya Schwartz, Avigail Dahan

Original Music

Yuval Mesner

Original Language

Hebrew

Subtitles

English

Creator

Arik Bernstein

Produced with the help of

The New Fund for Cinema and TV The AVI CHAI Foundation The Rich Foundation The Second Authority for Television and Radio

Sound Design

Aviv Aldema

Photo Credit

Alma Productions

Festival Highlights

Jewish Culture Days Olomouc, Czech Republic, 2018

Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2012