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Conversion Therapy is revealed from within for the first time. Lev, a 54 year-old divorced Orthodox Jew, attends conversion therapy hoping to be remarried to a woman. He attends one-on-one therapy sessions and group therapy, believing his unwanted same-sex attractions will disappear. At the same time, Ben, a 23-year-old social work student, seven years into […] >>
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The film was produced in the framework of the “Souvenirs” program – a film lab for Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers in the Old City of Jerusalem. The film follows “Abu Taher”, who manages a number of workers who prepare brooms at the Arab Blind Association. Abu Tahar, also sings the Koran in a small mosque […] >>
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Late night, September 1997, a force of the commando marches into a deadly ambush in Lebanon. 11 of them are killed, the body of one remains behind – my brother, Itamar. 25 years after Itamar was killed, his sister, director Aya Elia, goes back to observe the bereavement rituals in Israel. “Knock on the Door” […] >>
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Drenched in guilt and longing to his beloved Nadia, who was murdered by an unknown killer, Alex slowly takes on her identity one step at a time. While her family mourns, Alex estranges himself from them, becoming a loner in his home which is slowly becoming an absurd temple to commemorate Nadia. After a failed […] >>
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One night, one apartment and one mystery. A psychological drama set entirely during one night in one apartment in Tel Aviv. The apartment belongs to young couple Shir and Rami. Shir is woken up one evening by the doorbell. An angry neighbor hands over the dog Rami had taken out earlier in the evening. Rami […] >>
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Michal a young single mother, raising her daughter, Keren-Or, between the old depressing tenements of Afula and Jerusalem. Michal is on a journey toward her independence Trying to give Keren-Or the life she never had. Michal wants to give Keren-Or a stable family experience, unlike the one she knew due to her difficult relationship with […] >>
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Since his boyfriend left him, Yotam hasn’t slept one night alone. Obsessed by dating apps, he spends his nights in the arms of strangers, until he discovers that he has been infected by an intolerable skin disease. >>
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Can the means used to resolve the conflict in South Africa be applied to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? As someone who experienced both conflicts firsthand, Robi Damelin wonders about this. Born in South Africa during the apartheid era, she later lost her son, who was serving with the Israeli Army reserve in the Occupied Territories. At […] >>
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Near Far is a six-part documentary series focusing on the Y and X generations of the 1948 Palestinians. We follow seven charismatic and opinionated young people, who are debating about where to live: should they stay where they grew up, move to a mixed city or one with a Jewish majority, or return home? The […] >>
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Naomi Golan, daughter of producer and filmmaker Menachem Golan, travels to India following her father while he shoots “The Return from India” in hopes of repairing their troubled relationship. After many years of failed attempts, Naomi decides to talk to her father in the only language he understands – the language of film. She puts […] >>
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Through the striking cinematography of Nurit Aviv and a soundtrack composed of beautiful chanting and haunting silence, this film explores the mystery and discretion of forty silent nuns living at the Beit Jamal monastery near Jerusalem. The film attempts to deal with the cinematic challenge posed by their very silence and incorporates texts from the […] >>
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In the summer of 2005, the Tel Aviv Museum holds an exhibition called “Communal Sleeping” in which kibbutz-born artists living in towns portray through their works their childhood experiences of communal sleeping. This is a film about childhood experiences, sensations, pains and memories surrounding the unique experience of growing up on a kibbutz.The soul searching […] >>
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Yaeli is a 20-year-old Ultra-Orthodox woman, who dreams of love. Her heart is beating for David, a handsome and smart yeshiva boy, but Yaeli is also a barren woman. Yaeli’s father, a charismatic and strong man, is looking for a man with children for her, and is not willing to introduce his daughter to a […] >>
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Igor, Avner, Kipnis and Leon are residents in the psychiatric ward ‘Brosh’ in the Abarbanel Mental Hospital. Each one has a dream. This film traces their pursuit of their dreams. The film evolved from a creative collaboration with the residents of a mental institutions. >>
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When my father, Meir Ariel, got into the Medical Cannabis Industry he never realized that after nine years he will be struggling to build the first production logistics factory of medical cannabis in Israel.And so, our family found itself joining my father’s dream and taking key roles in the company.This movie follows my father at […] >>