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The Stars of Stern
The film focuses on Stern Street in Kiryat Yovel, a Jerusalem neighborhood hastily built to accommodate the waves of Jewish immigration in the 1960’s.
45 Stern Street has been my home since 1972, although in recent years I have divided my time between Stern and France.
One day in 2008, I stood at the window that faces the building’s entrance, and watched the residents coming and going, and started to film what I was seeing, capturing the changes that were taking place over time, changes relating to the identity of the residents and to the power of religion…
Festivals and Awards:
Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018
Director: Gad Abittan
Producer: Gad Abittan
Cinematographer: Gad Abittan, Itay Ben Ezra, Benjamin Huguet, Rotem Azulay
Editor: Gilad Inbar
Soundtrack Editor: Aviram Vilinski
Original Soundtrack: Oded Zahavi
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Musicians: Ruth Ron - Flute,Uta Dagan – Voice, Roi Dayan – Mandolin, Shmuel Elbaz – Mandolin, Boaz Ben Moshe – Guitars, Karen Phenpimon – Percussion, Tal Hannani – Percussion, Oded Zehavi - Piano
Colourist / Online Editor: Michal Vaadia
Script: Gad Abittan
Subtitles: English, French , Polish
Film Name in Hebrew: הכוכבים של שטרן
Relevant Links:
The Film's Facebook PageCategory: Ethnicity / Family / History / Identity / Immigration / International Stories / Jerusalem / Old Age / People with Disabilities / Religion / Zionism
Tag Words: culture isralienne EDOT Family handicap history identity Jerusalem Judaism vieillesse Zionism
The film focuses on Stern Street in Kiryat Yovel, a Jerusalem neighborhood hastily built to accommodate the waves of Jewish immigration in the 1960’s.
45 Stern Street has been my home since 1972, although in recent years I have divided my time between Stern and France.
One day in 2008, I stood at the window that faces the building’s entrance, and watched the residents coming and going, and started to film what I was seeing, capturing the changes that were taking place over time, changes relating to the identity of the residents and to the power of religion…
Festivals and Awards:
Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018
Relevant Links:
The Film's Facebook Page
Director: Gad Abittan
Producer: Gad Abittan
Cinematographer: Gad Abittan, Itay Ben Ezra, Benjamin Huguet, Rotem Azulay
Editor: Gilad Inbar
Soundtrack Editor: Aviram Vilinski
Original Soundtrack: Oded Zahavi
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Musicians: Ruth Ron - Flute,Uta Dagan – Voice, Roi Dayan – Mandolin, Shmuel Elbaz – Mandolin, Boaz Ben Moshe – Guitars, Karen Phenpimon – Percussion, Tal Hannani – Percussion, Oded Zehavi - Piano
Colourist / Online Editor: Michal Vaadia
Script: Gad Abittan
Subtitles: English, French , Polish
Film Name in Hebrew: הכוכבים של שטרן
Category: Ethnicity / Family / History / Identity / Immigration / International Stories / Jerusalem / Old Age / People with Disabilities / Religion / Zionism
Tag Words: culture isralienne EDOT Family handicap history identity Jerusalem Judaism vieillesse Zionism
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