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July 15, 2026
Winner of five Ophir Awards and Israel’s submission to the Academy Awards, this poignant drama follows Khaled, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy determined to see the Mediterranean Sea for the first time.
Professor Ariel Schweitzer will present three films on which Winner and Atary worked together.
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Yahav Winner and Shaylee Atary were a married couple and gifted artists who collaborated on each other’s work; Winner produced some of Atary’s films while Atary edited some of his and acted in Winner’s film Deep Breaths. Winner was tragically assassinated in Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the October 7th Hamas attack while heroically trying to protect his wife and their one-month-old baby.
Professor Ariel Schweitzer will present three films on which Winner and Atary worked together: The Boy, Deep Breaths and Neurim, which premiered at the Cinéfondation in the 2020 Cannes Festival.
Part of VISIONS OF ISRAEL
Special Guests:
Dr. Ariel Schweitzer, author of The New Israeli Cinema (Le nouveau cinema israélien) and professor in the Cinema Department at Tel Aviv University.
Screening followed by live Zoom Q&A with Shaylee Atary.
Presented by:
A Kultura Collective Member
In Partnership with:
Prosserman JCC
Start Date: June 1, 2024
2 PM
Midtown Toronto
Leah Posluns Theatre, Prosserman JCC, 4588 Bathurst St
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Free
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