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Ran Tal
Born1963
Beit HaShita, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
EducationTel Aviv University
Notable workChildren of the Sun
1341 Frames of Love and War

Ran Tal (born 1963) is an Israeli documentary film director. Among the films he created are "1341 Frames of Love and War", "What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace", "The Museum", "The Garden of Eden" and "Children of the Sun".

Early life

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Tal grew up in Kibbutz Beit HaShita in Northern Israel, to parents who were part of the first generation of children born in kibbutzim[1]. He graduated the Tel Aviv University Department of Film in 1994[2].

Career

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His first film, Skin Deep (1996), co-directed with Etgar Keret, won the Ophir Award[3]. His film Children of the Sun (2007), based on the memories of his family members, won the Jerusalem Film Festival and the Ophir Award, and was presented at Toronto International Film Festival. The film Garden of Eden (2012) won the Jerusalem Film Festival and was presented at IDFA[4] and Hot Docs[5]. His film 1341 Frames of Love and War (2022) premiered at the Berlinale[6] and the Telluride Film Festival[7][8][9]. The film was later transformed into an exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art[10]. Tal also won the Ministry of Culture Cinema Art prize and the Mifal HaPais Landau Award for Stage Art.

Tal is the head of the MFA documentary film program at the Tish Film School,[11] Tel Aviv University, and teaches cinema at the Film Departments at Sapir academic College[12]. Together with Anat Even, He is the founder and editor of Takriv[13] (Close Up) online magazine for discussion and critique of documentary film.

Awards

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  • Ophir Award - Best Television Drama - Skin Deep[3] (1996)
  • DocAviv - Mayor Award - My Dream House (2005)[14]
  • Jerusalem Film Festival - Best Israeli Documentary - Children of the Sun (2007)
  • Ophir Award - Best Documentary - Children of the Sun (2008)
  • The Israeli Documentary Forum - Best Film - Children of the Sun (2008)[15]
  • Jerusalem Film Festival - Best Director - The Garden of Eden (2012)[16]
  • The Israeli Documentary Forum - Best Film - The Garden of Eden (2012)
  • TJFF - David A. Stein Memorial Award - The Museum (2018)[17]
  • DocAviv - Best Director - 1341 Frames of Love and War (2022)[18]
  • The Israeli Documentary Forum - Best Film - 1341 Frames of Love and War (2023)[19]

Filmography

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  • Merchant of Feelings (short film) (1994)
  • Skin Deep (short film) (1996)
  • 67 Ben Tsvi Road (1998)
  • Prostheses (short film) (1999)
  • Non-White Jews (2000)
  • My Dream House (2005)
  • Children of the Sun (2007)
  • Born Again (2008)
  • Gitai in Search of his Carmel (2009)
  • The Garden of Eden (2012)
  • The Museum (2017)
  • What If. Ehud Barak on War and Peace (2021)
  • 1341 Frames of Love and War (2022)

Video Installations

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  • Jewish Time. Anu - Museum of the Jewish People (2016)
  • Years of Promise and Rejection. Anu - Museum of the Jewish People (2020)
  • The Last Photograph: Ran Tal After Micha Bar-Am. Curator - Dr. Noam Gal. Tel Aviv Museum (2022)

References

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  1. ^ "Dror Tal". Beit HaShita website. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "Ran Tal". Tel Aviv University. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Skin Deep". Israel Film Archive. Retrieved September 16, 2024. The film won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Television Drama [...]
  4. ^ "The Garden of Eden". IDFA Institute. 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  5. ^ "THE GARDEN OF EDEN". MUBI. 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  6. ^ Barraclough, Leo (February 13, 2022). "Israeli Filmmaker Ran Tal on Berlinale Documentary '1341 Frames of Love and War'".
  7. ^ "49th Telluride Film Festival Announces Festival Lineup". Telluride Film Festival. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "1341 FRAMES OF LOVE AND WAR". The National Center for Jewish Film. May 14, 2023.
  9. ^ Kohn, Eric (September 1, 2022). "Telluride 2022 Lineup: Cate Blanchett Tribute, 'Women Talking,' and Robert Downey Jr". IndieWire.
  10. ^ "The Last Photograph: Ran Tal After Micha Bar-Am". Tel Aviv Museum of Art. June 17, 2022.
  11. ^ "Israel and the Forces of History | The Times of Israel". The Times of Israel.
  12. ^ "MFA Film Program". Sapir College. 20 May 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  13. ^ "תקריב כתב עת לקולנוע דוקומנטרי" [Close-up of a magazine for documentary cinema].
  14. ^ "My Dream House". The New Fund for Cinema and Television (in Hebrew). 2005.
  15. ^ "Children of the Sun (Documentry)". Cinema of Israel (in Hebrew).
  16. ^ "2012 Festival". Jerusalem Film Festival (in Hebrew). July 14, 2012.
  17. ^ "DAVID A. STEIN MEMORIAL AWARD (1970–2004)". Toronto Jewish Film Foundation. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  18. ^ "Docaviv Winners". DOCAVIV - THE TEL AVIV INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  19. ^ "Israeli Documentary Film Award Winners 2023". Israeli Documentary Film Forum (in Hebrew). March 2024.
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