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In Praise of the day (2013)

HEBREW TITLE

Beshivhey Hayom

22

DIRECTOR

Oren Adaf

PRODUCTION

JSFS

LENGTH

19:43 Min

LANGUAGE

Hebrew

SYNOPSIS

In this bold homosexual film shifting between autobiography and fiction, the director wanders around a park, meandering between his lust and his concern to call his traditional Mizrahi mother before the Shabbat begins.

DIRECTOR'S BIO

Oren Adaf's (b. 1977) post-graduation short, Ella's Men, premiered at 2017 Locarno Film Festival, and won First Prize at Pancevo Film Festival, the Jury Prize at Mecal Pro Film Festival, and distinctionat theNew Renaissance Film Festival. Ella's Menscreened at the Haifa Film Festival, TLV Festival and the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival – independent section.

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