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Oriented

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Three gay Palestinian friends explore the contradictions in their lives with Jewish filmmaker, Witzenfeld. Khader is at ease with his relationship with an Israeli lover as just another dimension of..

Tikkun

Directed by: Avishai Sivan

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Haim-Aaron is an ultra-Orthodox scholar living in Jerusalem, whose talents and devotion are envied by all. One evening, Haim-Aaron collapses and loses consciousness. The paramedics announce to..

Rita Jahan Foruz (2012)

Rita Yahan Foruz

Directed by: Ayal Goldberg

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Rita Jahan Farouz immigrated to Israel from Iran with her family, when she was eight years old. Now on the eve of her forty-ninth birthday, with enormous tension between Tehran and Jerusalem looming..

Lod-Between Hope and Despair (2013)

Lod-Bein Yehush le Tikvah

Directed by: Uri Rosenwaks, Eyal Balachsan

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At the very center of Israel is the city of Lod, a place of failure, violence and fear. Lod, where Jews, Christians and Moslems live together (75,000 inhabitants) is an image of governmental and Can..

Sumna's Letter (2011)

Ha-Mikhtav shel Sumna

Directed by: Timna Goldstein Chatab, Hadar Kleinman

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Hannah Star was adopted as an infant from Romania to Israel and was sent to a boarding school at age 13. As she approaches her 18 birthday, she decides to go on a journey in search of her and..

The Dark Side (2016)

Hatsad Hafel

Directed by: Natalie Assouline Terebilo

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86-year-old Moshe Knebel appears to be a regular grandfather. Maybe a tad sturdier and stronger than most, but still a normal old man. Moshe Knebel, however, is anything but ordinary. He took Today,..

Smile, and the World Will Smile Back (2014)

Im Tekhayekh, Ha'Olam Yekhayekh Elekha

Directed by: Ahmad al-Haddad, Yoav Gross, Ahmad al-Haddad, Diaa al-Haddad, Shada al-Haddad, Ehab Tarabieh

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At its best, art is about connection. A new Israeli-Palestinian documentary short film exploits the natural three-way relationship between artist, audience and subject to reveal an unexpected source..

Ben Gurion Epilogue (2014)

Directed by: Yariv Mozer

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The film depicts the final years in the life of Israel's founder, David Ben Gurion. Years during which he found himself excluded from the leadership discourse. He critically observed the Zionist and..

Farewell, Herr Schwartz (2013)

Heye shalom, Peter Schwartz

Directed by: Yael Reuveny

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A quest after a relative who was considered dead, murdered in the Holocaust, but was discovered to be living, only so he could die again in the last place on earth you can imagine,

Home Is You (2012)

Directed by: Yaelle Shwed, Aya Shwed

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A SCREAM FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE Yaelle, a new immigrant in Israel from France follows the sun and finds the love of her life. Her family finds it hard to accept. The movie is a moving, musical and..