The Death of Cinema and My Father Too

61st TIFF: Greek premiere

A director tracks his father’s final days with a handheld camera, striving to freeze time and arm himself against the impending grief. The dying father is unsentimental towards the unavoidable end, dismissing any commemoration. A hybrid blend of fiction and facts, tinged with autobiographical references, where cinema crashes upon the walls of reality. A plangent and self-reflexive journey that juxtaposes the everlasting flow of time against the fleeting moment of death, seeking inner catharsis.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Dani Rosenberg

Script: Dani Rosenberg, Itay Kohay

Cinematography: David Stragmeister

Editing: Nili Feller, Guy Nemesh

Sound: Neal Gibs

Music: Yuval Semo

Actors: Marek Rozenbaum, Roni Kuban, Ina Rosenberg, Noa Koler, Natan Rosenberg, Sabina Rosenberg, Ruth Farhi

Production: Pardes Films

Producers: Stav Morag Meron, Dani Rosenberg, Carol Polakoff

Co-production: Tu vas Voir

Co-producers: Edgard Tenembaum

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Israel

Production Year: 2020

Duration: 105΄

Contact: Films Boutique

Dani Rosenberg

Graduated with honors from Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem, his first film, The Death of Cinema and My Father Too, was included in the Official Selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and won the main award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. His award-winning short films have been screened in the most renowned international film festivals, including Cannes (Cinéfondation Competition), Berlinale, Clermont-Ferrand, HotDocs and IDFA. He’s also created an acclaimed television series (Milk & Honey), co-created a documentary (Zohar, The Return), and most recently adapted God of Vengeance for Israel’s leading theater The Cameri. The Vanishing Soldier is his second feature film.

Filmography

2004 The Red Toy (short)
2005 Don Quixote in Jerusalem (short)
2008 Homeland (short)
2020 The Death of Cinema and My Father Too
2023 The Vanishing Soldier