The Seventh Day

This is a light-hearted short feature on a serious subject: security measures the Argentine Jewish community was forced to adopt following anti-Semitic bombings of Jewish institutions. After an intense summer rainstorm, the power is out and Buenos Aires is a jumbled mess of traffic. As a result, Matías’grandparents arrive very late for his bar mitzvah. But synagogue security causes an even greater delay…

Gabriel Lichtmann was born on 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied film directing in the Universidad del Cine in the same city, where he made several essay films, and from which he graduated in 1998. In 1996 he won an award by the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales which allowed him to make his short film "The Seventh Day," which will be premiered in theatres in October this year. He is nowadays writing the script and looking for finance for his first feature film, "Jews in Space," in which he will work with the same cast and crew that worked in "The Seventh Day". Filmography: - Random (010101); Video, 1996. - Lilith; 16mm, Black & White, 1997. - Yendo rápido a ningun lugar (Going nowhere fast); 16mm, Color, 1998. - El Séptimo Día (The Seventh Day); 35mm, Color, 1999.