Avanim
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Avanim is Raphael Nadjari
's fourth feature film. It was shot in and around Tel Aviv
in 2003, in HDCam. The film was presented in the Berlin Film Festival as a Panorama: Special presentation in 2004.
father's Tel Aviv accounting firm serving religious institutions. She
divides her time between her child, her husband, her work and the man with
whom she is having an affair. When Michale learns of the sudden death of her
lover, her life is shattered
(MoMA
) and was released theatrically in France later that year.
Cinema Tout Ecran
(Geneva) - Winner, Best Film
Seville Film Festival - Winner, Best Film
France Culture
- Winner, Director of the Year
European Film Awards - Nominee, Best Actress (Assi Levy
)
Raphael Nadjari
Raphaël Nadjari is a French born writer and director for film and television.In 1993, Nadjari started working for French television as a writer and director...
's fourth feature film. It was shot in and around Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
in 2003, in HDCam. The film was presented in the Berlin Film Festival as a Panorama: Special presentation in 2004.
Plot
Michale is a woman in her mid-30s, married with a young son and working in herfather's Tel Aviv accounting firm serving religious institutions. She
divides her time between her child, her husband, her work and the man with
whom she is having an affair. When Michale learns of the sudden death of her
lover, her life is shattered
Release Information
Following its premiere as a Panorama Special presentation at the Berlin Film Festival, Avanim premiered in New York at the Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern Art
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(MoMA
Moma
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) and was released theatrically in France later that year.
Cast
- Assi Levi
- Uri Gabriel
- Florence Bloch
- Shaul Mizrahi
- Danny Steg
- Gabi Amrani-Gur
- Eli Eltonyo (Gabriel)
Awards and nominations
Berlin Film Festival (2004) - PanoramaCinema Tout Ecran
Cinéma Tout Ecran
Cinéma Tous Ecrans , is an international film festival held annually in the city of Geneva, Switzerland since 1995. The current Artistic and General Director is Claudia Durgnat....
(Geneva) - Winner, Best Film
Seville Film Festival - Winner, Best Film
France Culture
France Culture
France Culture is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France. Its programming encompasses a wide variety of features on historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and scientific themes , as well as literary readings, radio plays, and experimental productions...
- Winner, Director of the Year
European Film Awards - Nominee, Best Actress (Assi Levy
Assi Levy
Asi Levi is an Israeli Film Academy Award winning actress. Levi attended and graduated the Yoram Levinstein School of Acting in southern Tel Aviv....
)