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Israeli Film Competition – Full-Length Film

Prod. & Sc.: Dan Wolman
Exec. Prod.: Gal Greenspan
Based on the novel by: Shulamit Lapid
Ph.: Ran Aviad
Ed.: Shoshi Wolman
Art Director: Yoav Dahari
Music: Eli Yarkoni, Israel David
W.: Tamat Alkan, Zion Ashkenazi, Levana Finkelstein, Yaacov Bodo, Ezra Dagan, Eric Yischkov, Rottem Zisman
Special Guest Star: Yavuz Hekim
Source: Dan Wolman Productions, LTD., Tel Aviv

The story of “Gey Oni” is an historical epic which interweaves the story of the first wave of Jewish European migration to Palestine, at the end of the 19th century, with an unusual love story between Fania, a young Russian immigrant, and Yechiel, a native Jew. Seventeen-year-old Fania, her baby daughter, elderly uncle, and her emotionally impered brother arrive at the port of Jaffa, having survived a pogrom, in which all other members of their family were killed. Having no real choice, Fania marries Yechiel, a widower whose wife died of malaria, leaving him to care for their two children himself. The two set out to a small settlement near Saffed, where Yechiel and a few other daring settlers are trying to cultivate the barren lands which they bought from local Arabs. Fania is burdened by a harrowing secret she is unable to share with anyone else. But, without sharing her secret with her husband Yechiel, their marriage cannot be consummated.



Dan Wolman
Born in Jerusalem on 28 Oct.1941 Spent the first years of his life in Ethiopia. After finishing high school in Jerusalem Dan studied film in the U.S. From 1962 to 1965 at The Film Institute of City College New York. From 1965 to 1968 he completed his studies at New York University. In 1968 Dan returned to Israel and shot his first feature - 1970 “The Dreamer“ an official entry at Cannes Film Festival. Wolman taught cinema at Tel Aviv University, New York University, School of Visual Arts and other schools. Director Dan Wolman occupies a very special place in the annals of Israeli film with 40 years of filmaking. You may find more information of Director and Filmmaker Dan Wolman at: www.wolmandan.com

Yavuz Hekim
Born in Istanbul, on November, 3rd, 1977. He took a step towards acting by taking a role in a documentary film called Latife Hanim firstly upon proposals submitted due to his likeliness to the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of republic of Turkey with his natural status. Yavuz Hekim having Education in various actor coaches adopting the profession of acting played as Ataturk in the production of Mustafa Altioklar, called Emret Komutanim after the documentary film called Latife Hanim of Mehmet Ali Birand. Then he played as Ataturk in the movie called Turk Milleti Hazirdir directed by Tahsin Isbilen and the movie called Mustafa Kemal'den Ataturk'e made for TRT 1 TV by Nuran Bayer. Yavuz Hekim playing as Ataturk in theatric activities he organized at Izmir Economy University and Afyon Kocatepe University played as an Ottoman soldier attaché in the movie called Valley of Strength directed by Dan Wolman, an Israeli director, shot in Jerusalem and Telawiv cities of Israel in October, 2009. Hekim agreeing to play in the movie called Matrioska the Last Take that will be shot in Bologna, Italy to be directed by Italian director Giulio Tarantino will take part in this project in 2010, May.
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Beyond its contribution to Israeli film, the Jerusalem International Film Festival remains one of the few platforms that present the world’s finest contemporary cinematic trends to its local audiences. Over the years, the Festival has screened film debuts by Wong Kar Wai, Tsai Ming-liang, John Sayles, Jim Jarmusch, Stephen Frears, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Neil Jordan, John Lasseter and other names that have turned into the masters of our time. Many of these directors’ films became regulars at the Festival, and personal favorites with the Israeli audience.

An impressive and exciting group of guests has blessed us with their presence, among them: Lillian Gish, Jeanne Moreau, Warren Beaty, Marcello Mastroianni, Robert De Niro, the Taviani brothers, Chantal Ackerman, Mike Leigh, Adrienne Shelly, Alan Corneau, Susanne Bier, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Nanni Moretti, Hany Abu-Assad, Anouk Aimée, Fanny Ardant, Alexander Askoldov, Wouter Barendrecht, Jean Pierre Bekolo, Roberto Benigni, Anthony Bergman, Irene Bignardi, Jane Birkin, Jean Claude Brisseau, Ingrid Caven, Veronique Cayla, Roger Corman, Axel Corti, Paul Cox, Kirk Douglas, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,Steven Frears, Jane Fonda, Geoffrey Gilmore, Christopher Hampton, Michael Haneke, Bob Hoskins, Otar Josseliani, Irene Jacob, Hanry Jaglom, Benoit Jacquot, Chen Kaige, Marin Karmitz, Elia Kazan, Arsinée Khanjihan, Jeroen Krabbe, Ang Lee, Errol Morris, Claude Lelouch, Dusan Makavejev, Terrence Malick, John Malkovich, David Mamet, Chris Marker, Rashid Mashrawi, Deepa Mehta, Anthony Minghella, Manoel de Oliveira, Nagisa Oshima, Ulrike Ottinger, Ferzan Ozpetek, Jerome Paillard, Lucian Pintilie, Roman Polanski, Sally Potter, Lord Puttnam, Francesco Rosi, Helma Sanders-Brahms, John Schlesinger, Ettore Scola, Delphine Seyrig, Karen Shakhnazarov, Elia Suleiman, Bertrand Tavernier, Guiseppe Tornatore, Liv Ullman, Peter Ustinov, Margharetha von Trotta, Wim Wenders, Michael Winterbottom and many more personalities who brought their stardust, charisma, and wisdom to the Festival. You may find more information of Jerusalem International Film Festival at: www.jff.org.il



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