The fall of the hammer at 74 million pounds broke the tension, triggering a collective exhalation in the room and a round of applause.
Meniker says he was looking to give the audiences oxymoronic value for money when he got down to piecing the program together.
Saturday headliners were Kendrick Lamar; Rosalia, the Spanish young phenomenon; and St. Vincent.
The festival is now older than many of its participants, but it’s still one of the liveliest movie events of the year.
Next month, both Zelner and the fruit of one of his projects abroad will make their way to Israel as a part of Nederlands Dance Theater 2’s visit to the Herzliya Performing Arts Center.
This year’s program includes concerts, original productions, and performances by leading folk dance troupes from around the country.
Schenfeld will perform both as an individual and as a collective group.
With a new album in the works, an assortment of shows planned and a more official tour slated for later this year, RetroAct’s trajectory is heading skywards.
The Dinner, which opens in Israel on June 15, is based on a novel by Dan Redler and tells parallel stories of a well-educated Russian immigrant couple in Tel Aviv.
The Lab was established last year by the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School with the support of Netflix and with the artistic collaboration of Hagai Levi.