Raphaël Nadjari (b. 1971, Marseilles) was originally an art student. In 1999 he moved to New York where he made his first film The Shade, a modernisation of Dostoyevsky's short story A Gentle Creature. The film I Am Josh Polonski´s Brother (2001), shot in Super 8mm format, premiered in the section Forum of Young Cinema in Berlin. The director's New York trilogy was topped off by the movie Apartment #5C (2002), again presented at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. In 2003 Nadjari settled in Tel Aviv where he made the film Avaním (2003), which was screened in both Berlin and Karlovy Vary in 2004. His latest work, Tehilim, was invited to compete at the 60th Cannes Film Festival. Nadjari received the France Culture award for Best Director. He lives between Tel Aviv and Paris.
MFF Karlovy Vary
