Events
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Chantal Akerman: Ma mère rit
On Tuesday 15/7 19:00 internationally acclaimed cinematographer and artist Chantal Akerman will open a new exhibition at Mamuta Art and Media Center at Hansen House, in collaboration with the Screen Based Department - Bezalel Art Academy and in the frame of Intersections - Jerusalem Film Festival.Please Join Us Free Entrance. Reading - Performance, from the […]
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Intersections at JFF 2017
"Intersections": where two or more roads meet, where two or more ways of thinking the world, of thinking of art, filmmaking and video art may meet. It is where you can change a direction, but, even more important, it is where we are open to other possibilities. Art can be one of those rare places […]
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Intersections at JFF 2018
This year’s Intersections offers 5 different programs, all, as always, in the sphere of experimentation and curiosity. The 14th Experimental Cinema and Video Art Awards showcase, dialogue, and celebrate with contemporary art practices. A determined selection committee went through more than 80 films to choose an unconventional, well-crafted final program of 6 films by local […]
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Intersections at JFF 2019
INTERSECTIONS is a haven for those seeking escape from the conventions of narrative and documentary film. The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Awards focuses on cinema as personal expression and explores the innovative, freewheeling edges of the moving image. Now in its 15th year, the competition presents 8 selections drawn from 100 entries. Prizes totaling […]
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Intersections at JFF 2020
Boredom Dir.: Avishai Sivan | 5 minutes A man of about 40 enters a vacant apartment in an abandoned building facing redevelopment. He has just returned from traveling abroad and will self-quarantine. Time stands still. Every posture, each and every step must be measured, imparting good health. Boredom sinks in. Death is a probability. Filling […]
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Intersections at JFF 2021
For most of this past year we have been trying to find our way through uncharted territory. Last year's version of the Festival was online and limited, and INTERSECTIONS featured only the Experimental Cinema and Video Art Awards. For this year’s chapter, we are decidedly in a better frame of mind and joyfully snapping back […]
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Intersections at JFF 2022
After our long stint in suspended time, we welcome you back to the immersion and intimacy of a dark movie theater. To celebrate, we have put together a compelling program we hope will energize you. The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Awards, always a pivotal point, allow us to promote and support local artists/ filmmakers, […]
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Intersections at JFF 2023
Welcome to another series of collective dark room screenings, with a harvest of new works witnessing life around us through different lenses, free of creative or commercial constraints. The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Awards showcases seven visual artists from Israel's most recent films. The competition presents an audacious approach to video art and experimental […]
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Intersections at JFF 2024
This year’s Intersections program is non-festive yet much-needed. Being in the middle of the war with so much suffering and death, the hostages still not released, we ask ourselves about the meaning of art in such dark times. We believe in the power of art to put life and creativity over destruction and death. The […]
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Film Screening “Uploading Holocaust” (2016) and Talk with the Directors
בית הנסן גדליהו אלון 14, ירושליםEach year, around a quarter of Israeli high school students take part in the “Journey to Poland.” Together with teachers and parents, they document every testimony, barrack, and gas chamber—alongside late-night hangouts and personal video diaries. The footage is shared online, forming a growing archive on YouTube. Uploading Holocaust, (2016, DOK Leipzig, BR, RBB, ORF, […]
