Gay Days (film)

Gay Days
Directed byYair Qedar
Release date
  • June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26) (Tel Aviv)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew
Budget$150,000

Gay Days (Hebrew: הזמן הוורוד, romanized: Hazman havarod, lit. 'The Pink Time') is a 2009 Israeli documentary film about the emergence of an LGBTQ community in Israel,[1] starring major activists in Israel's cultural life and LGBT community: Gal Uchovsky, Eytan Fox, Ellyot, Amalia Ziv, Amit Kama and others and some rare archival footage from pride events, feature films and student films.

Screenings and reception

The film premiered in June 2009 in the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, 2009.[2] The film also showed in the Panorama at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival[3] and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2010.[4] and it is shown all over the world since in universities, film festivals and cinematic events.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

The television premiere was on the Israeli documentary channel yes Docu, during July 2009.[11] In solidarity with the LGBTQ community, it was shown on commercial tv network Keshet the day after the August 1, 2009, mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ youth center in Tel Aviv that resulted in two deaths and multiple injuries.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ivry, Benjamin (2 June 2010). "In Israel, Not So Many Gay Days?". Jewish Daily Forward. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Gay Days". tlvfest.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Hazman havarod". berlinale.de. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  4. ^ "Gay Days". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  5. ^ Toronto Jewish Film Festival (PDF). p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2026-03-03. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  6. ^ "Gay Days (Hazman Havarod)". archive.ica.art. Archived from the original on 2026-03-03. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  7. ^ "Nov 17, 5 PM: Screening and Discussion of "Gay Days," with renowned Israeli filmmaker Yair Qedar". Jewish Studies Program at UC Davis. 2022-10-26. Archived from the original on 2026-03-03. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  8. ^ Communications, NYU Web. "NYU to Host "Altneuland: Israeli Queer Cinema Festival"—Oct. 23 & 24". www.nyu.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  9. ^ DeCiutiis, Hannah Jane. "Filmmaker shows documentary focused on the LGBTQ community in Israel". The Daily Texan. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  10. ^ "Gay Days - TLVFest". TLVFest. Archived from the original on 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  11. ^ "מהארון לכיכר העיר". Haaretz הארץ (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  12. ^ "רייטינג: כוכב נולד בראש". mako (in Hebrew). 2009-08-03. Archived from the original on 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2026-03-03.


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