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Gay Days (film)

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Gay Days
Directed byYair Qedar
Release date
  • June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26) (Tel Aviv)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew
Budget$150,000

Gay Days (Hebrew: Hazman havarod) is a 2009 Israeli documentary film about the emergence of an LGBTQ community in Israel,[1] starring major activists in Israel's cultural life and LGBT community: Gal Uchovsky, Eytan Fox, Ellyot, Amalia Ziv, Amit Kama and others and some rare archival footage from pride events, feature films and student films.

Background

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In 1985, there were three openly gay persons in Israel.[citation needed] By 1998, there were 3,000.[citation needed] In a short period of time Israel went through a change. Director Yair Qedar documented this revolution in the newspaper, The Pink Times (הזמן הוורוד). The film uses archival materials, personal stories and Qedar's personal diary.

Screenings and reception

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The film premiered in June 2009 in the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, 2009.[2] The film also showed in the Panorama at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival[3] and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2010.[4] and it is shown all over the world since in universities, film festivals and cinematic events.[citation needed]

The television premiere was on the Israeli documentary channel yes Docu, during July 2009,[citation needed] and was shown in Keshet, the commercial TV.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ivry, Benjamin (2 June 2010). "In Israel, Not So Many Gay Days?". Jewish Daily Forward. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Gay Days". tlvfest.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Hazman havarod". berlinale.de. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  4. ^ "Gay Days". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
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