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The Worst Company in the World
Love and humor are plentiful, but success is scarce, in a small Tel Aviv insurance agency where nothing runs as it should. Perennially on the verge of bankruptcy, the failing agency is run by three middle-aged, divorced, and not particularly successful men. They may be highly intelligent, well-educated, warm and good -humored, but they have no inkling about running a business. This documentary offers an amusing behind-the-scenes look at the operations of the firm over one fiscal year, as the manager’s son – also the film’s director – joins this motley crew in a last-ditch attempt to save his father’s collapsing business. A personal documentary that is also an endearing father-son journey.
Festivals and Awards:
Curator's Choice at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2010; Best Documentary Award - EcoFilm International Festival, Rhodes, 2010; Student Jewry Award - Kiev International Film Festival, Ukraine, 2010; Mayor of Tel-Aviv -Yaffo Award for a Young & Promising Filmmaker, DocAviv Festival 2009; Nicosia International Mediterranean Film Festival, Cyprus 2011; Sao Paulo Jewish Film Festival, Brazil, 2011; Bucharest Jewish Film Festival, Romania, 2011; Boston Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2010; Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2010; Zagreb Dox International Film Festival, Croatia, 2010; Krakow Int'l Documentary Film Festival, Poland, 2010; DocAviv, The Tel Aviv Int'l Documentary Film Festival, 2009.
Director: Regev Contes
Producer: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad, Guy Jacoel and Noa Lifshitz
Production Company: July August Production
Cinematographer: Ity Raziel, Regev Kontes, Bengi choen
Editor: Arik Lahav-Leibovich
Soundtrack Editor: Itzik Chen, Nir Gavish
Original Soundtrack: Ori Ophir
Supporter(s): New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yes Docu
Script: Regev Contes and Arik Lahav-Leibovich
Distributor: Ruth Diskin Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English, French
Film Name in Hebrew: החברה הכי גרועה בעולם
Relevant Links:
Article in Ha'aretzCategory: Economy / Family / Israeli Society
Tag Words: bankruptcy Father insurance company son Tel Aviv
Love and humor are plentiful, but success is scarce, in a small Tel Aviv insurance agency where nothing runs as it should. Perennially on the verge of bankruptcy, the failing agency is run by three middle-aged, divorced, and not particularly successful men. They may be highly intelligent, well-educated, warm and good -humored, but they have no inkling about running a business. This documentary offers an amusing behind-the-scenes look at the operations of the firm over one fiscal year, as the manager’s son – also the film’s director – joins this motley crew in a last-ditch attempt to save his father’s collapsing business. A personal documentary that is also an endearing father-son journey.
Festivals and Awards:
Curator's Choice at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2010; Best Documentary Award - EcoFilm International Festival, Rhodes, 2010; Student Jewry Award - Kiev International Film Festival, Ukraine, 2010; Mayor of Tel-Aviv -Yaffo Award for a Young & Promising Filmmaker, DocAviv Festival 2009; Nicosia International Mediterranean Film Festival, Cyprus 2011; Sao Paulo Jewish Film Festival, Brazil, 2011; Bucharest Jewish Film Festival, Romania, 2011; Boston Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2010; Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2010; Zagreb Dox International Film Festival, Croatia, 2010; Krakow Int'l Documentary Film Festival, Poland, 2010; DocAviv, The Tel Aviv Int'l Documentary Film Festival, 2009.
Relevant Links:
Article in Ha'aretzDirector: Regev Contes
Producer: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad, Guy Jacoel and Noa Lifshitz
Production Company: July August Production
Cinematographer: Ity Raziel, Regev Kontes, Bengi choen
Editor: Arik Lahav-Leibovich
Soundtrack Editor: Itzik Chen, Nir Gavish
Original Soundtrack: Ori Ophir
Supporter(s): New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yes Docu
Script: Regev Contes and Arik Lahav-Leibovich
Distributor: Ruth Diskin Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English, French
Film Name in Hebrew: החברה הכי גרועה בעולם
Category: Economy / Family / Israeli Society
Tag Words: bankruptcy Father insurance company son Tel Aviv
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