Events

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
 

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 
 

Musician: Lev Iomdin, violinist | Anna Doulov, violinist | Sofia Lebed, violinist | Yeshaayhu Ginzburg, violist | Haran Meltzer, cellist | Iakov Kashin, cellist

Schubert: String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, D. 810 ("Death and the Maiden")
Brahms: String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18