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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 • 12:00 PM • Virtual Screening

Children of Peace
ילדי השלום

Arabs and Jews have lived in ongoing conflict for over a century. A group of dreamers decided to challenge everything they know about their nationalities and histories and founded a village in 1970s Israel as a social experiment. The film... Read More»

Sunday, April 10, 2022 • 7:00 PM • at Philadelphia Film Center

Image of Victory
תמונת הניצחון

When an Egyptian propaganda filmmaker sets out to write a news story about the task force that liberates Palestinian farmers, he ends up playing a more prominent role in the conflict than he initially bargained for. Tensions rise as he... Read More»

Monday, March 28, 2022 • 12:00 PM • Virtual Screening

The Pianist from Ramallah
הפסנתרן מרמאללה

A gifted pianist, Muhammad “Misha” Alsheikh, struggles to follow his dreams of becoming big. The talented teenage musician’s early life consists of countless auditions and 3-hour commutes to piano class. Throughout his journey, Muhammad encounters a series of setbacks and... Read More»

Sunday, March 27, 2022 • 7:00 PM • at Kimmel Center, Perelman Theatre

That Orchestra with the Broken Instruments
התזמורת עם הכלים השבורים

A broken string, fractured echo chamber, rusting valves. One brilliant conductor, three gifted composers, and 100 musicians meet for four days of rehearsals. They speak different languages. Their instruments are broken. An orchestra of professional and amateur musicians, young and... Read More»

Thursday, April 1, 2021 • 12:00 PM • Virtual Screening

Four Mothers
ארבע אמהות

Israel is a war-ridden country that has claimed tens of thousands of victims. Over the years the public has leaned on the ethos of sacrifice. Generations of mothers send their sons to war without asking questions. They play their assigned... Read More»

Thursday, March 11, 2021 • 12:00 PM • Virtual Screening

The Dead of Jaffa
המתים של יפו

Three children from the West Bank are smuggled to Israel. Without a mother and a father in jail, the siblings arrive at the home of George and Rita, an Israeli Palestinian couple who live in Jaffa. George is afraid that... Read More»

Tuesday, November 18, 1997 • 7:30 PM • at Gershman Y

The Flying Camel
הגמל המעופף

A warm and witty fable of an eccentric Jewish professor, his friendship with a Palestinian rubbish collector and a young Italian nun. A metaphor for Jewish-Arab relations, the film makes a plea for building a better future. Read More»

Thursday, March 26, 2009 • 7:30 PM • at Temple University, Student Center South

The Bubble
הבועה

Three young Israelis, Noam (Ohad Knoller), Lulu (Daniella Wircer), and Yali (Alon Friedman), share an apartment in the heart of Tel Aviv’s hippest neighborhood. When Noam falls in love with Ashraf (Yousef ‘Joe’ Sweid), a Palestinian, the three Israelis decide... Read More»

Sunday, February 21, 2010 • 7:30 PM • at International House

For My Father
סוף שבוע בתל אביב

Fate grants Terek (Shredi Jabarin), a young Palestinian on a suicide bombing mission, an unexpected window into Israeli society, and leads to a reluctant compassion for a small corner of Tel Aviv and its mysterious kiosk worker, Karen (Hili Yalon).... Read More»

Saturday, March 17, 2018 • 8:30 PM • at Gratz College

Muhi
מוחי

Muhi is a brave and spirited 7 year old Palestinian boy, caught between two homes and two peoples and the inevitable politics of an age-old conflict. A team of filmmakers spent the last six years chronicling his childhood “trapped” in... Read More»

Sunday, February 27, 2011 • 7:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House

Precious Life
חיים יקרים

After losing two infants to an inherited immunological disease, a Palestinian woman turns to Israeli physicians in the hope that they can save her third sick child through a bone-marrow transplant. The film-maker finds himself drawn deeper into this complex... Read More»

Saturday, April 1, 2017 • 8:45 PM • at Gratz College

The Settlers
המתנחלים

Shimon Dotan’s provocative documentary about Israeli settlers in the West Bank is sure to spark conversation. Dotan turns the camera on the settlers themselves and asks the question, “What is a settler?” What we hear is a diversity of responses, ranging... Read More»

Sunday, March 22, 2015 • 5:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House

A War Story
יומן מלחמה

“A War Story” sheds light on the untold tale of Israel’s Channel 10 media correspondents, as they cover the deadly Gaza conflict during the 2014 Protective Edge operation. Interviews with reporters and unedited video footage expose the intricate decision-making process... Read More»

Saturday, March 28, 2015 • 9:00 PM • at Gratz College

The Green Prince
הנסיך הירוק

From the Academy Award Winning Producers of Man on Wire, Searching for Sugar Man and One Day in September, this critically acclaimed documentary retraces the details of an unprecedented partnership that developed between sworn enemies. Set against the chaotic backdrop... Read More»

Sunday, March 10, 2013 • 7:00 PM • at Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Out in the Dark
עלטה

Family loyalties, political tensions, and personal struggles combine in this searing romantic drama. Director Michael Mayer’s compelling and gripping debut film follows the troubled love affair between two men – a Palestinian student (Nicholas Jacob) and an Israeli lawyer (Michael... Read More»

Sunday, March 3, 2013 • 5:00 PM • at Lightbox Film Center at the International House

Audition

A female director wants to shoot a film describing an encounter between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man. She calls a Palestinian actor for an audition. The idea of drinking coffee enrolls a meeting point between two strangers, a... Read More»

Sunday, March 16, 2014 • 7:00 PM • at Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Bethlehem
בית לחם

Bethlehem tells the story of the unlikely bond between Razi (Tzachi Halevy) , an Israeli secret service officer, and his Palestinian informant Sanfur (Shadi Mar’i). Sanfur is the younger brother of a senior Palestinian militant. Razi recruited him when he was just... Read More»

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will you show this again? It was sold out?

Not sure how a judge can force a theater to show this film against their will. Perhaps there will be a lawsuit against you. Honestly, I don't know who should win this dispute. I don't doubt many of those associated with the festival don't want it to be a tool of nationalism. Perhaps the Israeli consulate should not have been involved, as this becomes primarily a political issue, not cultural

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I don't see very big attendance, or am I wrong? I think that scheduling in the secular horrible days (הימים הנוראים בין יום השואה ליום הזיכרון) is one reason. Also - location, location, location...