Screening “Uri in the Sky” and meeting Amir Har-Gil.
The film won 6 international Awards.
Suitable for youth about to be enlisted.
The film is moving and thought provoking. It is the self-examination of an F16 pilot, the oldest active combat pilot in the world. He is an amazing painter as well. The film raises issues concerning ethics, the role of the fighter and the tension between the artist and the survivor that exists in everyone.
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Length: 60 mins.
“Uri in the Sky” won 6 international awards. It was nominated as the best film at the Outer Doc Festival, Ithaca, New York-
Uri Gil, pilot and painter, about to leave the sky, looks back with characteristic courage at his duality which represents the duality of Israeli society attempting to be human while engaged in a cruel battle of survival. Uri, born in a kibbutz, became the oldest combat fighter in the world (Guinness World Record) and a talented painter. He examines the tension between being an F16 pilot, a courageous and determined fighter and being a sensitive artist as well.
Outstanding Achievement Award, Calcutta international cult film festival, India, 2018.
Best Documentary Feature, Outer Docs Film Festival, Ithaca, New York, 2017.
Platinum Award, Nevada International Film Festival, Les Vegas, USA, 2017.
Bronze Palm Winner Award, Mexico International Film Festival, 2016.
Golden Award Winner for Directing, The World Documentary Awards, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2016.
Golden Award for Feature Documentary, The World Documentary Awards, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2016.
Script and directing: Prof. Amir Har-Gil
Production: Udi Kalinsky, Provid Co. Ltd
Editor: Yael Perlov
Photography: Ran Aviad, Ofer Yanoov, Amir Har-Gil
Post-production Manager: Michal Eliav
Length: 60 mins. Israel, 2007
“The story of Uri Gil, a pilot in the Air Force, flew for 41 years, most of the time on an F16. Uri is 60 years old, and holds the rank of lieutenant colonel thanks to the downing of a large number of planes, downings about which are studied in many countries around the world, Uri Gil is also a painter and a philosopher, a man He is as charming as he is. I fell into the screening and was captivated by the screen from which the Land of Israel shone with the beauty of a soul, of the mental deliberation that accompanies a warrior. In the program, he went on his last flight; he is accompanied by four young pilots, his students; from the height he tells them: I leave the sky in your hands – Take care of them and us. When he landed, Uri burst into tears, was ashamed of his crying and stood there alone, his face in his hands until he calmed down. A hero among heroes, as sensitive as a little child. I haven’t seen such beauty in a long time, I haven’t been so moved by the sight of something on our television, in a long time I was so proud of someone who spoke my lips… “At the edge of the sky” is a real glory, and in it is the soul-searching of a fighter pilot who won the Guinness World Record for being the oldest fighter pilot in the world…” (Yhoram Gaon, “Gaon Bar Radio” program, Network 2, Kol Israel)