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Now, When The Waters are Pressing Mightily
A visual version with footage from the Tsunami Disaster. Following the publication of the poem at “The New Yorker” magazine. From the Project: “A sonnet for Yuda”, a cinematic visual tribute to the poems of Yehuda Amichai >>
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Survival and the Art of the Joystick
Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: When I go to my parents’ house in Beit-El, I take my fear with me, as well as my love and many question marks. The drive there is like a video game – you either make it through or you don’t… Just close your eyes until the nightmare is over. >>
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20 years after his assassination, Yitzhak Rabin himself tells his dramatic life story. Without commentators or mediators, director Erez Laufer brings to the screen the story of one of Israel’s most prominent leaders in his own words. Through a combination of rare archive footage, home movies and private letters, his personal and professional dramas unfold […] >>
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In a technologically saturated world, a young Jerusalemite with a longing for human contact and addiction to screens, goes on a digital journey in search of a mysterious girl with whom he is in contact only through digital means and loses his identity online. >>
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Through the camera lens, and through the art works of a painter and a poet who grew up with him in the Israeli settlement of Psagot, this student director descibes his growing awareness of the neighboring Arab city of Ramallah and how it impacted his coming of age. >>
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Shadya Zoabi, a 17-year-old Muslim girl from a small Arab village in northern Israel and a World Champion in Karate, lives according to her own distinct principles and does not want to be like other Muslim women. Shadya’s brothers disapprove of her practicing Karate. In their view, a Muslim woman has a specific path in […] >>
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“A journey through Kabbalah, heroin, chaos and redemption. For 10 years I’ve filmed my mother’s and my own life change dramatically. Mom, a holocaust survivor, married Rabbi Ashlag when she was 45 and he 40 years older. He taught her the secrets of Kabbalah and then passed away. Since then mom, Rebbetizin Faiga, has been […] >>
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Shimon is hospitalized with severe pains. Roni, his daughter, stays by his side while they wait for his treatment. The time spent together forces them to face with the past conflicts and acknowledge the distance that has come between them over the years >>
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Mindy, A shy nerdy young girl, is trying to catch a star. While she looks at the sky, her neighbor watches her. From here on starts a competition between the two that will make the main character learn an important lesson about friendship. >>
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The largest investigation case in Israel of all times, has become a battle between the most dangerous international criminal Itzhak Abergil and the threatened prosecutor, Nisim Marom, who exclusively exposes their story while the trial is taking place. After a global investigation of over 20 years, the Israeli court is about to convict the head […] >>
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Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: The text written by Doron Rosenblum in 1990, “Longing for the present,” precisely expresses the abnormality of life here, a way of life that has become almost trivial. It is so hard to believe that the possibility of a normal life has disappeared like this, and that we must now […] >>
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Enter the world of Ohad Naharin, renowned choreographer and artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company. “Mr. Gaga”, eight years in the making, captures the elusive beauty of contemporary dance and immerses the audience in the creative process behind Batsheva’s unique performances. Using intimate rehearsal footage, extensive unseen archive materials and stunning dance sequences, acclaimed […] >>
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In the ultra-Orthodox community men are educated not to look at women or think about them and a girl practices modesty in clothing, actions and thoughts. Marriage requires complete strangers to suddenly encounter their partner for the first time in an intimate situation with only rudimentary information. According to Jewish law, they are required at […] >>