From the Press

The author S. Yizhar, reading directly to the camera, provides a rich and wonderful reading of the first chapter of his book “Mikdamot”. His words weave images of geographic and human landscape that create a beautiful and mesmerizing visual interpretation. Anat Even, who filmed herself, stresses the potential for political interpretation of his text while leaving vast enough space for the viewers’ interpretation.
Timeout (Oshra Shwartz)

Anat Even reveals that her central theme was “to touch the Zionist project” via Similansky’s (S.Yizhar’s) text. After documenting the here-and-now of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict in her previous films, she wanted to “begin to deal with its sources,” she says. Further, she says, “I could not avoid reading his text as a political text.” The result is a very unconventional film.
Ha'aretz (Meron Rapoport)

It is difficult to define this film or to locate it generically. While it could be video-art, documentary or experimental film, its boundaries are indistinct. The film undoes the Zionist mythic vision, questioning its narrative, which generated the becoming of the state of Israel. Even’s film does not presume to provide the answers to the conflict but rather to re-animate the conflict through a collective historical memory of the problematic terms of the Zionist narrative.
Faces - A Periodical about culture, society and education (Aida Nasrala)