- Occupation
Director - Country
Israel
Rose Itamar
My Village
In fourth grade, each Israeli student writes a paper dealing with his hometown. Itamar Rose, a real nerd from a wealthy Israeli family, puts on his historian’s hat and writes a 100-page paper on his village Ganey Yehuda located in the center of Israel. His paper was declared a historical property for the school archive. Going back twenty-two years later, Itamar discovers that in the thousands of words he wrote, only once had he mentioned the Arab village Kefar Ana that had been there before and was occupied during Israel's establishment in 1948. For hundreds of years a big community of Arab farmers lived in the area, and was eventually expelled by the Israelis. Itamar decides to go on a quest following the history and the people in order to create, for the first time, a dialogue between the past and present residents. Using his unique provocative style, Itamar deals with one of the most sensitive issues in Israeli society, the Palestinian expulsion. While creating a fascinating dialogue between the Palestinians and Israelis, My Village makes each side softer and more tolerant of the other's suffering.
In fourth grade, each Israeli student writes a paper dealing with his hometown. Itamar Rose, a real nerd from a wealthy Israeli family, puts on his historian’s hat and writes a 100-page paper on his village Ganey Yehuda located in the center of Israel. His paper was declared a historical property for the school archive. Going back twenty-two years later, Itamar discovers that in the thousands of words he wrote, only once had he mentioned the Arab village Kefar Ana that had been there before and was occupied during Israel's establishment in 1948. For hundreds of years a big community of Arab farmers lived in the area, and was eventually expelled by the Israelis. Itamar decides to go on a quest following the history and the people in order to create, for the first time, a dialogue between the past and present residents. Using his unique provocative style, Itamar deals with one of the most sensitive issues in Israeli society, the Palestinian expulsion. While creating a fascinating dialogue between the Palestinians and Israelis, My Village makes each side softer and more tolerant of the other's suffering.
Itamar Rose was born in 1979 in Israel. He was a student at the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem and started working on satirical material, with Yossi Atia who was his film partner at that time, during the settlers’ struggle to prevent the disengagement. They went to the Gaza settlements where they satirically documented the battle. Their films combine documentary and satirical materials. Recently their work has been seen at the Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Kunstverein, Hamburg, and at the Tate Gallery, London. Itamar is in his last year in the M.F.A film studies at the Tel Aviv University, and he continue working on a satirical-documentary films.
Writer and director In the following films: Darfur ItamarRose & Yossi atia Jewish-Arab State Itamar Rose & Yossi atia 2006, " / Israel Shirutrom Itamar Rose & Yossi atia 2006,’’ / Israel Tabula Rasa Itamar Rose 2009" / Israel Memorial Day Itamar Rose & Yossi atia Israel/2006 Missiles on Ramat Gan Itamar Rose & Yossi atia 2006, / Israel Independence Day Itamar Rose 2011 / Israel Take Me Home Itamar Rose 2011, / Israel