Poland / Israel 2024, 77 min, Hebrew, English and Polish, Hebrew & English subtitles

Marek Hłasko — writer, rebel, carouser — was hailed as the Polish James Dean for his looks and the Polish Boris Pasternak for the brilliance of his prose and his experience of exile. Fleeing the suffocating politics of 1950s Poland, he arrives in Israel—a land that becomes both inspiration and entrapment. Among new immigrants striving to build a new society, Hłasko struggles to survive. Unable to publish in Polish, he takes on physical labor. Forbidden from returning home, he drifts between defiance and despair, growing quietly attached to the people and the harsh beauty of the place.
8th Day of Khamsin merges never-before-seen archival footage from the 1950s with present-day reflections—blurring eras into a hypnotic portrait of disillusionment.

The screenings of this film have been made possible through the generous support of The Polish Institute Tel Aviv.

Previous Festivals: Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Polish Film Awards (Nomination for Best Documentary Film)

Official Website

Screening Schedule:
  • Sun 25.05 20:30, Cinematheque 1 Filmmaker Present Purchase
  • Mon 26.05 18:00, Cinematheque 2 Filmmaker Present Purchase
    After the screening, director Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Editor Zuzanna Solakiewicz will join for a Q&A, hosted by Yair Lev
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A graduate of photography at the Academy of Art and Design BEZALEL (2007) and the Faculty of DoP and Film Direction at the Sam Spiegel School for Cinema (2011). Since 2011 lived and worked in Poland. Dop of world acclaimed doc film “15 corners of the world” dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz.

Production: Maria Krauss, Agnieszka Balicka, Robert Banasiak, Ami Drozd, Marek Rozenbaum
Production Company: Plesnar & Krauss FILMS Sp. z o.o., TVP SA, Wroclaw Feature Film Studio, Transfax Films Production, ATS Production
Script: Zvika Gregory Portnoy,
Editing: Zuzanna Solakiewicz
Cinematography: Zvika Gregory Portnoy
Research: Jaffa Ganor, Zvika Gregory Portnoy
Sound Design: Marcin Lenarczyk

Screenings

  • Sun 25.05 20:30, Cinematheque 1 Filmmaker Present Purchase
  • Mon 26.05 18:00, Cinematheque 2 Filmmaker Present Purchase
    After the screening, director Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Editor Zuzanna Solakiewicz will join for a Q&A, hosted by Yair Lev
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Screening Schedule:
  • Sun 25.05 20:30, Cinematheque 1 Filmmaker Present Purchase
  • Mon 26.05 18:00, Cinematheque 2 Filmmaker Present Purchase
    After the screening, director Zvika Gregory Portnoy and Editor Zuzanna Solakiewicz will join for a Q&A, hosted by Yair Lev
שיקמה
brosh
harel
gad
pais
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
אלטשולר
החברההגיאוגרפית
frederic-malle
PlayPause

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