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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.
- A documentary collage depicting the life and art of the "Israel Museum".
- Three Roma living in the UK, but with close ties to Central Europe, film themselves over a critical period as their lives are transformed by the unprecedented combination of Brexit and Covid.
- Conventional sins is a film exposing sexual abuse of children in the ultra-Orthodox community: A decade after he was banished from the Hasidic community he grew up in, Meilech reopens the diary he wrote when he was 15. The diary describes the abuse he went through at the hands of a network of ultra-Orthodox pedophiles. Together with a group of young actors who themselves grew up in the Hasidic community, Meilech attempts to reconstruct parts of the diary and tell his story, which the Hasidic community did everything to silence. Winner of Best Documentary in The Jerusalem Film Festival.
- Gan HaShlosha, better known as the "Sakhne", is one of the largest, most famous and most visited parks in Israel. Director Ran Tal expresses with exceptional cinematic measures the abundance of conflicted elements of the Israeli soul.
- Can a leader succeed in influencing the world? Or is he, as any other human being, only a nutshell tossed to the waves of history with no ability to affect it? Tolstoy pondered this question in War and Peace. Ehud Barak, controversial former prime minister and a decorated commander on the battlefield, contemplates it in this film. Twenty years after he was forced to resign from the premiership due to the failure of the 2000 Camp David summit, 78-year-old Barak observes his own history and the history of the State of Israel with disillusioned clarity, while trying to figure it all out - "What if?"
- An intimate portrait of the children who were part of Israel's first kibbutzim.
- "I decided to start sending letters - until my long-awaited release". Ami wrote these words at the age of 18, before he was killed in the 1967 War. Through stories, Memorial Day ceremonies, and his letters, Ami was always a present absence for his nephew Shaked, the film's director. Following his grandmother's declining health, Shaked applies to the Defense Ministry for nursing care. His claim is rejected. Their refusal leaves him confused. Fifty years after Ami's death, a shocking truth is unveiled.
- Decades after WWII, the Holocaust of the USSR Jews remained a mystery. It was only after the dismantling of the USSR that efforts were made to document and commemorate these victims. Boris Maftsir sets out on a journey to restore the memory of a Holocaust that was all but forgotten.
- A Kafkaesque documentary over ten years in the making that sheds light on the absurdity of a bureaucratic system, set within the never-ending process of renovation of the Slovak National Gallery.
- Standy Painter tells the story of Robert Z., a man who stole a painting from a museum in Poland and replaced it with a replica. By the use of archive footage, new paintings and interviews, Slabbinck and co-director Amir Yatziv create a reality with many facets: from a mischievous copy to a search for truth.
- Hypnotic journey into the depths of consciousness that follows the traces of poet Paul Celan.
- Entirely made from archival materials produced by the Alexandru Sahia Studio, this documentary re-contextualizes 1968 Romania, the most prosperous and optimistic year of socialist rule, according to the Communist authorities of the time.
- Five elderly women take part in a theater class at a local community center. They gradually open up, finding kindred spirits with whom to share the pain of losing a spouse, of suffering dementia, or preparing to leave behind a special needs child. They observe fading childhood memories and confront the final stages of life.
- For four years, the camera followed life at a boxing club located in a bomb shelter in a residential parking lot in Jerusalem. The club serves boys and girls, immigrants and Israeli-born, Jews and Palestinians, weaving a painfully faithful tapestry of life in Jerusalem. The movie follows four of the young boxers and club manager Gershon Luxemburg as he pushes them to push themselves, and teaches the importance of always treating opponents with respect, even in the heat of the fight. Slowly, personal stories unfold, revealing the complexities of life that Gershon and his protégés have to confront. It is a story about growing up, loneliness and intimacy, heartache and hope, and above all, about finding help where it's least expected.
- This Documentary follows Racheli and Menachem Hartman - a couple of religious jews from Israel who are sent on a life-changing mission: to establish a Jewish home for the Chabad movement in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In this "Fish out of water" story, even the simplest daily routines such as eating, shopping, communicating and even crossing the road prove to be very difficult for the faithful two.
- This is the story of Ginette, from her native Tunisia to her adoptive city of Marseille, in her role as the Sephardic matriarch she has become. Through intimate diary readings and unscripted anecdotes, this wife and mother recounts her upbringing in North Africa, the War, an enduring love story, her devotion to the Jewish community and reflections on modern life. What begins as a bonding experience between cameraman and grandmother, materializes into the portrait of a woman's 90-year journey.
- Rise and fall of a proud Bulgarian family of bakers that immigrated to the newborn state of Israel.
- Avidan Ophir builds a farm near the place where he was born, Susiya, and wants to have his flock spread all over the hills like in Biblical times.
- They have finished their high school studies and deferred their service in the Israeli army to volunteer for a year's community work and preliminary military training in a special pre-enlistment program in Gilo, Jerusalem. These young men and women are both religious and secular, of a variety of political persuasions - are typical products of Israeli society trying to live together for one year during which they hope to get to know one another and to put the prejudices they have grown up with to the test of daily life. One month after their arrival a new chapter in the annals of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict unfolds before their very eyes with the sudden outbreak of the Al-Aqsa intifada. The outbreak of hostilities finds the group only a few meters away from the firing line, close to what within days will become one of the symbols of the year - the northern border of Jerusalem, a favorite target for snipers in the nearby Arab town of Beit Jala on the other side of the valley. In the course of this "survival year," the main characters pour out their hearts and say what many Israelis think and feel. They provide us with a rare opportunity to observe Israeli society as it appears through the eyes of young people awaiting the start of their military service who have found themselves, one year too early, in the front line.
- A touching document about a young man's struggle with cancer and his search for a donor. Itzik, a trance party organizer and hip optimist, felt strong stomach pains one day. After a routine CAT scan, doctors discovered a large, malignant tumor in his liver. A stranger answers his call and commits to donating part of his liver. The only thing they had in common was the desire to save and to be saved. A real life tragedy with an uplifting message is captured sensitively in this human story
- Want to hasten the arrival of the Messiah? Flemish Christian activist Koen Carlier is on a mission to return all the Jews to their homeland in an effort to speed up the return of Jesus Christ to this world. In his laidback, yet aggressive manner, Koen travels through Ukraine, seeking out Jews to send to Israel. Backed by the adept Christians for Israel organization in the Netherlands, Koen aims to encourage all of the Jews to move to Israel and fulfill his lifelong dream of redemption. A documentary about dogmatic actions and the mundane, often far-reaching consequences of utopic missions.
- At the age of 55, Shmulik Leshed decided to become a street player and a clown. Since then and to this day, at the age of 100, he goes around Israel and the world playing and making people happy. For the past 15 years, Shmulik is accompanied by Mira, a Russian immigrant and his faithful caregiver. This unpredictable film exposes the demanding, humoristic and compassionate relationship between Shmulik and Mira, breaking stereotypes surrounding the issues of aging.
- Minorities make up 20% of the Israel's population, with the Jewish majority referring to them collectively as "Arabs". Many in Israel, and around the world, believe this minority to be hostile to the State of Israel. But there are Arabs who see Israel as a worthy place. In this in-depth documentary, we get a peek at individuals within various minority groups who feel connected, and who see their future in Israel. Exploring Christian, Muslim, Druze and Bedouin communities, My Home offers these minorities the chance to speak for themselves and to confirm their place within the modern State of Israel.