Currently Browsing: Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema
Seven Days–released in Israel in 2008 as Shiva–is the second film in “The Amsalem Triology,” co-written and co-directed by actress Ronit Elkabetz in collaboration with her brother Shlomi Elkabetz. Once again, Ronit Elkabetz stars as “Viviane Amsalem” and Simon Abkarian co-stars as her husband “Eliyahu.” Shiva was nominated for 13 awards in 2008 by the Israel Film […]
Tzivi’s Take on the 2014 Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema The range of options included in CFIC ‘14 runs the full gamut from A to Z, and the bookends—A Place in Heaven and Zero Motivation—are both so good—and so different—that I honestly can’t choose between them. But first a few words about Cupcakes. After a […]
JLH UPDATE: Immediately after this post went live on JUF Online, Chicago friends contacted me to say that while Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem was not on the 2014 CFIC schedule (Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema), it was part of the 2014 CIFF schedule (Chicago International Film Festival). So I contacted Music Box Films & […]
From Oct ’09 Spotlight: Kudos to the CFIC committee! Once again they have worked tirelessly to bring Metro Chicago a diverse and outstanding set of films, including features, documentaries, and television shows. There are twenty-six titles in all. Some shorts will be combined with others into a single screening, while one television mini-series will be […]