| THE PIANIST FROM RAMALLAH (60 min) Israel/Palestine |
Director: Avida
Livny
Producers: Eitan
Evan, Udi Zamberg
Description:
Four
years in the life of Muhammad Misha Alsheikh, a talented teenage
pianist from Ramallah, who is the son of a Palestinian father and a
mother who came from Russia. It takes Muhammad 3 hours to get from
his house to a piano lesson with Emma, his Jewish-Israeli teacher who
also came from Russia and now lives in Jerusalem, but his dream is
bigger than borders. Between checkpoints, auditions and his father's
will that he will become a doctor, he tries to fulfill his dream of
becoming a professional pianist - and also stay happy.
Biography:
Avida Livny is
known for A
Standard Love Song: Arik Einstein, Murder
at Cinema North, Max
Baer's Last Right Hook, Looking
for Moshe Guez. A
graduate of the Tel Aviv University Film School, he wrote the
Jerusalem Film festival winning drama Mother
V ;
wrote and directed Max
Baer's last right hook and documentaries On
the Move, Traffickers, Looking for Moshe Guez, Rivka Zohar's New York
Tour There and Here.
Eitan
Evan has been placed at the top of the Israeli film industry for many
years now thanks to a long list of film projects alongside an
extensive social activity (former Head of the Producer's Guild,
former Member of the Israeli Film Fund as well as the former chairman
of the Israeli Academy for Motion Picture and Television). Among the
films he produced: The
Summer of Aviya (Berlin - silver bear), Under
the Domim Tree, Bonjour
Monsieur Shlomi, Aviva My Love, The Little Traitor, The Debt.
Recently Eitan has co-produced a TV series 4 full length episodes
with TV 60 Germany entitled: Der
Tel Aviv Krimi.
The latest film Eitan produced was Golden
Voices.
Udi Zamberg is a producer and the founder of T.H. Productions, an independent TV,
documentary and commercial film Production Company based in Israel.
It has grown into an important force in the TV market, producing
major events for broadcast, including the annual Israel Motional
Picture Academy Awards, the Israel Theater Awards, the "People
of the Year" awards. His credits include: known for Florentine, The Pianist
from Ramallah, The
Way Back: Rivka Zohar Returns to New York, and Barefoot.
Contact Information:
w: https://go2films.com/films/the-pianist-from-ramallah/
e: info@go2films.com
