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Happy Purim

  • Israel
  • Documentary
  • 2015
  • 60 min.
  • Director(s): Ori Gruder
  • Producer(s): Ori Gruder

Synopsis

Purim is the happiest day in the Jewish calendar. The film goes to the heart of the spirit of the festival: the injunction to have fun and revel is carried to full measure (and includes some good drinking tips). Ultra-Orthodox Jews are famously as strict about observing the rules of their faith as they are defiant to modernity, yet for this film they let the cameras explore their celebration with enthusiasm.

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Credits

Director(s)

Ori Gruder

Producer(s)

Ori Gruder

Script

Ori Gruder, Oded Farber

Cinematography

Ori Gruder, Tuli Galon, Yoav Landaw, Idan Shitrit, Eldad Eylat, Nadav Anker

Editor

Oded Farber

Original Music

Shimi Saklar & Gavriel Haviv

Original Language

Hebrew, Yiddish

Subtitles

English

Produced with the help of

IBA Channel 1

Broadcaster

IBA Channel 1

Festival Highlights

Tiburon International Film Festival, USA, 2016

Gainesville JFF, USA, 2016

Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, Israel, 2015

Religion Today Film Festival, Italy, 2015

Raindance International FIlm Festival, UK, 2015

Australia International Jewish Film Festival, Australia, 2015

Reviews

  • "Filmmaker Ori Gruder, himself a religious Jew, takes us behind the scenes into another world and deep into the heart of the Haredi society."
    - Christina Nguyen, The Iris