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Jerusalem International Writers Festival 2024 at the Jerusalem Cinematehque

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Writers on Film: Delphine Horvilleur

Conversation with Reform rabbi, author, editor and prominent leader of French Jewry, Delphine Horvilleur, author of "Living with Our Dead"

Zelig

Dir.: Woody Allen
| 79 minutes

In a brilliant tour-de-force of filmmaking, Allen creates a documentary of the fictional character Leonard Zelig, the "Chameleon Man" of the 30s. (Heb. only.; Allen instructed that the film be screened in the original languages of the countries in which it was shown.)

Writers of Film: Ruby Namdar

Author and translator Ruby Namdar, winner of the 2014 Sapir Prize,  is a key figure in contemporary Hebrew literature. His short story collection “Big Fish” grapples with timeless questions of identity, place and belonging. 

Salam Cinema

Dir.: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
| 75 minutes

A crowd of thousands answer an ad placed by the brilliant Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. One by one they audition. A portrait of modern life in the capital city of Teheran under the Ayatollah regime.