• Stockholm

    Directed by Daniel Syrkin
    Israel | 155 minutes | New Jewish Stories

  • Stockholm

    Directed by Daniel Syrkin
    Israel | 155 minutes | New Jewish Stories

After a chief contender for the Nobel Prize in economics dies, his four closest friends scramble to keep it a secret in the increasingly hectic days leading up to the big announcement in this sprawling, irreverent, heartfelt episodic farce.

film synopsis

Days before the Nobel Prize recipients are announced, Avishai (Gidi Gov), a chief contender in the field of economics, is found dead in his home. But after realizing his death would disqualify him from the esteemed honor, Avishai's four closest friends - recently retired Nilli (Tikva Dayan), millionaire Yehuda (Doval'e Glickman), scandal-prone Zohara (Liora Rivlin), and competitive Amos (Sasson Gabai) - decide to fudge facts and keep up the appearance that Avishai is alive and well, at least until the big announcement. Holed up in a stuffy home with a rotting corpse, the four lifelong confidants face a slew of increasingly ridiculous and uproarious hurdles involving unexpected guests, faking phone calls, and one very unfortunate run-in with a bicyclist, all while struggling to take control of their own messy lives. Cleverly devised and choreographed by director Daniel Syrkin, and adapted from Noa Yedlin's novel, Stockholm is a sprawling episodic farce about the resilience of friendship told with no shortage of irreverence, wit, and heart.

film details

Director: Daniel Syrkin
Producers: Dafna Prenner, Shai Eines
Screenwriter: Noa Yedlin, Esty Namdar
Cinematographers: Ofer Inov
Editor: Michal Shaltial, Ronny Klimovsky
Music: Didi Erez
Cast: Sasson Gabai, Tiki Dayan, Gidi Gov, Dov Glickman, Leora Rivlin
Country: Israel
Language: in Hebrew with English subtitles
Year: 2018
Running Time: 155 minutes
Primary Company: Menemsha Films

director biography

guests in attendance

Writer Noa Yedlin will be in attendance January 8 and 10.

2019 Film Festival