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Hananel, a young religious Jew, is hurrying home for Shabbat. An unexpected encounter with Mundir, a stubborn Palestinian hitchhiker, leads Hananel on a series of mix-ups that eventually teach him a lesson in communication, friendship and love. >>
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In the late 1970’s, after thousands of years of praying and longing for Jerusalem, the first Ethiopian Jews arrived in Israel. “Was it worth it?” their children now ask, for the first time. They are brave and direct and their words pierce through the heart. Words shifting between the great happiness of village life and […] >>
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Rachel, a graduate of Beit Ya’akov, entered an ‘arranged’ marriage, wishing only to be ‘a kosher woman doing the will of her husband’. Finding herself in a marriage that did not succeed, she divorced, after which she asked permission to remove her wig– an unusual move in Ultra-Orthodox society. The opposition of her parents, Halakha, […] >>
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Over the span of fifty years, the Israeli military censorship secretly copied soldiers’ personal letters, extracting their views on the most contentious issues facing Israeli society. The findings were presented to leaders in a top-secret report identified as “The Soldier’s Opinion.” >>
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In the 1950’s Haifa’s Hadar HaCarmel neighbourhood was the lively heart of the city. Today it’s abandoned and neglected but its past is still present on every corner. The film tells the neighbourhood through the stories of a few of it’s most intriguing residents. >>
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How does the world look through a 6 years old child’s eyes? The movie “Summer Nights” offers a window into a child’s world. A window to his fears, his desires, his way of thinking. A journey into the subconscious of an innocent and ingenuous child, while he drifts into the depths of his own mind. >>
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Mount of Olives – overlooking Temple Mount and the absent Holy Temple. Tradition proclaims this is the closest point on earth to heavenly sanctity, and burial here ensures proximity to eternity. Yet among the tombs we find the living: those who have chosen this holy mount for their home, who have elected to live in […] >>
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Tzipporah longs to stretch her wings and fly but knows that without solid ground to return to, she will be lost. Caught between two seemingly incompatible worlds, the stable orthodox Judaic lifestyle that she lives and the soaring thrill of Aerial Acrobatics, she feels incomplete in either place and struggles to find her true identity. […] >>
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In May 1994, one of the most significant voices in the Israeli cultural scene was silenced abruptly. Hezi Laskaly, a poet, artist, choreographer, and critic, died of AIDS at the age of 42. In February 1996 a film crew set off on the trail of the words he left behind. “Yakantalisa” is a cinematic portrait […] >>
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On the trawler, the Spirit of Namibia, moored off the coast, diamond mining goes on around the clock. The film follows the life of an international crew working in the service of a faceless mining conglomerate (De-Beers) that owns not only the ship but the surrounding waters as well. The men are drawn into contemplation […] >>
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The Opposite of Love is not Hate
A dark secret is lurking under the floorboards of the house the four siblings are about to sell. In this personal documentary, the intricate balance of one family; questions about parents, siblings – and the echoes of one person’s story within the family are examined. The memories of the four children are presented in a […] >>
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A visual cinematic tribute to the poems of Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai. “Wonderfull and hard are the days of my life…” From the Project: “A sonnet for Yuda”, a cinematic visual tribute to the poems of Yehuda Amichai >>
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He calls himself TRA. He is 13, and he always was a little different. People tried to tame him. They hurt him quite a bit. “I was a fat kid who loved to daydream and draw fairies instead of playing soccer, and no one wanted to play with me. They bullied me, and then the […] >>
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Ten artists, with language as an essential part of their life, speak about the relationship between their mother tongue, and Hebrew, Israel’s official language. Sometimes these artists live between two languages, and sometimes they do not speak the other language, but its music continues to echo… >>