The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv proudly invites you to the screenings of the documentary film "Aliyah DaDa", director: Oana Giurgiu, between March 14-20, 2016, at the Tel Aviv, Haifa, Holon, Rosh Pina and Jerusalem cinematheques and at the Janco-Dada Museum in Ein Hod . The screenings will take place in the presence of the director, Oana Giurgiu, who will participate at the Q&A sessions afterwards on the theme of the film and its impact on the Israeli cultural background.
The film has had its Israeli premiere during the 2015 edition of the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, as part of the international program.
The event is organized in collaboration with AMIR, Libra Film, the Janco-Dada Museum and the Tel Aviv, Haifa, Holon, Rosh Pina and Jerusalem cinematheques.
The complete program of the screenings :
Tel Aviv Cinematheque (2 Sprintzak St., Tel Aviv): Monday, 14.03.2016, at 19:00, and Saturday, 19.03.2016, at 14:00
Tickets and more details : 03-6060800 or online http://www.cinema.co.il/movies/movie.aspx?movieId=14044
Haifa Cinematheque (142 Hanassi Blvd., Haifa): Tuesday, 15.03.2016, at 18:30, and Friday, 18.03.2016, at 16:00
Tickets and more details: 04-8338888 or online
http://www.haifacin.co.il/Movie%20Info.php?id=116278
Rosh Pina Cinematheque (32 David Shuv St., Rosh Pina): Thursday, 17.03.2016, at 19:00
Tickets and more details : 04-6801453
The Janco-Dada Museum in Ein Hod: Friday, 18.03.2016, at 17:00
More details: 04-9842350 or online http://www.jancodada.co.il/
Holon Cinematheque (6 Golda Meir St., Holon): Saturday, 19.03.2016, at 17:00
Tickets and more details : 03- 5021555 or online
http://www.mediatheque.org.il/broadcast/movie.aspx?s=2&Z18vrVQ=FJJM
Jerusalem Cinematheque (11 Hebron St., Jerusalem): Sunday, 20.03.2016, at 18:30
Tickets and more details: 9377* or online
http://www.jer-cin.org.il/webSite/modules/films/film.aspx?showid=17478
Aliyah DaDa presents an in-depth historical document on the immigration of Romanian Jews to Israel, starting in 1882 Ottoman Palestine, through WWII and the communists' secret dealings, until today's cultural renaissance, represented by some 400,000 Israelis of Romanian descent. Archival materials are enhanced by the Dadaist aesthetics of artists Tristan Tzara and Marcel Janco.
Following 130 years of the emigration of Romanian Jews towards the Holy Land, both history of East Europe and Israel will be revealed, in a light, colourful film depicting history in human stories and collages, as a tribute to Tristan Tzara - born in the same town from where first Jews emigrated to Palestine in 1882.
In Israel, the population from Romania became the country's fourth largest group, but they always stayed in the shadow, sometimes hiding their origins, even though important personalities emerged from that community, even though they have brought important elements to their new country; the Israeli anthem and national dance "hora" are both inspired by the Romanian folklore, to mention just that.
Today, a return to democracy in Romania has attracted many Israeli investors, almost the same number as the former Jewish community that is slowly vanishing. In Israel, a museum of Romanian Jewry will be built, in the first settlement made by them in Rosh Pina. But will their memory be carried on by the new generations?
Official website of the film: http://aliyahdada.com/
"Aliyah Dada is one of the most pleasant and refreshing surprises of the contemporary Romanian cinema. Oana Giurgiu's documentary is a personal, very well documented and intelligently presented investigation about the history of Jewish presence in Romania." (Film Magazine, UCIN)
"Oana Giurgiu is one of the most respected film producers in Romania. Her first film as a director is a documentary. Different from other foreign productions with the same subject, her look at the Jewish heritage in Romania doesn't leave room for any subjectivity. With a witty, unpretentious and objective tone she reveals the reality of Jewish life in Romania in the last century,.... without hiding any of the painful facts, or glorifying the Jewish population. Aliyah Dada is an intimate, but eloquent report on part of our history." (Movienews.ro)
