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S#x Acts (2012)

Shesh Pe'amim

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Six Acts is a realistic paraphrase of a classic teen-movie, a deep dive into the "grey zone" of sexual abuse, told through the story of average suburban adolescents. The story takes place right now,..

Sabena Highjacking - My Version (2015)

Directed by: Rani Saar

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A powerful, suspenseful docu-drama based on previously undiscovered audio recordings of the former pilot, Captain Reginald Levy. Captain Levy (now deceased) as in command of the Sabena Flight 571 to..

Sabina and Her Men (1966)

Sabina V'Hagvarim

Directed by: Peter Freistadt

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Sabra (1934)

Directed by: Aleksander Ford

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One of the earliest Hebrew "talkies" in cinema.

Sabra: Death of a Jew (1970)

Moto Shel Yehudi

Directed by: Denys de La Patelliere

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A confrontation between two enemies. One is a young, captured Israeli agent and the other an older Arab inspector who tries to get the agent talk by making him regain his desire to live.

Sacred Sperm (2014)

Directed by: Ori Gruder

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The film creates a daring first exposure on the way parents, rabbis, teachers, pedagogues and therapists within the Orthodox Hasidic Jewish Community educating their male children from infancy to to..

The Safety in Rubber (2007)

The Safety in Rubber

Directed by: Amit Itzcar

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A forlorn and sparsely furnished room bathed in yellowish light. An agonizingly long silence is interrupted by a loud noise. On the bed sits a half naked man who appears to be inflating something...

Saga of a Photo (2013)

Sipur Hamathil Betmuna

Directed by: Mooly Landesman

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This story begins in a photo that was hidden away for some eighty years. For a frozen moment the photo exposed the joy of my grandparents' wedding in 1926 in Berlin. A moment later, everything will..

The Sage Gamliel (1973)

Haham Gamliel

Directed by: Joel Silberg

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A popular wise man/folk healer is anxious to marry off his daughter, but she refuses all his suggested suitors.

The Sailor Passion (2012)

Ahavat ha-sapan

Directed by: Shachaf Rozenberg

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Shachaf's journey from the corridors of a cruise ship to the corridors of her father's, the ship's captain, heart.

Saint Clara (1996)

Clara Ha'kdosha

Directed by: Ari Folman, Ori Sivan

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Based on a novel by Czech writers Pavel and Yelena Kohout. Clara is a 7th grade Russian emigre to this Negev town, and lives in a trailer on the edge of town. She is surrounded by some nutty Russian..

Saint Cohen (1975)

Hagiga Le'enayim

Directed by: Assi Dayan

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A comic story about a poet who tries to commit suicide

Sallah Shabati (1964)

Sallah Shabati

Directed by: Ephraim Kishon

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This film concerns a Yemenite Jewish family that was flown to Israel during "Operation Magic Carpet" - a clandestine operation that flew 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel the year after the state was -..

Salsa Tel Aviv (2011)

Directed by: Jorge Weller

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Salsa in Tel Aviv is a romantic comedy. Vicky is a talented salsa dancer who arrives in Israel in order to work and send money to her mother and son overseas. Her son's father, Beto, is living in as..

Salt of the Earth (2005)

Directed by: Uri Barbash

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The story of four friends, bound together by their army experience. They were good people and decent citizens. They had love, careers, hope and futures, but they wanted more- they wanted to commit..

Salt of the Earth (2014)

Melach Haaretz

Directed by: Shalom Goodman

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The sea level of the Dead Sea is plummeting at an alarming rate. As one man realizes he's losing his lifeline and sets out to save it, three others work around the clock to make a living, inevitably..

Salt of This Sea (2008)

Milh Hadha al-Bahr

Directed by: Annemarie Jacir

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Ben Gurion Airport. An American passport is placed on the counter. The security agent looks up to find Soraya, a third generation refugee from Brooklyn. She is asked to step aside for a thorough The..

Salvador: The Ship of Shattered Hopes (2006)

Directed by: Nissim Mossek

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On the night of December 3, 1940, at the Black Sea port of Varna, Bulgaria, the Salvador - a rickety, old, sail-powered coal freighter - is finally towed out to sea. 352 Bulgarian Jews begin their a..

Same River Twice (2013)

Deux Fois Le Meme Fleuve / Oto Nahar Pa’amayim

Directed by: Effi Weiss, Amir Bornstein, Cyril Bibas

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In 1869, John McGregor, a Scottish explorer, set out on a journey along the Jordan River from its source to the Sea of Galilea. In the sumer of 2011, Effi and Amir, who have been living in Europe In..

Samira (2015)

Directed by: Dalit Kimor

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Samira is caught trying to suicide bomb a coffee shop. During the GSS interrogation, we gradually understand the real reasons for her desperate act

Sand Birds (2014)

Ziporey Hol

Directed by: Amir Wolf

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The body of an eighty-year-old man is found in the Yarkon River, with three stab wounds in his chest. For Amnon, a police officer in his forties who was put in charge of the investigation, this will..

Sand Storm (2016)

Directed by: Elite Zexer

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As wedding festivities get underway in a Bedouin village in Israel, Jalila finds herself in the awkward position of hosting her husband Suliman’s marriage to a second, much younger wife. the a..

Sante (2016)

Directed by: Sabrine Khoury

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An Arabian salsa dancer is in a relationship with a Jewish dancer. Their next show is planned to take place in an Israeli settlement, but she represses this fact.Whathappens when these dancers reach..

Sarit (1974)

Sarit

Directed by: Shimon Herma, George Ovadiah

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Sarit is a retiring actress. Her boyfriend moves in with her after finding out she is pregnant. Sarit finds out she is being cheated on and shoots boyfriend and his lover. Once sentenced with she to..

The Sasgonsky's

Maztu Ma La'asot 'Im ha-Harim

Directed by: Yuval Pan

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In the summer of 2007 an article in a local newspaper reveals that buildozers are about to raze the last open antural are in the Timna Valley to build a hotele complex. Five citizens join and..

Sashen'ka (2010)

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Once a week Alexander, an elderly Russian violinist, walks along the Tel Aviv boardwalk and calls his teenage daughter Sashen'ka who lives abroad with her mother. Like this week, this time he is to..

Sashka (2015)

Directed by: Jana Lerner

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Saskh is optimistic and sweet 13 year old boy, son of Russian immigrants, was born and raised in Sderot. His older brother joins the army and begins another military operation on the Gaza border. At..

Saturn Returns (2009)

Directed by: Lior Shamriz

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Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek. Together they use the city like a playground, a stage,..

Save the Lifeguard (1977)

Hatzilu Et HaMatzil

Directed by: Itzik Kol, Uri Zohar

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The lead character is a successful man, whose father in law hires a women to tempt him, as he suspects him for cheating on his daughter.

Saving Neta (2016)

Directed by: Nir Bergman

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Four women whose lives are in turmoil encounter a mysterious stranger, Neta, whose honesty and vulnerability help them reconnect with their families. When Neta’s life takes a sudden wrong he a..

Saving Nur (2016)

Directed by: Nili Tal

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They knocked on every possible door in Gaza. Dr. Rami came to Hamdallah, prime minister and the Palestinian Authority television station, "Palestine Today", belonging to the Islamic Jihad and begged..

Saving Uncle Jacob (2015)

Directed by: Sivan Shtivi

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Sivan – the Director – sets out to quit smoking together with his Uncle Jacob, a heavy smoker whose life is in danger.The initial plan involves recruiting the entire addicted family, but..

Saviors in the Night (2011)

Unter Bauern

Directed by: Ludi Boekin

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Saviors in the Night (Unter Bauern) is based on the memories of Marga Spiegel. In her narrative, published in 1965, she describes how courageous farmers in southern Münsterland, Germany to..

Say Amen! (2005)

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In 1962, Mazud and Aliza Deri left Morocco to start a new life in Yerucham . Here they built a home, raising a large closely-knit family with a strong faith and unalterable rules and rituals. Their..

Scapegoat

Directed by: Shulamit Tager, Gal Haklai

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Ben has nowhere left to go, and he finds a way to get to where he thinks he belongs - hell. In hell he finds out that his only way to belong is through sacrifice.

Scar (1994)

Tzaleket

Directed by: Haim Bouzaglo

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A man and a woman meet at night, and she drags him into the darkness. After their encounter, she runs away, leaving him with a scar. He proceeds to look for her via private eye, attempting to the of..

Schuna- The Secret of the Dead Moments (2012)

Shchuna

Directed by: Ilan Yagoda

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A small bench on the sidewalk near their houses is the daily meeting place of four women who have lived in the same neighborhood for the past 50 years and who have witnessed the constant change..

Schwartz Dynasty (2005)

Shoshelet Schwartz

Directed by: Amir Hasfari, Shmuel Hasfari

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This bittersweet comedy sees two women, both with loved ones to bury, join forces in a struggle against cemetery politics. The story revolves around Miryam (Miryam Zohar), who goes against tradition..

Score for a Salmon's Life

Ha-Partitura shel ha-Dag Salomon

Directed by: Ian Zafarti

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Composer Andre Hajdu, winner of the Israel Prize, is the "bad boy" of Israeli classical music. He swims consantly against the stream.

Scouting Patrol (1967)

Sayarim

Directed by: Micha Shagrir

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Israeli commandos cross into Arab territory in order to kidnap an enemy terrorist.

Screen Savers (2004)

Directed by: Doron Tzabary

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A Screw (2011)

Directed by: Shira Geffin

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The film focuses on two women, an Israeli named Efrat and a Palestinian named Nadine, whose worlds collide when Efrat complains that her new bed is missing a screw. Nadine, who is in love with a man..

Sea Salt

Melah Yam

Directed by: Itai Ken-Tor

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A romantic triangle develops between Danni, an Israeli actress, Lior, her boyfriend, and Tamara, Danni's best friend and Lior's ex-girlfriend.

The Search

Directed by: Osnat Margovski, Adi Arbel

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A sensitive, funny, and touching journey about a woman who takes her life in her hands. Production status: post-production

The Second Half (1996)

Ha-Khetzi HaSheni

Directed by: Ori Inbar

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Second Round (documentary TV series)

Directed by: Barak Heymann

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In production as of August 2009. The story of 5-6 different protagonists whose lives change following divorce.

Second Watch (1995)

Directed by: Udi Ben-Arie

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Berkowitz, an Israeli Reserve soldier, is on watch at a remote post along the Israeli-Jordanian border. Just a few yards away across the border, he finds an equally bored Jordanian soldier. The the..

The Secret (2001)

Hasod

Directed by: Ronit Kertsner

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Through accidental discovery or deathbed confessions, many Catholic Polish citizens have made an unsettling discovery: they were born Jewish. These “new Jews" must decide what this new truth a..

The Secret Ingredient (2013)

Ha-markiv ha-sodi

Directed by: Dror Shostak

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Uri and Neta, the owners of the Tel Aviv Indian restaurant 24 Rupees, decide to travel to India in search of the "secret ingredient" in Indian food, only to find the secret ingredient in their..

Secret Kingdom (2010)

Mamlehet Ha'sod

Directed by: Nir Toib

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The incredible story of the Yatza Affair-an affair in which Brigadier General (Res.) Yitzhak Yaacov, a member of the Palmach and Deputy Commander of Gush Etzion during the War of Independence, Head..

The Secrets (2006)

Ha Sodot

Directed by: Avi Nesher

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Two women uncover their voices and reveal their secrets in a repressive orthodox community.

Secrets : A God Given Voice (Ofra Haza) (2005)

Sodot

Directed by: Ofer Naim

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This is the amazing story of the famous Israeli vocalist, Ofra Haza, her rise to the top and the scerets surrounding her untimely and mysterious death. Haza, the youngest of nine children, grew up a..

Secrets of the Lost Treasures (2011)

Sodot ha-ksafim ha-avudim

Directed by: Inbal Petel, Emmanuel Rosen

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Lucy and Samir, Jews who escaped violent persecution in Arab countries, go on a campaign to reclaim their family assets.

A Secular Pilgrim in Jerusalem (2009)

Directed by: Elena Canetti

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One morning in Jerusalem, Elena wakes up to the emptiness of her life. Forty-five years old, no children, and no faith. Elena embarks on a cautious journey among the world's three monotheistic all..

Secure Space (2009)

Merkhav Mugan

Directed by: Oren Gvili

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On their wedding day, the bride and the groom are stranded in a shelter with their families while the second Lebanon war is raging outside.

Seed of Joy

Directed by: Ofir Dery

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Esther, a 36-year-old single woman, decides to become a mother through an anonymous sperm donation. Her brother, the filmmaker, accompanies her over the course of two and a half years.

Seed of Life (2014)

Directed by: Tzipi Baider

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In August 2002, Israeli soldier Kayven Cohen was killed in Gaza. Moments after receiving the news, his parents made an unprecedented decision: to harvest sperm from his body to enable him to father..

Seeds of Summer (2007)

Zirei Kayitz

Directed by: Hen Lasker

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"My Mom always says that my military service is to blame for everything that has happened to her little girl." Seven years after completing an IDF course for female combat soldiers, the to..

Seekers (2011)

Directed by: Yishai Orian

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They grew up in a kibbutz in the Galilee and life seemed to be perfect. The wild partying, drugs, and constant seeking were a way to fill the growing void between them and their parents. They the up..

Segal (2009)

Directed by: Yuval Shani

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Segal's life of confined existence is about to change when an unforeseen opportunity knocks.

The Self Deception Artist (2014)

Yehu Yaron – Aman Hashichnua Heatzmi

Directed by: Maya Zaydman

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A cabaret-documentary following the unique, offbeat Israeli musician Yehou Yaron on his way to his second album. His songs deal with illness, love and birth - everything he wouldn't talk about in An..

Self Made (2013)

Boreg

Directed by: Shira Geffen

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Two women-one Israeli, the other Palestinian-are trapped within their own worlds until they switch places and find themselves living the life of the other on opposite sides.

The Sell Out (1976)

Melimot Be-Yerushalaim

Directed by: Peter Collinson

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The KGB and the CIA have struck a bargain to eliminate former agents who might prove embarrassing to either of their espionage organizations. The chief of the CIA mission in Lebanon names Gabriel as..

Semper Idem (2015)

Directed by: Nachman Picovsky

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An obsessive man, a tourtured soul, gets into a different taxi every night and tells the drivers the same story of his tragic relationship with his dog named, Bastard. Night after night, taxi..

Sentenced to Marriage (2004)

Mekudeshet

Directed by: Anat Zuria

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Nominated for a Silver Wolf at IDFA, this shocking documentary exposes the Kafkaesque process of divorce for women in Israel where secular law does not exist, and divorce is dealt with according to..

Settlers (2000)

Directed by: Sean McAllister

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Tension mounts to the boiling point as Jewish "settlers" encroach upon the formerly exclusive Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem. On the other end of the Israeli political spectrum, the state complies..

The Settlers (2016)

Directed by: Shimon Dotan

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In the nearly 50 years since Israel's decisive victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have established expanding communities in the occupied territories of the of..

The Settlers - Faith (2014)

Mitnachalim – Emuna

Directed by: Rino Zror

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A documentary film that explores the faith of the settlers in the year 2014, of the different streams from one extreme to the other, and the fragile balances between the religious and the secular.

The Settlers - Woman (2014)

Mitnachalim - Isha

Directed by: Noam Demsky

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A documentary film that explores the role of the woman in the settlers' society in the year 2014, her strength, and her influence in driving the ideology forward.

Seven (2012)

Sheva

Directed by: Adi Peretz

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A man trapped by a puppet master in a metaphorical world and society.

The Seven Circles of the Public Housing Hell (2014)

Shivat Madorei Hageheinom Shel Hadyiur Hatziburi

Directed by: Doron Tzabary

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Public housing is a basic need for the weakest in society for survival, but in Israel hundreds of thousands of public housing apartments are missing, the result of a deliberate policy of the Israeli..

Seven Clean Days (2011)

Shiv'a Yamim Neki'im

Directed by: Julie Shles

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In the holy city of Jerusalem, ultra-Orthodox women declare a sex strike to protest the injustice in their lives. In their special way, they manage to make a change.

Seven Days (2008)

Shiva

Directed by: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz

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It is 1991 in the midst of the first Gulf War and Israel is under daily missile attacks. But in the Ohayon family, tragedy has hit in more mundane circumstances as beloved Maurice, one of nine and a..

Seven Minutes in Heaven (2007)

Sheva dakot be gan eden

Directed by: Omri Givon

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One morning Galia and her boyfriend, Oren, board a local Jerusalem bus packed with passengers, among them a suicide bomber. The bus explodes leaving Galia with severe burns and memory loss; she of a..

Seven Noahide Laws (2006)

Or La'Goyim

Directed by: Roni Tzarfati

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Rabbi Joel Schwartz, who has written over 20 books on the topic of religious Zionism, explains in detail the roles that non-Jews play in the salvation.

The Seven Tapes (2012)

Sheva Ha'Slilim Shel Yona Wallach

Directed by: Yair Qedar

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The Seven Tapes is a cinematic journey into the world of legendary poet Yona Wallach, whose radical life and poetry ended at an early age, leaving behind a myth and flocks of admirers. More than..

Seventh Heaven

Directed by: Or Tilinger

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An unexpected earthquake leads a shepherd and his flock of sheep to comic and fantastic adventure on their way back home.

Severed Ties (2011)

Kesher shtika

Directed by: Reut Klein

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Sh'chur (1993)

Sh'chur

Directed by: Shmuel Hasafri

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13 year old Rachel's last summer at home is full of mystery, magic and spells, the solution to problems in her traditional Moroccan family.

Shadow in Baghdad (2013)

Tzel be-bagdad

Directed by: Duki Dror

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SHADOW IN BAGHDAD tells the story of Linda Abdul Aziz, who escaped the upheaval of Iraq in the early 1970's to Israel, and her father, who disappeared shortly thereafter to an unknown fate. The film..

Shadows (2017)

Shadows

Directed by: Noa Aharoni

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For the first time on screen, second-generation children of Holocaust Survivors open up about their abused childhood suffering. Only now, decades later, they dare confront the memory of both and..

Shadya (2007)

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The film follows a young Israeli Arab girl in her efforts, successes, and conflicts about being a champion on an Israeli martial arts team that competes with other countries/regions including a and..

Shahida - Brides of Allah (2008)

Directed by: Natalie Assouline Terebilo

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March 21st, 2002, a crisp bright winter morning. It is mother's day. Kahira makes breakfast for her four small children and hugs them goodbye as they leave for school. Only two hours later, Kahira a..

The Shakshuka System (2008)

Directed by: Ilan Aboody

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The "Shakshuka" System is the story of the Israeli journalist, Miki Rosenthal, and his attempt to understand the "behind the scenes relationship between money and government" in Israel. This is the..

Shalom Abu Bassem (2004)

Shalom Abu Bassem

Directed by: Nissim Mossek

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Over a period of nearly two decades, Nissim Mossek filmed two families living on Haladiya Street in the Moslem Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. The dark red blood stains on the cobble stones of bear..

Shalom Belfast

Directed by: Itamar Handelman-Smith, Eamon Devlin, Itai Lev

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The film follows the filmmaker, a journalist and writer who moved to Belfast, Ireland to escape the political reality in Israel.

Shalom Bombon (2016)

Directed by: Sofia Ungar

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Sofía, a young Argentine photographer, is invited to spend ten days in Israel with a group of thirty young people during the Gaza conflict. She returns with a travel log that’s part of..

Shalom Israel (1951)

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Renowned singer Sidor Belarsky, through song and narration, takes us on a whirlwind tour of the nascent State of Israel. Filmed in 1951, we travel together with the famous vocalist from the Syrian..

Shalom Italia (2016)

Directed by: Tamar Tal Anati

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One night, three children ran away Bobby, Andrea and Emmanuel from their homes in Tuscany, and hid from the Nazis in a cave in the forest. Seventy years later, the three brothers leave on a journey..

Shalom, Jordan (2005)

Directed by: Dov Gil-Har

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On the 10th anniversary of the Israeli-Jordanian peace accord, Israeli filmmaker Dov Gil-Har reveals the story behind the secret negotiations which lead to the historic treaty.Shalom Jordan unveils..

Shapira & I (2014)

Directed by: Yoram Sabo

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70 years before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jerusalem antiques dealer Moses Shapira traveled to London with what he hoped to present to the British Museum as the original version of the..

Shark Tooth (2016)

Directed by: Oren Gerner

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Ora goes to a spiritual workshop in the desert in order to gain some time with her daughter Tali. As the workshop progresses, dark elements from their past arise and oblige them to deal with their..

Sharon (2008)

Directed by: Dror Moreh

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In December 2003 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon publicly announced the Disengagement Plan. Against acrimonious resistance from his own ranks he ordered 21 Jewish settlements to be razed to the father a..

Sharon Amrani: Remember His Name (2010)

Sharon Amrani - Zikhru et ha-Shem

Directed by: Yair Raveh, Joseph Cedar, Nir Bergman, Dover Koshashvili

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This documentary is about the director and screenwriter Sharon Amrani, who drowned tragically in 2001,and incorporates scenes writen by Amrani and directed by leading feature filmmakers in Israel.

Sharqia (2013)

sharqia

Directed by: Ami Livne

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When the poor tin shacks where he lives with his family in the desert are menaced by demolition orders, Kamel, a young Bedouin security guard, decides to stage a bombing and then prevent it, in to a..

Sharqiya (2012)

Sharqiya

Directed by: Ami Livne

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No one really appreciates Kamel Nadjer, the young Bedouin security guard at the Be'er Sheba central bus station, neither his family, nor his Israeli colleagues. When the poor tin shacks he shares in..

Sharsheret Ha-Zikaron (2010)

Sharsheret Ha-Zikston

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In the villages of Stolin and Horoduk, almost all the Jews were murdered by the Nazis in 1941-42 and buried in mass graves. The story of the two villages between the world wars is woven in with that..

She's Coming Home (2013)

Ha'Hi Shechozeret Ha'Baitah

Directed by: Maya Dreifuss

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At the end of a lengthy relationship, Michal, 33, returns to her parents' small, cramped apartment in Herzliya, a sleepy, bourgeois suburb. Michal is a young, promising director, who should be her a..

She's Got It (2006)

Eyn La Elohim

Directed by: Jacob Goldwasser

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A comic drama takes place in the southern Israeli town hit by devastating economic hardships. Tipped off on a Brinks car robbery, the three heroines, Malca, Yafit and Irena, seize a golden to get on..

Shell (2016)

Directed by: Chagi Adorian

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After operation "tzuk aytan", a combat medic Ariel, bought a car and began to wander the roads of the country while looking for a cure for his pain and memories. Hagi, who served as a medic with the..

Shell Shock (1988)

Helem Krav

Directed by: Yoel Sharon

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The Shelter (2007)

Ha'Miklat

Directed by: Roy Hornshtein

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An Israeli father and son are forced to take refuge in an underground shelter when they realize that Israel is under missile attack. When the son (age 11) awakes the next he..

Shelter (2018)

Mistor

Directed by: Eran Riklis

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Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent (Neta Riskin) is sent to Germany to protect Mona (Golshifteh Farahani, Paterson), a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity...

Shepherd of Words - Amnon Shamosh

Roee Bamilim

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Sherman in the Winter (2002)

Directed by: Ori Inbar

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Brilliant small-town detective Sherman (Nathan Dattner) has been called in to find the powerful councilman's (Alon Abutbul) missing daughter, who was last seen at night with her popular and teacher...

Shield of Solomon (2008)

Shield of Solomon

Directed by: Igal Hecht

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Thousands of men, women and children from Southern Sudan and the region of Darfur have been killed in what's described as the first genocide of the 21st century. Shield of Solomon, a new documentary..

Shift (2011)

Mishmeret

Directed by: Aya Ben Ron

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This film documents life of coma patients over a two year span at the Reut medical center in Tel Aviv. Because modern medicince and technology enables these patients to live for many years, on..

Shifting Sands (2016)

Shifting Sands

Directed by: Ido Glass

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Ten years in the lives of two opposing communities. The evicted community of the Elei Sinai settlement and the members of kibbutz Palmachim, who went on a long and unclear journey in order to create..

Shimon's Daughters (2012)

Benotav Shel Shimon

Directed by: Eli Gershzon

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After finding a letter in a book telling about two Jewish sisters who have lived as Christians for more than seventy years, Michael sets out to find them and make them a once-in-a-lifetime offer.

Shining Stars (2008)

Kokhavim notzetzim

Directed by: Yael Kipper Zaretzky

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Purim 1996. 27 year old Meital was severly wounded in a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. Nine years later she decides to go through fertility treatments and have a child on her own.

Shir (2016)

Directed by: Michael Aloni

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It is Yom HaZikaron, Israeli Memorial Day. Seventeen year old Shir skips school, evades her mom and, on the spinning wheels of her skateboard, tries as hard as she can to run away from her of..

Shiva (2008)

Shiva

Directed by: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz

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For seven days a large family of Moroccan descent observes the Jewish mourning ritual of Shiva when a brother dies. Living together again reveals many tensions and conflicts between family in..

Sho'qostak (What's Your Story?) (2011)

Sho'qostak (ma ha'Sipur Shelach?)

Directed by: Paulina Carbonnier, Jamal Khalaile

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Jamal, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, meets five young Israelis with different ideological perspectives. Through conversations on different topics, they express their identity and find the logic a..

Shooting Conflicts (2003)

Directed by: Noam Shalev

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For seven years, Alon Bernstein, an Israeli TV news journalist working for AP, and Jimmy Michael, a Palestinian TV journalist working for BBC, have gathered the news, witnessing events from opposite..

Shooting Days (2004)

Directed by: Michal Kafra, Deva Melman

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In reality, a world without logic, all that is left is the ability to document the fleeting moments and people. Once a week, over a period of two years, the directors headed to the streets to watch..

Shooting the Messiah

Directed by: Dana Wagmann, Ishay Hinkis

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In August 2001, two weeks before 9/11, a team of four young filmmakers came to the Holy Land to try to understand the myth of the coming of the Messiah.

Shores of Light (Salento 1945-7) (2015)

Directed by: Yael Katzir

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Little has been told about the thousands of Holocaust survivors that arrived in Southern Italy after the war. The local population received them with open arms and allowed these refugees to rebuild..

Short on Cash (2015)

Directed by: Nadav Shlomo Giladi

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Eli decides to rob "The People's Bank" as a way to deal with the cost of living, but finds himself trapped with an impossible group of hostages, including his ex-girlfriend.

Shoulder Dancing (2011)

Ktefayim Rokdot

Directed by: Ruth Eshel

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The film tells the story of Ruth Eshel, avant-garde dance and scholar of artistic dance in Israel, and her journey along with dozens of Ethiopian-Israeli dancers to establish an Ethiopian dance in..

Shovrim (1985)

Shovrim

Directed by: Avi Nesher

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A incompetent crew, shooting a film about David and Goliath, is beset by problems when the leads start quarreling.

The Shower (1997)

Directed by: Jorge Gurvich

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Hospitalized in a ward, a father (Yossi Yadin) pleads with his son to be allowed to return home at least once for a shower. The elderly man's anxiety in the face of loneliness and death fades and of..

Shrouds (2010)

Tachrichim

Directed by: Shalom Hager

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A drama about Nachum, an Orthodox Jew, who's wife Yona is in the last months of her pregnancy. The impending joy is marred by the memories of the couple's first child who died of Sudden Infant Death..

Shtisel (2013)

Directed by: Alon Zingman

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The new Israeli Hit TV series focuses on Haredi Family Living in Jerusalem Akiva and Shulem Shtisel, father and son, sit on a little balcony overlooking streets of the Geula neighborhood of A year -..

Shund

Directed by: Yael Leibovitz-Zand

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The story of Yiddish theater in Israel, considered a threat in the early days of the State, is told through a series of colorful characters.

Shuru (1990)

Shuru

Directed by: Savi Gabizon

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ASHER YESHURUN is a small-time Tel Aviv hustler, who, after failing in a number of business ventures, gets the inspiration to write a self-help book entitled To Banish the Raven. Asher's first, at a..

Siberia (2016)

Directed by: Naftali Alter

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Avram Danino, the mayor of a small orthodox town in Israel, decides to locate a new building in "Siberia" - the Russian immigrant neighborhood. Soon enough, he discovers that the immigrants, led by..

Sidewalk (2007)

Directed by: Duki Dror

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This touching film interweaves seven parallel stories of children on their way to and from school into one journey. We witness the most intimate moments - between parent and teacher; danger and - a..

Siege (1975)

Matzor

Directed by: Gilberto Tofano

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Deals predominantly and explicitly with the relationships of a widowed mother, her lover, and ex-husband's friend. A widow struggles to buck tradition and tries to find a new life in this Tamar..

Sight (2012)

Directed by: Daniel Lazo, Eran May-raz

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In the film, "Sight" is technological interface for one's eyes - a networked platform that draws info from one's surroundings allowing for highly integrated "gamification" of everyday life. We one a..

Sign of Life (2002)

Directed by: Yamin Mesika

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Signs (2016)

Directed by: Talia Sabato

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One day, Yaffa, a woman in her 50s, feels that something is happening inside of her stomach. This revelation shocks her peaceful life and makes her confront what is and isn't, what is reality and is..

Silence of the Sirens (2003)

Shtikat HaTzofarim

Directed by: Uri Inbar

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The movie describes the 10 days that came before the horrible 1973 Yom Kippur War. It tells the stories of the heroes of that year, and how they ignore all signs that say the war will begin on the..

Silver Jew (2007)

Yehudi Mi'Kesef

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An intimate portrait of reclusive poet/musician David Berman and his band the Silver Jews. In the midst of their first ever world tour in the summer of 2006, David, his wife Cassie, and the rest of..

Sima Vaknin Witch (2003)

Sima Vaknin Machshefa

Directed by: Dror Shaul

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Sima is an older women who discovers she has supernatural powers after a curse that she puts on her neighbor comes true. She becomes famous overnight as a psychic and is driven by her greedy and in..

Simico's Big Fantasy (2012)

Ha-Fantazya Ha-Gedola Shel Simiko Ha-Katan)

Directed by: Arik Lubetzky

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Thirty year old Little Simico works in the local hummus joint. He's engaged to a girl who dreams of a big wedding, but Simico's fantasy is to make a big movie.

Simply Human (2002)

Directed by: Izzy Abrahami, Erga Netz

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SIMPLY HUMAN tells the story of Mrs. Hans Snoek, a 90 year old Dutch dancer who has dedicated her life to helping people. Famous in the Netherlands for being the creator of the Scapino Ballet (an -..

Since I Was Born (2013)

Directed by: Laura Delle

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Between the settlements and the wall the here men lack air and space. Like all the children from this camp, Tamer dreams of liberating his country and takes his cues from the Intifada generation. to..

Since You've Been Gone (2005)

Min Yum Mahrucht

Directed by: Mohammad Bakri

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Renowned actor and director Mohammad Bakri visits the grave of Emil Habibi, a Palestinian politician and author, who was Bakri's mentor for years. Mohammad tells Emil what happened to him and to the..

Single + (2012)

Ravaka Plus

Directed by: Dover Koshashvili

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Zehava is a 34 year old, single woman. Her mother fakes being terminally ill in order to pressure Zehava to get pregnant and bring her a grandchild.

Sisai (2005)

Directed by: David Gavro

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20-year-old Sisai, Ethiopian immigrant in Israel, lives with his adoptive family - the Gavros. Father Gavro returns from Ethiopia with news of Sisai`s biological father`s whereabouts. Confused..

Sister of Mine (2011)

Directed by: Oshrat Meirovitch

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Ruchi, the favorite daughter of an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem family, discovers that her intended is not what she dreamed of. Her younger sister, who has Down's syndrome, asks her questions that the..

Sisters in Arms (2006)

Achvot L'Nashak

Directed by: Avital Livneh-Levi

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This is the story of five remarkable women who independently leave their comfortable, city lives to pursue the ideological struggle of the settler movement. The closest of friends, these women kept..

Six Lines (2015)

Directed by: Igor Raizberg

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Young Max belongs to an Israeli neo-Nazi gang headed by its charismatic leader, Judah. While they are abusing an innocent black, Max has to make a difficult decision.

Six Million and One (2011)

Shisha Milyon ve-echad

Directed by: David Fisher, Irit Shimrat

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Joseph Fisher's four children wear white helmets, hold flashlights in their hands and walk through a long and massive tunnel. "Reminds me of 'Hasamba,'" mumbles one of them, referring to the series..

Six Million in Two Rooms (2011)

Shisha Milyon be-Shnei Chadarim

Directed by: Barak Heymann, Tomer Heymann

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Tsi-la Piran, a second generation Israeli daughter of Holocaust survivors chooses to deal with her personal deamons by conducting therapy workshops throughout Germany and Poland with the troubled of..

Sixtieth Street (1976)

Rechov Shishim

Directed by: George Ovadiah

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A romance develops between an artist and a prostitute, and drama unfolds when her children are kidnapped.

Sixty and the City (2010)

Bat shishim me'hapeset Ahava

Directed by: Nili Tal

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An Israeli film maker, divorced + two children, five grandchildren, a dog and a cat, decides at the age of 60 that she doesn't want to get old alone. She photographed herself in a provocative way in..

Skate of Mind (2010)

Directed by: Karin Kainer

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A short glance at the city. Modern, historic, gray, we look at her from above. But there is a large underground culture that is living on the sidelines, at the edge of the concrete, and looking at -..

The Skipper 1 (1987)

Aba Ganuv 1

Directed by: Jacob Goldwasser

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A heart warming tale about a single father and sailor who tries to stay with his son. At the same time, the mother of the child is constantly trying to get her son back for her own benefit.

The Skipper 2 (1989)

Aba Ganuv 2

Directed by: Avi Cohen

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A follow-up to The Skipper, Chico struggles to retain custody of his son.

The Skipper 3 (1991)

Aba Ganuv 3

Directed by: Ayelet Menahemi

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Chico and Ben are living with Galia and Efrat in Eilat. Sam, Ben's step father, buys a land in order to build a large mall that would cause great damage to the families living in the area. Chico him..

Skornik-In The Name Of The Father (2013)

Skornik – be-shem ha-av

Directed by: Itai Livne

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Idan has no choice but to become a martial arts champion, trained by his father in a method developed by his Holocaust survivor grandfather.

Sky Glow (2012)

Zohar Harakia

Directed by: Eliyahu Binyamin

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An air force cadet is called to take part in the 2005 removal of Jews from Gaza and northern Samaria. The film was created by director Eliyahu Binyamin, who was evicted from Gush Katif, and Benny..

Sleep Walking (2012)

Saharori

Directed by: Daniel Chof, Yaelle Kunda

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Sleep walking -- a live figure appears on a theatre stage and walks in place.

Sleeping Bears (2018)

Directed by: Keren Maraglit

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What would you do if all the private conversations you'd had with your psychologist, the one person you can tell anything to, about anyone had made their way into the hands of a stranger? When dark..

Sleeping with the Enemy/ Behind Enemy Lines (2004)

Directed by: Dov Gil-Har

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Sleeping with the Enemy - Israeli filmmaker Dov Gil-Har documents, in his first film, the initial acquaintance of Benny and Adnan on a joint peace mission to Japan during pre-Intifada days. While of..

Slower than a Heartbeat (2011)

Itti Yoter me'Lev

Directed by: Yoni Krol

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Four years ago, author Laila Gutman published an amazingly successful novel, but has had writers' block ever since. She fears that she might have only had it in her to write that one good book, and..

The Slut (2011)

Hanotenet

Directed by: Hagar Ben Asher

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Tamar, 35, a beautiful young woman, lives alone with her two daughters. She can't restrain her sexual appetite and gives herself to several men of the village. Shai, a young man, just moved back in..

Small Thoughts (2012)

Machsheva Ketana B'Ishun Lila

Directed by: Roni Paz-Har, May Rozenblum

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Thoughts of a man attempting to sleep.

The Smile of the Lamb (1985)

Hiuch HaGdi

Directed by: Shimon Dotan

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Military governor Katzman tries to flush out fugitive PLO terrorists in a West Bank town. The lives of many including an arab hermit, a child, a member of the PLO, and the town doctor overlap in in..

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..

The Snail (1970)

Shablul

Directed by: Boaz Davidson

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Follows the making of the music album "shablul" by Arik Einstein and Shalom Hanoch.

Snails in the Rain (2011)

Shablulim Ba-Geshem

Directed by: Yariv Mozer

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Boaz, 25, receives anonymous, obsessive love letters that undermine his sexual identity. Who is the man who has invaded Boaz's private life? And why has he chosen Boaz?

Snapshots (2008)

Directed by: Dov Gil-Har, Uri Rozen

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In the course of the last 60 years, the Israeli collective memory has been burned with several never to be forgotten images . As part of Israel@60 events, filmmaker Dov Gil-Har returns to seven of 7..

So We Said Goodbye (1991)

Nifradnu Kach

Directed by: Jorge Gurvich

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While saying goodbye to his son and grandchildren who are leaving Israel, Yaakov remembers when, as a child, he also said goodbye to his family in Poland in 1937, not realizing that he would never..

Socrates on a Scooter (2006)

Directed by: Micha Livne

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A seemingly simple story: a young man goes out to war and doesn't return.Many years later his son, now an adult, decides to make an album or perhaps a film, commemorating his father. He soon that to..

The Soft German (2014)

Hagermani Harach

Directed by: Nadav Bin-Nun

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Depressive Johan turns 30 and wants to die. Instead, he is chosen out of his German university classmates to go to Israel on a student exchange program, and get there on Holocaust day.Ruth, an music..

Solarizing Israel (2010)

Chalomo Shel Yosef

Directed by: Elad Wexler

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How difficult is it to have a sun-drenched country like Israel use solar energy to make electricity? Yosef Abramowitz finds out he has to fight the battle of his life in order to make his dream of a..

Soldier on the Roof

Directed by: Esther Hertog

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Hebron, only a dot on the world map, but a place that is known and recognized worldwide as the center of many conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians. It is also the place where patriarch has In..

Soldier/Citizen (2012)

Bagrut lochamim

Directed by: Silvina Landsmann

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The film examines a formative moment in the lives of many young people in Israel- the transition from military service to civilian life, in which their political and civic perceptions are formed.

Someone To Hum With (2011)

Directed by: Itay Zur

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They only meet over the airwaves. They do not see one another yet they feel like a family. On a national radio show, they choose a song and hum, opening their hearts, sharing their emotions. A 3 a..

Someone to Run With (2005)

Mishehu Larutz Eito

Directed by: Oded Davidoff

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In the streets of Jerusalem, two teenagers' lives cross paths over the course of a summer. Together they learn to overcome their fears and find true friendship.

Something Sweet (2004)

Mashehu Matok

Directed by: Dan Turgeman

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In a small agricultural village in northern Israel, on the day of the middle-sister's wedding, Maya (Avital Abrajill), the youngest of the 3 sisters, arrives to the celebration with Alon (Dan a in..

The Son (2012)

Ha'Ben

Directed by: Joseph Cohen

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Salim and Katia live in an abandoned house by the side of the highway. Without running water or electricity they cannot support their newborn baby. Left with no choice, they decide to give up their..

Son of a Railway Man (2012)

B'No Shel Nahag Ha'Rakevet

Directed by: Assaf Tager

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Casapo, the son of a locomotive driver for the Zambian railway company, is called back home following the news of his father's death.

Song of Hannah (2005)

Directed by: Nicole Opper

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"A voice called. I went. I went for it called. I went lest I fall. At the crossroads, I blocked both ears with white frost and cried for what I had lost." -Hannah Senesh. A visionary poet who felt..

Song of Life (2006)

Directed by: Yosi Leon, Ran Brener

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The documentary Song of Life follows the one hundred singers of the "Israeli Philharmonic Singers Choir " on their tour to Poland, performing at the Ceremony commemorating 60 years since the of the..

A Song of Loves - R. David Buzaglo (2015)

Directed by: Rafael Balulu

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Rabbi David Buzaglo was the greatest Hebrew liturgical poet of the twentieth century. Born in Morocco in 1903, his literary output had a major impact on a community of hundreds of thousands of From..

Song of the Siren (1994)

Shirat Ha'Sirena

Directed by: Eytan Fox

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January, 1991. While most of the populace bites its nails during the count down toward the Gulf War,Talila Katz, a beautiful and sharp tongued middle-aged woman, enjoys great days. She meets Noah, a..

The Sons of Eilaboun (2007)

The Sons of Eilaboun

Directed by: Hisham Zreiq

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On October 30, 1948, the Israeli Army marched into the northern Galilee village of Eilaboun. My uncle Badia and 18 other men from the village, who had been hiding with the rest of the village in two..

SOS Jerusalem (2010)

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Fadi is a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem. Fadi and his friends give first aid services in the city's Palestinian neighborhoods, which are poorly serviced by the ambulance state. In 2010, an..

Soul Tripping (2009)

Directed by: Michael Greenspan

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Jewish communities around the world are surrendering to the lure of assimilation. In an effort to reverse the trend, Jewish mega philanthropists are bringing tens of thousands of young Jews on a to..

Sound of Torture (2013)

Kofer Nefesh

Directed by: Keren Shayo

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Ever since Europe closed its gates to African refugees, thousands of Eritreans have fled the brutal dictatorship in their homeland and traveled north, to Israel. Many were seized by Bedouin as they..

South Wind on Hilton Beach (2006)

Ruach Deromit B'Chof Hilton

Directed by: Karin Kainer

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The story begins with Dr. Dorian Peskovich, a Jewish American surfing champion who, surfing on the waves of Zionism, introduces the first surfboards to the Frishman Beach gang. This band of guys the..

Southwest (1999)

Directed by: Danny Soffer

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Souvenirs (2006)

Suvenirim

Directed by: Shahar Cohen, Halil Efrat

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An unemployed film director hears strange things from his father: while serving in the legendary Jewish Brigade in the Second World War his father, now eighty-two, may have left some flesh and blood..

Special Interview - The Film (2012)

Directed by: Nitzan Rozenberg, Nitzan Rozenberg

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Two young people with disabilities become star reporters in this uplifitng documentary. Efrat Dotan is 27 years old and has Down syndrom. 20 year old Matanel Bitton has developmental disabilites. at..

A Speck on the Eyelash (1997)

Garger al Haris

Directed by: Sivan Arbel, Joe El Dror

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Spirals (2014)

Spiralot

Directed by: Yael Gur

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Four Russian-Israeli girls meet in theater workshop. Through theatrical skills and a spiral narrative, they free themselves from the burdens of their pasts.

Spiritual Encounters (2009)

Mifgashim Meshichayim

Directed by: Elad Wexler

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"Spiritual Encounters" explores the curious relationship between Israeli backpackers and the emissaries who run the ‘Chabad House' in Melbourne, Australia.

Sport: Israeli-Palestinian Cinematic Project (2015)

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Six filmmakers, Israeli and Palestinian, created short films, both documentary and fiction, on the subject of SPORT. Produced in creative freedom and in mixed crews of Palestinian and Israelis, the..

Spring 1941 (2008)

Aviv 1941

Directed by: Uri Barbash

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Successful doctor Artur Planck, his wife Clara and their two daughters are seeking shelter from the Nazis storming Poland. They find a safe house in the farm of Emilia, their local grocer who is all..

The Spy Who Returned To The... (2014)

HaMeragel SheHazar...

Directed by: Ofir Trainin

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A portrait of the journalist Victor Grayevsky, who obtained a copy of Nikita Khruschev's 1956 speech, before immigrating to Israel. After his death it was discovered that he was a double-agent.

Srak Srak (2009)

Directed by: Haim Bouzaglo

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2004. In the months leading up to the disengagement from the Gaza Strip, fear of an assassnation of then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon by groups of rightists came to the forefront.

Srugim (Knitted) - Season 1 (2008)

Srugim

Directed by: Eliezer Shapiro

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Srugim deals with the lives of five Modern Orthodox Jewish single men and women (two men and three women) in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem, from the national religious sector. This group of..

Srugim (Knitted) - Season 2 (2008)

Srugim

Directed by: Eliezer Shapiro

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The Israeli TV series Srugim explores the world of young professional singles in the Modern Orthodox community of Jerusalem. Season 2 takes the characters further into their relationships, delves of..

Srugim (Knitted) - Season 3 (2011)

Srugim

Directed by: Eliezer Shapiro

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The Israeli TV series Srugim explores the world of young professional singles in the Modern Orthodox community of Jerusalem.

Stabat Mater (2014)

Zara

Directed by: Tova Asher

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Maya, choreographer at a Jerusalem dance troupe, is married to Yoav, a senior official at the Ministry of Justice, an impressive and charming man. Being a pair of career driven parents with 2 each a..

Stairs To No End (2012)

Madregot L'Ein Sof

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The stairs of knowledge lead to the light. A curious girl in a dark world tries to reach it, but must face those for whom light is an obstacle.

Stalin's Disciples (1987)

Yaldei Stalin

Directed by: Nadav Levitan

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The death of Stalin leads to an ideological crisis in a Kibbutz loyal to socialism. Should the characters feel shame for their fallen comrade, or hatred for the terrible crimes he has committed

Stan Getz: A Musical Odyssey (1978)

Directed by: Herbert Dorfman

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"You know, when I'm playing, I think of myself in front of the Wailing Wall with a saxophone in my hands, and I'm davening, I'm really telling it to the Wall." - Stan Getz Join jazz saxophone Stan..

Staring Match (2012)

Karev Einayim

Directed by: Orit Fouks

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Alma, a young director, seeks an actor and actress for a key violent scene which she has written. None of the auditioning actors can breathe emotion into the scene. In a moment of crisis, Alma to of..

Stars (2004)

Directed by: Maya Weksler

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Granny dies and goes to paradise. Although she’s in heaven, she misses her family and finds an unusual way to re-bond with them. This animated short is about the eternal love grandmothers for..

State 194 (2012)

Directed by: Dan Setton

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In 2009, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad launched a plan to demonstrate that his people were deserving of statehood, inspiring them to change their destiny and seek UN membership. Since made..

A State Behind the Scene (2010)

Medina be-Yom Echad

Directed by: Avi Weissblei

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A documentary journey to the backstage of the Declaration of the State of Israel. The last living witnesses to the historical moment and the makers of the myth explore what really happened in the 32..

Stationed (2014)

Kav Hebron

Directed by: Nitzan Zifrut

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Ruthi is stationed in Hebron. When her soldier friends ask her to spend the weekend with them she agrees. But during their 3 days together she understands the impossibility of existing as a woman in..

Status: Single

Status: Ravak/a

Directed by: Chen Landau

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Four successful singles aged 38+ take us on a personal journey into the reasons behind their status, raising questions of fear and failure, living alone, past traumas, and the relevance of the of..

Step By Step (2011)

le'at le'at

Directed by: Vitali Alex Krivich

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The film accompanies young new immigrants from the FSU as they go through a 9 month assimiliation process at an immigrant absorption in the north of Israel.

Sterile Zone (2017)

Directed by: Gil Mezuman

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Those closest to the prime minister are his bodyguards. They are with him 24/7, even more than his wife and family. They are with him in difficult times, in the most dramatic times an Israeli prime..

Stern's Stars

Ha'cochavim Shel Stern

Directed by: Gad Abittan

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The daily routine of Kiryat Yovel, a working class district in the south-western part of Jerusalem, founded in the early 50's as a response to the needs of the massive arrival of Olim- new Back to I..

Stigma (1982)

Ot Kain

Directed by: Uri Barbash

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A mentally unstable Israeli man who is released from an institution, discovers at once that his wife has left him, and that he must serve a compulsory one-month stint in the military.

Still Water (2012)

Mayeem Shkatim

Directed by: Natalie David Esphani

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Every night Leon returns to his wife with an empty fishing net. Every night they eat canned sardines in silence. But a storm that rages both outside and inside confronts him with a life changing..

Stitches (2012)

Directed by: Reut Burtz

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In an enclosed city, in which everyone looks the same and follows the same path, in which everything is done according to the books-one girl sprouts wings. The idea that their daughter will be in is..

Stitches (2011)

Tfarim

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Amit and her female life partner Noa decide to take a crucial step and have a baby. Despite their strong self-confidence, neither one of them knows for sure what they will do next. The night after..

The Stone Flower (2007)

Gola Sangam

Directed by: Sarit Haymian

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This documentary follows two elderly Jewish women, who immigrated from Iran to Israel 50 years ago and currently live in a deprived area. Married in their teens, they moved from the domineering of a..

Storm Of Emotions (2006)

Directed by: Yael Klopmann

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The 1982 peace agreement with Egypt obliged thousands of people to leave their homes in the Sinai desert. From the options they were given by the Israeli government, many chose "Gush Katif" in the a..

A Story About Rain (2013)

Directed by: Bracha Yaniger

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In a world without rain, a couple discovers that they have the power to create water. This ability increases the man’s status in the world and creates distance between him and his personal of..

A Story in Third Person (2016)

Directed by: Yarden Karmin

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One daughter in tribute to her mother, who against her will became a hero during the Holocaust. Zuzi Braun and her sister Agi were happy, secure teenagers with a very strong connection, in Slovakia..

A Story in Third Person (2016)

Directed by: Yardin Karmin

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One daughter in tribute to her mother, who against her will became a hero during the Holocaust. Zuzi Braun and her sister Agi were happy, secure teenagers with a very strong connection, in Slovakia..

A Story Of A Building (2013)

Sipuro shel binyan

Directed by: Nira Malin

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The filmmaker documents the building she grew up in, a moment before a huge renovation and expansion project.

A Story of David (1960)

A Story of David

Directed by: Bob McNaught

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King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's armies. Now Saul, egged on by his Edomite counselor Doeg, attempts to have..

The Story of Poogy (2014)

Ha'spiur Shel Poogy

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Kaveret is Israel's all-time classic rock band and is often known to Americans as Poogy, named for the drummer, Meir Fenigstien. Meir is better known to Americans as the founder and director of the..

A Strange Course of Events (2013)

Directed by: Raphael Nadjari

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Trying to overcome his difficult emotional state, Shaul, a solitary divorced man,goes to Haifa to confront his father.

A Stranger's Face (2009)

Directed by: Shani Ifrach

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Two days in the life of Rika, a half Japanese-half Israeli exotic dancer living and working in Tel Aviv, as she comes to terms with her identity through her relationships and her art.

Strangers (2008)

Zarim

Directed by: Guy Nattiv, Erez Tadmor

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6 days in the lives of Eyal , an Israeli living in a kibbutz, and Rana , a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will..

Strangers in the Night (1992)

Zarim Balayla

Directed by: Serj Ankri

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A casual meeting on a flight leads to a love affair between an American man and a French woman. When forced to stop in Israel due to an emergency, their adventures around the country lead them to an..

Strawberry Fields (2006)

Directed by: Ayelet Heller

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The story of a strawberry who yearned for independence. Imagine a story about hope, frustration, occupation, globalization and politics, and at its center a small red fruit-a strawberry. The mother..

Street Art (2009)

Directed by: Tsipi Karlik

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A story about five groups of graffiti artists, who came from different cultures of Israel and are searching for a way to feel a part of this reality.

Street Under Fire (2001)

Directed by: Amir Tal, Kobi Yonatan

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The Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo has been the target of sniper attacks from the adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala since the beginning of the new Intifada. This timely documentary features..

STREETS OF JERUSALEM (2007)

Rehovot Yerushalaim

Directed by: Igal Hecht

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A revelatory and mature work from Festival veteran Igal Hecht..." (Toronto Jewish Film Festival) Streets of Jerusalem is a new documentary shot over a period of five years, centers around the lives..

Streets of Yesterday (1989)

Rehovot Ha'Etmol

Directed by: Judd Ne'eman

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A powerful and provocative film that confronts the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. Draws heavily from the "spy thriller" genre. This is a story of a relationship between three men: Amin, a Palestinian..

Stretch Marks (2009)

Simaney Meticha

Directed by: Zohar Wagner

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Short Synopsis: This highly revealing self documentation follows a pregnant, single woman, provocative performance artist into the club, the living room, the bedroom and even beyond... This movie of..

Strings (2013)

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Yaron Bloom was 19 and started his own band. The band gathered for the first time in in Janunary 1995 and 24 houers later, Yaron was killed in a terror attack. His Friends recall their one and..

The Struma (2001)

Directed by: Simcha Jacobovici

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In 1941 nearly 800 Romanian Jews board a 46 meter boat called the Struma, a refugee ship bound for Palestine. The vessel is horribly overcrowded, the people are packed together like sardines, and to..

Strung Out (2015)

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This film tells the story of a group of young women living on the streets, victims of heroin and prostitution. Robbed of their childhoods, they now find themselves trapped in a spiral of that..

Substitute Teacher (2012)

Morah Machlifa

Directed by: Shiry Price

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Ariela is pregnant from a man who is no longer in her life. As a substitute teacher, she meets a student who makes her wonder if she can change and become a mother.

Success (1996)

Directed by: Eran Riklis

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Nachshon, a professional poker player, comes from Munich for a card game in a fleabag motel on the outskirts of town. His plan to cheat and run with the money will get him into trouble.

Suicide (2014)

Hitabdut

Directed by: Benny Ferdman

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Suicide is an action thriller that depicts the final hours of Oded Tsur before he must end his life. Oded was in financial trouble with his failing business and was forced to take out a..

Sukkah City (2013)

Sukkah City

Directed by: Jason Hunt

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When best-selling author Joshua Foer (Moonwalking With Einstein) began to build his first sukkah - a small hut that Jews build and dwell in every fall for the holiday of Sukkot - he wanted to move a..

Summer Film (2016)

Directed by: Omri Loukas

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In the summer, it is very hot, the sea is polluted. This is a documentation of a mother and son, a city and a neighborhood, but above all of a dismantled internal world of a sad and frustrated..

The Summer Holiday (2003)

Directed by: Shmuel Haymovitz

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The Summer Vacation, of 1982, The time of the Lebanon war. Gal a mischievous 13 Years old boy delivers the mail in his small agricultural village. His post route leads him to Haya a 19 years old a A..

Summer in Arad (2015)

Directed by: Anat Zeltser

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"My last project, Highway 90, awakened in me the desire to not simply breeze by peripheral cities but to settle in one for a prolonged period of time. I decided to take a break from filming, rent a..

The Summer of Aviya (1988)

Ha Kayitz Shel Aviya

Directed by: Eli Cohen

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It is summertime, 1951, in an Israeli town where European immigrants continue to settle after World War II. Still scarred and raw from the Holocaust, they are often misunderstood and ridiculed ..

Summer Rains (2005)

Directed by: Ram Landes, Menashe Raz

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The evacuation of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip and North Samaria in August 2005 provides the backdrop for Summer Rains. During the evacuation settlers were uprooted from their homes and the..

Summer Story (2004)

Sippur Kayitz

Directed by: Shmuel Haimovich

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The film is set in the early 80's in the heat of the first war with Lebanon (also called the Sinai war). Summer Story is a charming tale of a young boy named Gal (Kosta Kaplan) who is the mail boy a..

Summer Vacation (2012)

Chofesh Gadol

Directed by: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon

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Sea, sun, island, a family on vacation. And all Yuval wants is to get the heck out of there.

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 Sumo Wrestler (2013)

Lochem ha-sumo

Directed by: Amos Kollek

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Jack, a middle-aged Israeli man with two daughters, goes hurdling into a tragic spiral of events after his wife is killed in a terror attack.

Sunset (2011)

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It was just another ordinary day for Max: work, having a girlfriend over and meeting a friend. It was hot that day, he was hungry and his head hurt. He pulled out a gun and fired. Max's mother also..

Super Boy (1998)

Super Boy

Directed by: Hanoch Rosen

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Tom is shy and unpopular. He has always dreamed of having super powers, until the day his dreams come true.

Super Women (2013)

Super Zhenshchiny / Super Women

Directed by: Yael Kipper, Ronen Zaretzky

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The story of five cashiers who work the same shift in a supermarket. Most are immigrants from Russia, others are native Israelis. The film follows their relationships, the mutual support and dealing..

Superstitions (2012)

Emunot Tipulot

Directed by: Barak Sidi, Bar Ella, Asaf Norani, Ayelet Gottleib

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Marcus, a solitary man who holds superstitious beliefs, wakes up to an unusual morning.

Surrogate (2008)

Surrogate

Directed by: Tali Shalom Azar, Tali Shalom Ezer

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Eli, a man in his thirties, decides to go Hagar, a sex therapist for treatment of problems of intimacy. Under laboratory conditions they form a relationship including mutual physical and emotional..

Surrounding Kibbutz (2010)

Sovev Kibbutz

Directed by: Talila Frank

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More than twenty years members of the Kibbutz are walking along the fence in a circular motion. Thoughts, feelings, pains and hopes around one changing Kibbutz

The Survivor (2013)

Ha-sored

Directed by: Shimon Shai

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Hezi, a small cog in an organized crime organization, and Nina, the girlfriend of the big boss, set off together on a yacht, on a drugsmuggling mission. Hezi wants to get home as quickly as possible..

Susya (2011)

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A 60-year-old Palestinian and his son arrive at the archeological ruins of an ancient Jewish settlement and buy tickets to enter the site. This is their only way to return to their abandoned home in..

Sweet & Sour (2012)

Chamutz Matok

Directed by: Tal Cohen

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An old Chinese fisherman living in solitude tries to appease his two sons from their years of feuding. He dreams that one day the three of them will sit down for a family dinner.

Sweet and Sour (1979)

Lo La'alot Yoter

Directed by: Zeev Revah

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Sweet Dreams (2012)

Chalamot Mtukim

Directed by: Tom Kouris, Alon Meshulam

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An extremely loud neighbor disturbs the local peace.

Sweet Mud (2005)

Adama Meshuga'at

Directed by: Dror Shaul

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On a secluded Kibbutz in the desert, 12 year old Dvir realizes that his mother is mentally ill. Dvir navigates between the kibbutz's absurd attempts to implement the idea of equality and the painful..

Sweets (2013)

Sukaryot

Directed by: Joseph Pitchhadze

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The struggle between an Israeli corporation and an Arab entrepreneur for control of the candy market serves as an allegory for Jewish-Arab relations in Israel and its status in the international..

The Syrian Bride (2004)

Ha'Kalah Ha'Surit

Directed by: Eran Riklis

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Mona's wedding day is the saddest day of her life. She knows that once she crosses the border between Israel and Syria to marry Syrian TV star Tallel, she will never be allowed back to her family in..

The Syrian Patient (2017)

The Syrian Patient

Directed by: Rachel Schwartz

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The untold story of heroism under dire circumstances. As the war in Syria wages on, wounded soldiers and civilians are secretly brought into Israel to be cared for. For the first time, this film a a..

Systema (2010)

Systema

Directed by: Ohad Milstein

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Documentary film with a strong esthetic value, following the Israel synchronized swimming team, observing the individual in its attempt to find a place in a collective. Synchronized swimming is a a..