THE FIRST 54 YEARS : An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
by Avi Mograbi
Avi Mograbi will be attending
Out of Competition 2021
Official synopsis
What does "military occupation" stand for? Through the testimonies of the soldiers who implemented it, director Avi Mograbi provides insights on how a colonialist occupation functions and the logic at work behind those practices so as to draw a “Manual for Military Occupation”.
The programmer’s eye
Avi Mograbi continues his 30-year anti-Zionist commitment, this time through an anti-manual or guide full of cold irony on the occupation of territories by a third party. The way the film is built – i.e. a succession of archive images and speeches punctuated by the narrative presence of the filmmaker – is surprisingly didactic, and manages to clarify the mechanisms of a conflict deemed difficult to access. The gaze is directed towards specific truths, the film assumes its partisanship and doesn’t include its criticism in its diegesis - it decides, castigates, and convinces.
– Pierre Guidez
Biography and Filmography
Israeli filmmaker and video artist Avi Mograbi was born in 1956 in Tel Aviv. Since 1999, he has taught documentary and experimental film at Tel Aviv University and the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. He is known for his experimentalism and innovative contribution to cinematic language. Mograbi also works on video exhibitions and participates in many group exhibitions in the world. Avi Mograbi’s documentary films have been programmed by festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Rome, New York, FID Marseille, Visions du Réel and San Francisco.
2021 - THE FIRST 54 YEARS: AN ABBREVIATED MANUAL FOR MILITARY OCCUPATION - Avi Mograbi - Director
2016 - BETWEEN FENCES - Avi Mograbi - Director
2012 - ONCE I ENTERED A GARDEN - Avi Mograbi - Director
2008 - Z32- Avi Mograbi - Director
2005 - AVENGE BUT ONE OF MY TWO EYES - Avi Mograbi - Director
2002 - AUGUST - Avi Mograbi - Director
1999 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR MOGRABI - Avi Mograbi - Director
1997 - HOW I LEARNED TO OVERCOME MY FEAR AND LOVE ARIEL SHARON - Avi Mograbi - Director
Avi Mograbi
Les Films d’Ici (in coproduction avec 24 Images, Arte France, Citizen Jane Productions, Ma.ja.de productions, Avi Mograbi)
The Party Film Sales
by Avi Mograbi
Israeli filmmaker and video artist Avi Mograbi was born in 1956 in Tel Aviv. Since 1999, he has taught documentary and experimental film at Tel Aviv University and the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. He is known for his experimentalism and innovative contribution to cinematic language. Mograbi also works on video exhibitions and participates in many group exhibitions in the world. Avi Mograbi’s documentary films have been programmed by festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Rome, New York, FID Marseille, Visions du Réel and San Francisco.
2021 - THE FIRST 54 YEARS: AN ABBREVIATED MANUAL FOR MILITARY OCCUPATION - Avi Mograbi - Director
2016 - BETWEEN FENCES - Avi Mograbi - Director
2012 - ONCE I ENTERED A GARDEN - Avi Mograbi - Director
2008 - Z32- Avi Mograbi - Director
2005 - AVENGE BUT ONE OF MY TWO EYES - Avi Mograbi - Director
2002 - AUGUST - Avi Mograbi - Director
1999 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR MOGRABI - Avi Mograbi - Director
1997 - HOW I LEARNED TO OVERCOME MY FEAR AND LOVE ARIEL SHARON - Avi Mograbi - Director