Tashlikh (2017)
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Country:
Israel, Netherlands
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Duration:
12 min
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Genre:
experimental
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Director:
Yael Bartana
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Producer:
Yael Bartana, Naama Pyritz
About film
Tashlikh is the name of a Jewish atonement New Year ritual, in which bread or other objects are thrown into the river to symbolize the relinquishing of sins. Yael Bartana’s film takes a fresh look at this ritual - in slow motion, accompanied by a hypnotic soundscape.
Rewards and nominations
- Berlin International Film Festival 2017 — Official Selection
- Vancouver International Film Festival 2017 (Canada) — Official Selection
- Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival 2018 (Romania)— Official Selection
Director
Israeli artist, photographer, and director. Many of her works feature political and feminist themes and have been exhibited in galleries around the world and been part of collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Tate Modern in London, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. She created the film trilogy And Europe Will Be Stunned, which examines 19th- and 20th-century Europe as a historic homeland for Ashkenazi Jews. This project discusses the history of Polish-Jewish influence on contemporary Polish identity. Bartana staged an experimental play What If Women Ruled the World.
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Director
Israeli artist, photographer, and director. Many of her works feature political and feminist themes and have been exhibited in galleries around the world and been part of collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Tate Modern in London, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. She created the film trilogy And Europe Will Be Stunned, which examines 19th- and 20th-century Europe as a historic homeland for Ashkenazi Jews. This project discusses the history of Polish-Jewish influence on contemporary Polish identity. Bartana staged an experimental play What If Women Ruled the World.
