Luxuries

Name: Luxuries
Director: David Ofek
Released: 2011

David Ofek 2011

An elusive “coordinator,” vague formulas that calculate “survival capacity”, warehouses cramped with rotting goods, and donkeys dressed up as zebras – all take part in the mosaic that sketches a surreal reality in which evil and stupidity merge.
Director David Ofek takes the viewer on a journey to the absurd front of the Israeli “blockade on Gaza”, revealing the consequences of a policy that limits the flow of goods into Gaza.

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Running Time:

54 min.

Spoken Languages:

Hebrew

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

David Ofek

Producers:

Edna Kowarsky, Elinor Kowarsky

Cinematographers:

Dror Lebendiger, Hen Lasker

Editors:

Noit Geva

Production Companies:

Eden Productions

Conflicts

Current Affairs

Health

Israeli-Palestinian Co..

Jewish Studies

Law and Justice

Middle Eastern Studies

Politics

Poverty

Press

Pnai Plus review.

"David Ofek's 'Luxuries' turns the Gaza blockade into a Fellini film."

Yair Raveh
Ha'aretz Review

"With a humorist touch, a film that elegantly portrays the insanity here -- a sort of homage to Felini."

Moran Sharir,
Globes Review

"David Ofek is an incredible filmmaker. He has the ability to take what seems a two-dimensional reality and find the small angles that really make the big picture that twists the viewer."

Nir Kipnis

Festival Participation

In the Spirit of Freedom The Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel - 2011
Cinema South Festival, Israel - 2011
Official Selection - Toronto Jewish Film Festival, USA - 2012
Shanghai TV Festival, China - 2012
DOK Leipzig International Film Festival, Germany - 2012

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- YES-doco, Israel

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