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For the last thirty years David Talker has been father, heart, and soul of the cricket team Dimona Champions. He dreams of building the first cricket field in Israel, but his dream comes with a high price tag. Now that his team is about to fall apart he gazes courageously at his past and reconnects […] >>
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Mother and daughter try to renew a relationship that was broken in the shadow of childhood trauma. Armed with a camera, the director returns to her childhood home in search of recognition. Between bags of clothes that her mother has been collecting for her, the generation and memory gaps are revealed. Despite the mental distance […] >>
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This film contains rare documentation of the Hilltop Youth of Gilad Farm, the most radical Jewish outpost in all the West Bank. Due to American and European pressure, the threat of evacuation hangs over their heads. They confront the Israeli government, its security forces, and the Palestinians, and pose a rebellious, sometimes violent and lawless […] >>
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Seven families live in Tel Rumeidah, or “Jesse’s Land,” in a controversial settlement in Hebron. They have been struggling for fourteen years to hold on to this small hill in the center of the town which they believe they hold the right to, and in doing so have stirred much political debate in Israeli society. […] >>
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This is the story of two brothers who for decades feared to meet. Attempting to repress their past and build new lives, the brothers buried dark secrets in their hearts. Only when rare letters were found, letters from their parents who were in a concentration camp at the time, to the orphanage where the brothers […] >>
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In a dark city, in a fictional world, during an unknown time, on an exceptionally stormy night, Sarah Bennett (Moriah Akons) arrives at the office of Detective Joe (Amit Ullman). She asks him to find her missing sister. Though he knows nothing good will come of it, Joe agrees to open an investigation. The investigation […] >>
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Adam and Eve move in together. Only this time there’s no Garden of Eden No snake to blame and not much of a god to be afraid of.Just two people struggling to get along together, one apple and some fig leaves. Based on a new story by Jonathan Safran Foer, this short film is a […] >>
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“Relaying: Testimonies on Motherhood Lost, Meadows Museum of Art, 2014 A Four-Channel Video Installation by Israeli artist Mali De-Kalo”. Confronting the boundaries between the art world and social action, Relaying presents testimonial monologues by mothers whose children refuse to have any contact with them as a result of the breakdown of the family unit .De-Kalo’s […] >>
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An intimate portrait of one of Israel’s leading screen and stage actors, Sasson Gabay, and his relationship with his son, Adam, an actor and filmmaker himself. The film is part of “Muses”, a 6-part documentary series about inspiring Israeli cultural figures, a collaboration between the NFCT, the Makor Foundation and Kan 11 – the Israeli […] >>
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80-year-old Tzvi tries to educate his rebellious grandson and takes him on a trip to the desert, only to find that the generation gap between them is as wide as the extreme sceneries surrounding them. The impossible journey comes to its end in the only imaginable way. >>
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After losing a custody case, Maya realizes that unless she commits an extreme act, her ex-wife will disappear along with their mutual daughter, Shai-Li. On that same day, Maya shows up at her daughter’s kindergarten and takes her for some “quality time” with no intention of bringing her back. >>
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Every Saturday a group of elderly women and men carry plastic lawn chairs across the Mount Herzl National Cemetery in Jerusalem. In the shade of an old pine tree, they sit in a circle and discuss various matters. For over two decades, the “Mt. Herzl Academy” has held its weekly meeting at this cemetery. Seated […] >>
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At a moment of anger, Julie decides to flee from a mentally ill mother and from a strangling home, which leads her to the world of prostitution –filled with opportunities. There, Julie faces many confrontations, some good and some scarring. this is the fate Julie has determined for herself. >>
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The story of an Israeli woman and a mother of two girls leaving her country in search of her boyfriend who disappeared in the chaos of the civil war in eastern Ukraine. Her journey leads her to decide to enlist in the rebel forces and devote herself to the war. >>
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Ami Shinfeld was a young boy from an ultra-Orthodox family in Bnei Brak who managed to fulfill his dream and become a top cardiac surgeon at Sheba Hospital. A few years ago, when the town of Sderot came under missile fire, Dr. Shinfeld decided to help its residents. Since then, he’s volunteered as a community […] >>