The First 54 Years — An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation (2021)
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Country:
Israel, France, Finland, Germany
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Duration:
110 min
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Genre:
investigation
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Director:
Avi Mograbi
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Producer:
Camille Laemle, Serge Lalou
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Cast:
Zvi Barel, Shlomo Gazit, Avi Mograbi
About film
Critics write that this latest work by the leading Israeli documentary filmmaker Avi Mograbi is an exhaustive cinematic explanation of Israel’s actions towards Palestinian territories, that this is an honest and scientistic film about the longstanding occupation. The film does have the right to exist, and its director — to have an opinion. It is fashioned as an accessible guide to military occupation and was first screened at the Berlin Film Festival in 2021.
Rewards and nominations
- Nyon Visions du Réel 2021 — nominee: Grand Prix in International Feature Film Competition
- Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2021 (Japan) — nominee: Best Documentary
- Berlin International Film Festival 2021 — World Premiere
Director
Avi Mograbi is an Israeli documentary filmmaker born in 1956. He has worked on various projects as a director, screenwriter, editor, producer, assistant director, cinematographer, sound specialist, and has even appeared on-screen as himself. Avi’s grandfather founded one of the most popular movie theatres in Tel Aviv. Avi conscientiously objected to serving in the Israel Defence Forces and was jailed. He founded an Israeli non-governmental organisation Breaking the Silence, which collects the testimony of those who served in the Occupied Territories. Mograbi’s films were screened in Cannes and Venice.
Along with
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Speaker:
Alexander Kargin, Dmitry Maryasis, Timofey Dzyadko, Abbas Juma, Dmitry Levner
Along with
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Speaker:
Alexander Kargin, Dmitry Maryasis, Timofey Dzyadko, Abbas Juma, Dmitry Levner
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Director
Avi Mograbi is an Israeli documentary filmmaker born in 1956. He has worked on various projects as a director, screenwriter, editor, producer, assistant director, cinematographer, sound specialist, and has even appeared on-screen as himself. Avi’s grandfather founded one of the most popular movie theatres in Tel Aviv. Avi conscientiously objected to serving in the Israel Defence Forces and was jailed. He founded an Israeli non-governmental organisation Breaking the Silence, which collects the testimony of those who served in the Occupied Territories. Mograbi’s films were screened in Cannes and Venice.
