Amos Oz – The Nature of Dreams
Israel | 2009 | 86 min
A portrait of the renowned Israeli author Amos Oz, following his memoir, “A Tale of Love and Darkness” and his political struggle for peace in the Middle East for the last two years.
Exploring the persona of Amos Oz, the film opens a rare window into the world as observed through the eyes of one of Israel’s greatest authors. Oz is a man who, it has been said, knows Israeli society inside out – since he is an outsider, in a very profound sense, of all worlds.
This is a journey in the footsteps of Amos Oz, his literary writing, and his political beliefs. The journey takes us through his memoir, “A Tale of Love and Darkness” and follows him over a period of two years in his efforts to promote the Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The film won the Special Audience Award for “Best Story Film” in “Film for Peace” Festival in Italy, September 2010.
Credits
Directors & producers Yonathan & Masha Zur
Production Company Yonathan & Masha Films
Co-Producer Philippa Kowarsky
Cinematography Boaz Yehonatan Yaacov, Eyal Ben Moshe, Ron Bavarsky, Yonathan Zur
Editor Yonathan Zur
Music Avi Benjamin
Sound Designer Aviv Aldema
World Sales Cinephil
Design Or Moran
Photography Goni Riskin
Archives Rinat Dvir
Festivals
DocAviv Israel 2009
Melbourne International Film Festival Australia 2009
Festival Letteratura Italy 2009
Zagreb Film Festival Croatia 2009 – competition
UK Jewish Film Festival UK 2009
DOK-Leipzig Germany 2009
CORK FILM FESTIVAL Ireland 2009
RIDM Montreal Canada 2009 – competition
Calgary Jewish Film Festival Canada 2009
Toronto Jewish Film Festival Canada 2010
The International Writers Festival in Jerusalem Israel 2010
A Film For Peace Italy 2010 Special Audience Award for “Best Story Film”
E-DOC Ecuador 2010
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival USA 2010
Israeli Film Festival (LA & NY) USA 2010-2011
FICJA Argentina 2010
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival Poland 2010 – competition
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival USA 2011
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival USA 2011
Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival Denmark 2011
Seattle Jewish Film Festival USA 2011
Westchester Jewish Film Festival USA 2011
Rochester Jewish Film and Book Festival USA 2011
International Film Festival of Uruguay 2011
Israeli Documentary Film Festival of Budapest Hungary 2011
Berlin & Potsdam Jewish Film Festival Germany 2011
Milan Jewish Film Festival Italy 2011
Bucharest Jewish Film Festival Romania 2011
Sau Paulo Jewish Film Festival Brazil 2011
Films from the South Festival Norway 2011
Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Festival USA 2011
Buffalo Film Festival USA 2011
Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair in Houston USA 2011
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival USA 2011
Vienna Jewish Film Festival Austria 2011
Broadcasters
IBA Israel
ARTE ZDF Germany, France
YLE Finland
Radio Canada
SF Switzerland
RSI Italian Switzerland
TV Cultura Brazil
Reviews
Margaret Pomeranz, AtTheMovies
Julie Rigg, Movietime
Glynn Morgan, Cut.Print.Review
Ken Knight, Kill Your Darlings
Dov Kornits, FilmInk
Don Perglut, The Australian Jewish News
SmallShyHope
Philippa Hawker, The Sydney Morning Herald
Tahneer Oksman, The Jewish Daily Forward