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Flight 1812: Rediscovering Mom
On October 4, 2001, Oksana Zelser, aged 38, boarded a flight from Israel to Russia for a family visit. A long-range missile fired at the plane caused it to crash into the Black Sea, claiming the lives of everyone on board, including 51 Israeli citizens. Oksana’s son, Iliya, was only 13 years old when he […] >>
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Three generations of fighters .Trained by his father in a method developed by his Holocaust surviving grandfather, Idan had no choice but to become a martial arts champion. But how do you react when your father is your coach, and he in turn was taught by his own father? The film follows an extraordinary childhood […] >>
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Tali, a single mom, finds out her bank account is blocked. The kindergarten payment fell through and her daughter is banned. She is lost between call centers, until she decides to gain back some self-respect. She takes her daughter to the call center of the insurance company that screwed her. >>
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Conversion Therapy is revealed from within for the first time. Lev, a 54 year-old divorced Orthodox Jew, attends conversion therapy hoping to be remarried to a woman. He attends one-on-one therapy sessions and group therapy, believing his unwanted same-sex attractions will disappear. At the same time, Ben, a 23-year-old social work student, seven years into […] >>
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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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A biographical and psychological portrait of Dr. Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen, a man of extraordinary abilities but very little conscience: a brilliant physician and a pioneer of psychiatric research, but also an elusive con artist who became the only Jew in history convicted of Nazi war crimes. The film traces his journey from a small town in […] >>
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The borders of Israel are fraught with high tension. Since October 7th, uncertainty about the enemy’s next move has left residents in a state of perpetual anxiety. The pressure leads to bizarre situations, with no clear end in sight. Stories oscillate between tangible borders and imagined ones, painting a picture of a society struggling to […] >>
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The Bells Ringing – Ahuva Ozeri
In 1999, after a 23-year absence, gifted musician Ahuva Ozeri is planning a comeback. She’s recording a new album – The Bells are Ringing. Ahuva, considered the queen of the Middle Eastern music, sits at home and makes a living as a cook at a meat restaurant. She hopes to break out again with the […] >>
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My grandmother lost her son in the Holocaust, and with him, her conscience and compassion. Conversations with the women in my family uncover her tragic story and the impact she and her experiences still have on us. >>
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A docu-drama starring Leora Rivlin and featuring animation, telling the little-known story of Ada Sereni: The Lady in the Black Dress. Who was she? And why have we never heard of her? Ada was the first woman to command the Mossad LeAliyah Bet in Italy – a secret intelligence organization that would later become the […] >>
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Twenty years after the Israeli rock group “Minimal Compact” was founded, the filmmaker, a lifetime fan, sets out on a journey to uncover the extraordinary story of the band which was popular in Europe in the 1980s, whose members are now scattered around Europe and Israel. Through interviews with former band members Rami Fortis, Berry […] >>
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Tamar’s daughters keep trying to tell her of a wonderous land they’ve found, but she is too overworked to hear them. When a strange recurring melody finally forces her to pay attention, she follows her daughters into the depths beneath the film, beyond the story itself. Venturing to the far end of an ancient liminal […] >>
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In her Glasses Camera, Ruti Sela combines two optical devices: eyeglasses and built-in-hidden camera. She lets her two nephews shoot most of the film, thereby allowing us to see the world through the eyes of a child for a few minutes. Sela interweaves several discrete and seemingly incongruous genes: children’s films, documentary reportages, hidden camera, […] >>
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Ever since 17-year-old Rachel Levy, an Israeli, was killed four years ago in Jerusalem by a Palestinian suicide bomber, her mother, Abigail, has hardly found a moment’s peace. Levy’s killer was Ayat al-Akhras, also 17, a schoolgirl from a Palestinian refugee camp several miles away. The two young women looked remarkably alike. Through the personal […] >>
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With the support of the Ministry of Culture - The Israel Film Council