A Lullaby for the Valley

Artist Eli Shamir paints the view from his studio balcony fields stretching to the horizon ancient oak trees and a generation of farmers that is disappearing from the vistas of the Jezreel Valley His large oils are treasured by collectors worldwide It was director Ben Shanis encounter with one of Shamirs works that spawned the idea of documenting the artist at work Neither of them had any idea that everything would change as the filming progressed as an unforeseen danger threatened to rob Shamir of his talent Filmed over the course of ten years A lullaby for the Valley focuses on the fascinating figure of Eli Shamir and his paintings As time passes like the endless fields of the valley they are transformed before our very eyes