Anat Even

Work: "Detained"
When: 2 pm Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Where: HCC Ybor Room

Anat Even

Anat Even studied Film and Art Studies at UCLA from 1982 to 1984, and French and Art Studies at the American University in Paris from 1989 to 1990.

During 1983 and 1984, Even directed and edited documentary films and commercials for Israel Today, an American Israeli television station in Los Angeles. From 1988 to 1992, she directed reportage for various Israeli television programs and magazines on subjects dealing with nature, science and humanities.

Her other feature-length films include:

"Duda" 1994 - A several months documentary follow-up of Israelis who are undergoing a process of quitting and rehabilitation at a drug rehabilitation center in Spain. (co-producer - Ilan Yagoda). (Entry at Leipzig Festival).

“Positivos” 1995 - AIDS patients and carriers search for new meaning for their lives; three mixed couples grapple with the fundamental questions of life. Filmed in France and Spain. (Entry at Jerusalem Film Festival)

"Compromise", 1996 - A cultural meeting between two theater groups, the Khan Theater in West Jerusalem and El Casaba Theater in East Jerusalem, who produce "Romeo and Juliette in Jerusalem". The film deals with the political and artistic gaps that surface during rehearsals, which took place parallel to the peace process. (Entries in Jerusalem Film Festival, Leipzig Festival and Washington Festival).