The Insomniac City Cycles (full length) A man with memory disorders wakes up with a bullet wound in an abandoned parking garage in Tel Aviv. As he struggles to recall recent events, a woman wakes up in a Shanghai hotel from a dream. The two are connected. Coded and non linear the film has been described as an experimental thriller, oscillating between film noir and science fiction. Insomniac City has been initially commissioned for the Venice Biennial of Architecture in 2004 but gradually mutated into a longer film with narrative elements. It is a project that from its inauguration has set out to be worked on in continuous stages in chapters resulting in a full length film [70 minutes]. It is a single channel film and also a 3 channel video-sound installation. “Ran Slavin’s The Insomniac City Cycles work vacillates between reality and the imagination, wakefulness and sleep, and creates an affinity between the psyche and the urban sphere. The film’s fragmented, frenetic and haunted urban topography may be likened to a map of the human soul. The emotional condition of this work’s protagonist, which makes it impossible for him to escape into the realm of sleep, represents an existential state. Paradoxically, this state of continuous wakefulness resembles a dream, or rather a nightmare, in which it is impossible to tell the difference between truth and fiction. When he wakes up in a parking lot with a bullet wound in his shoulder, he cannot remember how he got there, where his pistol is, and whether he is the victim or the murderer…” Cinematography, editing, sound design, post production: Ran Slavin Cast: Lee Trifon, Adi Gilad, Yaniv Abraham, Irad Mazliah Crew Dialogues co-written with Monika Bielskyte Voice of man in pet shop: Ohad Naharin Line Producer; Lior Ianai Lighting; Nimrod Golan Sound mix; Itzik Cohen Sound editors; Itzik Cohen, Omri levy, Ran Slavin Dressing; Maayan Goldman Makeup; Dorit Cohen Underwater camera; Alain Daniel With tracks by: Charlie Megira - "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"; Words & Music by Gabi Abudraham, performed by Rami Gabay, Shai Nobelman Boaz Goldberg, Gabi Abudraham Fact Records @c - "61" Composed and performed by: Miguel Carvalhais and Pedro Tudela Cronica Records Third World Love - "Clouds" Composed and performed by Yonatan Avishai, performed by Avishai Cohen, Omer Avital, Daniel Freedman and Yonatan Avishai Assal Records/NMC The Circular Ruins w/ Off The Sky - "Through Solid Shadows" Composed and performed by Jason Corder and Anthony Paul Kerby DataObscura Records Klimek - "Ruined In A Day (Buenos Aires)" Composed and performed by Sebastian Meissner Kompakt Records Ran Slavin - "Dreamzone 537" Composed and performed by Ran Slavin From "Nocturnal Rainbow Rising" Cronica Records Ran Slavin - "Black Dice" Composed and performed by Ran Slavin From "Nocturnal Rainbow Rising" Cronica Records Ran Slavin - "Nocturnal Rainbow Rising" Composed and performed by Ran Slavin From "Nocturnal Rainbow Rising" Cronica Records Ran Slavin - "Interior / Exterior 1+2" Composed and performed by Ran Slavin From "Insomniac City" Mille Plateaux Records Ran Slavin - "In From" Composed and performed by Ran Slavin From "Insomniac City" Mille Plateaux Records The film was produced with the support of Cinema Project, a joint project of The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts & the Recanati Foundation. Supported by the Cultural Administration at the Israeli Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport and the Israeli Council for Cinema Supported by the Israel Lottery Council for the Arts A Nocturnal Rainbow Production Filmed in the cities of Tel Aviv and Shanghai Thanks: The Rabinovich Foundation for the arts - Cinema Project, Israel Lottery Council for the Arts, Sheraton Tel Aviv, Giora Einy, Alon Garbuz, Yoav Abramovich, Yoav Barkai, Danny Spaer, Daniel Shabtai Milo, Itzik Cohen, Omri Levi, Irad Mazliah, Avi Banon, Monika Bielskyte, Ohad Naharin, Shiri Slavin, Sigal Barnir, Yael Moria, Rei Elbaz, On Air, Michal Shalit, Keren Arnaldes, Bernd Lennartz, Achim Szepanski, Itai Meir, Shablul pet shop, Shlomit Slavin, Ritsko, All the crew, Oded Horowitz - Orlando Films. Special thanks to Daniel Shabtai Milo, Monika Bielskyte A very special thank you to Itzik Cohen the-insomniac-city-cycles.com ____________________________________________ For theatrical and festival screenings contact: info@ranslavin.com __________________________________________________