Deux fois le même fleuve

Same river twice

Amir Borenstein, Effi Weiss, Belgium, 2013, Format diffusion : 1.77 (HDV 16:9), 108 Minutes

In 1869, John McGregor, a Scottish explorer, arrives in Palestine to explore the Jordan River. In the summer of 2011, Effi and Amir, Israelis who have been living in Europe for the past decade, set out to retrace McGregor’s steps, from the river source to the Sea of Galilee. Against the backdrop of a mythical landscape overflowing with Israeli vacationers, they take us along on a journey down the river’s path. At the same time local and foreign, they gradually transform from traveler-explorers to 'explored travelers' - as the people they meet along the way unabashedly confront them about their relationship with the land they had left. The flow of encounters, invaded landscapes and spontaneous dialogues behind the camera raise questions of kinship and ownership, proximity and distance, and expose the biographical and ideological filters that condition our connection to a place.

• Directed by: Effi Weiss, Amir Borenstein
• Screenplay: Effi Weiss & Amir Borenstein
• Photography: Effi Weiss & Amir Borenstein
• Sound: Maxime Coton
• Image editing: Effi Weiss & Amir Borenstein
• Mixing: Charo Calvo
• Subtitles: FR, EN
• Available formats: Digital, DVD, Blu-Ray
• Production: CVB (Cyril Bibas)
• Coproduction: CBA. Avec l'aide du Centre du Cinéma et de l'audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles et VOO (TV-NET- TEL).
• Coproduction workshop: CBA
• Festival promotion:

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• Sales (interlational distribution):

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• CBA
• Festival selections:

  Jérusalem Film Festival - Jerusalem 2013 (IL)
  Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival - Jihlava 2013 (CZ)
  Filmer à tout prix - Bruxelles 2013 (BE)
  Traces de vie - Clermont-Ferrand 2013 (FR)
  Festival Itinérances - Alès 2014 (FR)
  Festival Bandes à Part -Bobigny 2014 (FR)
  Indie Lisboa - Lisbonne 2014 (PT)
  Jewish Motifs International Film Festival - Varsovie 2014 (PL)
  Festival Panoramic - Saint-Brieuc 2014 (FR)
  Milano Film Festival - Milan 2014 (IT)
  Festival de Cinéma de la Ville - Québec 2014 (CA)
  33ème Festival International Jean Rouch - Paris 2014 (FR)
  Festival RISC - Marseille 2014 (FR)
  Festival2Cinéma - Valenciennes 2015 (FR)
  Festival ACM -Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia - Nante 2015 (FR)

• Awards:

  Filmer à tout prix - Bruxelles 2013 (BE) - PRIX DES AUTEURS DE LA SCAM 2013 Indie Lisboa - Lisbonne 2014 (PT) - Mention d'honneur de la section Pouls du monde

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