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Falafel’s Game

Michael Nathanson, a Russian immigrant raised by a single mother, found himself poor, hungry, and homeless after graduating from Buffalo University in New York. He found himself living in a park, playing backgammon for just enough money to live on falafel for a year. Now known as Falafel, he is the world’s greatest backgammon player. Like Deep Blue is for chess, Snowy is the undefeatable computer program for backgammon. Snowy analyzed that Falafel is the best because every time he rolls the dice, he chooses the most accurate course of game, and this is his story.

Festivals and Awards:

Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2005

Director: Ben Bacher

Producer: Ben Bacher

Cinematographer: Ben Bachar, Meni Elias

Editor: Lavi Ben Gal, Ben Bachar

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 10

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: המשחק של פלאפל

Michael Nathanson, a Russian immigrant raised by a single mother, found himself poor, hungry, and homeless after graduating from Buffalo University in New York. He found himself living in a park, playing backgammon for just enough money to live on falafel for a year. Now known as Falafel, he is the world’s greatest backgammon player. Like Deep Blue is for chess, Snowy is the undefeatable computer program for backgammon. Snowy analyzed that Falafel is the best because every time he rolls the dice, he chooses the most accurate course of game, and this is his story.

Festivals and Awards:

Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2005

 

Director: Ben Bacher

Producer: Ben Bacher

Cinematographer: Ben Bachar, Meni Elias

Editor: Lavi Ben Gal, Ben Bachar

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 10

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: המשחק של פלאפל

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