Melting Away
This heartfelt drama follows the story of a family drawn into crisis after the parents discover their child (Hen Yanni) is secretly a cross-dresser and kick him out of the house. Years later, when the father (Ami Weinberg) is dying…
The Flood (Mabul)
Everything is complicated in Yoni’s life. He’s almost 13 and smart, but physically underdeveloped. His classmates bully him and his parents barely say a word to each other. As if this weren’t enough, his 17-year-old autistic brother Tomer returns home…
Fill the Void
After her sister dies in childbirth, an ultra-Orthodox 18-year-old woman (Hadas Yaron) is pressured to call off her engagement in order to marry her late sister’s husband (Yiftach Klein). Refusing him is not an option in this community, where tradition,…
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…
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Soon after she moves from France to Jerusalem with her family, 17-year-old Tal (Agathe Bonitzer) is traumatized by a bomb attack at a cafe. In confusion and sorrow, she writes her feelings down and puts them into a bottle that her…
Out in the Dark
Family loyalties, political tensions, and personal struggles combine in this searing romantic drama. Director Michael Mayer’s compelling and gripping debut film follows the troubled love affair between two men – a Palestinian student (Nicholas Jacob) and an Israeli lawyer (Michael…
Life in Stills
A photo shop owner and and her grandson join forces to save “The Photo House,” the last original photo shop in Israel, and the nearly one million negatives that document the country’s defining moments. Despite the generation gap and many…
By Summer’s End
It is the summer of 1978, a month before the Camp David peace accords, and 7-year-old Maya (Bar Minali) must learn how to read by summer’s end or face being held back a year in school. But this summer is set…
Sharon – An Inner Journey From War to Peace
Award winning documentary filmmaker Dror Moreh (The Gatekeepers) accompanied Sharon for years, creating a film with exclusive footage introducing a different man, who until then, was hidden from public view. The footage is emotional and private: Sharon thinks aloud, jokes,…
Special Interview
Two young people with disabilities become star reporters in this uplifting documentary. Efrat Dotan is 27 years old and has Down Syndrome. Twenty year old Matanel Bitton has developmental disabilities. Efrat and Matanel spend their days at SHALVA-The Association for…
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