THE STRONGHOLD | המזח
Dir. Lior Chefetz
2023 113 MIN
A beautiful seamstress moves to a neighborhood of Holocaust survivors in 1956. Rumors about her past (as a Capo) shake up the neighborhood, and especially Shalom, the leader and a former brave resistance fighter, who is torn between his passion to the beautiful woman and his commitment to the community to reveal her past.
Special Guests
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Erez Tadmor
DirectorErez Tadmor is one of the most active and respected directors in Israel. His first film “Strangers” was nominated in the official competition at Sundance and Tribeca Film Festival, his second film “A Matter of Size”, co-director with Sharon Maymon, was nominated for 13 Academy Awards in Israel and won the Audience Award at Karlovy Vary Festival. The film was sold to more than 40 countries including US and Paramount studios acquired the remake rights.
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Shemi Shoenfeld
ProducerShemi Shoenfeld is a Producer best known for Magic Man (2014), Wounded Land (2015), The Art of Waiting (2019), Matchmaking (2022), Matchmaking 2 (2024) and Soda (2024).
Credits
PREMIERE STATUS
Sneak Preview
CATEGORY
Drama
DIRECTOR
Erez Tadmor
SCREENPLAY
Erez Tadmor, Shlomo Efrati
PRODUCER
Moshe Edery, Shemi Shoenfeld
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
United King Films, ComeBack Films
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Boaz Yehonatan Yaacov
EDITOR
Einat Glaser-Zarhin
MUSIC
Haim Frank Ilfman
SOUND
Yossi Appelbaum
CAST
Rotem Sela, Lior Raz, Netta Shpigelman
RUNNING TIME
96 min
COUNTRY
Israel
YEAR
2024
LANGUAGE
Hebrew with English subtitles
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
2024 Ophir Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actor, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design
Ophir Award Nominee
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Dir. Shauly Melamed
2024 76 MIN