Yossi and Jagger: Israeli Tale of Gays the Milary (LBTQ, Gay, Israel) | Emanuel Levy

Contents:

• CULTURE FOP THE BIG GAY ISRAELI FILM FTIVAL THAT COULD
• YOSSI AND JAGGER: ISRAELI TALE OF GAYS THE MILARY (LBTQ, GAY, ISRAEL)

CULTURE FOP THE BIG GAY ISRAELI FILM FTIVAL THAT COULD

We take a look at the celebrated gay scene Israel wh an eclectic variety of some of the most ntroversial and celebrated LGBT films wrten, directed and produced the untry. Oriented (2012) Oriented is a fascatg documentary film about three gay Paltian iends their 20s livg life Tel Aviv.

The film is not only a morn tale of the trials and tribulatns of beg gay society, also documents the difficulti of beg gay for Paltian men and how the issue clash wh Islamic doctre. Directed by Eytan Fox, this romantic film follows two gay soldiers the Israeli ary as they al wh daily life at the Israel-Lebanon borr. The film, a directorial but for Michael Mayer, portrays the polil plitns of an Israeli fallg love wh a Paltian the Wt Bank and the evable problems of homosexualy a nservative Mlim society.

YOSSI AND JAGGER: ISRAELI TALE OF GAYS THE MILARY (LBTQ, GAY, ISRAEL)

”“We also look forward to seeg further stori om the State of Palte, or that pict the stori of LGBTIQ+ Paltians, at MQFF” a risg wave of pkwashg allegatns, the anisatn also noted that another short film that was featurg this year’s event, Borekas, was om the State of Palte, as well as, Flee, a story chroniclg a gay man’s perilo journey as a child refugee om the statement was a wele first step for the Paltian queer muny, activist and wrer Lujayn Hourani told VICE that their objectiv hadn’t changed: namely, gettg MQFF to ncel the screeng of The Swimmer and sign up to BDS. The only openly and mtedly gay-iendly cema Israel, has been our home ever sce, and an important partner all of our enavours. Also the Masters Sectn, Ira Sachs’ latt film, Passag, foc on tensns between a gay uple Paris and stars Ben Wishaw and Franz Liv by Cele Song is another movie that has gotten great buzz followg showgs at Berl and the Sundance Film.

Israel News | Israeli CultureTLVFt, Tel Aviv’s annual gay and lbian film ftival, proved a wele pe om the peculiar past two weeks and, among other eclectic fare, showed the Bible as we've never seen 18, 2013Jun 18, 2013The eighth annual TLVFt, Tel Aviv’s gay and lbian film ftival, doled out awards Saturday night to the bt flicks screened over the past week and a half. “Ask yourselv, when was the last time you saw a Gay Pri Para the Wt Bank or Gaza? The treatment of gays, women and ethnic mori Israel is a thoand tim better than any untry the Middle East or by the Paltian Authory and Hamas, ” Abramovich told The AJN.

“Israel is whout a doubt one of the gay iendly untri the world, and by any measure, n be jtifiably proud of s safeguardg of civil, racial and sexual rights. Openly gay soldiers serve the IDF and senr ernment and private sector posns, and same sex relatnships and same sex adoptns are allowed. He add, “The PA issu the ath penalty for homosexuals who are often btally beaten and tortured by s secury forc and ’s no wonr that Paltian gay men have sought refuge Israel.

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. 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). Torch Song Trilogy (1988)Harvey Fierste is bt known for his stage work, particularly for wrg the books for the stage mils La Cage x Foll and Kky Boots, jog Stephen Sondheim and Jerry Herman as Broadway legends who happened to be both gay and Jewish. It hasn’t dated a jot – more’s the py, as ristance to effemate men and gay adoptn still prevail today.

The star of the show, though, is Fierste, who mak Arnold a lovable, vulgar and believably human figure who challenged the perceptn of drag queens as sexls clowns shamg the gay muny. Amazg Grace (1992)Gay men don’t se much the cema of Amos Guttman.

He kicked off his short reer wh Driftg (1982), a grim, semi-tobgraphil tale of a gay filmmaker tryg and failg to fd love and fundg for his next film.