The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies is devastated by the horrific attacks on Israel. While Savoy (2022), the film originally featured in this event, is a meaningful and deserving work of art, we believe—in light of these events—that it would now be insensitive to engage with it as such. We have selected another film from Zohar Wagner, Zorki (2006), to screen and discuss in its place.
The IIJS Film Series continues with Zorki, a documentary from Zohar Wagner, on Monday, October 30.
Zohar Wagner, then 34, used her documentary camera to tear away the cloak of silence that enveloped her bourgeois family. Her mother had a five-year affair with a man ten years her junior, and Zohar, at the age of twelve, was an accomplice to the secret. Twenty years after the difficult episode that had torn the family apart, Zohar's mother is selling her childhood home and Zohar gathers her family to open their personal Pandora’s Box. The resulting film is called “Zorki,” the family nickname for Zohar. (54 minutes; Hebrew with English subtitles; 2006)
Please register for the event below. You will receive an email with a link to watch the film at home on Friday, October 27th. This link will only be available until Monday, October 30th at 11:59pm EDT.
We will be hosting a Zoom Q&A session on Monday, October 30th at 12:00pm EDT with writer-director Zohar Wagner. You will receive a separate email with the Zoom link for the Q&A several days before the event.
Please email iijs@columbia.edu with any questions.
Zohar Wagner directs feature and television documentaries in Israel, which have screened at festivals worldwide. Savoy opened at the 2022 Jerusalem Film Festival and won awards for Best Documentary Director and Best Editing. It also won Israeli Film Academy Awards for Best Editing and Best Makeup, with nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Actress.
Supported by the generosity of the Appel and Kaye families.
While all IIJS events are free and open to the public, we do encourage a suggested donation of $10.