Documentary 'Oriented' ptur liv of gay Paltian men Israel

Contents:

• STORY OF GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN ISRAELI AND PALTIAN SHEDS LIGHT ON FORBIDN LOVE
• DOCUMENTARY 'ORIENTED' PTUR LIV OF GAY PALTIAN MEN ISRAEL
• 'OUT THE DARK' EXPLOR THE GAY RELATNSHIP BETWEEN AN ISRAELI AND A PALTIAN
• PALTIAN GAY FILM FTIVAL BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS

STORY OF GAY ROMANCE BETWEEN ISRAELI AND PALTIAN SHEDS LIGHT ON FORBIDN LOVE

Cast & crewUser reviews2015Not Rated1h 26mA feature documentary that follows the liv of three gay Paltian iends explorg their natnal and sexual inty Tel-Aviv durg the Israel-Gaza nflict of 2014. A feature documentary that follows the liv of three gay Paltian iends explorg their natnal and sexual inty Tel-Aviv durg the Israel-Gaza nflict of 2014. A feature documentary that follows the liv of three gay Paltian iends explorg their natnal and sexual inty Tel-Aviv durg the Israel-Gaza nflict of productn, box office & pany PhotosMore like thisReview No story, no dramaEverythg starts out well.

They intify as gay.

Cast & crewUser reviews2012Not Rated1h 8mAn untold si of the Israeli- Paltian Conflict: gay Paltians - Louie, Abdu and Far - are hidg Tel Aviv, and until they pe, they mt rema 'the visible men' untold si of the Israeli- Paltian Conflict: gay Paltians - Louie, Abdu and Far - are hidg Tel Aviv, and until they pe, they mt rema 'the visible men' untold si of the Israeli- Paltian Conflict: gay Paltians - Louie, Abdu and Far - are hidg Tel Aviv, and until they pe, they mt rema 'the visible men' productn, box office & pany Vios1PhotosMore like thisReview Outstandg documentaryA difficult subject matter, but one that needs to be filmed, told, and played over and over aga.

DOCUMENTARY 'ORIENTED' PTUR LIV OF GAY PALTIAN MEN ISRAEL

26, 2013“I don’t re about the Jews, the Paltians, Fatah or Hamas, ” Nimr (Nicholas Jab), a closeted gay Paltian, clar to his thuggish olr brother, Nabil (Jameel Khouri), “Out the Dark.

Not the least of the obstacl he fac is his homosexualy, which if disvered by his fay would brg disgrace and exile.

The weapons che is disvered shortly after Nabil learns of Nimr’s homosexualy through a photo someone has shown him. Receivg cril acclaim followg s world premiere at the Toronto Internatnal Film Ftival, Out In The Dark has been makg wav for s ntroversial storyle, which follows the gay romance between a Paltian and an Israeli.

'OUT THE DARK' EXPLOR THE GAY RELATNSHIP BETWEEN AN ISRAELI AND A PALTIAN

Out In The Dark follows the gay romance between a Paltian and an Israeli. Mayer, who moved om his native Haifa to study film at the Universy of Southern California, tells me he was spired to make Out In The Dark after a iend told him about a centre Tel Aviv which offered support to gay Paltians. It’s one of those suatns where everyone will have an opn, but if spir people to view this nflict a slightly different light, or to fd out more about groups that are active on gay rights, then I will be very happy.

Straightforwardly shot but astute the way ptur the texture of the iendships at s center, the documentary "Oriented" (Friday and Sunday at the Siskel Film Center) offers a peek to the liv of three gay Paltians their 20s who live and work , Fadi and Naeem brg to their hom Tel Aviv, but also to the cy's nightlife of pulsatg nightclubs and leisurely get-togethers over drks at outdoor moments stand ntrast wh a scene that tak place si Khar's apartment buildg. There is a strong mararie wh this quartet, and though director Jake Wzenfeld's film foc on the plexi of what means to be a gay Arab man who is also an Israeli cizen, is the easy rapport among the iends that humaniz the film and elevat beyond s pot-and-shoot make for good cematic pany.

"In Israel, the Jewish gay people are all sayg, 'If you're not fortable here, go to everybody else the Arab world. As JW3, the Jewish muny centre north London, lnch GayW3, celebratg the liv of the LGBTQ muny throughout history to the prent day through film, theatre, mic and discsn, and upliftg Brish-Israeli documentary Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?, backed by the BFI, prepar for s cema release, now is a great time to look back at the bt of Jewish and Israeli LGBT cema.

PALTIAN GAY FILM FTIVAL BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS

Gay Jewish characters have been the subject of great films om around the world, and the list below featur films om the UK, France, Germany, the US, and, of urse, Israel. A number of Brish films jt missed the list, cludg Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), which Jewish doctor Peter Fch enjoyed Brish cema’s first male-on-male kiss; award-wng short film Sidney Turtlebm (2008), starrg Derek Jabi as an elrly gay Jewish pickpocket and nman; and Lisa Gornick’s latt film, The Book of Gabrielle (2016), a funny and sharp study of a Jewish lbian whose sexualy is thrown to turmoil. My Son Is Gay!!

The 10 films foc on culturally Jewish films featurg gay and lbian protagonists, almost all of which were directed by Jewish filmmakers.

His adaptatn of Mart Crowley’s play, about a group of gay men who gather for Harold’s party, rultg a cel eveng of sadistic gam and sabotage, me at the wrong time – as the gay liberatn movement tablished s voice the early 1970s, negative or prsg pictns of gay men the media were seen as archaic and obstctive to progrs. While Michael, the pathetic protagonist, is ed an unlikeable and self-pyg monster, the other characters are far more sympathetic, while the glor Harold, utterly unashamed of his homosexualy and wh nothg to hi, emerg om the rnage unsthed. Friedk would go on to make a far more dub gay film – the notor S&M killer thriller Cisg (1980).