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Rehovot's Film Festival Held Panel Discussion on Women Filming Sexuality, Passion, Desire
Israeli and international filmmakers and interested guests discussed today the way Desire is portrayed in women's cinema. The event held at packed Hall 1 of Rehovot's Cinema Hen, 11:00-13:30, Saturday, September 8.
The panel discussion commenced upon the screening of a 60 minute long film "Filming Desire". The following questions were addressed:
What is desire for women and what are its cinematic expressions?
Do women enjoy watching scenes of sexual passion in cinema?
How do men whom women long for look?
How is lesbian desire represented without falling into the stereotypical male fantasy?
Is it possible to direct and to play-act the desire of women in cinematic ways that differ from those already familiar to us?
How do movie directors and actresses deal with these questions?
The panelists were:
Evgenia Dodina, Actress (Circus Palestina, Dear Mr. Waldman, Love & Dance);
Dr. Amalia Ziv, Lecturer in the Literature Department and the Women and Gender Studies Program of Tel Aviv University (Writer of the essay Desire in Women's Cinema); and
Hagar Ben Asher, Director (her short film Pathways is screened at the Festival).
The active discussion by the audience was moderated by Michal Aviad, Filmmaker, Lecturer at Tel Aviv University's Film and Television Department, and Artistic Consultant to the Rehovot's Film Festival.
The soundtrack of the discussion (held in Hebrew), the soundtrack of the multilingual "Filnimg Desire", as well as the pictures of the event are available from MyRehovot via email, certain limitations of usage apply.
For additional information on "Women in the Picture" International Women's Film Festival please visit the festival web site iwff.net .
In a reality of visual images controlled by men, and a film industry made up, even today, of mostly male directors, conventional representations of the female body and of desire have been created, obviously, from the perspective of male experience. In a rare series of interviews with leading female directors, combined with segments of their films, a fascinating dialogue commences about the possibility of creating an alternative cinematic language, a new representation of the female body and of female desire. Mandy has created a challenging cinematic mass which explores the connection between gender politics and cinematic choice, connections between body, sexuality, power, and passion.
Fiction Video 60 Minutes Color French & English, Hebrew & English subtitles
Director: Marie Mandy Cinematography: Dominique Smersu, Virginie Saint-Martin Editing: Dominique Lefever Production: Paul Fonteyn, Franck Eskenazi, Barbara Hurel
Festivals: Montreal, Creteil, SeoulSource: Saga Film, Belgium
The panel discussion commenced upon the screening of a 60 minute long film "Filming Desire". The following questions were addressed:
What is desire for women and what are its cinematic expressions?
Do women enjoy watching scenes of sexual passion in cinema?
How do men whom women long for look?
How is lesbian desire represented without falling into the stereotypical male fantasy?
Is it possible to direct and to play-act the desire of women in cinematic ways that differ from those already familiar to us?
How do movie directors and actresses deal with these questions?
The panelists were:
Evgenia Dodina, Actress (Circus Palestina, Dear Mr. Waldman, Love & Dance);
Dr. Amalia Ziv, Lecturer in the Literature Department and the Women and Gender Studies Program of Tel Aviv University (Writer of the essay Desire in Women's Cinema); and
Hagar Ben Asher, Director (her short film Pathways is screened at the Festival).
The active discussion by the audience was moderated by Michal Aviad, Filmmaker, Lecturer at Tel Aviv University's Film and Television Department, and Artistic Consultant to the Rehovot's Film Festival.
The soundtrack of the discussion (held in Hebrew), the soundtrack of the multilingual "Filnimg Desire", as well as the pictures of the event are available from MyRehovot via email, certain limitations of usage apply.
For additional information on "Women in the Picture" International Women's Film Festival please visit the festival web site iwff.net .
Filming Desire (France, 2000)
In a reality of visual images controlled by men, and a film industry made up, even today, of mostly male directors, conventional representations of the female body and of desire have been created, obviously, from the perspective of male experience. In a rare series of interviews with leading female directors, combined with segments of their films, a fascinating dialogue commences about the possibility of creating an alternative cinematic language, a new representation of the female body and of female desire. Mandy has created a challenging cinematic mass which explores the connection between gender politics and cinematic choice, connections between body, sexuality, power, and passion.
Fiction Video 60 Minutes Color French & English, Hebrew & English subtitles
Director: Marie Mandy Cinematography: Dominique Smersu, Virginie Saint-Martin Editing: Dominique Lefever Production: Paul Fonteyn, Franck Eskenazi, Barbara Hurel
Festivals: Montreal, Creteil, SeoulSource: Saga Film, Belgium
Labels: Rehovot Arts and Culture
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