| Gay Days | |
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| Directed by | Yair Qedar |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Budget | $150,000 |
Gay Days (Hebrew : Hazman havarod) is a 2009 Israeli documentary film about the emergence of an LGBT community in Israel, [1] starring major activists in Israel's cultural life and LGBT community: Gal Uchovsky, Eytan Fox, Ellyot, Amalia Ziv, Amit Kama and others and some rare archival footage from pride events, feature films and student films.
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The film premiered in June 2009 in the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, 2009. [2] The film also showed in the Panorama at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival [3] and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2010. [4] and it is shown all over the world since in universities, film festivals and cinematic events.[ citation needed ]
The television premiere was on the Israeli documentary channel yes Docu, during July 2009,[ citation needed ] and was shown in Keshet, the commercial TV.
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