THE OLD STORES

THE OLD STORES

Director: Yoav Gurfinkel / Israel 2007

Category: Creative Documentary

Production: Maayan Keret & Yoav Gurfinkel: Y.G. Productions

Language: Hebrew, Arabic

Subtitles: English

Length: 53 minutes

This is the story of a number of old stores in modern-day Tel Aviv-Jaffa, all small businesses, 40 years old or older, who have somehow survived despite the hardships of time. The film passes between the stores and unfolds an old and aging world of tradition and family businesses, a whole fabric of life and places very different from the fast, dynamic life that surrounds us.
Among the participating shops: A barber shop about to close, Mikolinsy shoes which was one of the city’s most elegant shops and an Arab-owned pharmacy in Jaffa run by a father and his son.

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Festivals & Awards:

  • Remi Award Winner: Worldfest Houston International Film Festival, Texas, USA 2008
  • Globians world and culture Documentary Film Festival, Potsdam, Germany 2008

DeREEL Independent Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia 2008

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