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Yebi (2009)

Yebi

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A 'blue and white' Troubadour, an anarchistic poet whose life was intertwined with the history of the state. Yebi despised materialism and focused on the love of fellow man and country, and all out..

Black Bus (2009)

Soreret

Directed by: Anat Yuta Zuria

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Sara writes a harsh blog about the bleak lives of Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) women. Shulamit is an independent photographer who documents violent incidents on segregated busses on which women are to at..

Rachel (2009)

Directed by: Simone Bitton

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In 2003, in a controversial incident, 22-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed while attempting to stop an Israeli military bulldozer from demolishing homes in Gaza. Rachel is a..

Policeman (2011)

Ha'Shoter

Directed by: Nadav Lapid

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A police officer in an anti-terrorism unit lives his life between his friends and enemies. The birth of his daughter and an encounter with Israel's class war undermines his organized values system.

God's Messengers (The Story of a Cult) (2011)

Shluchei ha'El

Directed by: Itzik Lerner

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A documentary about "Gilad's Farm," the stronghold of the extremist Hilltop Youth, on the eve of the settlement construction freeze and the outpost evacuation. This film is post-production..

Stalin's Forgotten Zion (2004)

Stalin

Directed by: Rob Hof

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The first modern Jewish state wasn’t in the Middle East—it was in Siberia. Stalin’s Forgotten Zion explores the history of Birobidzhan through archival footage and to a..

Friends (2012)

Directed by: Regev Contes

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Regev Contes is a lonely film director whose closest relationships are virtual and whose only friends are on Facebook. One day, he is invited by Facebook friend Daphni Leef to join her protest on of..

In Europe's Backyard (2012)

Ha'Hatzer Ha'Ahorit Shel Europa

Directed by: David Deri

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Europe's Moslems are in the midst of a social, political, and religious storm. The encounter between cultures is fraught with heavy historical baggage and religious and nationalist fervor. Tzvi on a..

Rainbow (2012)

Keshet B'Anan

Directed by: Eliran Elya

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Based on actual events, this is a story about Michael, a unit commander who leads his platoon on a security mission from the inside of a Palestinian family house, overlooking the rescue operation of..

Post Lebanon (2011)

Post Lebanon

Directed by: Lior Agur

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Two friends return home wounded from the inferno of the Second Lebanon War into an agitated protest that rocks the state of Israel. They unite forces in order to fight for their survival and Second..

Land for the Nomads (2012)

Directed by: Lipika Pelham

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Shlomo Lecker is an Israeli lawyer who defies all steriotypes. He is a Jew who gights for the Bedouins. In the Judean desert east of Jerusalem up to the Dead Sea, some 27,000 Bedouins live in Since..

Jerusalem Frame by Frame (2012)

Directed by: Ofra Sarel-Koren

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While looking for backdrops for the bridal photographs from which he makes a living, Jerusalemite photographer and activist Yoram Amir discovers, to his horror, the powerful and accelerated of place..

Breaking the wall (2012)

Shoveret Kir

Directed by: Yitzhak Halutzi

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The film uncovers the personality of Dr. Vicki Shiran, a feminist and Mizrahi-born leader who led all major social struggles in the past 3 decades until her untimely death 8 years ago. a can a..

A Universal Language (2013)

Directed by: Igal Hecht

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