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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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At 80 years old, the actor and holocaust survivor Shmuel Wolf loses his ability to stand on stage. Also his marriage to Miki, who is 20 years younger than him, is going through a transformation forcing them to redefine their roles. Directed by their daughter, Roni Wolf, the film chronicles Shmuel’s journey as an artist, […] >>
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Vicki, a Mexican salsa dancer and a poor single mother, leaves her young son with her mother and flies to Israel dressed as a nun in order to sneak in. She plans to work and follow Beto, her boyfriend and the father of her child. On the plane she meets Yoni, a young Israeli scientist, […] >>
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Rachel, a graduate of Beit Ya’akov, entered an ‘arranged’ marriage, wishing only to be ‘a kosher woman doing the will of her husband’. Finding herself in a marriage that did not succeed, she divorced, after which she asked permission to remove her wig– an unusual move in Ultra-Orthodox society. The opposition of her parents, Halakha, […] >>
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A young family that falls on hard times moves to a community on the Israeli border with Gaza, only to find themselves dealing with a reality that puts them in a constant state of insecurity. How will they face this new challenge and what will they learn about the boundaries of happiness? >>
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When the Israeli government forms a plan to urbanize Bedouin villages in the Negev, the lives of 120,000 citizens are on the verge of radical change. Othman, a local young man, is appointed to convince the people of Bir Hadaj to embrace modernization. Soon, he realizes that the true potential for change lies with the […] >>
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Ella and Edik, two brothers from a traditional Bukhari family (Uzbek Jews), arrive early on the eve of a Jewish holiday, to their parents’ home in a small town in Israel. There they find their homophobic father dead and dressed in women’s clothes. While their mother is on her way home, they have to decide […] >>
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“Appleless” by Aimee Bender is a story of a girl who is victimized in an apple orchard. In a somewhat parallel plot the film follows two young brothers who discover the power of dangerous play, while wondering in their grandparents’ house. This short film is a part of a new cultural venture called ‘StoryVid’, combining […] >>
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Micha, the director and protagonist of this film, is very disturbed by historian Uri Milstein’s upcoming, in-depth investigation into what really happened during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub, during the First Lebanon War. In the name of military camaraderie, he supports Ira, the battalion commander, as he prepares for his interviews with Milstein. After all, […] >>
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For the first time on screen, second-generation children of Holocaust Survivors open up about their abused childhood suffering. Only now, decades later, they dare confront the memory of both physical and mental abuse. Their parents, who had survived the Holocaust, had inadvertently turned from abused Nazi victims into the abusers of their own children. The […] >>
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Have You Heard About the Black Panthers?
In 1970, a protest movement led by young people from disadvantaged neighborhoods in Jerusalem burst into the public consciousness with its anti-establishment and sometimes, violent actions. They became known as the “Black Panthers.” Filmmaker Nissim Mossek, who was enchanted by the enthusiasm and sincere intentions of the rebellious youngsters, followed their revolutionary course, which he […] >>
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Decades after leaving the entertainment world to become an ultra-Orthodox Rabi, Uri Zohar, one of the founders of Israeli cinema, is once again directing a film. With the help of a group of young film school graduates, Zohar directs a film about a successful dancer discovering her faith who, much like Uri Zohar’s own personal […] >>
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A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature. >>
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Minkush, a young ultra-Orthodox Hasidic woman, struggles to reconcile conflicting desires, hoping to win her husband’s physical affection in a battle of love versus religious law. >>