This year’s DocAviv Festival kicks off with screenings scheduled at various venues in Tel Aviv, including the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, ZOA House and two spots in the Tel Aviv Port.
By BARRY DAVIStel aviv port 298 88 cou(photo credit: Tel Aviv Insider (www.telaviv-insider.co.il))‘Life in a Day’ of a documentaryThis year’s DocAviv Festival kicks off on May 12 with screenings scheduled at various venues in Tel Aviv, including the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, ZOA House and two spots in the Tel Aviv Port.The festival will open with an Internet-inspired effort called Life in a Day, initiated by acclaimed British film director Ridley Scott in conjunction with YouTube. People from all over the world were invited to send in footage of the day’s events filmed on July 24, 2010. The project spawned over 4,500 hours of raw material from 197 countries, and will be on general release in the US from July 24 this year.Other items in the DocAviv Festival include documentaries from Israel and the rest of the world on a wide range of subjects, including the haredi communities here, the Holocaust, democracy in South Africa, the history of reggae music and the troubled world of an artist couple in New York.More information: www.docaviv.co.il Jacob’s Ladder returnsThe main spring edition of the long-running Jacob’s Ladder Festival will take place at its regular berth, Nof Ginossar by the Kinneret, from May 19 to 21.Many perennial local acts feature in the three-day program, including the likes of vocalist-guitarist Diane Kaplan, Celtic band Kahol, veteran folkie Shay Tochner and blues act CG & The Hammer with singer-harmonica player Dov Hammer and singer-guitarist Sagi “CG” Shorer.There are also a number of familiar faces in the foreign contingent, with several acts making a welcome return this year, such as bluegrass family troupe The Abrams Brothers, Dutch-born bluesman Hans Theessink and Irish singer-songwriter Ben Sands.More information: www.jlfestival.comIndia comes to IsraelThe first Indian Festival is under way up and down the country with the first items starting last week.The festival, which closes on May 25, covers a wide swath of artistic endeavor including dance, music from various genres, art, literature, food and movies.Events are taking place in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Herzliya at such venues as the Suzanne Dellal Center in Jaffa, Confederation House in Jerusalem, the Performing Arts Center in Herzliya, Tel Aviv’s Cameri Theater and the Haifa Cinematheque.There will also be a range of alternative healing and well-being activities during the festival, including allday yoga and meditation sessions at Ganei Yehoshua in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on May 13 and 14.Almagor’s Aviya anniversaryGila Almagor’s highly successful book-play-movie Summer of Aviya will mark its 25th anniversary with a gala performance (in Hebrew) of the play at Yavne’s Heichal Hatarbut on May 11 (7:30 p.m.).Almagor wrote her autobiographical work in 1986, telling the story of her difficult childhood growing up as the only child of a widowed and traumatized Holocaust survivor mother. The book was an instant success, and was followed by a theater production and subsequently a well-received movie.The play is now an integral part of the Education Ministry’s national school curriculum, portraying a stark and sometimes comical picture of life in the early years of the state and imparting important social messages.Tickets and information: (08) 932-0000
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