Despite loving each other dearly, Nathan’s dad and only sister (naama) haven’t met for the last 15 years. ‘Treasure hunt’ tells the story of Nathan’s attempt to get these two unique characters back together, an optimistic mission which boils down to recreating one special event: preparing a ‘treasure hunt’ game for obama’s upcoming birthday – a long forgotten family tradition.

biografia

Nadan Pines was born and raised in a small town in israel called hadera. After a 10 year as an f-16 navigator in the israel air force, he decided to change course in life – talking off the uniforms and dedicating it to his love of the cinema. Recently graduated with excellence from the bezalel academy of art & design in jerusalem, nadan majored in video production and animation combining the two to form a strong, unique visual language. Nathan’s first animated short “half baked” (2007), produced on his second year at bezalel, won the best asian student animation short at the beijing student film festival and participated in numerous leading animation festivals around the world among them are the hiroshima animation festival stars of student program and the trickfilm stuttgart animation festival. “Treasure hunt” is nadal’s first documentary film wich was produced as a graduation project for bezalel.

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