Eyal Sivan
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{{Infobox person
| name = Eyal Sivan
| native_name = אייל סיון
| native_name_lang = he
| image = Eyal Sivan 2 color.jpg
| caption = Sivan in 2014
| birth_date = 9 September 1964
| birth_place = Haifa, Israel
| occupation = Filmmaker
| spouse = Armelle Laborie
| website = {{URL|eyalsivan.info}}
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Eyal Sivan ({{langx|he|אייל סיון}}) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker, theoretician and scholar based in Paris, France.
Early life
Eyal Sivan is a Filmmaker, Writer and theoretician born in 1964 in Haifa, Israel; raised in Jerusalem; and based in Europe since 1985.
As a teenager, Sivan abandoned formal education to dedicate himself to his hobbies, which were photography and political activism.
Career
After working as a professional commercial photographer in Tel Aviv, he left Israel in 1985 and settled in Paris. He now splits his time between Europe and Israel.
Known for his controversial films,{{Citation needed|date = November 2014|reason = Needs reliable, third-party sources to allow for verification – Not from Eyal Sivan, his companies or Press Releases – in order to keep this claim in the article.}} Sivan has produced and directed more than a dozen political documentaries. Common State (2012), Jaffa (2009) and Route 181 (2003) won awards at various festivals.{{Citation needed|date = November 2014|reason = Needs reliable, third-party sources to allow for verification – Not from Eyal Sivan, his companies or Press Releases – in order to keep this claim in the article.}}
Sivan's films are regularly exhibited in art exhibitions including Documenta, Manifesta and ICP New York. His work touches on such themes as the representation of political crime; the political use of memory; the ethics of documentary filmmaking; and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He is the founder and artistic director of the Paris-based documentary film company Momento ! and of the film distribution agency Scalpel. He created South Cinema Notebooks, a journal of cinema criticism published by the Sapir Academic College in Ashkelon.
In response to a question by Aljazeera as to why so many "progressive and anti-Zionist academics, activists, and artists" are fleeing Israel, Sivan responded: "The veil of democracy is being ripped from Israeli faces."{{Cite web|last=Hammad|first=Sousan|title=Q&A: Eyal Sivan speaks to Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2011/5/22/qa-eyal-sivan-speaks-to-al-jazeera|access-date=2020-11-23|publisher=Al Jazeera}}
=Academic postings=
- Professor, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Nederlands Film Academy, Nederlands
- Associate Professor, Media Production, University of East London, School of Arts and Digital Industries, United Kingdom
- Honorary Fellow, European Centre for Palestinian Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
- Visiting professor, Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Visiting professor, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, Italy
- Visiting professor, Sapir Academic College, School of Sound and Visual Arts, Ashkelon, Israel
=Filmography=
- 2012 Common State, Potential Conversation
- 2009 Jaffa, the Orange's Clockwork
- 2007 Citizens K, the Twin Brothers
- 2005 Faces of the Fallen
- 2004 I Love You All / Aus Liebe Zum Volk (co-directed with Audrey Maurion)
- 2003 Route 181, Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel (co-directed with Michel Khleifi)
- 2001 On the Top of the Descent
- 1999 The Specialist, Portrait of a Modern Criminal
- 1997 Burundi, under Terror
- 1996 Itsembatsemba, Rwanda One Genocide Later
- 1995 Aqabat-Jaber, Peace with no Return?
- 1994 Jerusalem(s), Borderline Syndrome
- 1993 Itgaber, He Will Overcome – Conversations with Yeshayahou Lebowitz
- 1991 Israland
- 1990 Izkor, Slaves of Memory
- 1987 Aqabat-Jaber, Passing Through
=Other visual works=
- 2012 Towards a common archive, testimonies of Zionist veterans of 1948. Multi screens video show.
- 2012 Montage Interdit. Berlin Documentary Forum 2 New practices across disciplines. Haus der Kulturen der Welt [www.hkw.de]
- 2010 Documentary moments 1 : Renaissance. Berlin Documentary Forum 1 New practices across disciplines. Haus der Kulturen der Welt
- 2009 Fragmented memory of spectatorship. Top 10 documentary programme IDFA Amsterdam
- 2008 Happy birthdays, towards a common archive – fragment 1. Multi screens video Installation
- 2001 Scalpel / Skalpel. (concept & artistic director) TV magazine for ARTE
- 1994 Jerusalem, Jerusalems. Conception and direction of a Theme evening for ARTE
- 1988 Progressive list for Peace. TV spots
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- Eyal Sivan on culture base [http://culturebase.net/artist.php?4154 www.culturbase.net]
- The Barber Trial: Sivan vs. Finkielkraut Cabinet Magazine Thomas Keenan and Eyal Weizman [http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/26/sivanintro.php www.cabinetmagazine.org]
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