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    A Sunday in the Country 2008 Israel

    Jerusalem and Timrat, 17 – 21 July 2008

    The 2008 edition of A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY was dedicated to young documentary filmmakers. A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY in Israel was realised in co-operation with the New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & TV.

    The weekend started in Jerusalem with its different cultural and religious influences and a visit to the Jerusalem International Film Festival. To experience the beauty of the Izra’el Valley the second part of A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY was spent in Timrat, which is located in a natural forest close to the ancient Beit She\’arim National Park. One of the highlights will be the encounter with Ibtisam Ma’raana and the screening of her award winning film PARADISE LOST.

    PARTICIPANTS

    Itamar Alkalay (Israel), Bettina Blümner (Germany), Rima Essa (Israel), Yael Hersonski (Israel), Ditte Haarløv Johnsen (Denmark), Wojciech Kasperski (Poland), Hyacinthe Pavlides (Cyprus/France), Günter Schwaiger (Austria/Spain), Anat Schwartz (Israel), Marko Škop (Slovakia),
    Andrijana Stojkovic (Serbia), Klara Trencsényi (Hungary)

    SPECIAL GUEST
    Ibtisam Ma’raana, director (Israel)

    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY – Members
    Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Commissioning Editor ZDF / ARTE (Germany)
    David Fisher, director (Israel)
    Nino Kirtadzé, director (Georgia)
    Kirsten Niehuus, Managing Director of Film Funding at Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (Germany)

    EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY – Secretariat
    Marion Döring, Director
    Nikola Joetze, Project Coordinator
    Viviane Gajewski, Project Assistant

    HOST: THE NEW ISRAELI FOUNDATION FOR CINEMA & TV
    Anat Dotan, International Relations & Special Projects