Fully documented

08.05.2011                      04.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 19 des Omer

Dokumentation:

Fully documented

Tel Aviv’s DocAviv film festival includes a portrait of the world on a single day.

We may all feel like documentary filmmakers now that everyone is shooting video with their phones, but to make a great documentary takes more skill than just pointing and shooting. The art of the documentary will be celebrated at the 13th DocAviv Festival, which will take place from May 12 -21. It will feature dozens of films, from Israel and abroad, which will be screened at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) building and the Tel Aviv Port.
The festival will open with the Israeli premiere of the documentary Life in a Day. Directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) and produced by Ridley Scott (Gladiator), this film is made up entirely of video clips sent in from around the world that were shot on July 24, 2010 (the date, appropriately, is 24/7). Macdonald received approximately 85,000 clips from nearly 200 countries (which ran more than 4,500 hours) and edited them down to a 90-minute film. The result is a sweeping portrait of the world on a single day, full of haunting images and moving scenes….