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Israeli cinema jets off to Berlin
All Eyes Off Me by Hadas Ben Aroya
The presence of films from Israel is very noticeable this year in both the selection of the 71
stBerlinale and the accompanying European Film Market (EFM, 1-5 March). One movie is selected in Panorama, there is one minority co-production in Forum, a total of 12 titles are featured as Market Screenings, with two premieres among them, and one project has been chosen for the Berlinale Co-Production Market.
Hadas Ben Aroya (
Hadar Katz) is pregnant by Max (
Leib Lev Levin), but she doesn’t tell him. Max is exploring his girlfriend Avishag’s (
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Ukrainian producer and director Valentyn Vasyanovych’s
drama
Atlantis
has won best film at the 37th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF), which is running as an online event December 10-20 due to Israel’s ongoing Covid-19 lockdown.
Set in war-torn eastern Ukraine in the near future, the film revolves around a former soldier suffering from PTSD, who is trying to rebuild his life against the backdrop of his environmentally devastated homeland.
It is Vasyanovych’s third feature and Ukraine’s submission to the best international film category of the 2021 Oscars. Another Oscar hopeful, Jasmila Zbanic’s
Quo Vadis, Aida?, which is Bosnia’s entry, received a special mention.