15 animation films. 10 Israeli composers. One live orchestra.
Van Gogh, Miró, Munch, Picasso, da Vinci, and Pollock have never looked or sounded better!
A breathtaking encounter between music, color, and motion: the drama unfolds both on the screen and on stage, where The Revolution Orchestra performs live. Original compositions blend with visuals, creating a dialogue between sound and image — a playful, emotional, and thought-provoking journey across the worlds of art and animation.
The project presents 15 award-winning animation shorts from around the world, inspired by the visual arts — paying homage to great painters, reimagining museum culture and consumerism, and exploring the ties between art, war, and faith. The music, performed live by The Revolution Orchestra, features original works by 10 leading Israeli composers, specially commissioned for the project, alongside reimagined soundtracks and orchestral adaptations of classical masterpieces.
MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE | 1992: Director: Joan Gratz (USA) | Music: Ariel Blumenthal (USA/Israel)
ED | 2016: Director: Taha Neyestani (Sheridan College, Canada) | Music: L.V. Beethoven, Excerpt from Symphony No. 9, 2nd Movement / Arrangement: Asher Goldschmidt (Hungary/Israel)
THE DA VINCI TIME CODE | 2009: Director: Gil Alkabetz (Germany) | Music: Alexander L. Zlamal (Austria)
NONE OF THAT | 2015: Directors: Isabela Littger De Piho, Anna Hinds Paddock, Kriti Kaur (Ringling College, USA) | Music: Corey Wallace (USA) / Arrangement: Rea Meir (Israel)
É IN MOTION NO. 2 | 2015: Director: Sumito Sakakibara (Japan) | Music: Ophir Baron (Israel) | “Smile” – Music by Charlie Chaplin, Lyrics by John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons
Embroidered Zoetrope | 2013: Animation: Elliot Schultz, ANU School of Art, Australia (2013) | Music: Ariel Blumenthal (USA/Israel)
LOVING VINCENT (a short segment from the film) | 2017: Director: Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman (Poland/ UK) | Music: Nadav Vikinski (Israel) | Courtesy of Shoval Films & Breakthu Films
OCHRE | 2017: Director: James Merrill (USA) | Music: Rea Meir (Israel)
GLORIA VICTORIA | 2013: Director: Theodore Ushev (Canada/Bulgaria) | Music: Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7 / Arrangement: Daniel Kruglov (Israel)
SONÁMBULO (THE SLEEPWALKER) | 2015: Animation: Theodore Ushev (Bulgaria) | Music: Haim Mazar (Israel/USA)
DRIPPED | 2011: Director: Léo Verrier (France) | Music: Pablo Pico (France) | Arrangement: Daniel Kruglov (Israel)
UNDERSTAND MUSIC | 2012: Director & Music: Florian Geyer (Germany) | Arrangement: Amir Lekner
יוצרים
Curators and artistic directors: Zohar Sharon, Roy Oppenheim, and Tami Bernstein
MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE | 1992
Director: Joan Gratz (USA) | Music: Ariel Blumenthal (USA/Israel)
ED | 2016
Director: Taha Neyestani (Sheridan College, Canada) | Music: L.V. Beethoven, Excerpt from Symphony No. 9, 2nd Movement / Arrangement: Asher Goldschmidt (Hungary/Israel)
THE DA VINCI TIME CODE | 2009
Director: Gil Alkabetz (Germany) | Music: Alexander L. Zlamal (Austria)
NONE OF THAT | 2015
Directors: Isabela Littger De Piho, Anna Hinds Paddock, Kriti Kaur (Ringling College, USA) | Music: Corey Wallace (USA) / Arrangement: Rea Meir (Israel)
É IN MOTION NO. 2 | 2015
Director: Sumito Sakakibara (Japan) | Music: Ophir Baron (Israel) | “Smile” – Music by Charlie Chaplin, Lyrics by John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons
EMBROIDERED ZOETROPE | 2013
Animation: Elliot Schultz, ANU School of Art, Australia (2013) | Music: Ariel Blumenthal (USA/Israel)
LOVING VINCENT (a short segment from the film) | 2017
Director: Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman (Poland/ UK) | Music: Nadav Vikinski (Israel) | Courtesy of Shoval Films & Breakthu Films
OCHRE | 2017
Director: James Merrill (USA) | Music: Rea Meir (Israel)
GLORIA VICTORIA | 2013
Director: Theodore Ushev (Canada/Bulgaria) | Music: Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7 / Arrangement: Daniel Kruglov (Israel)
SONÁMBULO (THE SLEEPWALKER) | 2015
Animation: Theodore Ushev (Bulgaria) | Music: Haim Mazar (Israel/USA)
DRIPPED | 2011
Director: Léo Verrier (France) | Music: Pablo Pico (France) | Arrangement: Daniel Kruglov (Israel)
UNDERSTAND MUSIC | 2012
Director & Music: Florian Geyer (Germany) | Arrangement: Amir Lekner
