The films of Avi Mograbi
Avi Mograbi was born in 1956 in Tel Aviv. Born into a Zionist family, he soon distanced himself from their traditions. After studying Art, and Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, he made his first short, Deportation, in 1989. In 1997, his first feature How I Learned to Overcome my Fear and Love Arik Sharon was a savage critique of Israel’s right wing politics. All of his work is marked by his uncompromising and anti-Zionist political convictions: “I wholeheartedly support the existence of the State of Israel, but I esteem that it should no longer be a Jewish state but a state for all its citizens as equals." Through his films, he relentlessly challenges not only the founding myths of his country but its present too. As well as being a politically committed filmmaker, he also tirelessly experiments with cinematographic language, playing with it, inventing forms, staging himself–simultaneously director, actor, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter. His movies have received acclaim all over the world, and have been screened at the biggest international festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Rome, New York and the Cinéma du Réel in Paris.
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How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon
How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon
Price: CAD$3.00As the 1996 elections approach, director Avi Mograbi sets out to make a documentary about a figure both admired and disliked, a former minister and a legendary army general, Ariel Sharon. Mograbi, who was a conscientious objector to the 1982 Lebanon War, has a very personal point of view on Sharon, the mastermind of that war. Nevertheless, while making the film, he seems to begin to see Sharon ...
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
A director is hired to make a film about the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel. During the shooting, he realizes that two other anniversaries are taking place at the same time: his own and the Nakba, the "catastrophe" for the Palestinians. At the same time, he recounts the problems caused by a piece of land he bought several years ago. The director is Avi Mograbi himself and it ...
Z 32
A former Israeli soldier who participated in a revenge operation where two Palestinian policemen were murdered seeks forgiveness for what he has done. His girlfriend does not think it is that simple, and she raises issues he is yet not ready to address. The soldier willingly testifies in front of the camera as long as his identity is concealed. While the filmmaker keeps looking for the right so...
How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon
How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon
Price: CAD$3.00As the 1996 elections approach, director Avi Mograbi sets out to make a documentary about a figure both admired and disliked, a former minister and a legendary army general, Ariel Sharon. Mograbi, who was a conscientious objector to the 1982 Lebanon War, has a very personal point of view on Sharon, the mastermind of that war. Nevertheless, while making the film, he seems to begin to see Sharon ...
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
A director is hired to make a film about the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel. During the shooting, he realizes that two other anniversaries are taking place at the same time: his own and the Nakba, the "catastrophe" for the Palestinians. At the same time, he recounts the problems caused by a piece of land he bought several years ago. The director is Avi Mograbi himself and it ...
Z 32
A former Israeli soldier who participated in a revenge operation where two Palestinian policemen were murdered seeks forgiveness for what he has done. His girlfriend does not think it is that simple, and she raises issues he is yet not ready to address. The soldier willingly testifies in front of the camera as long as his identity is concealed. While the filmmaker keeps looking for the right so...
