Yossi

Wednesday, 2.5 at 22:00, Tel Aviv Cinemathéque
Isreal 2012, 83 min, Hebrew with English subtitles
Ten years after the death of his lover at the Lebanon border, Yossi is now a successful cardiologist but has never truly recuperated from that trauma. An encounter with a mysterious woman forces him to re-examine his life and cope with his inner secrets and fears. The film follows Yossi’s complex world and the relationships it inhabits: his relationship with Nina, a Russian nurse who’s in love with him, his colleague Motti who’s in the middle of a divorce, sweeping everyone in, and a gorgeous young army officer who he meets in Eilat and in whom he finds a second chance for love.

Purchase tickets at the IGY site or via phone 054-9439317

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Wednesday, April 4, 22:00, Tel Aviv Cinematheque, Theater 3
Tickets are 35 NIS
Purchase at 03-6060800 ext. 0
Advanced purchase are recommended!

Dir: David Lewis
With Jacob Newton, Dylan Vox, Kevin Held
The Israeli premiere of this light and fun comedy that was a hit in many LGBT festivals around the world including those of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago. It is Texas, 1982, and the world is dominated by big hair, synthetic pop music and cowboy boots. Straight Kevin likes to watch porn with his fellow College students. One day he meets Ceasar, an openly gay student, a rare phenomenon in early 1980s Texas. A weekend of stupor, porn and sexual frustration and a series of unforeseen events will make him examine his sexuality for the first time in his life. “Longhorns” is a low budget Independent film geared towards those seeking a romantic, entertaining yet unapologetic comedy that normally doesn’t make it to a theatrical release in Israel. (USA, 2011, 75 min; English without subtitles).

Preceded by:
Neon Skin (dir. Grant Scicluna; Australia 5:19 min) About a young blind man and his friend over one night of passion.
After (dir. Mark Parselli; Canada 12:30 min) A visually compelling, no dialog film about three friends fantasizing about the same football player.

Longhorns Teaser Trailer – TLA Releasing by TLAReleasing

Wednesday, March 14, 22:00 Tel Aviv Cinematheque

Screening courtesy of YES.

Advertising
Dorin Frankfurt, Lufthansa, The Office of Tourism of Berlin and General Health Clinic all chose to advertise in our official program. You can do that too!

Our program is distributed in 30,000 copies.
24,000 for Haaretz subscribers week before the festival. Starting on May 16, another 6,000 at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, LGBT Center, Gay Pride parade and gay venues throughout town.

20 sec commercials played ahead of films
In 2011 10000 people attended 60 different screenings. This year we plan 80 screenings.

For more information call festival producer Chen Arieli
+972-52-8757955
chenarieli2011@gmail.com

Cooperation
Join collaborators: YES – Satellite TV , Atraf, seret.co.il, Bayad Magazine, Geveret and others. We offer a variety of ways for you to collaborate with us:
Sponsor a film in the festival
Sponsor a monetary award to the winning films
Ads on your website – for a logo
Ads in your magazine
Restaurants – free meals in barter for a strip in the program
Free admission to parties and clubs for festive guests in barter for a logo

For more information call festival producer Chen Arieli
+972-52-8757955
chenarieli2011@gmail.com

Donations
Interested in donating to the 7th TLVFEST?
Whether it is a general donation or specific award (for Best Short Script, International film, international documentary, international short), we will be happy with any. We fight for our existence every year and are longing for any kind of help.

For more information call festival producer Chen Arieli
+972-52-8757955
chenarieli2011@gmail.com

Volunteering
We always need volunteers before and during our festival.
Currently we are urgently seeking a volunteer to help with guests gift bags and different people for the festival itself.

We are also looking for people who would be willing to host visiting filmmakers as well as car owners who can give guests rides from the airport to their hotels and back.

For more information call festival producer Chen Arieli
+972-52-8757955
chenarieli2011@gmail.com

We will also hold a costume contest inspired by the world of Cabaret and Burlesque:
The audience is invited to arrive dressed as Burlesque dancers,
a team of judges from the fashion industry will choose a winner based on best costume and performance.
Judges are: fashion journalist Itay Yaacov, fashion designer Yoav Meir, celebs make up artist Yoni Shain, DJ Avital Barak and Tel-Aviv LGBT ICON – Gila Goldstein.

Wednesday, Feb 29, 22:00, Tel Aviv Cinematheque
Advanced tickets are 35 shekels; 40 shekels on day of show
Advance purchase is recommended!
Tickets are available at 03-6060800 ext 0
or at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque Box Office
2 Sprinzak st, Tel-Aviv

Following the contest we will screen the past year’s musical hit “Burlesque.”
Burlesque
Dir: Steve Antin
Cast: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell, Eric Dane, Alan Cumming, Cam Gigandet, Peter Gallagher, Dianna Agron, Julianne Hough

Nominated for 3 Golden Gold awards and winner of best original song. Larger than life divas, Cher and Christina Aguilera join forces for the first time in this cinematic and musical collaboration. Tess is an ex- dancer and the owner of the sexy theater Burlesque. She struggles with an array of economic and artistic challenges to keep the theater alive. Ellie is a young and naive deep voiced girl from a little town in Iowa that dreams to make it big in Los Angeles. She starts working as a waitress but quickly falls in love with the dancing and singing of Burlesque and wants to try her luck out on stage. Will Tess and Ellie manage to save the club from a rich man who is trying to take it over?

August

Wednesday 25.01.2012, 22:00
Tel Aviv Cinematheque
Tickets at 50, 100, 250 or 1000NIS.
No discounts or sales for this event. Cinematheque subscribers – paid tickets are required.
Tix are available at 03-6060800 ext. 0
or at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque,
2 Sprinzak St, Tel Aviv

After world premiering at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival to rave reviews, it was clear that Eldar Rapaport’s first feature is about to conquer the LGBT Film Festival circuit worldwide. And that’s exactly what happened this past summer. Imagine your mythological ex showing up in your life amidst an August heatwave after a long time you haven’t seen him. That’s what happens to Jonathan when Troy returns to Los Angeles after some years spent in Spain. The two of them find themselves quickly back in each other’s arms in spite of Jonathan having a current beau, Raul, his new and sexy boyfriend. Despite its low budget Rapaport manages to make a film full of ambiance, and using his talented cast creates and a dramatic narrative about an unconventional romantic triangle. “August” won Best Feature and Best Actor at the Iris Film Festival and has recently shown at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. Director will be present. Some welcoming notes to precede the screening.

Movie official site.

TLVFest movie club is celebrating 3 years
with the Pre-Release Screening of “Albert Nobbs”

Directed by Rodrigo García
With Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska and Aaron Johnson
Tuesday, Dec 27, 22:00, Tel-Aviv Cinematheque

Three Golden Globe Nominations: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song

Five time Academy Award Nominee Glenn Close returns in a role that the American press bets to be a sure Oscar win. She even collaborated in adapting the script from the short story. The film, which premiered at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, follows the story of Albert Nobbs who resides in Ireland in the late 19th century at a time when women could not be independent. Albert was born a woman but lives his life like any man. He works as a butler at an upscale Dublin hotel while dreaming about saving enough money to open up a shop. Two youngsters who start working at that hotel put a damper on his plans. (USA 2011, 115 min, English with Hebrew subtitles)

The film also stars with Oscar, Golden Globes and Emmy Winners and nominees:
Brendan Gleeson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brenda Fricker, Pauline Collins
And Janet McTeer.

Early tickets: 35 NIS
Day of show tickets: 40 NIS
150 seats are reserved for Cinematheque members
Tuesday, Dec 27, 22:00, Tel-Aviv Cinematheque
Tickets available via phone:
03-6060800 ext. 0
or at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque,
2 Sprinzak St, Tel Aviv

In just 6 years, TLVFest has become one of the most important and outstanding film festivals in Israel.During its 8 days, this past year’s festival showed over 120 features and short films within 60 different programs, and welcomed 30 guests from all over the world (India, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Germany, France, UK and USA). Still, keeping over 30 percent of the festival’s content is new Israeli cinema; some of it is made possible thanks to the festival’s special competitions and initiations.
“The only criteria that prevents us from receiving our annual financial support from the Israeli film committee” says Yair Hochner, TLVFest’s director, “is that our budget is only NIS 350,000, while the committee’s new law is to support only larger-range festivals, with budgets of over NIS 500,000. I think it’s absurd – why limit the support for the benefit of the 3 biggest Israeli film festivals, which have countless contributors and finances as it is? This new law will completely eliminate the smaller, underground, more daring festivals and hurt the communities who need them like breathing”.

“TLVFest holds annual Israeli short contests and helps promote the filmmakers abroad. It also runs a pitching contest, as well as contests for the best international feature, documentary feature and international short. In 2012 we will have our first HIV-themed Israeli shorts contest.”

Nonetheless, our festival is fighting for its life on a yearly basis. We find it extremely hard trying to convince fashion, food or travel companies to commercially cooperate with us. Their greatest fear, apparently, is to be related to the gay community. And so, what keeps us alive is the money we whatever get from the Israeli film council. That’s why now, when the committee has decided to shut us down, we can’t afford to lose this fight. We are here to stay, and to give the LGBT community in Israel the cultural oasis they so desperately need. Please help us by signing our petition: www.atzuma.co.il/TLVFest and by spreading the word on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Emails, or even writing about our emergency situation in your magazine.

How to sign? When you get to the petition page, the first field of the form on the right asks for your name, and the second for your city. Then just hit the big green button, as you’d expect.

Please also write an email to Ms. Limor Livnat – Culture and Sport Minister of Israel and ask her to support our film festival and stop The Israeli film council to stop the funding.
llivnat@knesset.gov.il
ministerts@most.gov.il
The email of Ms. Or Doron her spoke-person: or@most.gov.il

Thank you very much, and we hope to see you in Tel Aviv next June.

TLVFest

Tickets for Cinematheque:
Cinematheque box office: 972-(0)3-6060800, ext. 0
Tickets for LGBT Center Meir:
972-(0)3-5252896 Sunday to Thursday
10:00-22:00

Ticket Prices
Screenings at the Cinematheque – 35 NIS
Screenings at the LGBT Center – 25 NIS