Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi


1h 18m 1999

Brief Synopsis

Assigned by an emotionally erratic producer to film the events leading up to the gala 50th Anniversary of Israel celebration, a beleaguered filmmaker finds himself preoccupied with his own mid-life crisis.

Film Details

Also Known As
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi, Yom huledet, same'ach, mar Mograbi
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Avi Mograbi Productions

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 18m

Synopsis

Assigned by an emotionally erratic producer to film the events leading up to the gala 50th Anniversary of Israel celebration, a beleaguered filmmaker finds himself preoccupied with his own mid-life crisis.

Film Details

Also Known As
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi, Yom huledet, same'ach, mar Mograbi
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Avi Mograbi Productions

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 18m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Co-Winner, along with Najwa Najjar's "Naim and Wadee'a" (Palestine/2000), of the Award for Best Film of Conflict and Resolution at the 2000 Hamptons International Film Festival.

video-to-16mm

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 10-21, 1999.

Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Films of Conflict and Resolution) October 11-15, 2000.

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 13 - June 6, 1999.

dialogue Hebrew, Arabic and English