SPECIAL PROJECTS
The Electrifiers
(HaMechashmelim)
90 mins
Year of Production: 2019
Hebrew with English subtitles
CREW
Director: Boaz Armoni
Script: Sarel Piterman, Zvika Nathan, Shir Reuven
Production Companies: OSN Films, Green Productions
Producers: Zvika Nathan, Gal Greenspan, Roi Kurland
Associate Producers: Maya Fischer, Adi Bar Yossef
Dop: Itzik Portal
Editor: Amit Ginton
CAST
Zvika Nathan
Sharon Alexander
Uri Hochman
Yigal Adika
Tamara Klingon
Tal Fridman
Eli Yazpan
Elisha Banai
Ella Armoni
Synopsis
The band “The Electrifiers” won the 1984 Best New Artist Award for their smash hit which no one remembers and has been stuck in traffic on the fast track to international stardom ever since. 30 years later, the band members, continue to drag themselves between gigs at nursing houses and cheap B&B'S. The lead singer, Mickey Tevel, a once charismatic showman, is still leading the life of a 20-year-old rocker: dreaming of making it big while living hand to mouth out of the band's van, conveniently parked in his ex-wife's garage. Mickey won’t stop messing up and letting all his band members down, as well as his teenage daughter, but just as everyone is about to become completely fed up with him, a surprising, once-in-a- lifetime opportunity presents itself, which could deliver the band’s long awaited comeback, and propel them straight to the top.
Festivals
Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Paris
Miami Jewish Film Festval
Boston Israeli Film Festival
Israel Film Center Festival New York
Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival
Jüdisches Filmfestival Berlin & Potsdam
JCP Memphis