Director and Writer: Tomer Heymann
Stars: Ohad Naharin, Tzofia Naharin, Olivia Ancona
Film Screening: 19.00 – 20.30
Conversation: 20.45 – 21.30
A documentary, Mr. Gaga, examines the life of Ohad Naharin, the inventor of Gaga. In the documentary, Tomer Heymann, the filmmaker, presents the rehearsal footage with an extensive unseen archive and breathtaking dance sequences of Batsheva Dance Company. Heymann explains the birth of the story “The seeds for this film were planted about 20 years ago, when I first saw Naharin's Batsheva Dance Group on stage. A continuum of movement, music, energy, sexuality, sensuality, and dancers you could fall in love with without knowing why. From that evening on, I became an obsessive consumer of Batsheva’s art of dance. Naharin is a tough nut to crack, very complex and a contradictory character, which makes him a fascinating subject for a documentary film.”
Tomer Heymann – Talks
After the film screening, the director of Mr. Gaga, Tomer Heymann, will share his notes and anecdotes about the shooting process with the audience.
Tomer Heymann was born in Kfar Yedidia in Israel in 1970 and has directed many documentary films and series in the past ten years. His films won major awards at different prestigious film festivals including his first film "It Kinda Scares Me". The documentary of “Mr. Gaga” won the awards from Sofia International Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival and Aspen Filmfest. The film has also been nominated for the different categories at the International Film Festivals.
The language of talk is English.