From Language to Language explained
From Language to Language (Hebrew: משפה לשפה, tr. MiSafa LeSafa) is a 55-minute 2004 Belgian-French-German-Israeli Hebrew-language independent underground experimental documentary art film directed by Nurith Aviv.[1] [2] [3]
Synopsis
The film, produced by and the Dardenne brothers, was released on DVD by as part of a boxset also including 2008's Langue sacrée, langue parlée and 2011's Traduire,[4] with which they form a trilogy.[5] [6] [7] It contains interviews with Israeli artists and writers such as Aharon Appelfeld, Evgenia Dodina, Salman Masalha, Agi Mishol, Amal Murkus, Prof. Dr. Haviva Pedaya, Haïm Ulliel, and Meir Wieseltier who write in Hebrew even though it is not their native language about the importance of language and asks how the struggle between their mother tongue and Hebrew has affected their art.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Reception
Between its release and 2006, the film was screened and won several awards at DocAviv, Marseille Festival of Documentary Film, Visions du Réel, Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme,,,, Centre culturel international de Cerisy-la-Salle, Israel Psychoanalytic Society, Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Martin-Gropius-Bau, University of Lausanne, and many other places.[14] [15] [16] The film was produced by ZDF, Arte,,, and . It was also screened at Centre Georges Pompidou in 2015.[17]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Liebergall. Ofer. he:דוקאביב 2016: דיווח שלישי ואחרון של עופר – פואטיקה של המוח, שלושה אחים ומערה, אמא ילדה, הומו סאפיינס. DocAviv 2006: Ofer’s Third and Final Report – Poetics of the Brain, Shalom Italia, Child Mother, Homo Sapiens. 30 May 2016. https://www.srita.net/2016/05/30/docaviv_2016_finale_report. Hebrew. Srita. Tel Aviv-Yafo. 24 February 2019. Mifal HaPayis.
- News: Amiel Lavie. Noa. he:הבמאית הישראלית הכי מוערכת בצרפת חוזרת בסרט חדש. The Israeli Director Most Appreciated in France Returns With a New Film. 20 February 2019. https://timeout.co.il/%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A2-%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99%D7%91-%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F. Hebrew. . Petah Tikva and Tel Aviv-Yafo. 25 February 2019. Steimatzky’s and ’s Time Out Israel Ltd..
- and News: he:ראיון עם נורית אביב. Interview With Nurith Aviv. December 2013. https://www.takriv.net/ראיון-עם-נורית-אביב. Hebrew. Takriv (Close Up): Online Magazine for Discussion and Critique of Documentary Film, Volume 7. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. 25 February 2019. Ministry of Culture and Sport, Mifal HaPayis’s, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Mifal HaPayis’s, Ministry of Culture and Sport’s Israel Film Council’s, and Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality’s, Tel Aviv Cinematheque’s Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum, and Aleph Aleph Aleph – House of Hebrew Typography.
- Nurith Aviv (Coffret 3 DVD). Aviv, Nurith. Paris. Éditions Montparnasse. ar, Catalan, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish. 4 March 2018. DVD. 650587091. 18 May 2011. 3346030022979. Nurith Aviv (3 DVD Boxset).
- News: Bar-On. Yaakov. 19 December 2016. he:נשארת בתמונה. She Stays in the Picture. http://nurithaviv.free.fr/cerveau/article_presse/MAARIV_2016.pdf. Hebrew. Maariv. Tel Aviv-Yafo. 28 April 2018. Jerusalem Post Group’s The Jerusalem Post. 10–11.
- News: 8 July 2011. Rendering a Reborn Tongue. Katz. Lisa. Haaretz. Tel Aviv-Yafo. M. DuMont Schauberg and . 23 April 2018.
- News: 1 February 2011. Traduire – Review. Mandelbaum. Jacques. Jacques Mandelbaum. The Guardian. London. 23 April 2018.
- . News: 26 September 2008. he:ניצחון ההולכים נגד הזרם. The Victory of Those Who Go Against the Stream. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3601999,00.html. Hebrew. Yedioth Ahronoth’s Ynet. Rishon LeZion. 4 March 2018. Yedioth Ahronoth Group. יודילוביץ' . מרב .
- . News: 3 February 2012. he:לדבר קולנועית: ראיון עם הבמאית והצלמת נורית אביב. Speaking Film: Interview With Director and Cinematographer Nurith Aviv. http://haaretz.co.il/1.1632553. Hebrew. Haaretz. Tel Aviv-Yafo. M. DuMont Schauberg and Haaretz Group. 4 March 2018.
- News: 2 April 2004. he:רק השפה העברית היא מולדת. Only Hebrew Is a Motherland. Gur. Batya. Batya Gur. http://nurithaviv.free.fr/misafa/BatiaGour. Hebrew. Haaretz. Tel Aviv-Yafo. M. DuMont Schauberg and Haaretz Group. 4 March 2018. 113.
- Raizen, Prof. Dr. Esther. From Language to Language. In: Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Tucson, Arizona: Middle East Studies Association of North America, Volume 40, Number 1, June 2006, pp. 127–129. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- . שפת האם, שפת האב, השפה הטפילית והשפה הארוטית: על סרטה של נורית אביב משפה לשפה [Mother Tongue, Father’s Language, Parasitic Language, and Erotic Language: On Nurith Aviv’s Film ''From Language to Language'']. In: Book: Amir, Dr. Maayan, ed.. Maayan Amir
. 2007. he:דוקומנטלי: אסופת מאמרים על קולנוע דוקומנטרי ישראלי. Documentally: Essays on Israeli Documentary Cinema. 230–235. Tel Aviv-Yafo. Hebrew. Am Oved and New Fund for Cinema and Television. 181631075. http://www.am-oved.co.il/page_2452. 4 April 2018. Maayan Amir. Reprinted in: Book: Golan, Dr. Ruth. 2009. he:נושאי התודעה: כשהפסיכואנליזה פוגשת את התפתחות הרוח. Consciousness Bearers: When Psychoanalysis Meets Spiritual Development. 325–336. Tel Aviv-Yafo. Hebrew. . 757629706. http://www.resling.co.il/book.asp?book_id=561. 4 April 2018. Fetish: Original Series of Cultural Critique, Series Editors: and Idan Zivoni.
- Caland, Dr. Brigitte. Speaking in Tongues: Film Examines Languages in Israel. In: Al Jadid: A Review of Arab Arts and Culture, Los Angeles, California: Nagam Cultural Project, Voume 11, Issues 50/51, Winter/Spring 2005, pp. 19–20. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- News: Yudilovitch. Merav. 30 March 2004. he:הזוכה בפסטיבל ״דוקאביב:״ משפה לשפה. The Winner at DocAviv: From Language to Language. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/1,7340,L-2896554,00.html. Hebrew. Yedioth Ahronoth’s Ynet. Rishon LeZion. 26 March 2018. Yedioth Ahronoth Group.
- . News: 31 March 2004. he:קלוז־אפ על השונה. Closeup on Difference. http://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/archive/ART/680/382.html. Hebrew. Maariv. Tel Aviv-Yafo. 26 March 2018. Jerusalem Post Group’s The Jerusalem Post.
- . News: 31 March 2004. DocAviv Prize Goes to Film About Struggling With Hebrew. Haaretz. Tel Aviv-Yafo. M. DuMont Schauberg and Haaretz Group. 4 March 2018. Hebrew original: News: Pinto. Goel. 30 March 2004. he:בין שפת התמונות לשפת המלים. Between the Language of the Images and the Language of the Words. http://haaretz.co.il/1.955929. Haaretz. Tel Aviv-Yafo. M. DuMont Schauberg and Haaretz Group. 6 October 2018.
- News: Esterkin. Jonathan. he:שפת המוח. Language of the Brain. 15 May 2016. http://nurithaviv.free.fr/cerveau/article_presse/maariv1505.jpg. Hebrew. Maariv. Tel Aviv-Yafo. 28 April 2018. Jerusalem Post Group’s The Jerusalem Post.