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Yolki Palki

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Director Alexander Gentelev takes us on a personal journey to seek out fellow passengers from the flight on which he came to Israel in the early 1990s.
Through the stories of Russian immigrants scattered across Israel and outside of it – from a simple kibbutz in the valley to a lavish office atop a Moscow skyscraper – the image of the last great wave of Russian immigration is unfolded in all its facets.
The complexity underlying the stereotypes attached to the Russian immigration, the difficulties, the achievements and the failures, are at the center of this film that painfully confronts the question of what it means to be Israeli.


Press

  • HaAretz.
    "A moving and entertaining film."
    Ruta Kopfer
  • Yediot Ahronot
    "A social time bomb that will tick ever more loudly in the coming decades."
    Yaron Ten-Brink
  • Nir Kipnis
    "The greatness of director Alex Gentelev and of his heroes lies in their ability to mingle humor and pain."
    Globes
  • Yosi Gurevich
    "The film puts an accusing mirror in the face of the Israeli society and in the face of the new immigrants…full of humor, bitterness and grudge."
    Nana

Festival Participation

  • The Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival - Israel, December 2007
    Official Selection
  • FilmFest Hamburg - Germany, October 2008
    Official Selection
  • The Israeli Documentary Filmmakers´ Forum Competition - Israel, July 2008
    Best Documentary Series Award
  • WorldFilm-Tartu Festival of Visual Culture - Estonia, March 2009
    Official Selection
  • North American Premier - USA, March 2009
    Official Selection
  • Berlin & Potsdam Jewish Film Festival - Germany, May 2009
    Official Selection
  • Jewish Film Festival Dusseldorf, Jüdische Welten - Germany, December 2009
    Official Selection
  • 3rd International Film Festival Russia Abroad - Russia, November 2009
    In Competition

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