Once, not long ago, a small Egyptian Police band arrived in Israel. They came to play at an initiation ceremony but, due to bureaucracy, bad luck, or for whatever reason, they were left stranded at the airport. They tried to manage on their own, only to find themselves in a desolate, almost forgotten, small Israeli town, somewhere in the heart of the desert. A lost band in a lost town. Not many people remember this. It wasn’t that important.

Screenings:

Saturday January 19th at 10:00am at the Edina Cinema
Thursday January 31st at 7:30pm at the Edina Cinema

Filmmaker Eran Kolirin is scheduled to visit the Twin Cities on Friday February 1st in support of this film and will be available for interviews. His bio is below. For more information on the film, clips or interviews  please contact Hugh Wronski at 612-825-6129.

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THE BAND’S VISIT will open an exclusive Twin Cities engagement in Friday February 22nd at Landmark’s Edina Cinema!

The Band’s Visit
Eran Kolirin- writer/director

Born in 1973, Eran Kolirin’s first work for cinema was the screenplay for the film "Zur - Hadassim" for which he won the "Lipper Prize” for best script at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, 1999.   In 2004, Eran Kolirin wrote and directed “The Long Journey”, a film made for television. The Band’s Visit is Eran’s first feature film. Currently, Eran is writing his second feature film entitled "Pathways in the desert".