Eran Kolirin

Director

November 4, 1973 (52 years)

Holon, Israel

Biography

Eran Kolirin is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. His directorial debut is The Band's Visit (2007), winning eight Awards of the Israeli Film Academy and prizes at several international film festivals. Kolirin himself won the Israeli Film Academy's awards for best director and best screenplay.

Filmography

7.0

The Band's Visit

A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.

4.8

The Exchange

A family man becomes obsessed with looking at his own life out of context.

5.4

Let It Be Morning

Sami was at his parents’ house back in the village, when peace began to break out. He had gone there with his wife and kid for his brother's wedding . Back in the village people told him, “There’s no place like home,” and asked when he’d be coming back, but deep down Sami knew that he had forgotten. You can’t be away for that long without forgetting something.

5.3

Beyond the Mountains and Hills

David is discharged from the army after serving for 27 years. He returns to his home and family after being distanced from them for years, and tries to find himself in his new civilian life. He believes that, like his friends who retired from the military before him, he too will find his way in some managerial position in the private sector, but he has difficulties adapting to the pace of the “new Israel”, a competitive culture obsessed with success and money.

N/A

Some Notes on the Current Situation

A philosophical tragicomedy about space, time, cinema, and wars, composed of six episodes, all together forming an absurdist footnote – somewhat divorced from reality – to the current events in the known universe.

6.4

The Long Journey

Young Benny is very lonely and has only one dream - to meet his hero Oded Katash, the basketball player.

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