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JEREMIAH (Yirmiyahu)

A film by Eran Paz / Israel 2010
Produced by Eran Paz & Ilan Moskovitch, with the support of the Joshua Rabinowitz Film Fund (Cinema Project).

Creative Documentary 54 minutes. Russian, Hebrew. English subtitles.

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Yura (Jeremiah), his wife, and two children live in the Shapira neighborhood in the southern part of Tel Aviv. They live among junkies, prostitutes and alcoholics; a different image than the one expected when hearing the words: “Tel Aviv.”

In one of the rooms lives Valera, an alcoholic. In the storage room lives Gora, Yura's cousin and a drug addict. Misha, a former boxer, needs a place to stay and is willing to sleep in the yard. Yura accepts him without thinking twice.

Full synopsis: Yura (Jeremiah), his wife and two children, live in the Shapira neighborhood in the southern part of Tel Aviv. They live among junkies, prostitutes and alcoholics; a different image than the one expected when hearing the word: “Tel-Aviv.” In one of the rooms lives Valera, an alcoholic. In the storage room lives Gora, Yura's cousin and a drug addict. Misha, a former boxer, needs a place to stay and is willing to sleep in the yard. Yura accepts them without thinking twice.
Yura's wife Tanya is fed up with this scary neighborhood. Misha is not shy about his great desire to move with them to Be'er Sheva. He quits drinking, cleans, cooks, and does everything in his power to be liked by Yura, and his family. Yura, the neighborhood's "sheriff", collects his belongings and his family and leaves Tel Aviv. The Shapira neighborhood seems the same, only it is missing one of its residents, and as a result several people must return to loneliness.

Alternative synopsis: Israeli filmmaker Eran Paz depicts the life of several residents of Shapira, a downbeat district in the south of Tel Aviv. The population – a mixture of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, refugees and jobless, junkies and prostitutes – live in substandard, often provisional housing. Jeremiah, aka Yura, is a local who sounds as rough and ready as his surroundings, but his heart is in the right place. His family and neighbours depend on him to be there when needed, and he’s the one who takes frail old Zalman out for walks, treats his friends to guitar renditions of passionate Russian songs, and keeps a watchful eye on their alcohol intake. Yura’s door is open to everyone, including his cousin Zhora, a drug addict who hardly talks any more. Caring and resolute, Yura makes sure things stay on more or less on track and nobody disappears without trace. Doing without commentary or interviews, but staying close to the protagonists all the same, the documentary describes the district and its everyday life: the haggling over second-hand TV sets, the binges on cheap red wine. But things are about to change: Yura plans to move to a different city along with his wife Tanya and their children. http://www.filmfestival-goeast.de/index.php?article_id=92&clang=1&mode=event&event_id=561

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Festivals and Awards:
* ''Festival Award Winners'':Krakow Film Festival - Poland 2011
* GoEast, Festival of Central Eastern European film, Wiesbaden -Germany 2011
* Best Director Award (Documentary): Jerusalem International Film Festival -Israel2010

''JEREMIAH'', a film by Eran Paz
Selected for the KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL (23-29 May 2011)
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< '' festival laureates which have already charmed the audiences in other countries: Eran Paz's award-winning 'Jeremiah' tells the stories of Russian Jews, emigrated to Israel, battling exclusion, depression, and drinking problems. ''>
http://www.kff.com.pl/en/news/109

'' You feel as a viewer a subtle change that occurs within the first thirty minutes. The film does not ask, it digs deeper and not undermine. It simply observes without comment on the surface, shimmering through the now and then something deeper. The slow observation, describing the daily life and just tough to flow, despite its brevity, it is able to capture.

The audience will share this reflection for some time after it has left the cinema.''
http://www.negativ-film.de/2011/04/goeast-2011-jeremiah.html

Director: Eran Paz

Producers: Eran Paz & Ilan Moskovitch

Production Company: Ilan Moskovitch Productions

Screenplay: Eran Paz

Cinematography: Eran Paz

Editing: Michael Bregman

Music: Rotem Dror

Sound: Eran Paz

ERAN PAZ - Director and Producer

< Biography >

Eran Paz was born in 1981 in Israel.

Studied at the Sam Spiegel School of Art in Jerusalem and at the Minshar School of Film and Television in Tel Aviv. In the course of his studies he directed several short films including his graduation film OPERATION CAST LEAD. In addition to his directorial work he created plastic art and worked as an author of children’s books.

JEREMIAH (Yirmiyahu) is his first documentary film that already received the award for Best Director of a Documentary at Jerusalem International Film Festival.

< Filmography >

* 2010 / ''Jeremiah''

* 2010 / "Operation Cast Lead" (short)

* 2008 / "Red Breasted" (short)

* 2007 / "In my bed" (short)

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