Berlin
Aida’s Secrets
הסודות של איידה
Director and Producer: Alon Schwarz
2016, 90 minutes, Documentary
German Premiere
Followed by a Q&A with the director Alon Schwarz
Family secrets, lies, high drama and generations of contemporary history unspool in this international story that begins with World War II and concludes with an emotional 21st-century family reunion. Izak was born inside the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and sent for adoption in Israel. Secret details of his birth mother, an unknown brother in Canada and his father’s true identity slowly emerge in this extremely personal investigative film. Timely questions of identity, resilience, compassion and the plight of displaced persons are brought to life as Izak and Shep, the almost 70-year-old brothers, finally meet in Canada, then head to a nursing home in Quebec to introduce Shep to his elderly mother, Aida, for the first time.
Languages: English and Hebrew with English subtitles
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WELCOME TO SERET BERLIN 2017
Germany has a very rich tradition of creating and screening wonderful cinema, and there is a strong independent cinema scene in Berlin.
SERET International is celebrating six years of bringing great cinema to audiences in the UK and is proud to announce the second Israeli Film & TV Festival in Berlin taking place from September 14-19 2017.
We have a stunning programme for our Berlin Festival that gives a glimpse of the world-leading, innovative, dynamic and passionate film industry in Israel. It’s an industry that is outward-looking, creating great cinema and TV that reflects themes that resonate however and wherever you live, not limiting itself to the conflict which so often colours perception of the country.
The Festival programme includes feature, documentary and short films, which will be screened at three Berlin cinemas; Hackesche Hoefe Kino, Kino Kant and Moviemento.
SERET International is delighted to be showing the work of many new film-makers, a reflection of the support that the Israeli film industry gives to nurturing new talent.
We look forward to meeting film-lovers in Berlin!
PRESS
Berlino Magazine IT | A Berlino arriva SERET, il festival del cinema israeliano
HaGalil | SERET – Film Festival in Berlin, München und Köln
NFCT | Aida’s Secrets, a film by Alon Schwarz @ SERET Berlin 2017
Kinofans | Norman“ Filmkritik — Richard Gere in unsympathisch
Hamburg Magazine | Seret Berlin Festival 2017
Kino und Co | Seret International – the Israeli film & tv festival in Berlin
Cine CITY | Seret International The Israeli Film & Tv Festival (page 28)
Juedische Allgemeine | Ben Gurion trifft Richard Gere
aviva-berlin.de | Das SERET International Film Festival kommt zum zweiten Mal nach Berlin
Berlino Magazine | SERET, das israelische Filmfestival, kommt zum zweiten Mal nach Berlin
Spitz Magazine | פסטיבל ״סרט״ לקולנוע ישראלי בפעם השנייה בברלין: 14 עד 18 בספטמבר
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SERET INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY DAY 2017
The SERET International Israeli film festival is a private initiative created by individuals who deeply care about bringing Israeli cinema and culture to major cultural hubs in the world.
The success and interest we received in promoting Israeli German co-productions has confirmed the significance of a regular cultural dialogue between the two countries. Following this recognition, SERET Berlin 2016 was inaugurated. As part of our first SERET Berlin Festival, we established a German-Israeli industry day which was a great success and will become an annual event in years to come. It is an embodiment of the vision we hold that Israeli films and filmmakers have the potential for a significant creative and commercial impact and this needs to be strengthened by facilitating face to face encounters between German and Israeli film professionals in a more casual setting than only in the major international film festivals such as Cannes and Berlinale.
Our Guests
GALLERY
GALLERY
A Quiet Heart
Drama
Director/Writer: Eitan Anner
Cast:
Ania Bukstein, Giorgio Lupano, Lior Lifshitz, Uri Gotlib
Aida’s Secrets
Documentary
Director and Producer: Alon Schwarz
Ben Gurion Epilogue
Documentary
Director: Yariv Mozer
Beyond the mountains and the hills
Drama
Director: Eran Kolirin
Cast:
Alon Pdut, Mili Eshet, Mohamed Name, Shiree Nadav-Naor, Noam Imber, Yoav Rothman, Ala Dakka
Norman
Drama
Direcor: Joseph Cedar
Cast:
Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen, Steve Buscemi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dan Stevens
Our father
Drama
Director/Writer: Meni Yaesh
Cast:
Moris Cohen, Rotem Zisman-Cohen, Haim Znati, Alon Dahan
Past life
Drama
Director/Writer: Avi Nesher
Cast:
Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Evgenia Dodina, Doron Tavory, Tom Avni, Rafael Stachowiak, Muli Shulman, Katarzyna Gniewkowska
People that are not me
Comedy - Drama
Director/Writer:Hadas Ben Aroya
Cast:
Hadas Ben Aroya, Yonatan Bar-Or, Meir Toledano, Netzer Charitt, Hagar Enoshrn
Personal affairs
Comedy - Drama
Director/Writer: Maha Haj
Cast:
Sanaa Shawahdeh, Mahmoud Shawahdeh, Doraid Liddawi, Hanan Hillo,rnZiad Bakri, Amer Hlehel, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Jihan Dermelkonian
The last band in Lebanon
Comedy
Directors: Ben Bachar, Itzik Kricheli
Cast:
Ofer Hayoun, Ori Laizerouvich, Ofer Shechter, Salim Dau, Israel Katorza
The women’s balcony
Comedy - Drama
Director: Emil Ben-Shimon
Cast:
Evelin Hagoel, Igal Naor, Orna Banay, Einat Sarouf, Aviv Aloush, Itzik Cohen, Asaf Ben Shimon, Yafit Asulin, Sharon Elimelech, Haim Znati, Abraham Celektar
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