Red Lounge

Wednesday, 13th of May 2009, at 7:30 pm (19:30)

Screening Discussion with Ran Tal

"Children of the Sun"

ילדי השמש

A documentary by Ran Tal, 2007

Director Ran Tal focuses on the kibbutz children who were separated from their parents and raised according to the principles of collective living. It seemed a huge price to pay for utopia...

Children of the first kibbutzim in Israel were born in the early 20 th century to youthful parents, full of hope. They have been called “Children of the Sun”,
because they considered them children of the “Sun of Nations” Revolution in Israel.
They were born into a eutopia and were destined to become the “New Man”.
They were educated in a ideological society that aspired to replace the traditional family with the collective one,
to subjugate the will of the individual in favor of the common good and a life of equality.

children of the sun by Ran Tal, 2006,

See also: Official Website and YouTube-Teaser

“Children of the Sun” tells the story of the journey in search of a society's memory and the concepts that
have passed from the world. The film is a collage comprised of over eighty amateur films. Rare footage that was shot at the kibbutzim between 1930 and 1970,
rare recordings and conversations with family and friends.

The tapestry of rare materials from which the film is compiled creates both a very personal and very public story,
a form of super story about one of the most fascinating myths of the Zionist movement in the Land of Israel.

Written by: Ran Tal & Ron Goldman
Directed by: Ran Tal
Produced by: Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait, Ran Tal – Lama Films
World Sales: Fortissimo Films
Sponsored by: ITVS International, USA; Yes Docu, The Rich Foundation, Rabinovich Foundation – Cinema Project, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

The film is winner of
Wolgin Award Best Documentary, Best Editing, Best Audio-Visual,
2007 Jerusalem Film Festival; Best Documentary,
2008 OPHIR AWARD (Israeli Academy Awards);
2008 FIAT Award, The International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA);

2008 Israeli Documentary Forum Awards. .