Director & Producer: BARAK HEYMANN
Co- Director & Cinematographer: LUKASZ KONOPA
Editor: SHIRA HOCHMAN
Original Music: ALBERTO SHWARTZ, JANEK DUSZYNSKI
Sound Design & Mix: AVIV ALDEMA
Researcher: TALI SHAMIR-WERZBERGER

Co-produced with Vision House

With the support of:

The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts |  Israel Ministry of Culture and Sport | Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts | CoPro – Israeli Content Marketing Foundation | THE ROBERT WEIL FAMILY FOUNDATION | SVT | ZDF/ARTE | Knowledge Network Corporation |  AVROTROS

Israeli artist Dani Karavan has created nearly 100 environmental installations all across the world. He has won some of the most prestigious international art awards and is constantly asked to speak or lecture about his groundbreaking work.

Yet Karavan is far from satisfied. His monumental structures are rapidly deteriorating. His advanced age is starting to catch up with him. The political climate in his country is driving him mad, as does the director of the documentary being made about him, whose questions betray his infuriating artistic ignorance. In addition, Karavan becomes embroiled in a serious political and artistic conflict over his latest commission, a monument to Polish nationals who had risked their lives saving Jews during World War Two.

“High Maintenance” is a cinematic reflection of its namesake. It is a straightforward, yet intricate film, emotional and personal without being melodramatic, and as painful as it is humorous and passionate.

An exciting, beautiful, and interesting documentary

Amir Kaminer, Yedioth Ahronoth

A brilliant and unconventional documentary

Yaakov Bar-On, Maariv

A delightful documentary, in which there is no unnecessary second

Avner Shavit, Walla

All in all, it’s a love movie

Rino Zror, Galei Zahal

Excellent film. Just a great movie

Yonatan Reguer, Channel 12 News

A sincere philosophical, political and artistic dialogue, with equal amounts of seriousness and humor

Jerusalem Film Festival Jury

Karavan, through Heymann’s eyes, is an eternal activist, who until his last moments believed that art could change the world

Yair Raveh, Calcalist

The film is not only a love letter for the arts but also for simplicity

Ofer Libergal, Srita

Like in Heymann’s previous film, about Dov Khenin, his superpower lies in the unmediated encounter with the subject of his documentation, in which he manages to illuminate the person’s exposed personality and create instant intimacy with him

Yair Raveh, Calcalist

Amazing movie. It’s funny and exciting. It’s important, go and see it!

Guy Loel, Channel 13

Awards

• Best Editing Award at Jerusalem Film Festival | Israel
• Best Documentary Award at Jozi Film Festival | South Africa
• Audience Choice Award at Green Bay Film Festival | USA
• Special Mention at Beyond Borders Film Festival | Greece
• Special Jury Mention at OFF CINEMA | Poland
• Best Cinematography Award at Arte Non Stop Festival | Argentina
• Special Mention at Arte Non Stop Festival | Argentina
• Honorable Mention at Fargo Film Festival | USA
• Best Documentary at Festival du cinema Israelien de Paris | France
• Honorable Mention at Deep Focus Film Festival | USA

Festivals

• Jerusalem Film Festival (in competition) 2020 | Israel
• Hot Docs (in competition) 2021 | Canada
• DocsBarcelona (closing film) 2021 | Spain
• Krakow Film Festival (in competition) 2021 | Poland
• Biografilm 2021 | Italy
• Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2021 | Canada
• Ischia Film Festival 2021 | Italy
• São Paulo Film Festival 2021 | Brazil
• DocLisboa 2021 | Portugal
• Beijing International Film Festival 2021 | China
• Hamburg Filmfest 2021 | Germany
• Buffalo International Film Festival 2021 | USA
• Lo schermo dell’arte 2021 | Italy
• Defy Film Festival 2021 | USA
• Asolo Art Film Festival 2021 | Italy
• Beyond Borders Film Festival 2021 | Greece
• Lunenburg Doc Fest 2021 | Canada
• Jozi Film Festival 2021 | South Africa
• Vienna Jewish Film Festival 2021 | Austria
• Lund International Architecture Film Festival 2021 | Sweden
• OFF CINEMA 2021 | Poland
• KreisGalerie Nuremberg 2021 | Germany
• Kumu Documentary Program 2021 | Estonia
• Docutah 2021 | USA
• Calgary Jewish Film Festival 2021 | Canada
• Scottsdale International Film Festival 2021 | USA
• Caminhos Film Festival 2021 | Portugal
• Architecture and Design Film Festival 2021 | USA/ Canada
• Louisville International Film Festival 2021 | USA
• Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts/ Krakow FF 2021 | Poland
• Warsaw Jewish Film Festival 2021 | Poland
• Weyauwega International Film Festival 2021 | USA, 2021
• Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2021 | India
• DART Film Festival 2021 | Spain
• Budapest International Documentary Festival 2022 | Hungary
• International Days of Films on Art (Louvre) 2022 | France
• Miami Jewish Film Festival 2022 | USA
• Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival 2022 | USA
• Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival 2022 | USA
• St. Louis Jewish Film Festival 2022 | USA
• Green Bay Film Festival 2022 | USA
• Duisburger Akzente 2022 | Germany
• Fargo Film Festival 2022 | USA
• International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) 2022 | Canada
• New Jersey Jewish Film Festival 2022 | USA
• Festival du cinema Israelien de Paris 2022 | France
• Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival 2022 | Greece
• Israel Film Festival Los Angeles 2022 | USA
• Architecture and Design Film Festival 2022 | New Zealand
• Richmond International Film Festival 2022 | USA