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Monday, March 17, 2008 7:00 PMGuest Speaker: David Ofek, Director |
Chin (China), Sasha (Russia), Marisol (Peru), and other characters all came to Israel for different reasons. They meet in a Hebrew language Ulpan where their personal stories - at times funny, at time sad - melt with the complexities of Israeli reality.
| Country: | Israel |
| Release Date: | 2006 |
| Time: | 123 minutes |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Language: | Hebrew, English, Russian, German, Spanish with English subtitles |
| Director: | David Ofek and Ron Rotem |
| Topics: | Immigrants to Israel |
Guest Speaker:
David Ofek, Director
David Ofek is an Israeli producer and film maker. He is the co-creator of the popular Israeli TV series Bat Yam - New York (1995-97) and No. 17 (2003). Ofek won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary and received other international awards. He was represented in Rotterdam with A Hebrew Lesson and Melanoma My Love, which he co-directed. Ofek is a graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem and was awarded several prizes for his graduation short film Home (1994).
