Wandering LetterWandering Letter
Photo: Nurith Aviv, Les Films d'Ici
Photo: Nurith Aviv, Les Films d'Ici
Status Report: Archives and Documentary Filmmaking in Wartime
Closing Event – A screening of
Opening Event –Premiere:

Wandering Letter

with filmmaker Yariv Mozer
Followed by a live concert:
Eifo HaYeled with
Special guest: Yermi Kaplan
Marking the 30th anniversary of their debut album “Zman Sukkar”

France 2023, 51 min, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, Creole, French, Japanese and Norwegian, Hebrew subtitles

 The Ilona and Hillel Zvi Lowy Special Collections Display Room, level -3
National Library Garden, Idan and Batia Ofer Park
Other
Russell Berry Main Entrance hall, Level -2
חדרי סמינר, קומה 2-
The David Geffen Auditorium, level 0 
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As part of her long-standing multilayered cinematic exploration of language and speech, filmmaker Nurith Aviv revisits a personal childhood memory related to the letter “R.” The consonant’s varied and sometimes contradictory pronunciations—whether it rises from deep in the throat, rolls off the tongue, or remains near-silent—position its unique sound as one that immediately marks the speaker’s origin, ethnicity, and even gender. It is a sound that needs to be controlled, and sometimes even subjugated. In her new wonderful (and, dare we say, wanderful!) film, six people who work with and think about language professionally, including Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård and Farsi translator Orly Noy, talk about the importance of “R” in shaping how they experience their identities.

Director: Nurith Aviv

Production: Serge Lalou, Sophie Cabon

Production Company: Les Films d'Ici

Script: Nurith Aviv

Editing: Nurith Aviv, Hippolyte Saura

Cinematography: David Quesemand, Nurith Aviv, Tulik Galon

Sound Design: Cédric Meganck

Music: Geirges Bloch

  • Warning: This film contains content that some viewers may find distressing | Rated 18+

  • No assigned seating

  • This is an outdoor screening; warm clothing is recommended

  • All revenues will go towards the rehabilitation of the Nova community

  • Weapons are not permitted in the event area

  • No assigned seating

Before the screening:
Opening greetings: HaRishon LeZion Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar
After the screening:
After the screening of "
Wandering Letter
"
“Wandering Words” – a workshop with Yael Mushkin

A workshop of “Missguistic” play-talking—deliberate language disruptions that warp words, mince meanings, amaze and amuse

With speech therapist and language artist Yael Mushkin

Seminar rooms, level -2
From the Desks of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Baba Sali and Baba Khaki

Before and after the screening of the film "Water Tower Murder ", there will be a special meeting with items from the archive of David Tidhar - the first Hebrew detective, who was the inspiration for the development of the genre of detective literature in Israel.

Under the guidance of Dr. Anat Navot, Archives Department, National Library

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The Rabbi’s Status in Israel: Moses or Aharon?
Before the screening of “King of Sephardim,” Adina Bar-Shalom, daughter of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, in conversation with Rabbi Benny Lau
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From the Desks of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Baba Sali and Baba Khaki

Prior to the screening of "King of the Sephardim" - an encounter with original materials, handwritten by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, that tell the story of his world.

Prior to the screening of "The Last Righteous Man" - a display of documents and letters by the Baba Sali and Baba Khaki relating to their public and political influence.

Guided by Dr. Chaim Neria, Curator of the Haim and Hanna Solomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel.

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Calligraphy Workshop

Calligraphy is the art of aesthetic writing, an ancient craft found across cultures, continents, and languages, with letters and words as its main means of expression. Following the screening of “The Colour of Ink,” try your hand at Hebrew calligraphy in a workshop with artists Izzy Pludwinski and David Goldstein.

✦ The workshop is roughly two hours long

✦ Admission fee: 55 NIS

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בין 16:00-20:00 מדי שעה עגולה
17:30
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