AGENZIA ANSAMED (INGLESE) 17 novembre 2015 Pitigliani film

AGENZIA ANSAMED (INGLESE) 17 novembre 2015
Pitigliani film festival in Rome showcases Israeli society
21-26/11, several sensitive issues addressed
ROME - The tenth edition of the Pitigliani Kolno'a Festival will focus on the multifaceted nature of
Israeli society and its contradictions. The festival in the Italian capital on Israeli films and issues will
look at some of the most controversial issues in the Middle Eastern nation, such as homophobia,
euthanasia and gender discrimination - with lesser attention this year to politics and the Arab-Israeli
conflict - and will run from November 21 to 26.
Venues for the festival under Ariela Paittelli and Dan Muggia will be the Casa del Cinema and the
Centro Ebraico Italiano. The sections, the co-director of the festival noted on Tuesday morning in a
press conference, include longstanding ones such as 'Panorama sul Nuovo Cinema Israeliano' and
'Percorsi Ebraici' as well as 'Ombre Indelebili' on works by individuals from second and third
generations after the Holocaust and a mini-festival with highlights from previous edition to celebrate
the festival's 10th anniversary. This year the Pitigliani shows a desire to raise awareness about Israeli
society and the issues it is dealing with on a daily basis instead of discussing ''politics'', stressed
cultural attaché of the Israeli embassy in Italy, Eldad Golan, who noted that ever fewer films are made
on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Piattelli went on to note that humor is often used to speak about Israel,
such as by Talya Lavie in her opening film 'Zero Motivation', or tragedy is - such as in the black
comedy 'The Farewell Party' by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit, a film on euthanasia that is set in a
Jerusalem retirement home. ''It will in any case be a festival in which one laughs,'' the art co-director
said, ''at a time when there is ever less of a desire to do so'', in referring to the Paris attacks on Friday.
Feature films in the 'Panorama sul Nuovo Cinema Israeliano' include 'The Kindergarten teacher', the
second film by director Nadav Lapid, guest at the festival, and a documentary that ''deals with the
issue of migration in Israel, 'Hotline' by Silvina Landsmann''. Then there will be the box-office success
and comedy 'Kicking Out Shoshana' by Shay Kanot, which takes a brave and ironic look at
widespread homophobia in the world of football. The 'Percorsi Ebraici' will present 'Sacred Sperm', a
documentary directed by Orthodox Jew Ori Gruder, who questions how to explain to his son the
prohibition in the Jewish religion of wasting sperm. Guest of the festival on November 23, Gruder will
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In the 'Ombre Indelebili' section, which looks at the effect of the Holocaust on the children and
grandchildren of survivors, will be 'Numbered', by Uriel Sinai and Dana Doron. There will also be the
Italian production 'I Figli della Shoah', directed by Beppe Tufarulo and written by Israel Moscati. The
festival will end on November 26 with the screening of two shorts by young Italian directors: ' Family
Picture' by Daniele Di Nepi and 'Felice nel Box' by Ghila Valabrega.
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