Synopsis

The film tells the story of a tree that during the course of a year receives a rather radical pruning of its foliage. Over the course of this simple story we go through the four seasons of the year; the transfer from season to season is accentuated by the music, as well as by the change of colours from silent greys of the winter to vivid green in the summer. The comic effect in the film is achieved by the contrast between the lazy and sleepy character of the tree and the active and jumpy character of the barber.

Gil Alkabetz

Gil Alkabetz (1957, Kibbutz, Israel) studied Graphic Design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Since 2004 he is professor at the HFF Konrad Wolf, Potsdam-Babelsberg, and at the Filmakademie BW. He served as a jury member at 8 international film festivals. He participated in 6 single and group exhibitions, and had 13 retrospectives at different film festivals.