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In his interpretation to Ben Marcus’ story, director Nir Bergman brings a disturbing apocalyptic world in which the individual no longer exits. This description of what our world might look like in the near future, deals with the authorities’ control, with the invisible marginalized people in a society, and the suppression of the ‘other’. This […] >>
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Yochai, a melancholic bachelor in his 30’s, avoids living life. Beyond taking care of the minimum chores of life, he is busy distracting himself with all available means. But today he is required for another chore. He has to get up in the morning and take his nephew, Ilay, for an annual trip. Yochai sleeps […] >>
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A group of youths, some religious, some secular, decide to postpone their mandatory military service and spend a year living together in the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem to promote understanding and cooperation between both communities, whose schism is tearing Israeli society apart.While concentrating on seeking mutual understanding among themselves, the group members find themselves at […] >>
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The film follows several Israeli and Palestinian teachers during a school year and the way they teach their national history. Through dialogues and challenges with their students, debates with the ministries curriculum and its restrictions, the viewers obtain the long lasting and profound effect that the Israeli/Palestinian conflict transmits onto the next generation. >>
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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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In this documentary mosaic of a continued social disintegration, seven filmmakers bring to the screen protagonists and stories that live in an abyss of despair, in the chasm between those who have and those who do not. An old man rummaging for food in bins; a father who cannot give water to his infant daughter […] >>
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The Ashram Children: I Am No Body, I Have No Body
For 20 years, Jonathan, the filmmaker grew up in Jerusalem and in an Ashram in India, which he had to keep secret. In the Ashram he was taught to dedicate his life to the Guru, to always think of him. That way, Jonathan could finally reach his goal in life, awaken from the illusion, realize […] >>
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The Queen Has No Crown is a documentary film of Tomer Heymann’s that navigates the intimate lives of five brothers and their mother, as they experience the pains of exile and the joys of family bonding. Three of the Heymann sons take their families and leave Israel, one after the other, for “better” lives in […] >>
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27-year-old Svetlana is a married woman, a mother, and a registered nurse. 17-year-old Vadim works as a garbage man. Though seemingly very different, the two have a unique passion in common: They participate in a live-action, interactive role playing game set in a forest. Players dress up in medieval costumes and infuse magic into an […] >>
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At the age of 75, Geula breaks up with her husband Arik, 77. A contractor is hired to build a wall that divides the family house in two, and each of them now lives in their own half. Director Shai Gal points his camera to his parents in an attempt to find out what happened […] >>
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The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes
A few weeks before the opening of the Eichmann trial, transcripts of recorded conversations that Adolf Eichmann had with a Dutch Nazi journalist, Willem Sassen, were mysteriously handed over to prosecutor Gideon Hausner. The conversations were held a few years before Eichmann was brought to Israel by the Mossad. During the trial, Eichmann tried to […] >>
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At 80 years of age, Colonel David Rokni prepares to command the national ceremony on Israel’s Independence Day. Just like in each of the last 30 years, he goes through an arduous series of training, routine formation and foot drills for the traditional military parade – a job of which no other person is capable. […] >>
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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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