Tel Aviv hosts ’short film’ festival

April 22, 2009 - 10:05 AM by David · Leave a Comment
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A scene from 'Silence' by Hovav Shoshan

Sometimes, short is better. That’s the case anyway, with the Tres Court International Film Festival (Tres Court being French, I’m told, for very short). The Paris-based festival, now in its 11th year, presents some 50 films – many of them animation, and each of which is a maximum of three minutes in length.

The festival is being held this weekend simulatenously in over 70 cities around the world – including for the first time in Tel Aviv. And another first – there’s even an Israeli entry – Silence, by Tel Aviv University film student Hovav Shoshan. Check it out Silence here, albeit dubbed into French.

In the film, which features live actors and not animation, two young girls encounter each other in the same cramped hiding place as they try to evade soldiers, implied to be Nazis. Despite its brevity, the film manages to incorporate suspense, plot twists, violence and tenderness.

”You need to be precise in every moment and really have it detailed. There’s a short time you have to relay the relevant information. But at the same time, you don’t want to feeling you’re cramming too much in,” said the 29-year-old aspiring film maker who’s graduating this spring.

If you’re in Tel Aviv, you can catch Silence, as well as a few dozen other films on Saturday night at the Castille Building in south Tel Aviv on Rehov Alfasi. Interestingly, the organizers said that another city that’s holding the festival is Ramallah, which is holding its screening on Sunday.

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