The image of the Kibbutz as viewed through the eyes of photographers and filmmakers over the past 100 years will be the focus of “Between National and Personal Documentation – The Sixth Annual Conference of the Forum for the Preservation of Audio-Visual Memory in Israel” which will take place on July 9, 2010 as part of the Jerusalem Film Festival.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Israel Film Archive of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, the conference will take place at the Van Leer Institute. Rare archival material will be screened during the conference. An exhibit of photographs by Hannan Bahir of Kibbutz Givat Brenner, one of the first photographers of the Kibbutz, who began taking his first photographs in the 1930s, will be on display in the lobby. The conference will be moderated by Dan Muggia.
The event is open to the public. Participation is contingent on available space. To register, call 054-4633931, or send an email to: mail@avforum.org.il, before July 5, 2010.
The conference program:
9:00 Registration
9:30 Greetings: Mr. Zach Granit, Head of Culture and Art Administration, Ministry of Culture and Sport and Mr. Yishai Amrami, Chairman of the Forum
10:00 The Israeli Film Archive – Jerusalem Cinematheque A National Treasure – 120 years of moving images. Yigal Ravid
Tribute to Lia van Leer, Founder of the Archive and the Jerusalem Cinematheque
11:00 Traditions of Jewish holidays in the Kibbutz: the songs that became Israel’s soundtrack. Dr. Gila Flam
11:25 Break and light refreshments
12:00 The Pioneer and the Kibbutz through the Lens of 1930’s Pre-State Cinema.
Prof. Ariel L. Feldstein
12:25 Photographing the Inner Yard: Still photographers in the Kibbutz Movement, 1924 – 1974. Guy Raz
12:50 S.O.S.: A status report on the state of audiovisual collections in the kibbutz archives. Dudu Amitai
13:05 There is light in the Windows: The Kibbutz films of Nadav Levitan, recipient of the 2010 Life Achievement Award of the Forum and the Jerusalem International Film Festival. Prof. Yehudah Judd Ne’eman
13:50 Ceremony granting the award to Mrs. Chava Alberstein, wife of filmmaker Nadav Levitan
