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10.2.25
Monday
20:00

Body is the only language | Fatemeh Ekhtesari, Inbal Oshman & Yannets Levi

The Iranian poet and author in exile, Fatemeh Ekhtesari, will be hosted at the Weizmann Institute of Science. 

In 2015, Ekhtesari was sentenced to 11.5 years in prison and 99 lashes after being accused of censorship violations in her poetry. She managed to escape Iran and now resides in Norway. Ekhtesari has published ten books, including poetry collections, short stories, and multi-genre works. Her poems have been translated into various languages and have even been adapted into musical pieces.


She is visiting Israel to work on a dance and poetry project in collaboration with Israeli choreographer Inbal Oshman.
The evening will feature a discussion of her poetry, a glimpse into a creative process in progress, and a joint conversation with Ekhtesari, Oshman, and author Yannets Levi, who serves as the translator and dramaturge for the project. 

The conversation will delve into topics such as modern Persian poetry, the spirit of freedom, life under overt and covert censorship, experiences of migration, alienation and belonging, and the connection between poetry and dance. Additionally, there will be a live demonstration from the ongoing creative process.
 

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5.2
Thursday
19:00

Etty | Hagai Levi - Part 1

Based on the diaries of Etty Hillesum, this series by Golden Globe winner Hagai Levi, ("Be’Tipul"  [In Treatment], "Scenes from a Marriage", "The Affair"), traces the extraordinary personal journey of the young Dutch woman from 1941 to 1943.
In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, a young woman goes to therapy. 
This is Etty Hillesum. At the age of 27, driven by a deep passion for life, she embarks on a spiritual and emotional journey, all chronicled in her diaries. In them, she unfolds her turbulent love affair with psycho-chirologist Julius Spier - a relationship that becomes the catalyst for a radical inner transformation, accelerated by the growing threat she faces as a Jewish woman, ultimately leading her to an enormous act of solidarity.
Hillesum’s diaries were first published 40 years after her death. Since then, they have been translated into over 20 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. Told in an unconventional fashion, the series offers a dialogue between past and present, revealing how Etty's striving for meaning continues to resonate today, and evoking the timely question: How do we find hope in a hopeless world?


Director: Hagai Levi 


The series will be screened in two parts :

Part 1(Episodes 1–3) and Part 2 (Episodes 4–6). 

Part 2 will be screened on Monday, February 9, at 19:00 p.m.
A conversation with the creator Hagai Levi after the screening of Part 2


Dutch | 148 minutes | Hebrew subtitles
 
6.2
Friday
11:00

John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger

John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era.  What made his ‘swagger’ portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience. Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, Exhibition on Screen’s film will examine how Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture and fashion.


Filmed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Tate Britain, London, the exhibition reveals Sargent’s power to express distinctive personalities, power dynamics and gender identities during this fascinating period of cultural reinvention. Alongside 50 paintings by Sargent sit stunning items of clothing and accessories worn by his subjects, drawing the audience into the artist’s studio. Sargent’s sitters were often wealthy, their clothes costly, but what happens when you turn yourself over to the hands of a great artist? The manufacture of public identity is as controversial and contested today as it was at the turn of the 20th century, but somehow Sargent’s work transcends the social noise and captures an alluring truth with each brush stroke. Step into the glittering world of fashion, scandal and shameless self-promotion that made John Singer Sargent the painter who defined an era. Explore the unique creative process of the late 19th century’s favorite portrait artist and the way in which his portraits captured the spirit of a vibrant and rapidly changing age. 

Director: David Bickerstaff
United Kingdom 2023 | 90 min. | English | Hebrew subtitles