MAGIC MEN

Directed by:

Erez Tadmor, Guy Nattiv

Producers:

Amitan Menelzon,
Shemi Shoenfeld

Script:

Erez Tadmor, Guy Nattiv,
Sharon Maymon

Cinematographer:

Benji Cohen

Editor:

Einat Glaser Zarhin

Music:

Ophir Leibovitch

Sound Designer:

Ronen Nagel

Wardrobe designer:

Shiran Cohen

Art Director:

Nitsa Rosenthalis Lavi

Cast:

Makram J. Khoury, Zohar Strauss, Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis

SYNOPSIS

An elderly Greek man and his Hassidic rapper son embark on a journey with absurd encounters, which ultimately leads them to a final confrontation of father and son.

ABOUT THE DIRECTORS

Erez Tadmor

Director/Writer Born on 18th of January 1974.
1995-2000- Graduate of College of Arts in Tel Aviv.
Today Erez is a leading Israeli director among his works are milestones of Israeli films:
2004 – STRANGERS (7 min) short film. By: Erez Tadmor & Guy Nattiv.
Best short Award Sundance Film Festival.
2009 – A MATTER OF SIZE (105 min) A comedy feature film directed with Sharon Maymon, has won the Audience Award at Karlovy Vary IFF.
2013 – Magic Men, (100 min) Starring: Makram Khoury & Zohar Strauss. Directed and written with Guy Nattiv
2015 WOUNDED LAND. (105 min) Starring: Roy Assaf, Dvir Benedek
2018 – SIRENS (20 min.) Best short, Israeli academy award. Official selection of NUITS EN OR 2018.
2021 – CHILDREN of NOBODY. (105 min) Starring: Roy Asssaf, Tiki Dayan.
2022 – Matchmaking (98 min) A box office hit starring: Amit Rahav, Liana Ayon, Maor Schwitzer
2023 – SODA – (99 min) Starring: Lior Raz, Rotem Sela

Guy Nattiv

Guy Nattiv is an Academy Award®-winning filmmaker from Israel. His first short film in the United States, SKIN, won the 2019 Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short, along with many festivals around the world United States, Best Live Action Short Film, France, 2019, Clermont-Ferrand, Audience Award, United States, 2018, HollyShorts FF, Best Short Film Grand Prize, France, 2019, ECU European Independent FF, Special Jury Award, United States, 2018, San Jose IShFF , Best Short Film. It was acquired by FOX Searchlight. The feature version, also entitled SKIN, stars Jamie Bell, Vera Farmiga and Danielle Macdonald, and premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to significant acclaim, where it won the Fipresci Critics Prize. Its European premiere was at the Berlin International Film Festival, and will also be shown in April at Tribeca. It will be distributed globally by A24 and Voltage in summer 2019.

Before coming to the United States, Nattiv was a lauded director in Israel, where his first feature, Strangers, was in competition at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals in 2008. His second feature, The Flood, won the Generations prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 2012 and was nominated for six Ophir Awards, where it won Best Actor. Magic Men, his third feature, premiered at Palm Springs International Film Festival in 2014, and also won the Ophir Award for Best Actor. A lover of the short form, Nattiv has been crafting award winning shorts for almost two decades. His first short film, The Flood, won the top prize at Berlin in 2002, his next short Strangers won the Sundance Film Festival in 2006 and was short-listed for the Academy Awards® that year. His short film OFF- SIDE played over 80 festivals worldwide, including Tribeca and Locarno.

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