An old tape reveals a practical joke that went terribly wrong. The exposure leads to a search – not for the prankster but for the filmmaker himself


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April Fool's

Written and Directed by: Jonathan Dekel

Fic, 25:07 min., 2014, shot with the iPhone 5, Digital, Color

Production: The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School - Jerusalem (JSFS)

Language: Hebrew with English subtitles


An old tape reveals a practical joke that went terribly wrong. The exposure leads to a search – not for the prankster but for the filmmaker himself


AWARDS, FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

 Tel-Aviv International Student Film Festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2014; Jerusalem International Film Festival, Jerusalem, Israel, 2014; Be FilmThe Underground Film Festival, New York, USA, 2015; Edmonton International Film Festival, Alberta, Canada, 2015; Granada International Short film festival, Granada, Spain, 2015;
Reykjavik Intl Film Festival, Iceland, Bangalore Intl. Film Festival, India Los Angeles Intl. Student Film Festival, USA ShortINI Film Festival, Sicily Humphrey Bogart Film Festival, Florida, USA Turtle Filmfest Holmavik, Iceland, Denver Intl. Film Festival, Singapore Intl. Film Festival, Israel Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 2015; Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada, 2015;  Utopia Film Festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2015; Cortex Film Festival, Cortex Film Festival, Sintra, Portugal, 2016; Palm Beach International Film Festival, Florida, USA, 2016;  HOBOKEN International Film Festival, New York, USA, 2016; Bengal International Short Film Festival, Kolkata, Bengal, 2016;

AWARDS:
 

  • Ophir Award: the Israeli Academy Award for Best Short 2015
  • Best Short Film, Jerusalem Intl. Film Festival 2014
  • Award for Innovation: Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada, 2015
  • Special Mention: Tel-Aviv International Student film festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel 2015