{"id":20643,"date":"2012-07-23T03:04:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T10:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=20643"},"modified":"2012-07-23T06:52:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T13:52:20","slug":"tel-aviv-international-childrens-film-festival-goes-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=20643","title":{"rendered":"Tel Aviv International Children’s Film Festival Goes Green"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children\u201d – The Tel Aviv International Children\u2019s Film Festival opened last night, Sunday, July 22, 2012 at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, with host Tal Moseri quoting the well-known Native American proverb. Now in its 8th edition, this year\u2019s festival places an emphasis on children and the environment, with a view to creating a better future for all. As Festival Director Michal Matos said, \u201cCreating for children is like creating for adults, it just demands more responsibility, imagination and the ability to listen.\u201d The festival\u2019s opening film was Nicostratos the Pelican<\/em> (Greece\/France 2011), starring Emir Kusturica, one of the films participating in the International Competition.<\/p>\n

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Tel Aviv International Children’s Film Festival Director Michal Matus\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today will be an especially green day at the festival, with features and documentaries relating to children and the environment, children and animals, the KUKI program (a part of Interfilm – The International Short film Festival of Berlin with films about children from different parts of the world), and a new festival event: A solar-powered Hyde Park. Taking place at 17:00 on the Tel Aviv Cinematheque Plaza, a solar-powered stage will be set up for children only, to take a stand and answer the question: What kind of future do we want? The event is produced in cooperation with Eco-Cinema and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and will be filmed and uploaded to Facebook, ensuring that the children\u2019s voices will be heard just about everywhere!<\/p>\n

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Dancers from the Orli Tassa Studio Givatayim\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night\u2019s opening was festive indeed, beginning with a dance number by young dancers from the Orli Tassa Studio in Givatayim. In attendance were French Ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot; Greek Ambassador to Israel Kyriakos Loukakis; festival guests film producer Jan van der Zanden (Netherlands), director Mischa Kamp (Netherlands); and jury members: head of jury, director and screenwriter Dan Wolman (Israel); producer Marjo Kovanen (Finland); KUKI Kids Film Festival program coordination Monica Koshka-Stein (Germany); director and actor \u00c5sleik Engmark (Norway); and members of the youth jury: Ariel Ferdman, Yonatan Yosefzon, Ram Shachar, Ron Pirotsky, Michaela Cohen, Turhi Nivin, Uri Noy, Gal Grudka, Asal Siskin, Sophie Maxine Carmon, Itamar Erez, Yoav Assulin, Asher Shaked Timor.<\/p>\n

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Tel Aviv – Yafo Mayor Ron Huldai\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tel Aviv \u2013Yafo Mayor Ron Huldai greeted the audience, and referring to issues of education in Israel and the discussion of establishing \u201ccore subjects\u201d said, \u201cMusic, art, dance and theatre are the core subjects of education for democracy in Israel.\u201d Midnight East says: Amen.<\/p>\n

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Tel Aviv International Children’s Film Festival Chairperson Gila Almagor-Agmon\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Alon Garbuz, Gila Almagor, Tal Moseri, Tel Aviv -Yafo Mayor Ron Huldai\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a most festive evening indeed, with a heart-warming surprise: Alon Garbuz, Director of the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, presented Gila Almagor-Agmon, Festival Chairwoman with a bouquet of flower balloons in honor of her birthday! The acclaimed actress and author said, \u201cThis is the best birthday ever \u2013 since I was ten years old and had a birthday and no one came, I don\u2019t celebrate my birthday.\u201d (Almagor\u2019s childhood memoirs are beautifully recalled in her books The Summer of Avia, and Under The Domim Tree \u2013 both have been adapted to film, and the second will be screened at the festival).<\/p>\n

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Parents Chorus – Bialik Rogozin School\/Photo: Elizur Reuveni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

International is more than just a word in this festival, with its dedication to opening as many channels of communication as possible through films and workshops. On this note, the performance of a chorus of parents from the Bialik-Rogozin school in Tel Aviv, singing a version of Israeli poet Chaim Nachman Bialik\u2019s \u201cTake Me Under Your Wing \u2013 Hachnisini Tachat Kanfech\u201d was a moving celebration with plenty of groove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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