Eyal Sivan
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Eyal Sivan | |
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 Sivan in 2014 | |
| Born | 9 September 1964 Haifa, Israel |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Spouse | Armelle Laborie |
| Website | eyalsivan |
Eyal Sivan (Hebrew: אייל סיון) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker, theoretician and scholar based in Paris, France.
Early life
[edit]Eyal Sivan is a Filmmaker, Writer and theoretician born in 1964 in Haifa, Israel; raised in Jerusalem; and based in Europe since 1985.
As a teenager, Sivan abandoned formal education to dedicate himself to his hobbies, which were photography and political activism.
Career
[edit]After working as a professional commercial photographer in Tel Aviv, he left Israel in 1985 and settled in Paris. He now splits his time between Europe and Israel. Known for his controversial films,[citation needed] Sivan has produced and directed more than a dozen political documentaries. Common State (2012), Jaffa (2009) and Route 181 (2003) won awards at various festivals.[citation needed]
Sivan's films are regularly exhibited in art exhibitions including Documenta, Manifesta and ICP New York. His work touches on such themes as the representation of political crime; the political use of memory; the ethics of documentary filmmaking; and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He is the founder and artistic director of the Paris-based documentary film company Momento ! and of the film distribution agency Scalpel. He created South Cinema Notebooks, a journal of cinema criticism published by the Sapir Academic College in Ashkelon.
In response to a question by Aljazeera as to why so many "progressive and anti-Zionist academics, activists, and artists" are fleeing Israel, Sivan responded: "The veil of democracy is being ripped from Israeli faces."[1]
Academic postings
[edit]- Professor, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Nederlands Film Academy, Nederlands
- Associate Professor, Media Production, University of East London, School of Arts and Digital Industries, United Kingdom
- Honorary Fellow, European Centre for Palestinian Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
- Visiting professor, Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Visiting professor, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, Italy
- Visiting professor, Sapir Academic College, School of Sound and Visual Arts, Ashkelon, Israel
Filmography
[edit]- 2012 Common State, Potential Conversation
- 2009 Jaffa, the Orange's Clockwork
- 2007 Citizens K, the Twin Brothers
- 2005 Faces of the Fallen
- 2004 I Love You All / Aus Liebe Zum Volk (co-directed with Audrey Maurion)
- 2003 Route 181, Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel (co-directed with Michel Khleifi)
- 2001 On the Top of the Descent
- 1999 The Specialist, Portrait of a Modern Criminal
- 1997 Burundi, under Terror
- 1996 Itsembatsemba, Rwanda One Genocide Later
- 1995 Aqabat-Jaber, Peace with no Return?
- 1994 Jerusalem(s), Borderline Syndrome
- 1993 Itgaber, He Will Overcome – Conversations with Yeshayahou Lebowitz
- 1991 Israland
- 1990 Izkor, Slaves of Memory
- 1987 Aqabat-Jaber, Passing Through
Other visual works
[edit]- 2012 Towards a common archive, testimonies of Zionist veterans of 1948. Multi screens video show.
- 2012 Montage Interdit. Berlin Documentary Forum 2 New practices across disciplines. Haus der Kulturen der Welt [www.hkw.de]
- 2010 Documentary moments 1 : Renaissance. Berlin Documentary Forum 1 New practices across disciplines. Haus der Kulturen der Welt
- 2009 Fragmented memory of spectatorship. Top 10 documentary programme IDFA Amsterdam
- 2008 Happy birthdays, towards a common archive – fragment 1. Multi screens video Installation
- 2001 Scalpel / Skalpel. (concept & artistic director) TV magazine for ARTE
- 1994 Jerusalem, Jerusalems. Conception and direction of a Theme evening for ARTE
- 1988 Progressive list for Peace. TV spots
References
[edit]- ^ Hammad, Sousan. "Q&A: Eyal Sivan speaks to Al Jazeera". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Eyal Sivan on culture base www.culturbase.net
- The Barber Trial: Sivan vs. Finkielkraut Cabinet Magazine Thomas Keenan and Eyal Weizman www.cabinetmagazine.org
