You Only Die Twice
Israeli documentarian Yair Lev’s powerful project becomes personal when he films his own investigation into his grandfather’s identity. After Lev’s mother runs into some difficulty surrounding an inheritance, the family discovers a former president of an Austrian Jewish community with…
Metallic Blues
Two Israeli car dealers (Avi Kushnir and Moshe Ivgy) head to Germany with dreams of turning a quick buck on a ’78 Lincoln stretch limo. This touching and quirky road show follows their bumpy ride dealing with financial mishaps and…
The Debt
Rachel (Neta Garty), a retired Mossad agent, who relentlessly pursued the Nazi war criminal known as the “Surgeon of Birkenau” (Edgar Selge) learns he is actually still alive in the Ukraine. We follow her as she and her former Mossad teammates…
Eyes Wide Open
Aaron (Zohar Strauss), a respected butcher and a family man in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem, leads a conservative life of community devotion and spiritual dedication. Aaron’s life undergoes a series of emotional changes following the arrival of a…
Jellyfish
Poignant, often witty and exceedingly cinematic, JELLYFISH tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women (Noa Knoller,Sarah Adler and Ma-nenita De Latorre) whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life.
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…
Past Life
Set in 1977, two Israeli sisters investigate rumors of their father’s controversial actions during WWII. Nana (Nelly Tagar) and Sephi (Joy Rieger) have always butted heads with their gruff authoritarian father (Doron Tavory). But when a shocking accusation makes them question his history…
Aida’s Secrets
This documentary digs up the 70-year mystery of one Israeli gardener’s genealogy. Adopted out of a displaced person’s camp as a child, Izak partners with Yad Vashem (the global Holocaust remembrance organization), the genealogy group MyHeritage, and documentarians Alon and…
A Borrowed Identity
Set in the late 1980’s, Eyad (Tawfeek Barhom), a young Arab, tries to fit in with his Jewish classmates in a prestigious Jerusalem boarding school. He’s isolated until the lovable Naomi (Danielle Kitsis) and the wheelchair-bound Yonatan (Michael Moshonov) befriend him….
The Flat
The flat on the third floor of a Bauhaus building in Tel Aviv is where the filmmaker’s grandparents lived since immigrating to Palestine from Nazi Germany. Were it not for the view from the windows, one might have thought that…
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