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- As a documentarian cleans out the flat that belonged to his grandparents--both immigrants from Nazi Germany--he uncovers clues pointing to a complicated, shocking story.
- 'David' tells the story of Daud, an eleven year old religious Muslim boy growing up in Brooklyn. Concealing his Muslim identity, Daud inadvertently befriends a group of Jewish boys who through a haphazard sequence of events mistake him for being Jewish and accept him as one of their own. A genuine bond of friendship is formed between Daud and Yoav, on of the Jewish boys; Daud experiences a sense of freedom, joy, and camaraderie that he has never felt before, and for a brief time enjoys being a carefree eleven year old Brooklyn boy. When the Jewish boys discover Daud's true identity, Daud's world is shattered and he is left alone, struggling to come to terms with his place in the world.
- Eyes Wide Open is a personal film that vividly conveys the nuances, complexities and ironies of the human connection between American Jews and Israel. Capturing the intimate encounter between travelers and Israel, it is primarily a film about people...their candid, spontaneous reactions and thoughts. Directed by veteran filmmaker Paula Weiman-Kelman, written by award-winning journalist Stuart Schoffman and produced by Jonathan Lopatin, it reflects a broad range of opinions and emotions within the American Jewish community. Provocative and frank, the film follows a variety of American Jewish tourists as they travel in Israel. Included in the film are interviews with a range of American Jews. Traditional, Haredi and secular, male and female, young and old, right and left-wing, supportive and critical of Israeli policy, the interviews illuminate the very diversity of opinions and feelings that American Jews have towards Israel. What emerges is the recognition that, in the words of one of the film's main characters: "you can love Israel profoundly, while at the same time knowing what the difficulties and the realities are".
- The disengagement of Israel from Gaza in 2005 is the background for this poignant story of one women's determination in the face of hardship. Ronit Balaban runs the family hothouse which exports plants to Europe. She is capable, strong and determined. While her country is in the midst of disengaging from the region she calls home - her husband had already disengaged from life many years before. Yaakov was the victim of a terror attack which left him disfigured. His inability to cope with his deformity has made him withdrawn and remote. This inspired documentary is the story of one strong woman who struggles to keep her family, her marriage and above all - her hothouse working and flourishing.
- An unemployed film director hears strange things from his father: while serving in the legendary Jewish Brigade in the Second World War his father, now eighty-two, may have left some flesh and blood "souvenirs" to the Dutch girls. Here starts Sleiman and Sahar's journey together from Israel to the Netherlands, a real road-movie. The father follows his earlier path through the war-ravaged Europe, and the son traces his father's wartime girlfriends and the possible consequences of the affairs.
- It's inspiring true story about two thirteen year old girls who were, on the eve of World War II, great dancing and acting stars in Zagreb. Selling out theater venues, they weer praised in the most superb headlines by the Croatian and European press. They were filmed by Parisian 'Pathe' and Berlin's UFA... During the Nazi persecution of Jews and later German nationals' flight from communists, a dramatic friendship was born through entertainment, dance, but also anxiety. This led towards an unexpected end.
- Follows an elderly flamenco dancer in Tel Aviv who, after the death of his wife, falls for another dancer in his troupe. After she rejects him he continues his quest to find another mate. Also examines the love lives of the other dancers.
- A woman from Los Angeles travels to Italy to trace the roots of her Italian Jewish ancestors.
- The series of intimate and friendly conversations with Simon Wiesenthal combined with original and specifically filmed footage of the Mauthausen concentration camp.
- During the year 2007 a wave of African refugees crossed the border into Israel. Empty handed, crossing the desert on foot, these desperate refugees contend with dangerous conditions on the Egypt-Israel border in a frantic attempt to reach the safety of Israel.
- He was kidnapped up north as summer was drawing to an end. A whole army went to war just to bring him back. He might still be alive. Yet, the day the war ended, he was still the Kidnapped, the Living Dead, the one who didn't return. "Chronicle of a Kidnap" depicts the laborious and Sisyphus attempt of his wife and his family to bring home he who was forgotten the very day the war ended. It is the story of a young woman, his wife, who wished "to bring him the moon" and who inadvertently became an inane pawn in international diplomatic and political stratagems within a Marathon's media representation of her, who like in "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" is destined to encounter death in the last act.
- Lev Syrkin was a successful artist in Moscow who dreamed of pursuing artistic and personal freedom in Israel. He abandoned his reputable status in Russia and moved to Israel with his entire family, only to be welcomed by indifference toward the mosaic art he practiced. Director Daniel Syrkin takes a journey through Israel, lovingly tracing his tenacious immigrant father's struggles, accomplishments and hopes as an artist. Along the way, his father's biggest dream becomes Daniel's own: the creation of a huge mosaic portraying the dove of peace in the heart of Jerusalem. As this dream is revived, father and son encounter apathy and disappointment, but with a twist of optimism, which only fuels their dedication to public art.
- A fascinating story of bereavement and mysticism, FOG tells of the quest to unravel the fate of a missing soldier. First Sergeant Mu'in Halabi disappeared at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War during an abortive IDF attempt to conquer Mount Hermon from the Syrians in October 1973. Two weeks later the IDF announced that Mu'in's body had been found. A casket was buried in Mu'in's hometown, the Druze village of Daliat el-Carmel. A month after the battle for the Hermon, a child was born in the Galilean village of Mrar. At the age of four, this child declared that he was the reincarnation of Mu'in, and, indeed, was able to relate almost everything about him. But in 1985 inhabitants of Daliat el-Carmel testified to having heard Mu'in speak on the Syrian State Radio. Veteran newsman, Rafik Halabi set out on a journey into time, memory, the Druze religion, and harsh Israeli realities in an attempt to uncover what lies behind this multi-layered story or, put more directly, whether Mu'in Halabi is alive.
- Khitam, a Gaza-born Palestinian woman, was married off in an arranged match to an Israeli Palestinian, followed him to Israel and bore him six children. When her husband divorced her - in absentia - in the Sharia Muslim court and gained custody of the children, Khitam was left with nothing. She cannot contact her children, has no property and no citizenship. Although married to an Israeli, a draconian law passed in 2002 and barring any Palestinian from gaining Israeli citizenship has made her an illegal resident there. Now she is out on a dual battle, the most crucial of her life: against the court - which always rules in favor of the husband _ and against the state, in a last-ditch effort to gain citizenship and reunite with her children.
- The Israeli Defence Force operation "Cast Lead" in Gaza wasn't covered by the media due to military embargo. For the first time, Israeli soldiers who took part in the conflict in 2009 speak out about their actions.
- This is the struggle for the survival, experienced by all our homeless children, as seen through the eyes of NAF - A street kid.
- In 1943, Gitl Lerner, a 45-year-old Jewish woman, hid with five of her children in the home of a Polish farmer. On the night of October 30, Polish farmers in the area stabbed Lerner and the five children to death. Sixty years later Roni Lerner, an Israeli businessman and Gitl's grandson, set out to Poland with the film crew to track down his family's murderers. In the course of his investigation, Lerner, pretending to be a historian, met the sole surviving murderer and uncovered the horrific case, which the prosecution in Poland has now reopened as a result. The murder suspect- Joseph Radchuk, a 92-year-old farmer, showed Lerner and the film crew where the bodies were reburied at the edge of the Catholic cemetery in Pashgalini, a small village on east Poland.
- The Woman from Sarajevo is a documentary about a Muslim family who saves a Jewish family in World War II, and 50 years later is rescued by the Jewish family during the Bosnian War.
- At the height of her personal and professional life, she experiences an echoing emptiness. She is slowly drawn into a deep spiritual journey, at the end of which magic, grace and mystery sneak into her life.
- Alin and Shani are two young Israeli women who look normal on the outside, but on the inside exists a monster threatening to burst at any time. Both women suffer from Tourette Syndrome in the most severe and extreme way. Alin (30) is living on the edge, wild and rebellious, she loves to drink and have a good time. Shani (18) is sweet and intelligent but suffers from social isolation. The worlds of the two are entirely different: Alin comes from the slums of Haifa whereas Shani is a "good girl" from suburban Ariel. The director Boaz Rosenberg followed the two young women over three crucial years, during which they matured, experienced emotional turmoil and dealt with the problematic relationships they have with their homes and society. Especially prominent is the close yet complicated relationship with their mothers. The film culminates with an experimental brain surgery Alin goes through in her efforts to fight her illness, while Shani reaches a point in which she can no longer stay at her parent's home and has to deal for the first time with real independence. 'Involuntary' gives a freshand intimate look at the survival of two characters in a world in which they feel "abnormal" and different.
- Go in Peace Rain is a journey following the metamorphosis of one Jewish melody - an ancient prayer of parting from the rain and welcoming the dew - its many incarnations, and its final dramatic position as the Israeli State's national anthem. The tune of the melody can be found in many variations. Among these: a Flemish National Song, a Polish air, a Turkish melody, an ancient Italian song, a Swedish ditty called Ack, Värmeland, a Basque national song, the opening of the symphonic poem The Moldau, by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana, and others. This is not a detective thriller in search of the writer of Hatikvah, but a quest for an elusive truth. The journey, which follows the melody and the encounter with today's upholders of tradition, awakens the richness and tremendous depths of Jewish culture that have nearly been destroyed, together with the lost beautiful face of Judaism. The film opens with a woman singing the old, deep version of Go in Peace Rain, against the backdrop of her pictures from Europe, and ends with a wind orchestra playing a bombastic version of Hatikvah at a celebratory event in Israel. The gap between these two variations sheds light on what happened to the relics of the beautiful culture once it arrived in the Land of Israel.
- In the West-bank city of Hebron, a major holy place to both Jews and Muslims, some 800 extremist Jewish settlers live in the midst of a Palestinian population of over 120,000. In this tense situation, where the military watches day & night over the Jewish community from city rooftops, all foreign media are mistrusted and access almost impossible. Over a period of three years, Dutch Israeli visual-anthropologist Esther Hertog lived with regularity amongst the settlers, and was slowly allowed to film their lives from within their community. After winning two separate competitions at IDFA 2012 (Dutch doc & First appearance), the Jury commented: This unique documentary accomplishes a seemingly innocent and lighthearted approach that manages to both relate the daily lives of Jewish settlers, and their belief system, and shed light on the lives of the Palestinians surrounding them. Soldier on the Roof has captured unique scenes of the settlers real, sometimes even surreal daily life, by showing the absurdity of choices where logic and reality are overtaken by dogma and entrenched hatred.
- A rare look at the interactions between women inmates and wardens over a period of two years. Ethnic diversity is explored within the confines of tiny prison cells.
- The musical and soul-searching journey of Gabriel Belhassan, musician, former orthodox Jew and recently diagnosed with manic depression. After being released from a mental institution he began working on a solo album. But leaving his family and moving to Tel Aviv frightens him - the urban solitude, pressure, disturbed sleep and totality of the music bring on the disease again. His manic attacks have him standing on the brink of sanity, reaching out to God, just as he did when he was a child. Refusing to give up, he struggles to finish the album and receive the artistic acclaim he so desperately wishes for.
- Sayed Kashua always feels he doesn't belong. The Jews don't like him because he's an Arab. The Arabs don't like him because he's successful. The Arabs think he's a collaborator. The Jews think he's a drunk. He is always viewed as an Other, and he's always scared.
- An authentic story of of anguish and love. This beautiful documentary follows an extraordinary individual whose life is thoroughly intertwined with the land. Dubak is an exceptional personality in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank. This territory, occupied by Israel since the 1967 war, is where Dubak lives and where he has created a unique way in which to to justify his presence there. He is a bereaved father, an informal educator and a soul mate to the local Arab population. Together with the native Bedouin Dubak set up a retrieval and rescue mission to track missing persons in the desert. As somewhat of a lost soul himself, this kind of intense and solitary work allows him eventually to create a balance with the people and the land. The Film follows his emotional journey through the many facets that make up this complex man.
- 26-year-old Neta embarks on a moonstruck journey through the streets of Jerusalem, in search of a different identity.
- Documentary about the artistry and struggle of Dutch/Canadian figure skating coach and choreographer Ellen Burka.
- The IDF is in pursuit of a wanted man and the entire West Bank city of Tul-Karem is under closure, a daily routine. And then, as if the rules of the closure do not apply, an old Subaru car pulls over, two women run, grab little Nuran by her hands and mouth, slam her against the backseat and vanish. Nuran was eight years-old when she was kidnapped from her doorstep inside the Palestinian Authority and into the State of Israel. In the years since her kidnapping her parents have been staging a desperate, life-threatening, Kafkaesque search; forced to deal with the hurdles thrown at them by the IDF and the Israeli Police. Director Amikam Shosberger accompanies the family during a four year period since the disappearance of their daughter. His camera documents the surreal, impossible reality in the twilight zone between two nations, military road blocks, underworld activities, and Palestinian collaborators. It is a chilling, fascinating documentary, exploring the unknown phenomenon of kidnapping Palestinian kids into the State of Israel by exploiting the chaotic state of warfare between the two nations.
- A documentary about two Israeli rap music performers, one Jewish (Kobi Shimoni, known as Subliminal) and the other Arab (Tamer Nafar, known as TN).
- May 2000. Southern Lebanon. For 18 years now, Israel's most controversial war drags on and on adding fragmented slivers of shattered lives to ashes of smoldering hopes. Up there on the hill overlooking the feathery fairy-tale clouds, a hallucinatory body of boy-soldiers inhabited a world of petrified anguish, coated with layers of innocence. Dispossessed and exiled, they carried out unfathomable orders, fighting invisible yet fatal phantoms; their gazes, clouded with embittered, wizened dread - the chilly stare of the sharpshooter masquerades the bewildered gape of the child who chases his evading innocence. Wasted, they hang between the backdrop of earthly paradise and the engulfing abyss of raging inferno.
- The journey of a loving Israeli couple into the depths of the flamenco scene in Granada, Spain, becomes the personal journey of one man to the roots of his own sadness. His accidental encounter with Yoel - an Israeli flamenco guitarist living in Andalucía, sparks the beginning of the shared journey into the heart of gypsy flamenco culture. His exploration of flamenco culture turns into an obsession, leaving behind his loved-one together with his previous life. The journey leads to encounters with fascinating characters of folk flamenco while at the same time taking us through an emotional odyssey in search of personal identity. A chronicle of love in the heart of Andalucía's world of flamenco - A film about passion and loss.
- Yishai Orian, the owner of an old Volkswagen beetle is about to become a father. His mechanic says that the car will not last long, while his wife complains that the car is unsuitable for a baby. Attempting to keep his beloved car, Yishai goes on a journey that begins with the previous owners of the beetle, continues to Jordan to renovate the old car, and ends with the birth of his first child.
- Angelina, the first Druze woman to attempt significant steps in the Israeli fashion world, finds herself in the middle of a complicated conflict in which the tradition and values of her society clash with her brave efforts to choose her own way in life. Duah Fares, a young woman from the Druze village of Sagur in the Galilee, was one of the 12 finalists in the beauty pageant for Israeli-Arab women - 'Lady Kul el-Arab.' While preparing for the pageant, a special relationship develops between Duah and fashion designer Jack Yaakob. Together they go to Tel Aviv to register Duah for the general Israeli beauty contest as well. Duah breezes through the preliminary selections for the contest and changes her name to Angelina. Lady Kul el-Arab which set out as a glamorous film about a beauty pageant, turned into a moving story of a family caught between cultures. In her fifth film, director Ibtisam Mara'ana succeeds in delicately drawing the dramatic and touching portrait of a young woman who finds herself at the heart of a struggle which fascinates the whole country.
- On the Eve of Israel's 60th birthday, Canadian- Israeli filmmaker Igal Hecht travels from one end of Israel to the other for six months, asking Israelis one simple question: "What does the Israeli flag mean to you?". This heartfelt, comedic documentary explores the crisis of identity that many in Israel now face and offers an insight into what the future holds for the nation.
- Captures the filmmaker's personal journey to reconnect with her birth mother, whom she had met ten years prior to the film in Paris. The journey takes Kertsner from Israel to France and into the lives of other adoptees and birth mothers struggling with the same issues of identity, loss and pain.
- Follows a group of Ethiopian and Russian Israeli adolescents on a life-changing journey to Ethiopia. While all would consider themselves members of the fringes of Israeli society, in the highlands of Ethiopia they discover the universality of their experiences and commitment to their new home in Israel.
- Against all odds, Bnei Sakhnin (literally "Sons of Sakhnin") battles for survival in the top league, a metaphor of the Arab minority's battle for survival in Israel's "League of Acceptance". Majority visa-vi Minority -- the soul of Arab Sakhnin takes on the soul of Jewish Israel, a match for equal rights and co-existence.
- Tikotin - A life devoted to Japanese Art His passion for Japanese art brings a famous German Jewish art dealer all over the world. Two World Wars and a series of personal adversities later, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art shines on Mount Carmel in Haifa. The art dealer travels on, indefatigable. In 2010, twenty-five years after his death, his grandson tries to unravel the story of his grandfather. Behind the success story and the exciting adventures, he finds a family man who cannot prevent his family from falling apart.
- It is winter, Julian is heading to work, as always. On his face signs of trouble are noticeable, but maybe it isn't so, maybe it's nothing, just another ordinary day at work.
- 15 Acclaimed Israeli filmmakers - 15 X four Minutes Movies about Jerusalem.
- The story of youthful exuberance and the search for personal identity come together in this appealing new documentary. In the 1960's Israel was a young country under siege. The idealism of a new country and the romanticism of the kibbutz propelled many non-Jews to travel to Israel to work on kibbutzim. The Volunteers follows a group of European volunteers and their Israeli partners whose stories raise questions about the complexity of personal and national identity.
- An intimate and rare exploration of the world of Messianic Judaism and Jews who believe in Jesus. Filmed in Canada for a period of five years, the film follows members of the city of David congregation from Toronto, Canada as they try to carve out a life for themselves in their Jewish community, by following what many Jews believe to be Christian Dogma. The Chosen People reveals the most controversial group in the Jewish community and their crusade to have the North American Jewish community accept Jesus (Yeshua) of Nazareth as the Jewish Messiah.
- Mussia Scheinfeld (known also by her stage name kleine miriaml ), a veteran star of the Yiddish theatre, refuses to get used to life in the senior citizens home following her husband's passing and wishes to return to her apartment in Tel Aviv. Mussia is confronting her will to barricade herself in the past while being offered the option of 'salvation': a TV comeback.
- The series tries to decipher the image of Yeshayahu Leibowitz the philosopher whose doctrines remain relevant and bothersome to the fate of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.