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Israeli films at Toronto Int’l Film Festival

Posted By Viva Sarah Press On August 17, 2011 @ 12:00 am In | No Comments

Four Israeli films will be screened at this year’s prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), organizers announced late yesterday (August 16). They are: Joseph Cedar’s Footnote, Jonathan Sagall’s Lipstikka, Tawfik Abu Wael’s Last Days in Jerusalem, and Yossi Madmony’s Restoration.

Photo by Amos Zuckerman
‘Restoration’ is one of four Israeli films to be screened at TIFF.

Footnote – which won best screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival — will have its North American premiere at the Toronto event. The story chronicles the outcome of a great rivalry between a father and son, both professors in the Talmud department of Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

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Joseph Cedar’s ‘Footnote’ will have its North American premiere at TIFF.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrHMwdxoWiY

Lipstikka – an Israeli-British co-production — is a psychological thriller that depicts the complicated relationship between two Palestinian women who move to London to begin a new life but cannot forget the one they left behind.

Last Days in Jerusalem (Tanathor) – an Israeli-French co-production — takes place in Eastern Jerusalem, telling of an Arab couple on the brink of separation.

Restoration – up for 11 Ophir Awards (Israeli Oscars) — tells the story of a family fighting to save their antiques restoration business-and themselves.

Altogether 51 films will share the screens at the TIFF festival that runs September 8-18.

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