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"Israeli cinema gives us immense pride": President Herzog opened the Jerusalem Film Festival

After a two-year hiatus, the Jerusalem Film Festival kicks off with a celebratory premiere of "Where's Anne Frank" by Ari Folman.

"The film industry is an essential industry. We will not stop consuming culture," said President Herzog, the keynote guest at the opening ceremony.

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Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 23:52 Updated: 23:58

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Trailer for the movie "Where's Anne Frank" (Cannes Film Festival)

Just a month after making its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Ari Folman's "Where is Anne Frank" today launched the Jerusalem Film Festival. He did so at a gala screening at the Sultan's Pool, in front of an audience of thousands of people - who applauded excitedly for both the ingenious film and the festival itself, which returned to its physical format after a two-year hiatus.

The screening took place in the presence of Pullman, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon, Minister of Culture Hili Trooper and President Yitzhak Herzog. In years past, the country's presidents did not always bother to come to the opening of what is the largest and most important film event in Israel, but Herzog gave it the respect it deserved.

"The film industry, and the culture industry in general, is an essential industry. It is not kind, we do them no favors. They work hard to produce an Israeli culture that we consume. A culture that enriches us, without which the soul withers, withers. Culture and cinema that give us Israeli pride. Petition on the biggest and most important stages, all over the world, "Herzog said in the opening speech.

"Cinema knows how to activate all the emotional glands, to enter into the depths of the soul. There is nothing like it to evoke longing or love; there is nothing like cinema to tell us a history we thought we knew. 'The Israeli film industry' is an important and very prestigious term, It is almost a derogatory name in the eyes of those who imagine the daily lives of art practitioners as endless parties on red carpets. "Behind each of them long hours of work, and they support themselves, their families and their children. Most of them are left behind the scenes, almost or completely anonymous."

"In practice it is important to recognize that the world of culture needs recognition of the damage caused by the epidemic. Crowds of families make a living thanks to the hard work of cultural workers. And their livelihood is due to creative minds and very hard work. We will not stop enjoying cinema.

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President Yitzhak Herzog at the opening ceremony tonight (Photo: Haim Tzach / GPO)

Pullman, it will be recalled, also signed, among other things, "Waltz with Bashir," which broke new ground in everything related to the representation of war on screen.

In "Where's Anne Frank" he changes the rules when it comes to representing the diary, which has already received a variety of adaptations.

In contrast to previous adaptations, this time Pullman chooses a new point of view - that of Kitty, the imaginary and best friend of the diary writer.

The film copies most of the plot to the present day, and instead of preserving the worship of Anne Frank as it is, reinvents it to ask what we can learn from it in order to preserve the legacy of the girl who so loved to live.

The answer: its humanistic message can and should guide us in dealing with the refugee crisis in Europe.

All of this, as usual, is performed by Pullman with breathtaking animation and surprising use of music, written by Karen Or.

It’s easy to see why “Where’s Anne Frank” has garnered rave reviews at Cannes and rave reviews around the world.

From "Where's Anne Frank" by Ari Polem (Photo: Ari Folman)

"As the son of two Holocaust survivor parents who came to Auschwitz the week the Frank family arrived, this film is without a doubt my life project," the director said before the screening in Cannes.

"The aim of the film, which is shared by all the artists who participated in its production, is to reach as many children as possible around the world."

Before the screening in the capital, he added - "I am happy and excited to screen the film in Jerusalem. Forty Israeli artists worked on the film for four years, and the design department was within walking distance of the Sultan's Pool. I hope the screening will be an unforgettable event."

The Jerusalem Festival will run until next Saturday, and will screen the standout films of the year at local premieres.

A look at his official website reveals that ticket sales are progressing at an impressive pace - proof that despite Netflix and the Corona, cinema is alive and kicking.

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