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Beyond Hitler’s Grasp tells the story of Bulgaria, one of the smallest European nations, and how the country managed to save and protect its Jewish population while under German rule during World War II. A hopeful and inspring story amidst the horrors of the Holocaust, Bulgaria protected its Jewish minority from the death camps despite […] >>
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When it comes to love, Roberta knows what she wants – and it’s not what she’s getting. One night she takes matters into her own hands. A comic fantasy starring two of the dance world’s most exciting performers. >>
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On Purim 1994, Dr. Baruch Goldstein fired 119 bullets at a group of Arab worshippers at the Cave of the Patriarchs. The horrible massacre motivated Prime Minister Rabin’s government to ban the “Kach” and “Kahane Chai” movements. However, Israel’s extreme right reorganized immediately to oppose the peace process, culminating with Yigal Amir shooting three bullets, […] >>
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When El-Ad was small, his mother told him: “Raising you is like raising three kids.” Ever since that moment, he felt guilty for being deaf, and tried extra hard to be like everyone else. He became even more alienated after the tragic death of his mother and the breakdown of his family. El-Ad later started […] >>
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Yotam Regev, a teenage boy and the son of the Mayor, is waiting alone in a room at the local police station. A youth interrogator enters and Yotam starts describing the incidents leading to his arrest, all revolving around his attempt to court a girl, following his father’s somewhat militant teachings. When Yotam’s father abruptly […] >>
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From Moment in Isolation, Israel, 2020//Artistic Director: Noit Geva Danny (31, AKA “Sweetie”) is desperate to meet another human being after spending 14 days in quarantine. All she can see on the balconies of the buildings across the street are couples. Staring at them only underlines how difficult it is for her to be single […] >>
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Hard to say exactly when did Israel turn from a country based on socialist ideals to a capitalist country, living the ‘work-shop-throw out’ dream. Is it the constant security threat that brings us to live and shop as if it was our last day? Why do the Banks and the authorities encourage over consumerism? And […] >>
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Khitam, A Gaza Band born Palestinian woman, was married off in an arranged match to an Israeli Arab, followed him to Israel and bore him six children. When her husband divorced her – in absentia – in the Sharia (Muslim) court he gained custody of the children and Khitam was left with nothing. She cannot […] >>
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The film follows an adolescent girl’s stream of consciousness as she tries to cope with her unfamiliar femininity, the same process that every girl goes through when they get their first period. The entire process is accompanied by the changing moon, which becomes fuller as the girl’s understanding of herself develops. Her thoughts are weaved […] >>
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The story of 1977 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Basketball team making history by beating the Soviets and wining the first European title in a dramatic year which contains within itself the watershed of the State of Israel. >>
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After being kicked out of every school, 14-year-old Kiki is about to enter a closed institution for juvenile delinquents for violence offenses and drug trafficking. Just before, his sister Gal manages to convince the welfare authorities to give him one last chance: an experimental therapeutic journey in the desert. With the help of her friends, […] >>
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This is the story of The Midrashia, the mothership of religious Zionism in Israel, “the Mother of all high school yeshivas”. It’s a story about an educational start-up, founded before the establishment of the State, having produced thousands of quality students that placed themselves in all the centers of power in Israel. This is a […] >>
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The moment Neurobiologists discovered how to copy human memories to a hard drive, Mankind began abandoning the physical world for a virtual reality called Second Life. In the wake of a growing shortage in memory storage, it was decided to minimize human interaction, and speech was outlawed. When finally remained in the physical reality, only […] >>


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