The Annual Celebration for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Role-Playing Fans
Tel Aviv Cinematheque, 28 September - 4 October 2007

The 11th annual Science Fiction, Fantasy and Role-Playing festival will take place, as always, during the Jewish Holiday of Succoth at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque and adjoining facilities, and as always it continues to grow and develop.

The theme of this year’s festival is Legends – a subject featured in numerous science fiction and fantasy stories and films, either as the underlying premise, as inspiration or as a cultural phenomenon to be explored. Legends are the basis of all fictional creation, and even more so in the fields that celebrate imagination – Science Fiction and Fantasy. Legends from the world over, and a few new ones, will come to life at Icon – in movies, lectures, role-playing games and various other activities.

Our Guests of Honor will be announced shortly, and in addition, other guests at Icon will include Israeli authors and artists, thinkers and scholars who will conduct panels, lectures, open discussions and much more. Events will range from scientific, literary and historical lectures to live and tabletop role-playing games through everything in between. The ICon international fantastic film festival, forming a central part of Icon, will proudly present an even wider range of international cinema than last year. As always, Icon will offer varied cultural and entertainment events for both core fans and the general public.

As in previous years, two awards will be granted at Icon: the Geffen awards for the best science fiction and fantasy literature published in Hebrew in the past year, and the Icon award, given both as an audience award and by a jury panel, for the best movies shown during the festival.

The Icon Festival is produced in conjunction with the Tel Aviv municipality and the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and is organized by three non-profit organizations that promote fantastic culture in Israel: the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy, Starbase 972 and The Israeli Role-Playing Society.

Come and enter the world of legends with us at Icon 2007.

For more details about tourist options, please contact our Guests and Foreign Relations Coordinator, Naomi Wiener