a year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 a section Competitive selection Out of competition Fipatel a category Drama Series and Serials Creative Documentaries Reportage and Current Affairs Performing Arts Short Programs

Yael arrived in Japan in search of an ancient Japanese Buddhist culture of which she heard in her youth. However, modern Tokyo and its western flavor disappointed her. She decided to leave the big city. On the way to a famous volcano, Yael was picked up by a shaven headed Japanese man who invited her to visit a temple he was building in the jungle of southern Japan. Upon her arrival to the Temple, Yael understood that she had found what she was looking for. She came to closely understand the Japanese culture through the language, the people, the tea ceremonies and arts. Yael's story is an inspiring example of a person who recreated herself from the person she was and from the culture she grew up in, to a new person living in a foreign culture. The beauty of Yael's way, however, is that she did not abandon her original identity as a Jewish Israeli, but combined the two cultures in her life.

Israel - 2003 - 5x42' - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Irit Sharvit, Merav Nahum Camera Irit Sharvit Sound Merav Nahum Editing Ortal Buber Music Erez Nataf

Production Tapuz Communications, 3 Aminadav street, 93549 Jérusalem, Israël Tél : +972 2673 4587 E-mail : tapuzltd@netvision.net.il

Sales Tapuz Communications, 3 Aminadav street, 93549 Jérusalem, Israël Tél : +972 2673 4587 E-mail : tapuzltd@netvision.net.il