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February 07, 2006
Israeli Good: 21st Israel Film Festival Announces NYC Lineup
Word just snuck over The Reeler transom that the Israel Film Festival lineup is confirmed for Feb. 23-March 9, and it is, as usual, premiere city: 31 American premieres out of 40 films, with Daniel Syrkin's Out of Sight launching the event on Opening Night. I guess Israel has Oscars, too, and Syrkin won last year's Best Director hardware for his drama about a blind woman working to uncover the reasons behind her friend's suicide.
Other highlights include the Palestinean/Israeli co-production Thirst, a bunch of Israeli television dramas, something remarkably called The Schwartz Dynasty (above) and a rare screening of the first film made in Israel, Hill 24 Doesn't Answer. Hollywood producer David Brown and Israeli filmmaker Haim Bouzaglo are penciled in for the festival's Visionary and Achievement Awards (respectively), and someone named Aaron Ziegelman--evidently very wealthy, important or both--will claim the IFF Humanitarian prize. Yay, Aaron.
The festival unspools over at the Clearview on Broadway and 62nd, but if you cannot make it, there is always the event's final touring stop at the end of March. The catch: It is in godforesaken Miami. Yeah--exactly. Get your NYC tickets sooner than later.
Posted by stvanairsdale at February 7, 2006 12:10 PM
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