...More Than 1000 Words

'...More Than 1000 Words' is a documentary film written, directed, shot, and edited by Solo Avital.

Ziv Koren's photographs have become instantly recognizable ICONS that have helped shape our perception of the conflict in the Middle East. In "…More Than 1000 Words" director Solo Avital followed Ziv over a two-year period, shooting in the heart of riots, terror attack scenes, secret meetings with wanted militants, all the way to Israel's pullout from Gaza. This movie, however, is not about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict; it is merely set in it. It is a movie about a man's struggle with a history in which he is involved, and the place he finds for himself in it. Like Ziv, it seeks the universal through the most personal; it asks how and why this man gets up in the morning to leave his wife and daughter for a war zone.

The movie does not only seek history through the photographer's lens – but also the photographer through the lens of history.

Awards and Nominations

  • 2007 Winner, Warsaw Phoenix Award, Jewish Motifs International Film Festival (Poland)
  • 2006 Best Feature Documentary, Winnipeg International Film Festival (Canada)
  • 2006 Best Israeli Film and Best of Fest, Youngstown's Jewish Film Festival (USA)
  • Best Professional Documentary Award, REEL to REEL Film Festival (USA)
  • Margrit & Robert Mondavi Prize for Peace and Understanding, Napa Sonoma Film Festival (USA)
  • Best Feature Film Award, BRIDGE International Film Festival (Canada)
  • 2006 Best Feature Documentary Nominee, Calgary International Film Festival (Canada)
  • 2006 Best Feature Documentary Nominee, Marbella International Film Festival (Spain)
  • 2006 Best Foreign Film Award Nominee, Long Island International Film Expo (USA)
  • Best Editing Nominee, Woodstock Film Festival
  • Best Documentary Feature Nominee, Vancouver International Film Festival
  • Best Feature Documentary Nominee, Seattle International Film Festival
  • Best Social Documentary Nominee, STVF Shanghai International TV Film Festival (China)

Produced by: MOOVIE the art of entertainment GmbH

In association with: Happyzoda Films

Produced for: KESHET channel 2 broadcasting ISRAEL Telepool Munich

Sponsored by: The New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & TV

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