PSIFF 6-Jan

The Champagne Spy
Meragel Hashampaniya
Israel, 2007, 90 Minute Running Time
Additional Countries: Germany
Topics: Documentary, Thriller
Language: English/Hebrew/French/German English Sub-Titles

Oded is just 12 years old when his father reveals to him that he's a Mossad spy. While anxiously awaiting his return from a top secret mission in Cairo, Oded journeys into the shadowy corners of his father's real and covert identities.

DIRECTOR: Nadav Schirman
Producer: Eilon Ratzowsky, Koby Gal-Raday, Carl Ludwig Rettinger, Yossi Uzrad
Editor: Joelle Alexis
Screenwriter: Nadav Schirman
Cinematographer: Itai Neeman
Music: Ran Bagno
Principal Cast: Oded Gur Arie, Meir Amit, Avrum Shalom, Jacob Nachmias, Arie Sivan
Filmography: Debut Feature Film
World Sales: Films Transit Intl., Inc.

The Band's Visit
Bikur Hatizmoret
Israel, 2007, 89 Minute Running Time
Additional Countries: USA/France
Topic: Drama
Language: Arabic/English/Hebrew English Sub-Titles

This witty and gentle lark presents an Egyptian brass band in a backwater, desert Israeli town and the comical tensions that erupt among the band’s members, hosts, and potential audience.

DIRECTOR: Eran Kolirin
Producer: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Ehud Bleiburg, Yossi Uzrad, Koby Gal-Raday, Guy Jacoel
Editor: Arik Lahav Leibovitz
Screenwriter: Eran Kolirin
Cinematographer: Shai Goldman
Music: Habib Sehadeh Hanna
Principal Cast: Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour, Imad Jabar
Filmography: Debut Feature Film
World Sales: Bleiberg Entertainment

Beaufort
Israel, 2007, 120 Minute Running Time
Topics: Drama, Political, War
Language: Hebrew English Sub-Titles

The last days of a legendary Israeli outpost in Lebanon are brought to harrowing life (and death) in this searing docudrama. Drawing comparisons to All Quiet on the Western Front, the film was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival.

DIRECTOR: Joseph Cedar
Producer: David Mandil, David Silber
Editor: Zohar M. Sela
Screenwriter: Ron Leshem, Joseph Cedar
Cinematographer: Ofer Inov
Music: Isahi Adar
Principal Cast: Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Eli Eltonyo, Ohad Knoller, Itay Turgeman
Filmography: Campfire (2004), Time of Favor (2001)
World Sales: Bavaria Film International