The Second International

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DeREEL Independent Film Festival

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17th April to 27th April 2008

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Beth Weizmann Screening Times

only $10 per session,

or $15 per night

Thursday 17th April			Beth Weizmann Centre 306 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield South
8pm
Israeli Intelligence	45	Israel	Rami Haruvi, a daring Mossad Agent, is sent to rescue the abducted US ambassador. If Rami fails, the annual Mossad agent vacation to the Olga Resort will be cancelled. The Mossad Head brings a new agent to join Rami, the daughter of a mythological Mossad agent named Shuki. Rami and the new agent climb a professional and emotional rollercoaster that culminates in a surprising finale. Are the Americans good? Are the terrorists bad? Everything becomes dwarfed in comparison with the real question: will the Mossad Head take his annual dream-vacation at the Olga Resort?	Alon Gur Arye
(S)election	59	Israel	Filmmaker Ronen Amar (''My Family's Pizza'') documents two protagonists whose only common denominator is the sleepy southern town they come from. Amar follows his cousin Eyal, a successful architect-contractor who decides to run for mayor and kick up dust. He also follows his friend Koko, a stoner on an eternal soul search. With municipal elections raging in the background, Amar's protagonists stand at critical junctures in their lives. How will their s[elections] shape the director's future as well?	Ronen Amar

10pm
Operation Mural	55	Israel	Forty-five years after their clandestine mission, three Mossad agents return to Casablanca to retrace their steps in a humanitarian mission whereby 530 Jewish children reached Israel in 1961, under the guise of holidays in Switzerland. A special collective passport system was initiated, and then used with royal consent for the aliyah of 100,000 Jews in “Operation Yakhin” (1962-64). This film vividly documents how “Operation Mural” (16 March - 24 July 1961) succeeded beyond all expectations.	Yehuda Kaveh


Thursday 24th April			Beth Weizmann Centre 306 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield South
8pm
Rosh Geranium	85	Israel	Raffi Lavie, the Israeli painter, the art and classical music critic, is arguably the most influential cultural figure of his generation, an embodiment of the image of the "Sabra". The film follows Raffi Lavie, who had to give up the lease on his mythological apartment in Tel-Aviv, where he lived for 33 years with his wife Ilana and their children - when he is forced to reorganize his life, in order to relocate and begin yet another new phase in his life. Amit Goren's film makes Lavie's personality and art accessible, while remaining both entertaining and thought provoking.	Amit Goren

9.45pm
Over my dad's body	70	Israel	A documentary thriller. Filmmaker Taliya Finkel goes on a fascinating journey in order to unfold the mystery around her departed father's claims that her uncle is an undercover agent sent to Israel by the old soviet regime. Guided by a private investigator she travels from Israel to the Ukraine and back in a desperate quest to find proofs for her father's story. During the voyage, Taliya investigates the thin line that separates imagination and reality, sanity and madness.	Taliya Finkel

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