A young art student from Switzerland arrives for six months in Tel Aviv. Through drawing he will learn to analyse, understand, and free himself in this new, contrasting environment.

Jeffrey Bowers at Vimeo says, "At just under 6 minutes, the short film manages to capture the dichotomy of Tel Aviv and what makes living there both anxiety inducing and exciting. Told with a scrapbook style, Patthey juxtaposes drawings of the secular and orthodox. Traditional religious architecture bumps up against the city’s raucous nightlife. The sounds of air raid sirens blend into EDM before transforming into random city sounds. Each sketch is just that – a descriptive, but gestural outline of what Patthey observed in Israel. Like the city itself, each page from his notebook contains a multitude of personalities including scholars, soldiers, chefs, and everything in between. Whether depicting homeless people rummaging through trash or Rabbis debating the Torah, the film’s strength lies in its withholding of judgment."

MORE HERE (including an interview with the filmmaker): https://vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-travelogue-tel-aviv-by-samuel-patthey/