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<div style='padding:10px'><h6>Bena</h6><p>A Tel Aviv father tries to keep his schizophrenic son out of an institution, but when he takes in a Thai migrant worker, she disrupts the uneasy balance in their home.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Big Dig</h6><p>One of the best-loved Israeli comedies of its era, Big Dig is a dizzying 1969 farce in which an inspired madman brings Tel Aviv to a halt with a jackhammer.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Big Eyes</h6><p>From one of Israel’s most influential filmmakers, this classic depicts a Tel Aviv counterculture that is progressive and blessed with many delights, but also self-critical and perhaps a little exhaus <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/bigeyes '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Bubble</h6><p></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>History of Israeli Cinema Part 1</h6><p>This invigorating exploration of Israeli cinema draws upon numerous clips and engrossing interviews with filmmakers and historians. Part 1 covers the years 1932 to 1978, chronicling the Zionist strug <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/israelicinemapart1 '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>History of Israeli Cinema Part 2</h6><p>In the second of this two-part documentary, filmmakers and scholars explore the development of Israel’s film culture from 1978 to the present.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Jaffa</h6><p>In this contemporary Romeo and Juliet story from Tel Aviv’s fabled sister city, a young Jewish woman and her Arab childhood sweetheart grow up side-by-side but are pulled apart by fate and passing ye <a href = '/filmsandschedules/films/jaffa '>more ...</A></p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Kirot</h6><p>James Bond heroine Olga Kurylenko stars in this taut drama about a Russian illegal immigrant in Tel Aviv forced into violence even as she befriends a woman who needs her help.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Life According to Agfa</h6><p>Gila Almagor stars as the owner of a bar which sees its regulars suffer highs and lows as they come to reflect a microcosm of Tel Aviv.</p></div> <div style='padding:10px'><h6>Phobidilia</h6><p>This is a sharp, stylish debut feature about a young man hunkering down in his Tel Aviv apartment with a steady diet of TV and internet for companionship.</p></div>
City to City
 
Bena - Niv Klainer
Big Dig - Ephraim Kishon
Big Eyes - Uri Zohar
The Bubble - Eytan Fox
A History of Israeli Cinema Part 1 - Raphaël Nadjari
A History of Israeli Cinema Part 2 - Raphaël Nadjari
Jaffa - Keren Yedaya
Kirot - Danny Lerner
Life According to Agfa - Assi Dayan |
Phobidilia - Yoav Paz | Doron Paz

A new Festival programme that will explore the evolving urban experience while presenting the best documentary and fiction films from and about a selected city.

Read Cameron Bailey's Open Letter on City to City: Tel Aviv.

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