Screening and discussion with the film maker (23.11.2005)

"The Red Toy" and " Don Quixotte in Jerusalem"

2 short films by Dani Rosenberg

The Red Toy (Hateip Ha’Adom)
Israel, 2004, 12 min.
directed by Dani Rosenberg

Don Quixote in Jerusalem (Don Kishot be'Yerushalaim)
Israel, 2005, 5 min.
directed by Dani Rosenberg

The Red Toy (Hateip Ha’Adom, Israel, 2004, 12 min.)
won Best Short Film at The Jerusalem International Film Festival in 2004. In this film we follow a red toy that is passed from hand to hand, through all the different religions and types of people that inhabit the old city of Jerusalem. The toy wanders around the alleys of the city, handed between those in power and plebeians, between foreigners and locals, and during all this, the police surveillance cameras are watching from above.

Don Quixote in Jerusalem
In the political parable "Don Quichote in Jerusalem" Dani Rosenberg adds a metaphorical touch to a current theme: the dividing wall between Israel and Palestinian lands. Two Israelis disguised as Don Quichote and Sanch Pansa run up against the wall.