UK
April 7, 1980
הלילה הזה
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Director: Nadav Schirman
Cast: Efrat Boimold, Shira Kedem-Katzenelenbogen, Zohar Liba
Producers: Estee-Yacov Meckelberg, Haim Meckelberg, Nati Dinnar, Moshe Edery
85 Minutes, Drama/History
14/5 Screening will be followed by Q&A with producer Estee-Yacov Meckelberg
UK PREMIERE
Writers: Benny Barbash, Uzi Weil
Language: Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitles
April 7, 1980 is based on real events at a kibbutz near the border between Israel and Lebanon. The commune was attacked by an armed group from the Arab Liberation Force hoping to secure the release of Lebanese political prisoners in Israeli jails, through a seizure of civilian hostages. The squad of terrorists infiltrate the kibbutz but find themselves trapped in the children’s nursery with hostages who are less than four years old.
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SERET UK 2022
SERET UK, the Israeli Film & TV Festival will be held from May 12th – 19th 2022
This is the broadest Festival that we have yet curated. The Israeli film and TV industry has rocketed in quality and international recognition over recent years, with major wins in the biggest film awards around the world. Stars of the Israeli TV and cinema have become household names around the world and even during lockdown, Israeli filmmakers were as productive as ever, finding new platforms to reach global audiences through the small screen.
It makes us very proud to say that SERET International is the now the largest Israeli film festival in the world, with screenings across 16 different cities in five countries; the UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Chile and this year, for the first time, in Argentina too.
Close Up – Avi Nesher Tribute
This year we are paying tribute to the work of Israel’s much-loved director Avi Nesher
The Opening Gala for the Festival on 12th May, which will be held at the Ham Yard Hotel in London will be devoted to Avi Nesher’s latest film Image of Victory, a thought-provoking and powerful anti-war epic, telling the story of the 1948 Israeli War of Independence from both sides. During the Festival there will be a retrospective of Nesher’s work, including screenings of The Matchmaker, Past Life and Turn Left at the End of the World.
Cultural Icons
Documentaries devoted to Israeli cultural icons include On This Happy Note, the spiritual legacy of leading Israeli playwright Anat Gov; The Fourth Window the double tragedy behind the international success story of writer Amos Oz, and The Last Chapter of AB Yehoshua – after being widowed and seriously ill himself, one of Israel’s greatest living writers has not given up the desire for life, and Black Notebooks, a two part documentary created and dedicated to Ronit Elkabetz’s by her brother Shlomi after the sudden death of this admired creator, fashion icon, and actress.
Screenings in London, Brighton, Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh
The Festival will be held in cinemas in London including the Picturehouse Hackney, Everyman Belsize Park, Everyman Maida Vale, Phoenix East Finchley, and the JW3 Finchley Road. Screenings will also be held at the Brighton Komedia Picturehouse, the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, Oxford Phoenix Picturehouse and Edinburgh Cameo Picturehouse.
Hybrid Festival
For those who prefer to watch at home, most of the programme can be paid for and watched online, through this website.
Book your Tickets
The full programme and all screening details are also available in this site, and tickets can be booked at participating cinemas here too.
New Awards
This year, new awards will be given to acknowledge the best film makers of the Festival. A new SERET award logo will provide an internationally-recognised stamp of approval for the very best in Israeli cinema. These will include an Honorary Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution to Israeli cinema; Most Promising Director based on short films submitted to SERET from Israeli universities film graduates, and the People’s Choice Award.
PRESS
Ahed’s Knee
Drama
Director: Nadav Lapid
Cast:
Avshalom Pollak, Nur Fibak, Yahalom David
April 7, 1980
Drama/History
Director: Nadav Schirman
Cast:
Efrat Boimold, Shira Kedem-Katzenelenbogen, Zohar Liba
Black Notebooks, Ronit
Documentary
Director: Shlomi Elkabetz
Black Notebooks, Vivian
Documentary
Director: Shlomi Elkabetz
Forgiveness
Comedy
Directors and Writers: Guy Amir, Hanan Savyon
Cast:
Guy Amir, Hanan Savyon, Shiri Maimon, Tsahi Halevi, Noa Koler
Greener Pastures
Comedy
Directors and Writers: Asaf Abiri, Matan Guggenheim
Cast:
Shlomo Baraba, Dovale Glickman, Joy Riger, Gadi Yagil, Alon Newman
Image of Victory
Drama/History
Director: Avi Nesher
Cast:
Joy Rieger, Amir Khoury, Ala Dakka ,Eliana Tidhar, Tom Avni, Meshi Kleinstein
Jack & Jetta
Short Film
Director: Nathanel Yosef
Let It Be Morning
Drama
Director: Eran Kolirin
Cast:
Alex Bakri, Juna Suleiman, Salim Daw
Neurim
Short Film
Director: Shaylee Atary
On This Happy Note
Documentary
Director: Tamar Tal Anati
One More Story
Comedy
Director: Guri Alfi
Cast:
Dina Sanderson, Lior Ashkenazi, Guri Alfi
Out of Play
Short Film
Director: Romi Menachem
Past life
Drama
Director and Writer: Avi Nesher
Cast:
Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory, Evgenia Dodina, Tom Avni
Perfect Strangers
Comedy - Drama
Director: Lior Ashkenazi
Cast:
Hanan Savyon, Guy Amir, Yossi Marshek, Shira Naor, Avi Grainik, Moran Atias, Rotem Abuhab
Plan A
Drama/History
Director: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz
Cast:
August Diehl, Sylvia Hoeks, Michael Aloni
Soldier Boy
Short Film
Director: Tal Cicurel
Cast:
Josh Howie, Rachel Gaffin, Ido Steuer, Shophie Ablett
Speer Goes to Hollywood
Documentary
Director: Vanessa Lapa
Summer Nights
Documentary
Director: Ohad Milstein
Switch
Short Film
Director: Gidon Dayan Forse
The Fourth Window - Amos Oz
Documentary
Director: Yair Qedar
The Last Chapter of A.B. Yehoshua
Documentary
Director: Yair Qedar
The Matchmaker
Drama
Director: Avi Nesher
Cast:
Adir Miler, Tuval Shafir, Maya Dagan, Dror Keren, Dov Navon, Neta Porat
The Next Generation
Short Films
Directors: Romi Menachem, Gidon Dayan Forse, Nathanel Yosef, Shaylee Atary
Turn Left at the End of the World
Drama
Director: Avi Nesher
Cast:
Neta Garty, Liraz Charhi, Ruby Porat Shoval, Rotem Abuhav, Israel Katorza
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