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Nava, Miki, and Ilan have shared an unconventional family unit for five decades. The three live together in the same building and are raising May, their adopted daughter. Alongside their personal lives, they founded and continue to run a bold and iconic cultural institution — Tmuna Theater. Now, a necessary move from their crumbling building […] >>
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In 1955, a collection of contemporary artworks, including some made by the world’s leading artists of the time, was donated to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Thousands flocked to the museum to see the new collection; but how was it exactly that Eugen Kolb, then the museum’s director, managed to obtain such an impressive […] >>
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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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The Essential Link – The Story of Wilfrid Israel
“Never in my life have I come in contact with a being so noble, so strong and as selfless as he was” Albert Einstein. Wilfrid Israel, the owner of a department store in the center of Berlin, was one of the great saviors of Jews during the Holocaust. However, very few people have heard of […] >>
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When their senior dog’s condition deteriorates, owners often wonder: is it better to prolong life or mercifully put to sleep? When is the right moment to let go? At “Hofshi” (“Free”), a retirement home for dogs, the stories of owners and their pets convey these dilemmas, which escalate when facing the threat of being put […] >>
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Dima and his family are forced to move out of their apartment, where they’ve been living for 20 years, ever since migrating from Russia. Where their house currently stands, a new residential tower is going to be built. >>
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Meni Philip believed the days of teachers physically disciplining students belonged in the past, along with vague memories of abuse he suffered in school years ago. A viral post online proved otherwise, detailing brutality suffered at the hands of teachers in ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools and eliciting hundreds of similar stories. The responses sent Meni on […] >>
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Documentary series. A look at the historic and cultural evolution of the Israeli society as reflected through fashion. What does a look in the mirror of fashion and clothing trends tell us about social development? From the Jewish community in Palestine, through the early settlers, national austerity, the “Tzabar”, the big city scene, the beaches, […] >>
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Raised in an orthodox home, Amos Dov Silver dreams of becoming Prime Minister. But when the State continues to shun him, he soon finds unexpected solace in the velvety smoke of Marijuana. Spreading his new Torah, he establishes an online community using a mobile app that turns into the largest marketplace for drugs in Israel, […] >>
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On the eastern skirts of Haifa sits Wadi Rushmia, a region of abandoned quarries from the days of the British Mandate. Throughout the generations this place has been home to a variety of immigrant populations, first to Jewish immigrants from North Africa and Eastern Europe and later from Ethiopia and Russia. Eventually, displaced Palestinian Arabs […] >>
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When my dying mother, Alegria, asks me, Meirav , a former detective, to stop the curse on the family, and on my brother Victor, I give her my word. My mother doesn’t remember that the curse already took my brother’s life. As I try to understand what this terrible thing was that my grandfather Victor […] >>
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A dangerous and deadly virus is spreading around the world. Zombies are everywhere, and citizens are forced to lock themselves inside their homes. Esther, an elderly woman who has cared for her sick husband for years, wants only one thing: for the outside world to leave them both alone. A visit by a young and […] >>
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Independence Day 2008. Batchen, a 13-year-old girl, stands by the road begging for help. Inside their car her father is unconscious, surrounded by her three younger siblings. Many cars pass by, but only one Druze man stops. He performs CPR and stays until help arrives, then vanishes without a trace. Batchen’s father didn’t survive, and […] >>


With the support of the Ministry of Culture - The Israel Film Council