Sweet Mud
Abundant with humor and heartache, “Sweet Mud” offers an unvarnished and personal portrait of life on an Israeli kibbutz, often idealized as a paragon of Utopian movement but not equipped to cope with individuality. Written by Dror Shaul, Starring – Tomer Steinhof, Ronit…
Shelter
Eran Riklis, director of Lemon Trees, Syrian Bride and Dancing Arabs, has created a wonderful spy thriller. Set in Germany and Israel the film deals with a Mossad agent (Neta Riskin) who is sent on a mission to protect a…
A Quiet Heart
A young classically trained pianist (Ania Bukstein) who moves to Jerusalem to escape the pressure of her life in Tel Aviv. The story tells of two unexpected connections Naomi makes with an Ultra-Orthodox musical prodigy (Lior Lifshitz) and an Italian…
Itzhak
If there is anybody who personifies the resilience, the vision and ultimately the contribution of the Jewish people, it’s Itzhak Perlman. The violin is his chosen instrument, the vehicle he has used to overcome his own challenges and express himself…
Ben-Gurion, Epilogue
In the great depths of the archive, six hours of interview footage was discovered of one of modern history’s greatest leaders- David Ben-Gurion. It is 1968 and he is 82 years old, five years before his death. He lives in…
The Human Resources Manager
In this touching tragi-comedy, the Human Resources manager at Israel’s largest bakery is blamed for not noticing that one of his employees is missing. After discovering that she is a victim of a suicide bombing, he finds himself the unlikely…
Lebanon
Taking place during the first Lebanon War in 1982, a novice crew of Israeli soldiers enters a Lebanese town previously bombed by the air force. Young men who have never fought before find themselves trapped within a tank as they…
Precious Life
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…
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
This humorous and sensitive documentary follows one man’s struggle for acceptance in the face of seemingly impossible odds. Saar Moaz, an HIV-positive gay man, dares to face his homophobic Orthodox family that 20 years earlier banished him from the kibbutz. Now living…
On The Map – Hillel at Drexel University
In 1977, the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team prevailed over CSKA Moscow (known in the West as Red Army), a team that refused to play against Israel. Moments after this highly charged and historical win, Israeli-American basketball hero Tal Brody…
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