Avi Mograbi
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Avi Mograbi is an Israel
i documentary
filmmaker. His films are often experimental in form and are highly critical of Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people
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Mograbi studied philosophy at Tel Aviv University
from 1979 to 1982, and art at Ramat Hasharon Art School.
His film Avenge But One of My Two Eyes was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
filmmaker. His films are often experimental in form and are highly critical of Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
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Mograbi studied philosophy at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
from 1979 to 1982, and art at Ramat Hasharon Art School.
His film Avenge But One of My Two Eyes was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
2005 Cannes Film Festival
The 2005 Cannes Film Festival started on May 11 and ran until May 22. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on May 21...
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Filmography
- Deportation (1989, short)
- The Reconstruction (1994)
- How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik SharonAriel SharonAriel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
(1997) - Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi (1999)
- August: A Moment Before the Eruption (2002)
- Wait it's the soldiers, I have to hang up now (2002, short)
- Detail (2004, short)
- Avenge But One of My Two Eyes (2005)
- Z32 (2008)
External links
- Filmmaker's statement on Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
- Interview with Avi Mograbi on his film August
- Interview with Avi Mograbi on his film Avenge But One of My Two Eyes
- The politics of representation of the Palestinian suffering in 'Avenge But One of My Two Eyes' - Maarvon, an israeli magazine of cinema