Song of Galilee

Widely acclaimed Israeli filmmaker, Dani Wachsman is no stranger to San Francisco, having had two seminal works, HAMSIN (1984) and THE APPOINTED (1991), in past festivals. This time Wachsman switches genres, directing a unique drama in a documentary style. The story begins with a mysterious death near his northern Israeli home in the Galilee. Purportedly a suicide, many wonder whether it was murder. The prime suspects are all descendants of an ancient Pashor family. As the legend goes, the Pashors were one of the leading high-priesthood dynasties that guarded over the Second Temple's treasury before it was plundered by Rome's King Titus. Through revealing interviews a conspiracy is uncovered in which the descendants dream of ancient treasures and an independent Galilee. 1996 Haifa Film Festival.

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