Raymonde
Yael Abecassis, armed with a camera, follows her mother into a world where she had always been a stranger. “You know, daughter, Morocco is a kind of therapy…” For the first time, mother and daughter embark on a journey together…
A Lullaby for the Valley
Artist Eli Shamir paints the view from his studio balcony – fields stretching to the horizon, ancient oak trees, and a generation of farmers that is disappearing from the vistas of the Jezreel Valley. His large oils are treasured by…
Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band
Holocaust survivors and musicians Saul (94, drummer) and Ruby (90, accordion), formed The Holocaust Survivor Band with a dream to one day perform their music in Poland – both their homeland and where they endured unimaginable trauma. Through the sharing…
Four Mothers
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…
Rain in Her Eyes
The filmmaker revisits the childhood of his mother, beloved children’s author Dvora Omer, whose tortuous life story left its mark on her writing and her relationships. At age 11, Dvora finds her self an orphan after her mother is found…
Code Name: Ayalon
In 1975 a demolition crew was at work in central Israel, clearing away the remains of an old kibbutz at the top of Kibbutz Hill. When several members of the demo team wrestled aside a large rusted clothes washer, they…
Mrs. G
From famed documentary filmmaker Dalit Kimor comes Mrs. G. An incredible story about how Lea Gottlieb not only survived the holocaust but went on to start one of the most famous swimsuit companies in the world. From her tiny Tel…
Ma’abarot
A stark and direct examination of the transit camps that were used to handle the surge of immigrants in post World War II Israel, Ma’abarot examines a matter believed largely forgotten by the public consciousness. Collecting lost footage and interviewing…
Kosher Beach
A short drive from the Orthodox city Bnei Brak, “Kosher Beach” is a gated and secluded, with dedicated days for women and men to bathe separately. Only a modesty fence separates it from the nearby secular beaches and their “taboo”…
The Rabbi from Hezbollah
From director Itamar Chen comes the story of Ibrahim Yassin. A man, born in a small village in Lebanon, a shepherd like his father before him, he faced hardship after hardship. But life would take him on a strange course…
