In the course of the last 60 years, the Israeli collective memory has been burned with several never to be forgotten images . As part of Israel@60 events, filmmaker Dov Gil-Har returns to seven of these images, meets the protagonists of the historical moments, and reconstructs the images. The earliest was taken in 1949; the most recent in 1997.
Snapshots
A Film by: Dov Gil-Har & Uri Rozen
(Israel, 2008, 50 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English subtitles)
In the course of the last 60 years, the Israeli collective memory has been burned with several never to be forgotten images . As part of Israel@60 events, filmmaker Dov Gil-Har returns to seven of these images, meets the protagonists of the historical moments, and reconstructs the images. The earliest was taken in 1949; the most recent in 1997.
Snapshots is composed of 7 segments of between 7 to 12 minutes each. The stories were aired on Channel 10 news on consecutive evenings, and gained significant public attention..
AWARDS, FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
• Edmonton Jewish Film Festival
• Cherry Hill Jewish Film Festival
• Burns Film Center, NY
• Jewish Motifs, Warsaw
• Toronto Jewish Film Festival
• Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema