THE FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL SAPIR COLLEGE

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Recent achievements“Sisai” – by David GavroA documentary film shot in Ethiopia and Israel.The film was granted NIS 180,000 by the SharonAmrani Multicultural Foundation. It was accepted atthe Co-production Forum and the DocAviv festival.“The teachers at Sapir are very experienced,” commentsDavid Gavro, “and the personal world of each andevery student is really important for them. I came toSapir from Netivot, and met people of all types fromall over Israel, and got to know some fascinatingpersonal worlds. At Sapir, I felt completely at home,and was given all the encouragement I needed tomake my first film.”SSSR Kids – by Felix GerchikovThe YES satellite broadcasting company has grantedfunding of 600,000 dollars to this film, and theYehoshua Rabinowitz Foundation is also providingfunding.Felix Gerchikov, a Sapir graduate and director of thefilm “Jaya” (a co-production with Oded Tzur) took firstplace in the Israeli Greenlight contest held by YES andthe JCS production company for full-length dramaticfilms. “SSSR Kids” addresses the absorption problemsof immigrants from the FSU who live alongside veteranIsraelis in the town of Netivot, as well as the ethnicbasedtensions within the Russian community itself– between Caucasians, Russians, Ukrainians… It willbe screened in Israeli cinemas and on the YES satellitechannels.“While I was at Sapir, I was given all the practical andtheoretical tools I needed,” Gerchikov says, “and I’vecome so far thanks to the aspirations and will-powerthey poured into me at the school, over the years.”from JayaJaya – Oded Tzur and Felix GerchikovFunded by the Aliza Shagrir Foundation.“I graduated from the practical engineers track atSapir, and I’m now completing my undergraduatestudies at the college,” explains Oded Tzur, “Thepractical engineering studies trained me in every aspectof film and TV work, while in the academic track I’mboosting my theoretical know-how.“I believe that combining these two tracks is ideal.Currently I’m doing investigative work for adocumentary film on the special love between mygrandmother and grandfather, who’ve been marriedfor over 50 years”From “Sisai”±≥
Remote Control Kids– Nahum LandauSecond place in the 2004 DocAviv festival, and fundedby the Yehoshua Rabinowitz Arts Foundation.After winning, the film was requested by the IDFAfilm festival in the Netherlands.“At Sapir, I found everyone to be tremendously opento the world the students bring with them,” recallsNahum Landau. “The teaching faculty are highlyprofessional and accessible, the equipment is thelatest, and there’s a really great atmosphere amongthe students. Thanks to the school, I’m continuing towork in the field, producing and directingdocumentaries and image films.”From “Remote Control Kids”±¥
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