Working out their own variation on the politically charged sci-fi subgenre pioneered by District 9, filmmakers David Gidali and Itay Gross inject a dark dose of civilian paranoia into an Israeli setting with their striking new short film, Secular Quarter #3.
Juiced up by UFOs, the visual-effects-rich clip (embedded above) pictures an alien intervention that takes place in a slightly futuristic Jerusalem ridden with walls and dome-shaped cages.
Avatar producer Jon Landau and other judges at the Jerusalem 2111 International Animation Competition awarded the festival's $10,000 first prize to Secular Quarter #3 director Gidali and cinematographer Gross for doing the best job of creating an "urban sci-fi vision of the city of Jerusalem" as it might look a century from now.
See other Jerusalem 2011 entries below.
See other Jerusalem 2011 entries below.
The Upper City, by Itai Goren, depicts Jerusalem as a floating metropolis.
The satiric Joined Together, by Nir Philosof and Reut Bortz, takes an animated look at political rhetori
