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Fearing the consequences a married couple try to conceal a fatal accident. The father, a poultry farmer from the Galilee, is repressing all feelings and looking at the death of his son as a way of nature, but finely is being expelled by his wife, who cannot stand the absence of the loved one and […] >>
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Megiddo is the largest security prison in the world, a microcosm of the painful experience of the two nations. The fates of Benny, the tough prison commander, and Abdal Basat, the leader of Hamas, are intertwined in one another, depending on common or conflicting interests, all in order to fulfill the yearnings they have, each […] >>
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At 12 years-old, I wrote a tale about a family curse that led me to flee Mexico trying to avoid it, only to find it followed me. A decade later, I return to Mexico with my grandmother and my imaginary childhood friend, seeking the origin of the curse that led my family down the path […] >>
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In an ongoing war, Dede and the artillery soldiers find themselves in the midst of “Harvot Barzel” deep in a dugout, surrounded by hundreds of shells and constantly on edge. On one hand, Dede understands the importance of his role in protecting the combat forces, but on the other, he fears the moment when they’ll […] >>
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Elyasaf Kowner’s work, On The Way Back, deals with one of the central fears and experiences of childhood- those getting lost. Kowner constructs the work alphabetically. Alphabet is a system that introduces the child into language. On the other hand, it enables and teaches him or her to orientate in the world. Yet, on the […] >>
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Ze’ev Vladimir Jabotinsky? Most people don’t know much about him. Most people know he was the father of Herut movement, a revisionist. And who really knows what revisionism really means. A few people know that he translated Allan Poe’s Annabel Lee; even fewer read his historical novel, Samson. The Raven tries to fathom Jabotinsky’s deceptive […] >>
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Since Israel’s decisive victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have made their homes in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank. With unprecedented access to pioneers of the settlement movement and a diverse group of modern-day settlers, religious and secular alike, The Settlers is a comprehensive exploration of the […] >>
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A quirky lesbian mom discovers a love letter written by her 11-year-old son to another boy. Concerned for her son’s social status, she crashes a birthday party he is attending to keep a close eye on him. >>
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The film brings for the first time the story of the Israeli radio station Beit Shidir. With the establishment of the State of Israel and the immigration of Jews from Arab countries, the radio station was an active site for producing intelligence and political warfare against Arab countries in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. From […] >>
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After a historical shift of power in Haifa’s city hall, the relationship between the city’s residents and the local wild boars becomes more intense than ever. In the streets of this sleepy port city, a primal struggle erupts over the fate of the new guests. Through several points of view, five years and two election […] >>
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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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Ricki divorced her husband three years ago. Together with her daughter Noor, she moved in with her elder brother Yakir and his partner Ran. That temporary living arrangement became an especially alternative family when Ricki, her brother and his partner decide to have a child together and become a parenting trio. They face many challenges […] >>
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Noni and Tamar live a quiet life with their little girl. One evening, they hear screams in the street and Noni opens the window and asks for silence. After a brief moment, they hear someone knocking at their door. Two young men, drunk and nervous, enter the room. >>
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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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This film reveals the painful relationship between my 87-year-old mother and me, her son, who has suffered all his life from the silence that dominated our family. My mother’s silence always stood between us. It concealed secrets concerning our family story, during the Holocaust, and created a sense of distance and anger within me. The […] >>


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