Hamsin (Hot Desert Wind)

In a Galilee village, Gedalia, a Jewish farmer, seeks to purchase the farm of his Arab neighbor when it becomes known that the government is about to expropriate it. Is he buying the land simply to expand his property, or to protect his neighbor from the confiscation? Tensions between Jews and local Arabs rise. The situation reaches a tragic end when Gedalia discovers his sister is having an affair with his most trusted Arab worker. Best Israeli Film 1983, Israel Film Board; Best Foreign Film nominee, 1983 Academy Awards.

Daniel Wachsmann has produced and directed feature films and a number of documentaties and short dramas for television. Two of his seminal works, Hamsin -- Hot Desert Windand The Appointed were presented in the 1984 and 19991 SFJFF Festivals. FESTIVALS AND AWARDS My Father -- 1975 First Prize at the International Film Festival Mannheim, Germany Elvira -- 1977 Various International Festivals Transit -- 1978 Official competition, Berlin Film Festival Hamsin -- 1982 Israel's candidate for the Academy Awards' Foreign Film category Silver Leopard, Lucarno Film Festival Human Rights Prize, Strassbourg Film Festival Chosen by Israeli film critics as the best film of the 1980's Red Cow -- 1986 Presented at various international film festivals The Appointed -- 1989 Cannes Film Festival Shanghai Film Festival Song of Galilee -- 1996 Golden Anchor of Mediterranean Cinema, Haifa Film Festival San Francisco Jewish Film Festival