''In Jerusalem'' (Bi-rushalayim, Jerusalem) (1963) is a documentary film by David Perlov. This film came to be one of the most important films of Israeli documentary cinema. Considered by many as one of the most poetic Israeli films, and a milestone in Israeli documentary cinema, ''In Jerusalem'' is composed of 10 engaged observations of the city, before it was united. Uri Klein (Haaretz) wrote: "When I first saw In Jerusalem, in 1963, I was not fully aware yet of the importance of the film itself or of its director, but I knew that I had never seen an Israeli film such as that. I felt that the Israeli cinema was being born right in front of my eyes".Excerpts of Uri Klein's interview with Perlov about In Jerusalem, ''Haaretz'', Sep. 29 1993.

Awards

* Venice Festival 1963, bronze medal * 'Director of the Year', Van Leer Institute

Footsteps in Jerusalem

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tell their story using their own personal perspective. Nine select films were curated with the original ''In Jerusalem'' to form a new, inter-generational film about a city that has dramatically changed – politically, demographically, economically and culturally. Directed by: David Perlov, Dan Geva, David Ofek,

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, Benjamin Freidenberg, Moran Ifergan, Yarden Karmin,

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and Elad Schwartz,

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and Yair Agmon, Nayef Hammoud and Yotam Kislev.

References

External links

* Films set in 1963 Films shot in Israel Israeli short documentary films 1963 short documentary films 1960s Hebrew-language films {{1960s-documentary-film-stub