Tsipi Reibenbach
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Tsipi Reibenbach is an Israel
i Film director
, producer
and screenwriter
. Most of her work is consisted of documentary films dealing with painful issues in the Israeli society such as The Holocaust
and Bereavement. Recipient of the Science and Arts Minister of Israel prize (1996) for directors and screenwriters. Her film "Choice and Destiny" is one of the most decorated documentary films made by the Israeli industry, among the notable prizes the film won are the Grand Prize in the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
1995, two Prizes in the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 1994, and the Scam award (1994) in Cinéma du Réel
festival in Paris
, France. She received the DAAD
scholarship in 2006 as a distinguished Israeli filmmaker.
and immigrated to Israel as a baby in 1950 with her parents both Holocaust survivors. She graduated a B.Sc in applied mathematics
and physics
from Tel-Aviv University in 1969, after graduation she served as a teacher of mathematics, physics and computers in a high school at her hometown, Lod
. In the Yom Kippur War
(Oct. 1973) she lost her first husband Yitzhak, chemical engineer graduate of the Technion. He was an officer, company commander in the Israeli armored infantry and has fallen in the battle of the Golan Heights. After his death she turned to film school and graduated with a BFA in Film, Television & Animation from Tel-Aviv University in 1980 and started film making. In the year of 1981 she studied Business management in Tel-Aviv university. She is a mother of three children and a grandmother of four grandchildren. Currently living in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Winner:
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Israel
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i Film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. Most of her work is consisted of documentary films dealing with painful issues in the Israeli society such as The Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
and Bereavement. Recipient of the Science and Arts Minister of Israel prize (1996) for directors and screenwriters. Her film "Choice and Destiny" is one of the most decorated documentary films made by the Israeli industry, among the notable prizes the film won are the Grand Prize in the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival is a documentary film festival held biennially in Yamagata, Japan.It was first held in October 1989, which makes it one of the longest running documentary film festivals in the world and the most distinguished such festival in Asia...
1995, two Prizes in the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 1994, and the Scam award (1994) in Cinéma du Réel
Cinéma du Réel
Cinéma du Réel is an international documentary film festival organized by the BPI-Bibliothèque publique d'information in Paris and was founded in 1978. The festival presents about 200 films per year in several sections by experienced documentary directors as well as first timers...
festival in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France. She received the DAAD
German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation....
scholarship in 2006 as a distinguished Israeli filmmaker.
Biography
Tsipi was born in PolandPoland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and immigrated to Israel as a baby in 1950 with her parents both Holocaust survivors. She graduated a B.Sc in applied mathematics
Applied mathematics
Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with mathematical methods that are typically used in science, engineering, business, and industry. Thus, "applied mathematics" is a mathematical science with specialized knowledge...
and physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
from Tel-Aviv University in 1969, after graduation she served as a teacher of mathematics, physics and computers in a high school at her hometown, Lod
Lod
Lod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod...
. In the Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...
(Oct. 1973) she lost her first husband Yitzhak, chemical engineer graduate of the Technion. He was an officer, company commander in the Israeli armored infantry and has fallen in the battle of the Golan Heights. After his death she turned to film school and graduated with a BFA in Film, Television & Animation from Tel-Aviv University in 1980 and started film making. In the year of 1981 she studied Business management in Tel-Aviv university. She is a mother of three children and a grandmother of four grandchildren. Currently living in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Filmography
All movies were written produced and directed by Reibenbach.- 1976 "the Garden" - Fiction, 1 min.
- 1978 "Hangers" - Fiction, 15 mins.
- 1981 "Widow Plus" - Documentary feature, 5 mothers at the age of 30, the director Reibenbach is one of them, who were widowed in the Yom Kipur War, coping with the memory and the lost, the daily life as a one parented family in the Israeli society. 105 mins.
- 1993 "Choice and Destiny" - Authentic Documentary feature, Reibenbach describes: "In my parents kitchen, Holocaust survivors, I read precisely and gracefullly the trace of history, which even in the folds of silence refuses to be forgotten".
Winner:
- Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize), Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, 1995.
- The Audience Award & The Special award of the Jury, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, 1994.
- Prix De La Scam - Festival Cinema Du Reel, Paris, 1994
- AFJ Award for the long documentary film - Créteil International Women's Film FestivalCréteil International Women's Film FestivalThe Créteil International Women's Film Festival is an annual event in Créteil, Paris, France founded by Jackie Buet in 1978 to showcase the directing talents of female filmmakers who, at the time, had difficulty getting their films adequately distributed. The first festival was held in 1979 in Sceaux...
, France, 1994. - Forum section - Berlinale, 1994.
- Silver Sesterce for the film of particular merit, Visions du RéelVisions du réelVisions du Réel is an international documentary film festival held in April each year in Nyon, Switzerland. Established in 1969 as the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, the event adopted its current name in 1995....
- Nyon, Switzerland, 1993. - An award in the Spirit of Freedom Competition - Jerusalem Film FestivalJerusalem Film FestivalThe Jerusalem Film Festival is an international film festival held annually in Jerusalem, Israel. The festival was the brainchild of Lia van Leer, who inaugurated it on May 17, 1984...
, 1993. - "Top Ten" in the IDFA, 1996,
- Best film produced and set in Mediterranean countries - Nuoro, Italy, 2002.
- 1998 "Three Sisters" Creative documentary feature, Co-produced with the ZDFZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
. The film follows Reibenbach's mother, Fruma, and her two sisters: Karola and Ester, who are now three aged Holocaust susrvivors. Upon the trauma of the Holocaust looms the fear of death. 68 mins.
Winner:
- The Prize of the Haifa Arts Foundation for works in progress, 1997.
- Forum section, Berlinale, 1998.
- The CinematographyCinematographyCinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...
Award, Doc-Aviv Film Festival, Tel-Aviv. - The film was a part of the international exhibition: "Myths of Nations 1945, The battle of memories" presented in the Berlin History Museum between Oct. 2004 and Feb. 2005.
- The film also participated in the San Francisco international Jewish film festival in 1998
- 2003 "A City with no Pity" - Creative documentary. The Film describes Reibenbach's hometown, the ancient city of Lydda, now known as Lod. The rich history of the city of over 5000 years is covered with the current reality in which the city is the center of drug trafficking in Israel. 65 mins. The film was in the Forum section of the Berlinale & in the Hot DocsHot DocsHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary film festival, conference, and market, held annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
film festival in Toronto, Canada, both in 2003. The film also took part in MediMed film festival in Barcelona (2004).