More news on the French version of this page "Roses à Crédit" at the Toronto International Film Festival
 The 35th Toronto International Film Festival will present Amos Gitai's new film Roses à crédit in the "Masters" programme. The films will be screened on September 12, 13 and 19.
More info on the festival website
"Carmel" at the MoMA, January 13-18, 2010
 Starting January 13, 2010, the MoMA will present six screenings of Carmel. This event follows a retrospective of Amos Gitai's documentaries that was held at the MoMA in Fall 2008.
More info on the MoMA website Read the review on the New York Times website
Munio Weinraub / Amos Gitai : Architecture and Film in Israel
 From November 6, 2008 to February 8, 2009, the Museum of Architecture in Munich presents "Munio Weinraub / Amos Gitai - Architecture and Film in Israel", an exhibition dedicated to the films of Amos Gitai and the works of his father Munio Weinraub (1909-1970), an architect trained at the Bauhaus who moved to Palestine in 1934 and took an active share in the building of Israel. The juxtaposition and confrontation of the works of father and son provide an intensive insight into the developments and problems of Palestine und Israel.More info on the Munich Pinakothek Website : http://www.pinakothek.de/pinakothek-der-moderne/
(Photo: Histadrut Tax Office, Kiryat Eliahu, Haïfa, 1964-65, © Gabriele Basilico)
Amos Gitai's documentaries at the MoMA
Under the title "Amos Gitai: Non-Fiction", the MoMA organizes a showcase of Amos Gitai's documentary films. The retrospective runs from October 24 to November 2, 2008.
More info on the MoMa website
One Day, You Will Understand... at the Toronto Film Festival
One Day You'll Understand will be shown at the TIFF 2008 (September, 4-13, 2008) on September, 5 and 6.
Find out more on the festival website
Amos Gitai receives the Leopard of Honor at Locarno Last August 7, Amos Gitai received the Leopard of Honour at the 61st Locarno International Film Festival (August 6-16). This life-achievement award is offered in recognition of the work of renowned directors whose creativity has had an unquestionable impact on contemporary cinema. Some notable recipients include Hou Hsiao-hsien, Alexandre Sokourov, Abbas Kiarostami, Terry Gilliam, Ermanno Olmi, Jean-Luc Godard, Samuel Fuller, Manoel de Oliveira, Jacques Rivette... On this occasion, the festival has shown a selected retrospective of Amos Gitai's films. Amos Gitai has been a guest at Locarno on several occasions in the past to present his films and, in 1992, as a member of the jury.
One Day, You Will Understand... at the Berlinale
 One Day You'll Understand, Amos Gitai's new feature films, is presented at the Berlin Festival in the "Berlinale Special" section.
Adapted from the biography of Jerôme Clément (Head of Arte TV), this project was produced for France Télévision by Images et Compagnie. Its cast includes Hippolyte Girardot, Emmanuelle Devos, Dominique Blanc et Jeanne Moreau. The screenings will be on Monday, Feb 11 à 9.30pm and Wednesday, Feb 13 at 5.30pm.More info on the Berlinale website.
Disengagement
 September 2007. Disengagement directed by Amos Gitai with Juliette Binoche, Liron Levo, Jeanne Moreau, Barbara Hendricks et Hiam Abbass was screened at the Venice Mostra and at the Toronto IFF. Theatrical release in France is due Spring 2008.
House, A House in Jerusalem and Amos Gitai's latest film News from Home / News from House: the documentary trilogy at the La Rochelle International Film Festival In 1980, Amos Gitai shot a documentary film, House, which retraced the story of a house in West Jerusalem and of its Palestinian and Israeli owners from 1948 onward. Eighteen years after, Amos Gitai returned on the premises to observe the changes of its inhabitants and of the neighborhood : it is A House in Jerusalem. In 2005, with News from Home / News from House, he returns there to carry on his investigation.
With these three films, story meets history. The private destinies of the house's successive inhabitants follow the loops of the Palestinian and Israeli history. All the political, territorial and social dramas that have never ceased to tear the area for more than a half century, replay at the scale of a house. - House and A House in Jerusalem
Saturday 1st July, 5:30pm, La Coursive, Salle bleue
- News from Home / News from House
Sunday 2nd July, 10:30pm, La Coursive, Salle bleue Both screenings will be introduced by Amos Gitai. More info on www.festival-larochelle.org |
A transcript of the Conversation Amos Gitai / Peter Cowie, held during the Berlin European Film Festival on December 2, 2007, is now online. |
