AMOS GITAI FILM FESTIVAL
A Jewish architect-turned-cinematographer, Amos Gitai filmed more than 80 pictures to date. Based in France, the U.S. and Israel, he directed numerous fiction movies and historical documentaries.
In Ukraine, where his ancestors come from, he’ll present his six works, starting with his first feature film “Esther” and ending with his most recent one “News from Home/News from House.”
Jewish girl Esther marries a king and has to save her people learning about the conspiracy against her nation in the screen version of the Bible story “Esther.”
A man tries to collect memories about his grandparents, who died in the Holocaust in “One Day You’ll Understand.” Two boys are looking for their unit to participate in the Israeli war against Egypt and Syria in 1973 in “Kippur.”
Twelve people live and work at the same apartment complex in Tel-Aviv creating the metaphor of the whole Jewish nation in “Alila.” Several generations come and go through a house in Western Jerusalem in “News from Home.”
The films are displayed in French with English and Ukrainian subtitles.
THE CRUEL SEA
Language: English with English subtitles
Drama/War. UK (1953)
Directed by Charles Frend
Starring Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden and John Stratton
During the World War II Commander Ericson leads a team of corvette Compass Roseescort, whose staff have just recently been called out of training. The winter sea is tough enough, but they must also resist attacks from the Germans and rescue survivors. Terrible events bring the skipper and his first officer closer.
THE NATIONAL SHOTGUN
Language: Spanish with Russian or Ukrainian subtitles
Comedy. Spain (1978)
Directed by Luis GarcíaBerlanga
Starring Rafael Alonso, Luis Escobar and Antonio Ferrandis
A businessman from Catalonia goes to Madrid with his girlfriend. Hunting for potential investors – aristocrats and high officials – he meets many strange characters and gets sucked into all sorts of absurd situations.
A cartoon on the Spanish society in 1970s, the film gently mocks and laughs at the Spanish way of life.
SHORTS ATTACK FESTIVAL
If you think that love is pain, welcome to the club. Festival “Love is a Catastrophe” presents a selection of short films from all over the world. In surreal and sometimes odd onscreen stories an alien comes to Earth and finds love, while a scuba diver falls for a fish.
A grandmother fights for her beloved car. Two people in love survive the end of the world. An Italian aristocrat loses her dear cat in the airport. A woman struggles with jealousy.
And someone gets lost in the fields. All shorts are shown in original languages with Ukrainian subtitles.
| MASTERCLASS CINEMA CLUB 34 Mazepy St., 594-1063. The National Shotgun: April 26 at 7 p.m. ZHOVTEN Shorts Attack! Amos Gitai Film Festival: |
