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       The Last Krasucky
The Last Krasucky
Israel, 2009 | Documentary, 54 min. Director: Y.A. Krasucky
Producer:
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….
 
       Voices from El-Sayed
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
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.
 
      Menachem and Fred
Menachem and Fred
Israel, 2009, 90 minutes Director: Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner
Producer: Ofra Tevet, Ronit Kertsner, Jens Meurer
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.
 
     Desert Brides
Desert Brides
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 90 min. | Video
Director: Ada Ushpiz
Producer: Ada Ushpiz
This is the story of three relatively educated and independent Bedouin women trying to survive, each in their own way, a life of polygamy.
 
     My Sister Tikva
My Sister Tikva
Israel, 2009 | Doc, 53 min. | Beta, DVD
Director: Vered Berman
Producer: Edna Nahum & Dina Kahanovitz
Tikva`s painful odyssey, uprooted from one family to another, between four pairs of parents
 
     Shining Stars
Shining Stars
Israel, 2008, 61 min Director: Yael Kipper Zaretzky
Producer: Yael Kipper, Yael Shavit
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.
 
    18 Kilometers
18 Kilometers
Israel, 2008 | Feature, 81 min., 76 min. | Beta SP Pal/ HDV
Director: Avi Levi
Producer: Avi Levi, Efrat Ben Ya`akov
24 hours in the lives of eleven people living in Sderot and Gaza, whose fates have been bound together by a day in Israel.
 
    Variations for Piano for Six hands
Variations for Piano for Six hands
Israel, 2009 | short fiction, 42 min. Director: Eytan Evgeni Melamed
Producer: Moran Peled, Elena Arabski, Anya Ziskina (Tel Aviv University, Department of Film and Television)
After a five-year-absence, Misha Rabinovich, a Russian musician with a Polaroid camera and big expectations, surprises his wife and little boy at the stairs of their apartment.
 
   In the Freiman`s Kitchen/ Sapir
In the Freiman`s Kitchen/ Sapir
Israel, 2007 | Doc., 56 min | Video
Director: Hadar Bashan
Producer: Nachum Landau
This intimate and emotional film provides a glimpse into an aging couple’s relationship and beliefs during a critical time.
 
   Last Day
Last Day
Israel, 2008 | Short fiction, 28 min. Director:
Producer: Evgeni Gertsenstein
 
   Lullaby/ Sapir films
Lullaby/ Sapir films
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 50 min. | DV
Director: Natalie Haziza
Producer: Natalie Haziza, Yoel Ode
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.
 
   Pesya`s Necklace
Pesya`s Necklace
Israel, 2006 | Short , 35 min | 16mm
Director: Jorge Gurvich
Producer: Jorge Gurvich
Eighty-year-old Pesya is determined to travel to her parents’ house located in Poland. She intends to find a golden necklace, which was hidden by her and her sister before they were taken to Auschwitz.
 
   The Boys From Lebanon
The Boys From Lebanon
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 52 min. | Video
Director: Ohad Ufaz
Producer: Itay Ken-Tor
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.
 
  Side Walk
Side Walk
Israel, 2007 | Doc, 57 min. | HD CAM
Director: Duki Dror
Producer: Yael Shavit
Co-produced with: Roni Izahk
The separate yet parallel journeys of seven children as they journey from school to home and back again.
 
  The Paths of our Fathers
The Paths of our Fathers
Israel, 2007 | Documentary, 60 min. | Beta SP
Director: Asaf Shahar
Producer: Asaf Shahar
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.
 
  You Never Know
You Never Know
Israel, 2008 | Doc, 63 min | Video
Director: Boaz Shahak
Producer: Danny Paran
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...
 
 Gole Sangam - The Stone Flower
Gole Sangam - The Stone Flower
Israel, 2007 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director: Sarit Haymian
Producer: Osnat Trabelsi
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.
 
 If Man Could Fly
If Man Could Fly
Israel, 2007 | Doc, 62 min. | Video
Director: Yael Kipper Zaretzky
Producer: Irit Zuta, Itay Kahn
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.
 
 Open Eye - Open I
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
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.
 
 Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
Israel, 2003 | Documentary, 54 min. | Video
Director: Ebtisam Mara`ana
Producer: Duki Dror
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.”
 
 Sisyphus`s Brother/ Sapir College
Sisyphus`s Brother/ Sapir College
Israel, 2007 | Fiction, 43 min | Video
Director: Dori Rivkin
Producer: Ran Aloni, Tal Tzchyek
Marcus is searching for his suicidal friend Juno.Over the course of this journey, Marcus is forced to confront his own past.
 
 The Girls from Brazil
The Girls from Brazil
Israel/Brazil, 2007 | Doc, 90 min | Video
Director: Nili Tal
Producer: Nili Tal
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.
 
 The Journey of Vaan Nguyen
The Journey of Vaan Nguyen
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 84 min, 56 min | Video
Director: Duki Dror
Producer: Yael Shavit
In her painful blog, Vaan Nguyen unfolds the absurdities of her life as an Israeli-born Vietnamese.
 
 Two Eyes and a Mouth/ Sapir  College
Two Eyes and a Mouth/ Sapir College
Israel, 2004 | Doc, 11 min | Video
Director: Yousif Abu Mediam
Producer: Yousif Abu Mediam
The director tells his own story of what it is like as a Bedouin man trying to become a filmmaker.
 
 Yedidiah`s Collection
Yedidiah`s Collection
Israel, 2005 | Short Doc, 18 min | Video
Director: Noam Demsky, Mordi Kershner
Producer: Mordi Kershner, Noam Demsky
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.
 
A General`s Story
A General`s Story
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director: David Habler
Producer: Duki Dror, Yael Shavit
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.
 
And Behold, There Came a Great Wind
And Behold, There Came a Great Wind
Israel, 2006 | Doc, 58 min | Video
Director: Ziv Alexandrony
Producer: Ziv Alexandrony
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.
 
Behind Trnasperand Walls - 3 part series
Behind Trnasperand Walls - 3 part series
Israel, 2009 | Documentary series, 3X50 minutes Director:
Producer: Noemy Schory, Liran Atzmor, Itay Ken-Tor
 
Children by Remote Control - Sapir  College
Children by Remote Control - Sapir College
Israel, 2003 | Doc, 51 min | Video
Director: Nachum Landau
Producer:
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.
 
Code Name Silence
Code Name Silence
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director: Yifat Kedar
Producer: Ziv Naveh
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.
 
Footsteps in the Sand
Footsteps in the Sand
Israel, 2006 | Doc. , 50 min | Video
Director: Revital Shtern
Producer: Yoav Elitzur
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.
 

Living With Death
Israel, 2005 | Documentary, 45 min. | Video
Director: Gilad Goldschmidt
Producer:
What happens when death is stopped in the middle?
 
Men on the Edge
Men on the Edge
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 90 min, 56 min | Video.
Director: Macabit Abrahmosn, Avner Faingulernt
Producer: A.Finagulert, M. Abramson
A gripping observation of life between Palestinian and Israeli fishermen working and living together on an abandoned Mediterranean shoreline, between Israel and Gaza.
 
My Family`s Pizza/Sapir College
My Family`s Pizza/Sapir College
Israel, 2003 | Doc, 52 min | Video
Director: Ronen Amar
Producer: Ronen Amar & Lior Dustri
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.
 
My Fantasia
My Fantasia
Israel, 2001 | Documentary, 54 min. | Video
Director: Duki Dror
Producer:
Stirred by the bombing of Baghdad and Tel Aviv in the Gulf War of 1991, director Duki Dror retraces his Iraqi roots.
 
My Own Telenovela
My Own Telenovela
Israel | Doc, 67 min | Video
Director: Yohanan (Jorge) Weller
Producer:
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.
 

Promised Land
Israel, 2008 | Documentary, 52 min. | Video
Director: Avi Hemy
Producer: Idan Regev
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.
 
Radio Daze
Radio Daze
Israel, 1996 | Documentary, 42 min. | Video
Director: Duki Dror
Producer: Duki Dror
Co-produced with: Idit Ben Dor
The amazing story of a Radio-addict, the queen of music trivia, Rebbeca De Solarsky.
 
Raging Dove
Raging Dove
Israel, 2002 | Documentary, 70 min. | Video
Director: Duki Dror
Producer: Duki Dror
The story of Palestinian-Israeli-American world champion boxer Johar Abu Lashin.
 
Sisai / Sapir College
Sisai / Sapir College
Israel, 2005 | Doc, 56 min | Video
Director: David Gavro
Producer: David Gavro, Yael Shavit, Avner Faingulernt
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.
 
The Last Scene
The Last Scene
Israel, 2004 | Doc, 50 min | Video
Director: Eliezer Shapiro
Producer: Ziv Naveh
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.
 
The Quest for the Missing Piece
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
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.
 
The Wandering Samaritan
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
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.
 
White Balance
White Balance
Israel, 2004 | Fiction, 45 min. | Video
Director: Dorit Hakim
Producer: Yifat Prestelnik
Itamar, a twelve-year-old boy, is desperate to maintain his passion for ice-skating despite his gradual loss of hearing.
 
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Srugim is touring US in May 2010. Second season to be premiered in NY.
Director of "Srugim", Laizy Shapiro invited to New York, Boston and Ottawa where he will be screening episodes from the popular series and will be interviewed by local press. Seond season to be premiered in the Jewish Center NY more info