Barren
A graceful, compelling look at a young ultra-orthodox couple in Safed, as they suffer and work through a family trauma. Beautifully photographed and acted, it presents the orthodox society in which the couple lives as complex and multifaceted, in contrast to the often-used approach that portrays religious life as uniformly repressive and the secular world as unironically positive.
Dead Sea Guardians
An unlikely trio of friends bridge cultural, political and personal differences to bring attention to the destruction of the Dead Sea by organizing an international swimming event across the densest, saltiest body of water on earth.
Matchmaking
A comic-dramatic glimpse into the modern world of matchmaking, weddings and relationship in the Orthodox world. Hilarious at times, emotional at others, “Matchmaking” is as entertaining as it is revealing.
Grossman
โI learned something about my writing since my son, Uri, was killed โ thereโs one way weโre able to comprehend the slightest inkling of what exists beyond the impenetrable wall of death, the feeling of non-existence. And yet, to feel…
The Last Chapter of A.B. Yehoshua
The Last Chapter of A.B. Yehoshua is a portrait of one of the greatest Israeli writers living today as he deals with a serious illness, widowhood, and loneliness, but chooses love and embarks on his final journey. A rare and…
Amos Oz: Through the Fourth Window
The Fourth Window takes us behind the international success story of Amos Oz and into the tumultuous life experiences that shaped his work, including the formative death of his mother when Oz was twelve. Through a series of conversations with…
Image of Victory
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…
Women of Valor
Like many other Israeli women, Esty was raised to be a woman of valor. As the oldest of 12 and daughter of a Rabbi, 41-year-old Esty is fed up with the rigid expectation of women in the Ultra-Orthodox community. In…
Queen Shoshana
While Shoshana Damari, the first Israeli diva, became known as one of the most iconic performers of our time in the public eye, she remained mysterious and private, rarely doing interviews or opening up about who she was. Shoshana quickly…
Chained
Rashi is a police officer who deals with some of the most difficult aspects of a society he is sworn to protect. With each blow, he is a man only reinforced in his ideals of right and wrong. But he…
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