Psychedelic Zion
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Psychedelic Zion
This film is an Israeli coming-of-age story. The 1990s saw the birth of a new youth culture in Israel – Trance – based on enormous parties set in nature, on computerized music, on New Age ideas and on drugs. In a short time, the trance party phenomenon in the Israeli periphery grew to proportions with no parallel in any other country.As Israel prepared to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the police decided to eliminate the Trance phenomenon. During a period of one year, the camera followed Berto from Kiryat Motzkin, Yoni from Moshav Hazon, and Revital from Tiberias, three owners of companies that produce Trance Parties fighting for their “independence,” i.e., the right to keep their Trance culture alive. This is a story with a sad ending about a confused generation that just wants to escape…
Festivals and Awards:
Sheffield Doc/Fest, UK, 2000; HotDocs, Canada, 2001
Director: Isri Halpern
Producer: Isri Halpern, Doron Tsabari
Production Company: Guerrilla Films
Cinematographer: Isri Halpern, Yaron Shahaf
Editor: Eyal Tsarfati
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: פצצות בדרך לסוף העולם
Relevant Links:
On IDFA's Docs for SaleCategory: Art and Culture / Identity / Israeli Society
Tag Words: computerized music drugs new age party trance music youth culture
This film is an Israeli coming-of-age story. The 1990s saw the birth of a new youth culture in Israel – Trance – based on enormous parties set in nature, on computerized music, on New Age ideas and on drugs. In a short time, the trance party phenomenon in the Israeli periphery grew to proportions with no parallel in any other country.As Israel prepared to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the police decided to eliminate the Trance phenomenon. During a period of one year, the camera followed Berto from Kiryat Motzkin, Yoni from Moshav Hazon, and Revital from Tiberias, three owners of companies that produce Trance Parties fighting for their “independence,” i.e., the right to keep their Trance culture alive. This is a story with a sad ending about a confused generation that just wants to escape…
Festivals and Awards:
Sheffield Doc/Fest, UK, 2000; HotDocs, Canada, 2001
Relevant Links:
On IDFA's Docs for SaleDirector: Isri Halpern
Producer: Isri Halpern, Doron Tsabari
Production Company: Guerrilla Films
Cinematographer: Isri Halpern, Yaron Shahaf
Editor: Eyal Tsarfati
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: פצצות בדרך לסוף העולם
Category: Art and Culture / Identity / Israeli Society
Tag Words: computerized music drugs new age party trance music youth culture