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On May 2013, Avner took off in his ultralight aircraft. Above the desert he turned off the engine and jumped. Who is Avner? Why did he choose to end his life so unusually? Avner was paralyzed from the chest down. He was a world champion in skydiving and Base Jumping. When he was 28, he […] >>
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Nir has received a definitive diagnosis. She is going to die. She looks healthy now, but she knows that can change at any moment. The filmmaker suggests filming her, and over the course of a year, she watches her live with her approaching death. The film follows a young woman, a musician and a dancer, […] >>
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Dory packs his parents’ house and breaks up from his partner, whilst he still finds it difficult and unsettled, the most magical thing happens to him: his childhood room turn to a time portal, Dory becomes a child again and meet his late brother the night before he fell in battle. This opportunity becomes a turning […] >>
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The Opposite of Love is not Hate
A dark secret is lurking under the floorboards of the house the four siblings are about to sell. In this personal documentary, the intricate balance of one family; questions about parents, siblings – and the echoes of one person’s story within the family are examined. The memories of the four children are presented in a […] >>
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The protagonist of the film is a girl whose home falls apart as a result of her parents’ divorce. Her buried memories are revealed through a sea of grains of sand. >>
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During a dark and hazy night, Ethan, Nick’s older brother, smuggles him out of the hospital and into a desperate journey through the urban jungle. A fierce love drives them to handel a task a moment before it will be too late. >>
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Lonely and forgotten, Edna finds refuge at the beach. An unexpected meeting with an abandoned dog, black as death yet full of joie de vivre, revives her femininty and upend the symbiotic relationship with her daughter Yael. >>
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In the name of FAMILY HONOR, the conservative al-Hawi family buries their daughter, Fadia, alive. The neighboring liberal Snour family rescues and hides her in their home, where she attempts to make sense of her life after the crime. A suspenseful dramatic thriller that explores the attitudes toward women, the psychology behind the heinous act […] >>
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A phone call wakes me up early in the morning. My older brother got into trouble. Again. After another entanglement, I realize that I can no longer ignore the problems that follow him around, and which seem to be taking over my life. I use the camera to get answers from my family and a […] >>
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Leon a 15 year old is part of the Cosplay community, teenagers who dress up as characters from comics and Japanese Anime, meet and role-play. Leon writes a blog, where he appears as a French character from a web show. Leon’s blog has over 100,000 fans from all over the world that know him as […] >>
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After a decade of silence, the director returns to her ultra-orthodox home, uncovering a hidden family archive that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. The journey challenges her life, offering a complex tale of self-discovery and redefining the meaning of family in a compelling exploration of hidden pasts, roots, and personal narratives. >>
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“Heavy and tired with a woman on a porch/ ‘Stay with me’. Like men, paths also find their end. With silence or with a snap/ stay with me. I want to be you” The afternoon routine of a very loving couple in their late 70’s. Loving, but in a different way. More different than anything […] >>
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In the winter of 2006 13-year-old Tair Rada was found dead inside a locked toilet stall at her school on the northern tip of Israel. A week later the police arrested Roman Zdorov, a Ukrainian Immigrant, who had worked there as a temp, and eventually he confessed to the murder. But many still believed he […] >>


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