Isreal Film Festival
Ongoing Series
The mission of the ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL in Los Angeles is to spotlight Israel’s thriving film and television industry, in reaching the American vision of Israeli life and culture, and provide an international exchange through the powerful medium of film.
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Taboo: Amos Gutman
Laemmle Town Center Encino
This documentary is about the life and last days of Amos Guttman, an rebellious Israeli filmmaker who was an active social critic and made the country's first gay-themed films who challenged the country's conservative film industry, before he died of AIDS complications at 38.
This documentary is about the life and last days of Amos Guttman, an rebellious Israeli filmmaker who was an active social critic and made the country's first gay-themed films who challenged the country's conservative film industry, before he died of AIDS complications at 38.
While he was alive, Amos Guttman remained a red flag for the notoriously conservative Israeli film establishment. A Romanian migrant, he, never truly found his place in his new home. He was gay and made the nation’s first movies on the subject. He was an artist who wanted to make films not for the masses but for the few. Conversely, he wanted to make movies that connected with the rest of the world and not only Israel – works that maybe Derek Jarman or Pedro Almodóvar could watch by chance and feel understood.
