Operation Wedding
The compelling documentary by Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov revisits the daring escape plot that her parents hatched 45 years ago with a group of other Soviet Jewish dissidents. Under the guise of attending a local wedding, twelve young Jews hijacked a Soviet…
Mr. Predictable
Adi has never had a backbone. Everyone takes advantage of him – his needy mother (Evelin Hagoel) , entitled boss, cold wife (Mali Levi), and spoiled son. That is, until he learns he only has a few weeks to live. Amos…
Mr. Gaga
Enter the world of Ohad Naharin, renowned choreographer and artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company. “Mr. Gaga”, eight years in the making, captures the elusive beauty of contemporary dance and immerses the audience in the creative process behind Batsheva’s…
Wedding Doll
Fixated on romantic fantasies, Hagit (Moran Rosenblatt), a kindly and strong-willed young woman with a mild mental disability, embarks on a relationship- much to the concern of her protective mother (Asi Levi). When Hagit develops a relationship with the factory…
Fire Birds
An eighty-year-old man’s body is found with three stab wounds to the chest and a number tattooed along his forearm. Amnon (Amnon Wolf), a police detective and second generation Holocaust survivor, reluctantly accepts the case and struggles to bring it…
Matti Caspi – Confession (screening postponed to a special sing-along night)
“Matti Caspi- Confession”, which was originally planned for March 27th at the Kimmel Center, will be screened at another time with a sing-along featuring the musician’s beloved repertoire. Ticket holders for the original Matti Caspi screening at the Kimmel Center…
Baba Joon
Set in a Persian immigrant moshav in the Negev during the early 1980’s, three generations of the stubborn Morgian family struggle to manage a ramshackle turkey farm. The film revolves around the tensions between the new immigrants with traditions from the…
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Natalie Portman, in her directorial debut, also writes and stars in this adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Amos Oz. A moving tale of the founding of the state of Israel as recounted through events in Oz’s own life. The story begins…
Rock in the Red Zone
ROCK IN THE RED ZONE is an intimate portrayal of life on the edge in the war-torn city of Sderot. Known as the “ir hamusica” (city of music) because its prolific rock scene revolutionized Israeli music despite the fact that…
Passover Fever
A lively comedy about three generations of a modern Israeli family, who convene to celebrate Passover and find themselves feasting on a smorgasbord of dysfunction as they try to cope with their innumerable problems. Stars: Gila Almagor, Joseph Shiloach, Alon Aboutboul, Anat Waxman, Aryeh Moskona and…
