Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz ( Hebrew רענן אלכסנדרוביץ; * August 29, 1969 in Jerusalem ) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter .

biography

From 1991 to 1996 Alexandrowicz studied film studies at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem . He initially directed various music video productions and several documentaries . In 2003, James' journey to Jerusalem was his first feature film.

On September 26, 2005, the film crew and Israeli peace activists were attacked by residents of the Havat Ma'on settlement outpost . Ra'anan Alexandrowicz was beaten up by a settler armed with an M-16 assault rifle. Parts of the film equipment were stolen.

Filmography

• 1996 - Rak B'Mikrim Bodedim , (international title: Self Confidence Ltd , German title: Selbstvertrauen GmbH ), screenplay and direction
• 1998 - Ansar 3rd
• 1999 - The far side of the tracks
• 1999 - Martin , documentary film about a survivor of the Dachau concentration camp and his encounter with tourists visiting the former camp in the 1990s. Script and direction
• 2001 - The Inner Tour (German title: Strangers in their own country ): Documentary, video (Beta SP), 94 minutes. Israeli-Palestinian co-production (Belfilm Ltd., Tel Aviv, and Dar Productions, Ramallah). Director.
• 2003 - Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh (international title: James' journey to Jerusalem ), feature film. Script and direction
• 2011 - The Law in These Parts , documentary, named Best Foreign Documentary at Sundance Film Festival
• 2019 - The Viewing Booth, documentary, runs at the Berlin International Film Festival 2020 in the Forum

Awards

• Rak B'Mikrim Bodedim : Special mention of the International Short Film Competition of the International Festival of Young Cinema , Turin.
• Martin : 1999 Wolgin Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival for best Israeli documentary.
• Inner Tour : 2001 Participation in the 2001 Forum of the Berlinale ; 2001 Honorable Mention for Best Documentary Feature at the Vancouver International Film Festival .
• Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh : 2003 nomination for the Award of the Israeli Film Academy for Best Director and Best Screenplay; 2003 Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival ; 2003 FIPRESCI Prize and Films from the South Award at the Oslo Films from the South Festival ; 2003: Golden Palm at the Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema ; 2004 Golden Rosa Camuna laureate at the Bergamo Film Meeting .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual report 2006 . Amnesty international, Section of the Federal Republic of Germany. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved on October 2, 2019.
2. ↑ israelnetz.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Sundance Festival : Israeli Film Awards  
3. ^ Arsenal: The Viewing Booth. Retrieved on February 18, 2020 (German). 

Web links

Ra'anan Alexandrowicz in the Internet Movie Database (English)

• Interview with Ra'anan Alexandrowicz about Inner Tour
• Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh
• Inner Tour : freiburger-filmforum.de ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), arsenal-berlin.de
• Martin : cine-holocaust.de ( Memento of 28 September 2007 at the Internet Archive ), The Old Man and the gas chamber ( Memento of 28 September 2007 at the Internet Archive )