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HAREDIM Trilogy - Gevald!
Israel, 2009 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director:
ron ofer, Dr. Yohai Hakak
Producer: Itay Ken-Tor - Belfilms
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Israel as viewed by a member of radical Orthodox Jewish sects, one that does not recognize the State of Israel.
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HAREDIM Trilogy - The Rabbi`s Daughter & The Midwife
Israel, 2009 | Doc., 50 min. | Video
Director:
ron ofer, Dr. Yohai Hakak
Producer: Belfilms
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| Two Ultra Orthodox women; each confronts religious constraints to effect social change with bold, brave, feminine ingenuity and resourcefulness |
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HAREDIN Trilogy - Religion.com
Israel, 2010 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director:
ron ofer, Dr. Yohai Hakak
Producer: Itay Ken-Tor, Belfilms
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| For Yigal Revach the Internet is a lively oasis in a society that restricts freedom of expression. For Rabbi Rothschild, it is a Trojan horse that might ruin Haredi Society from within |
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The Last Krasucky
Israel, 2009 | Documentary, 54 min.
Director:
Y.A. Krasucky
Producer:
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| My father, Alon Alexander Krasucky, is the last Krasucky. From hundreds of family members, there is only one left bearing the name of Krasucky. And ironically, he is not even a true Krasucky…. |
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The Yard
Israel, 2009 | Doc, 50 min.
Director:
Yochay Rosenberg
Producer: Yochay Rosenberg
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| My childhood yard may appear like another shabby parking space in a Jerusalem ultra-orthodox neighborhood. To me, it is the landscape of the only home I have ever known. |
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Voices from El-Sayed
Israel, 2009 | creative documentary, 75 min., 52 min. | Video
Director:
Oded Adomi Leshem
Producer: Neomi Schori Itay Ken-Tor & Liran Atzmor – Belfilms Israel
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| The Bedouin village of El-Sayed has the largest percentage of deaf people in the world. Still, no hearing aids can be seen because in El-Sayed deafness is not a handicap. |
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Menachem and Fred
Israel, 2009, 90 minutes
Director:
Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner
Producer: Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner, Jens Meurer
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Winner of The Cinema for Peace award for most inspirational movie of the year - awarded in Berlin 2009, This is the story of two brothers who for decades feared to meet.
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The Valderama Sisters
Israel, 2009 | Doc, 48 minutes | Video
Director:
Noam Demsky, Mordi Kershner
Producer: Noam Demsky, Mordi Kershner
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Desert Brides
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 90 min. | Video
Director:
Ada Ushpiz
Producer: Ada Ushpiz
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| This is the story of three relatively educated and independent Bedouin women trying to survive, each in their own way, a life of polygamy. |
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My Sister Tikva
Israel, 2009 | Doc, 53 min. | Beta, DVD
Director:
Vered Berman
Producer: Edna Nahum & Dina Kahanovitz
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| Tikva`s painful odyssey, uprooted from one family to another, between four pairs of parents |
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Refusenik
USA, 2008 | Documentary, 117 min
Director:
Laura Bialis
Producer: Laura Bialis and Stephanie Seldin Howard
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REFUSENIK, a groundbreaking documentary, tells the story of the activists who led
the three-decade international struggle to free Soviet Jewry. |
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Shining Stars
Israel, 2008, 61 min
Director:
Yael Kipper Zaretzky
Producer: Yael Kipper, Yael Shavit
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| A year and a half following a terrorist attack, Maytal separated from her husband. After many years on her own, she decides to commence fertility treatments and to have a child as a single mother. |
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The Mystery of Aris San
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 75 min.
Director:
Dani Dotan, Dalia Mevorach
Producer: Dalia Mevorach, Dani Dothan, Sigal Rosh
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| The mysterious life of Aris San a Greek singer who became a star in Israel, fell in the grip of the New York mafia and disappeared in Budapest. |
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In the Freiman`s Kitchen/ Sapir
Israel, 2007 | Doc., 56 min | Video
Director:
Hadar Bashan
Producer: Nachum Landau
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| This intimate and emotional film provides a glimpse into an aging couple’s relationship and beliefs during a critical time. |
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Lullaby/ Sapir films
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 50 min. | DV
Director:
Natalie Haziza
Producer: Natalie Haziza, Yoel Ode
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| Lullaby is about my two mothers. I am accompanying on their journeys in South Africa and embarking on a journey of my own, to recapture my childhood memories, so that I can discover the meaning of motherhood. |
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Reds: Chronicle of a Struggle/ Sapir films
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 50 min.
Director:
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Soul Tripping
Israel, 2009 | Doc., 50 min | Video
Director:
Michael Greenspan
Producer: Udi Zamberg, Michael Tapuach
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The film explores the American Jewish experience and the impact of an encounter with Israel, through three women participating in Taglit Birthright-Israel project
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The Boys From Lebanon
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 52 min. | Video
Director:
Ohad Ufaz
Producer: Itay Ken-Tor
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| In May 2000, the South Lebanese Army (SLA) collapsed and its members fled from Hezbollah fighters into Israel, their ally who had abandoned them. 700 families of SLA refugees are living in Israel today. |
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Two Legacies
Israel 2009 | Doc, 60 min | Video
Director:
Einat Kapakh
Producer: Moshe Alafi
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| Before he dies, Rabbi Yosef Kapach hands his granddaughter Einat a bundle of pages which uncover a secret he has kept close to his heart his entire life- the secret of the theological war that split the Yemnite Jewish community. |
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Displaced: The Bad Boys of Exodus
Israel/France , 2008 | Documentary, 88 min
Director:
Yael Kipper Zaretzky
Producer: Yael KIPPER & Ronen ZARETSKY
Co-produced with: Patrick Jucaud, Jonathon Broda, Françoise Lazard
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| Two men from vastly different worlds met on one fateful moment in the History of the State of Israel. After 60 years, they meet again. |
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On The Way Home
Israel, 2007 | Documentary, 52 min. | Video
Director:
Sergey – Sagi Zamoshchik
Producer: Sergey – Sagi Zamoshchik
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| “On The Way Home” tells the story of a group of young immigrants, coping with the problems of immigration and identity. |
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Side Walk
Israel, 2007 | Doc, 57 min. | HD CAM
Director:
Duki Dror
Producer: Yael Shavit
Co-produced with: Roni Izahk
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| The separate yet parallel journeys of seven children as they journey from school to home and back again. |
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The Paths of our Fathers
Israel, 2007 | Documentary, 60 min. | Beta SP
Director:
Asaf Shahar
Producer: Asaf Shahar
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| This film takes us on the unusual journey of a father and his two sons, who decide to make a pilgrimage from the north of Israel to Jerusalem`s Western Wall – all in the midst of the Second Intafada. |
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Yoel, Israel and the Pashkavils
Israel, 2006 | Doc, 54 min | Beta SP
Director:
Lina Chaplin
Producer: Aharon Goldfinger, Tal Goldfinger
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| The pashkavil, a protest poster pasted on walls, is the ultra-orthodox medium that takes the place of television, radio and internet. |
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You Never Know
Israel, 2008 | Doc, 63 min | Video
Director:
Boaz Shahak
Producer: Danny Paran
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| Rabbi, folksinger and composer, Shlomo Carlebach is considered to be the foremost Jewish religious songwriter of our time. He touched millions of Jews and non-Jews around the world.The film takes you to a Journey that senses and searches for that touch... |
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Baa`bous/ Sapir films
Israel, 2008 | Experimental documentary, 20 min.
Director:
Producer: Kaid Abu Latif
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| Two directors, two cameras and one crewman are battling unsuccessfully to produce their films on the road between Rahat in Israel and Mouasi in the Gaza Strip. |
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Eight Twenty Eight
Israel, 2007 | Doc, 60 min | video
Director:
Lavi Ben Gal
Producer: Claudia Levin
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| A personal poetic look at one of the most fascinating social experiments in human history – the Kibbutz. This is the story of the filmmaker`s re-encounter with the kibbutz where he grew up, after a long absence. |
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Gole Sangam - The Stone Flower
Israel, 2007 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director:
Sarit Haymian
Producer: Osnat Trabelsi
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| The film follows two elderly Jewish women who immigrated from Iran to Israel 50 years ago. After serving a husband, surrounded by children and grandchildren, they are now trying to fulfill their own dreams. |
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If Man Could Fly
Israel, 2007 | Doc, 62 min. | Video
Director:
Yael Kipper Zaretzky
Producer: Irit Zuta, Itay Kahn
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| 13-year-old Matan lives in a boarding school. “When somebody has wings, he doesn’t need anything, not money, not even a car, he’s comfortable wherever he goes”, says 32-year-old Misha.Together they forge a deep bond based on their mutual love of pigeons. |
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Open Eye - Open I
Israel, 2007 | Doc, 59 min. | Video
Director:
Ohad Ufaz, Shirley Barenholz
Producer: Itay Ken-Tor
Co-produced with: Annet Betsalel, Joodse Omroep, ZDF
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Barenholtz is a Dutch-Israeli photographer, whose survivor father never opens up to her until he meets a young Israeli survivor of a suicide bombing. Observing this encounter proves cathartic for his daughter.
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Paradise Lost
Israel, 2003 | Documentary, 54 min. | Video
Director:
Ebtisam Mara`ana
Producer: Duki Dror
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| This thought-provoking and intimate film diary follows the director’s attempt to recreate her village’s lost history, including the story of her childhood hero Suuad, the legendary local “bad girl.” |
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Rakasa
Israel, 2006 | Doc, 73 min. | Video
Director:
Iris Rubin
Producer: Irit Zuta, Channel 8
Co-produced with: Itai Kahn
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| The film "Rakasa" describes the lives of three women, two Jewish and one Muslim, who have devoted their lives to belly dancing. |
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Sisters in Arms
Israel, 2006 | Documentary | Video
Director:
Avital Livneh-Levi
Producer: Liora Landau
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| Once the best of friends, four women reunite after one of their closest friends was murdered in the settlement where they lived. Together, they examine how they have changed and why. |
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South Wind on Hilton Beach
Israel, 2006 | Doc, 50 min. | Video
Director:
Karin Kainer
Producer: Liora Landau
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| The film chronicles the history of surfing in Israel. What started as a Tel Aviv subculture, became, for one short and unique moment, a trendsetter among the youth in Israel. |
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The Buganas/ Sapir College
Israel, 2006 | Documentary, 48 min. | Video
Director:
Etty Bugana-Bachar
Producer: Etty Bugana-Bachar
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| Etty, whose family immigrated to Israel from Tunisia, struggles with her family`s legacy weeks before her wedding. |
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The Girls from Brazil
Israel/Brazil, 2007 | Doc, 90 min | Video
Director:
Nili Tal
Producer: Nili Tal
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A dramatic story of four young Israeli women that were adopted in Brazil in the 80`s, and return to Brazil to search for their biological mothers.
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The Journey of Vaan Nguyen
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 84 min, 56 min | Video
Director:
Duki Dror
Producer: Yael Shavit
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| In her painful blog, Vaan Nguyen unfolds the absurdities of her life as an Israeli-born Vietnamese. |
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Two Eyes and a Mouth/ Sapir College
Israel, 2004 | Doc, 11 min | Video
Director:
Yousif Abu Mediam
Producer: Yousif Abu Mediam
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| The director tells his own story of what it is like as a Bedouin man trying to become a filmmaker. |
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Yedidiah`s Collection
Israel, 2005 | Short Doc, 18 min | Video
Director:
Noam Demsky, Mordi Kershner
Producer: Mordi Kershner, Noam Demsky
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| Ten-year-old Yedidiah`s collection is no ordinary collection. He collects spent mortar shells and lighting parachutes, all evidence of the complicated reality of life he is facing. |
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A General`s Story
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director:
David Habler
Producer: Duki Dror, Yael Shavit
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| Michael is the only civilian in Israel who was allowed by court decision to dress as an army officer. A tender film about fatherhood, manhood and the loss of identity in a militaristic and power-driven society that is constantly under threat. |
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And Behold, There Came a Great Wind
Israel, 2006 | Doc, 58 min | Video
Director:
Ziv Alexandrony
Producer: Ziv Alexandrony
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| On a dramatic journey, the end of which is foretold, Gaza Strip residents have to deal with personal pain and decide how to act on the actual day of evacuation. |
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Behind Trnasperand Walls - 3 part series
Israel, 2009 | Documentary series, 3X50 minutes
Director:
Producer: Noemy Schory, Liran Atzmor, Itay Ken-Tor
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Bridge Over the Wadi
Israel, 2006 | Documentary, 55 min.
Director:
Barak & Tomer Haiman
Producer: Tomer Heymann & Barak Heymann
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Cafe Noah
Israel, 1996 | Documentary, 26 min. | Video
Director:
Duki Dror
Producer:
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| In 1948, many Jewish musicians arrived to Israel from Baghdad and Cairo -- the Arabic music they played, however, was not welcomed in their new homeland. |
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Children by Remote Control - Sapir College
Israel, 2003 | Doc, 51 min | Video
Director:
Nachum Landau
Producer:
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| This documentry is a personal journey which attempts to solve the riddle of Thai laborers in a foreign land, whose ties of love and affection to their children are based on phone calls and letters. |
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Code Name Silence
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director:
Yifat Kedar
Producer: Ziv Naveh
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| Code Name Silence is the story of heroes who abused their power and became criminals. At the same time, it reveals the pain of the victims and the scars still borne by thousands of Ethiopian Jews living in Israel today. |
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Footsteps in the Sand
Israel, 2006 | Doc. , 50 min | Video
Director:
Revital Shtern
Producer: Yoav Elitzur
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David Chatuel lost his wife Tali and four daughters in a murderous terror attack.Tali was nine months in to her pregnancy,carrying a son. This is the story of a strong man that got back on his feet with the power of his faith.
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Living With Death
Israel, 2005 | Documentary, 45 min. | Video
Director:
Gilad Goldschmidt
Producer:
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| What happens when death is stopped in the middle? |
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Men on the Edge
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 90 min, 56 min | Video.
Director:
Macabit Abrahmosn, Avner Faingulernt
Producer: A.Finagulert, M. Abramson
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| A gripping observation of life between Palestinian and Israeli fishermen working and living together on an abandoned Mediterranean shoreline, between Israel and Gaza. |
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My Family`s Pizza/Sapir College
Israel, 2003 | Doc, 52 min | Video
Director:
Ronen Amar
Producer: Ronen Amar & Lior Dustri
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| Maksim, a pizza wizard addicted to sleep, asks his parents to help him buy a pizza place he co-owns. As soon as he becomes the sole owner, his parents realize they will have to invest a lot more than just the money. |
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My Fantasia
Israel, 2001 | Documentary, 54 min. | Video
Director:
Duki Dror
Producer:
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| Stirred by the bombing of Baghdad and Tel Aviv in the Gulf War of 1991, director Duki Dror retraces his Iraqi roots. |
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My Own Telenovela
Israel | Doc, 67 min | Video
Director:
Yohanan (Jorge) Weller
Producer:
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| A moving, intimate documentary that touches upon some of the most intricate and disconcerting issues of modern life: the price of immigration, complex family ties, and our attitude toward the mentally disabled. |
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Promised Land
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 52 min. | Video
Director:
Avi Hemy
Producer: Idan Regev
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Three descendants of Holocaust Survivors, all Israeli, seek to obtain a German passport. Their quest opens up many difficult and complex issues, among them, the ideas of homeland, history and memory.
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Radio Daze
Israel, 1996 | Documentary, 42 min. | Video
Director:
Duki Dror
Producer: Duki Dror
Co-produced with: Idit Ben Dor
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| The amazing story of a Radio-addict, the queen of music trivia, Rebbeca De Solarsky. |
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Raging Dove
Israel, 2002 | Documentary, 70 min. | Video
Director:
Duki Dror
Producer: Duki Dror
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| The story of Palestinian-Israeli-American world champion boxer Johar Abu Lashin. |
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Sisai / Sapir College
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 56 min | Video
Director:
David Gavro
Producer: David Gavro, Yael Shavit, Avner Faingulernt
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| 20-year-old Sisai, Ethiopian immigrant in Israel, lives with his adoptive family - the Gavros. Father Gavro returns from Ethiopia with news of Sisai`s biological father`s whereabouts. Sisai does not share his family`s excitement. |
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Stalin`s Forgotten Zion
Netherlands, 2004 | Documentary, 2 x 50 min. or 1 x 90 min. | Video
Director:
Rob Hof
Producer: Hoffilm
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| Where is home? In Siberia or in Israel? |
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Taqasim
Israel, 1999 | Documentary, 43 min. | Video
Director:
Duki Dror
Producer:
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| A voyage to the hidden treasures of classical Arabic music, and to the participation of Jewish musicians in this cultural heritage. |
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The Ashkenazim
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director:
Dani Dotan, Dalia Mevorach
Producer: Dalia Mevorach, Dani Dotan
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| Thought provoking, moving and funny – The Ashkenazim takes an intimate look at the role heritage plays in the multi-ethnic State of Israel. |
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The Last Scene
Israel, 2004 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director:
Eliezer Shapiro
Producer: Ziv Naveh
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| For seventy years, Menucha has remained silent about parting from her eleven-year-old sister at the Warsaw train station, where she saw her for the last time. The film follows Menucha`s attempt to recreate that defining moment in her childhood. |
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The Quest for the Missing Piece
Israel/Germany, 2007 | Doc, 52 min | Digital Beta
Director:
Oded Lotan
Producer: Claudia Levin
Co-produced with: The Second Authority Channel For Radio & TV- Israel, T&G Films, BR / ARTE, The New Israeli Foundation For Cinema &TV-Israel
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| As a young Jewish gay man living in Tel Aviv with his German partner, Oded Lotan is in an intriguing position to examine the ritual of bris, or male circumcision. |
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The Wandering Samaritan
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 58 min | Video
Director:
Ohad Ufaz
Producer: Itay Ken-Tor
Co-produced with: Nik Media, Netherland
Micha Shagrir, Israel
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| Gadi Tzdaka is a rebellious descendant of the ancient Samaritan nation. The film portrays Gadi as a person straddling the fence between Israel and Palestine and between east and west. |
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Warp & Weft
Israel, 1997 | Documentary, 26 min. | Video
Director:
Duki Dror
Producer:
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The sad story of the city of Dimona, Israel’s poorest town, world-known as the site of Israel’s secret nuclear plant.
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