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20.2.25
Thursday
20:00

On Listening | Prof. David Harel, Prof. Ruth Kanner and the Ruth Kanner Theater Group

A scientist listens to the music of words. A woman of the theater listens to the scientist. The actors of the theater group listen to both and perform. 

A conversation and acting segments on the connection between hearing and listening, intention and understanding. 

Professor Ruth Kanner - a theater director and creator, who has developed a unique and groundbreaking stage language over the years, and Professor David Harel - Israel Prize recipient in 2004, former dean of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Weizmann Institute of Science, whose research deals with tools that help artificial intelligence listen, decode and interpret spoken text. 
The Ruth Kanner Theater Group – Since 1988, has been exploring processes on stage to deepen the means of expression in acting, movement, voice work, sound and visual images, stemming from deep listening to personal and artistic truth. 

Duration: approx. 1.5 hours.
 

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5.6
Friday
11:00

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery, London is held the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood.


This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealised spaces and symbolic characters.


Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece. Explore one of art history’s most pivotal periods in this once-in-a-century show. The film was made in close collaboration with the National Gallery.


Director: David Bickerstaff. UK 2024 | 92 minutes | English | Hebrew subtitles
 
8.6
Monday
20:00

A Chance to be Saved - A Journey into the Light and Darkness of Eviatar Banai | Doron Tsabari

Eviatar Banai is an artist who has reached an unparalleled, transcendent status in Israeli culture, articulating the heartbeat and yearnings of the nation. Banai writes and sings about himself, yet a vast public of Israelis adults and youth, religious and secular, Ashkenazi and Mizrahi find their own reflections within his music. They have turned his songs into anthems and prayers, finding solace and profound meaning in them.

 

In his personal life, Banai embodies a dual identity, living an internal conflict: In his "Jewish" identity, he is a devout ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) man who strictly observes religious commandments and studies in a Yeshiva for six hours every day. In his "Israeli" identity, he is a rock star who sells out arenas, drawing a broad and fiercely loyal audience. He is a rock star with a kippah, tzitzit, and a guitar, who seeks to open the gates of heaven through his music and sanctify God's name (Kiddush Hashem) on stage.

 

"A Chance to Be Saved" is a monumental television series filmed over the course of 11 years, encompassing an unprecedented 240 days of shooting.

Watching the series is a time-traveling experience, navigating the peaks and abysses of Eviatar's life, alongside an intimate journey into his consciousness. It raises profound questions that resonate in every person's life, especially in these times: What constitutes a life of value and meaning? What is true love? By what values should we raise our children? How does one grow from shattered pieces? How do we find light within the darkness? How do we transmute pain into compassion?


"A Chance to Be Saved" is a sweeping, epic television series about creation, inspiration, and faith. It is the journey of a man who lost his way, only to find his God and the love of his life in the heart of darkness.

 

Doron Tsabari (62) is a documentary film and television director, a social activist, and a Professor of Film and Television at the School of Audio and Visual Arts at Sapir College.

Tsabari has directed 11 documentary films and series and has won a record-breaking 6 Best Director awards from the Israeli Academy of Film and Television (the "Israeli Oscars"). Five of the films and series he created are included in the Israeli Ministry of Education's mandatory curriculum for matriculation exams in cinema and media studies.

Among the notable films and series Tsabari has directed: Dricks' Brother (with Ori Inbar), Underdog (with Rino Zror), Shuli's Guy, The King of Rating, A Guide to the Revolution, Mechubarot (Connected - Women), Mechubarim (Connected - Men), The Silver Platter, and more.

 

The series will be screened in sequence:

Thursday, March 5th at 19:00, Episodes 1-3 (190 minutes, with a break between episodes 2 and 3).

Friday, March 6th at 11:00, Episode 4, followed by a conversation with the series creator, Doron Tsabari (Screening: 65 min | Conversation: 45 min).

 

Click here for tickets to both screenings: ₪ 60 | Institute employees: ₪ 50