DAB Films Program
Voices from El-Sayed_t.jpg) Israel
2008, 75min.
Prod.: Neomi Schori, Liran Atzmor, Script/Dir.: Oded Adomi Leshem, Dir. of Phot.: Daniel Kedem, Sound: Gil Toren, Edit.: Aya Somech.
In the picturesque Israeli Negev desert lays the Bedouin village of El-Sayed. It has the largest percentage of deaf people in the world. Still, no hearing aids can be seen because in El-Sayed deafness is not a handicap. Through the generations a unique sign language has evolved making it the most popular language in this rare society that accepts deafness as natural as life itself. The village`s tranquility is interrupted by Salim`s decision to change his deaf son’s fate and make him a hearing person using the Cochlear Implant Operation.
Production Company
Belfilms Israel
20 Ben Avigdor St. Tel Aviv 67218 Israel
Tel.: + 972-3-6240780; +972-52-2834077
E-mail: belfilms@netvision.net.il
| Leshem, Oded  Oded Leshem (born 1972, Jerusalem)
He was nicknamed Adomi when he was ten years old. Graduated the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School in 2003 and in 2005 released his first documentary film titled: The Brave Cowards. The movie unfolds the adventures of a 72-year-old film professor who arrives with his camera at an underground rave party in the hidden deserts of Israel. The movie was screened successfully in the Israeli Cinema Houses and drew much interest in the media, appraised as an original and exciting independent film. In 2006 he has started his work on Voices From El-Sayed. The film premiered at the Jerusalem IFF 2008. Adomi is also working as a freelance cameraman and editor in foreign news productions, setting his work-base in Tel-Aviv. He also teaches and lectures on cinema history and documentary filmmaking.
Filmography
The Brave Cowards (2005), Voices feom El-Sayed (2008).
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Screenings
| July 15 13:00 | Naregatsi Art Center |
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