Saying something is “like a David Lynch film” or calling something “Lynchian” is often not only lazy and cliche but also in many ways meaningless. When you have people calling films ranging from Alejandro Amenabar Open Your Eyes to Southland Tales as “Lynchian,” the descriptor not only loses much of its meaning but also becomes amorphous in a way that Lynch’s films absolutely are not.
But then there is a film like Tikkun. A hit on the festival circuit with runs at festivals ranging from Locarno to New Directors/New Films, this film comes from director Avishai Sivan and while it lacks the humor and energy of Lynch’s best work it owes a great deal aesthetically to the legendary wild-haired auteur.
Tikkun introduces us to Haim-Aaron, a son of an incredibly religious butcher. Haim-Aaron himself being a Yeshiva student, his own battle with faith is the center of...
But then there is a film like Tikkun. A hit on the festival circuit with runs at festivals ranging from Locarno to New Directors/New Films, this film comes from director Avishai Sivan and while it lacks the humor and energy of Lynch’s best work it owes a great deal aesthetically to the legendary wild-haired auteur.
Tikkun introduces us to Haim-Aaron, a son of an incredibly religious butcher. Haim-Aaron himself being a Yeshiva student, his own battle with faith is the center of...
- 6/10/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Shot beautifully in black and white, Israeli artist and filmmaker Avishai Sivan's Tikkun tells a story about a young orthodox Jewish man, embodied astonishingly here by first time actor Aharon Traitel, slowly losing his faith after a near-death experience. With impressionistic visuals, Sivan paints nighttime Jerusalem as a Lynch-ian netherworld, shrouded in fog, where past and present exist side by side. The result is a hallucinatory tale of urban alienation, invoking the films of Antonioni. Haim-Aaron (Traitel) is a devout Yeshiva student, seen praying and fasting in the begining. He is not a talkative type and keeps things to himself. His father (Kalifa Natour) is a hard working kosher butcher. Bad plumbing in their cramped apartment causes Haim-Aaron to fall and suffer cardiac arrest while...
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- 6/9/2016
- Screen Anarchy
With shades of Dreyer and Bresson, buzzed-about "Tikkun," Avishai Sivan's drama about an ultra-Orthodox man grappling with questions of faith in Jerusalem, has been acquired by Kino Lorber for Us release. Winner of top honors at the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival, including best film, best screenplay, best cinematography (Shai Goldman) and best actor (Khalifa Natour), the film took Locarno's Special Jury Prize before making its Us premiere at Telluride. Further Us festival dates will be announced soon, before a full theatrical, VOD and home media release in 2016. Here's the synopsis: Haim-Aaron (played by Aharon Traitel) is a bright, Ultra-Orthodox religious scholar living in Jerusalem. One evening, following a self-imposed fast, Haim-Aaron collapses and loses consciousness. The paramedics announce his death, but his father (played by Khalifa Natour) takes over resuscitation efforts and, beyond all expectations, Haim-Aaron comes back to life.After the accident, try as he...
- 9/8/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
The arthouse distributor has acquired all Us rights to Avishai Sivan’s drama following its Us premiere in Telluride at the weekend. Separately, IFC Midnight has picked up Travis Z’s Cabin Fever and Broad Green and Tugg will partner on the release of Last Days In The Desert.
Tikkun earned the Locarno Silver Leopard (Special Jury Prize) and won best Israeli feature, screenplay and actor among others at the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival.
Kino Lorber plans a full theatrical, VOD and home media release in 2016 for the story of an ultra-Orthodox religious scholar wrestling with his faith.
Aharon Traitel stars with Khalifa Natour and Sivan produced with Ronen Ben Tal, Moshe Edry and Leon Edry.
Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber brokered the deal with Bleiberg Entertainment head Ehud Bleiberg.
IFC Midnight has taken North American rights to Cabin Fever, a reboot of Eli Roth’s classic modern horror film that Roth himself has produced and co-wrote...
Tikkun earned the Locarno Silver Leopard (Special Jury Prize) and won best Israeli feature, screenplay and actor among others at the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival.
Kino Lorber plans a full theatrical, VOD and home media release in 2016 for the story of an ultra-Orthodox religious scholar wrestling with his faith.
Aharon Traitel stars with Khalifa Natour and Sivan produced with Ronen Ben Tal, Moshe Edry and Leon Edry.
Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber brokered the deal with Bleiberg Entertainment head Ehud Bleiberg.
IFC Midnight has taken North American rights to Cabin Fever, a reboot of Eli Roth’s classic modern horror film that Roth himself has produced and co-wrote...
- 9/8/2015
- ScreenDaily
Titles in the Feature and Documentary Film competitions unveiled.Scroll down for full list
The programme of Israeli films at the 35th Jerusalem Film Festival (July 9-19) has been revealed, including Feature and Documentary Film competitions.
The winner of the Haggiag Competition for Isreali Feature Films will take home the biggest prize in any Israeli film competition: $32,000 (120,000 Nis).
Prizes are also awarded for best first feature, actor, actress, cinematography, editing, screenplay, music and the audience choice award, as well as the Van Leer Competition for Israeli Documentary Films.
Other competitions include the International Spirit of Freedom competition and the Jewish Experience competition.
The festival will feature more than 200 Israeli and international films.
Full line-up
Synopses provided by Jerusalem Film Festival
Haggiag Competition for Israeli Feature Films
Tikkun (dir. Avishai Sivan; pro. Ronen Ben-Tal, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery)
Cast: Aharon Traitel, Khalifa Natour, Riki Blich, Gur Sheinberg
Haim-Aharon, a Hassidic yeshiva student, collapses and loses...
The programme of Israeli films at the 35th Jerusalem Film Festival (July 9-19) has been revealed, including Feature and Documentary Film competitions.
The winner of the Haggiag Competition for Isreali Feature Films will take home the biggest prize in any Israeli film competition: $32,000 (120,000 Nis).
Prizes are also awarded for best first feature, actor, actress, cinematography, editing, screenplay, music and the audience choice award, as well as the Van Leer Competition for Israeli Documentary Films.
Other competitions include the International Spirit of Freedom competition and the Jewish Experience competition.
The festival will feature more than 200 Israeli and international films.
Full line-up
Synopses provided by Jerusalem Film Festival
Haggiag Competition for Israeli Feature Films
Tikkun (dir. Avishai Sivan; pro. Ronen Ben-Tal, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery)
Cast: Aharon Traitel, Khalifa Natour, Riki Blich, Gur Sheinberg
Haim-Aharon, a Hassidic yeshiva student, collapses and loses...
- 7/1/2015
- ScreenDaily
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