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Aviva My Love (2006)

Aviva Ahuvati

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Aviva, a poor hotel cook, is about to see her dreams come true when she meets Oden, a famous writer, who promises to help her become succesful. But her path to success changes her life in more..

Tel Aviv Los Angeles (1988)

Tel Aviv Los Angeles

Directed by: Shmuel Imberman

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Modi Gazit is a average comedian whose agent tries to promote him. After he fails in a TV audition he and his girlfriend plan a scam which will make him appear live on TV. After he manages to do so,..

The Worst Company in the World (2009)

Hachevra Hachi Grua B'Olam

Directed by: Regev Contes

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Three divorced middle aged men with glasses, work together in a small, failing insurance agency, located in the rented apartment of the manager. Although they are highly intelligent, have a sense of..

Director's Cut (2010)

Girsat Habamai

Directed by: Doron Eran

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This is not just the amazing story of Menahem Golan, the legend of Israeli cinema who conquered the industry, not just the tale of the hundreds of films he produced, nor of his role in Israeli this..

A Working Mom (2006)

Directed by: Yaron Kaftori, Limor Pinhasov

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A story which demonstrates the extremes Mothers would go to, in order to save their families – sometimes saving and losing them in the same act. In 1990, 22-year-old Marisa Villozial, left her..

Local Story (2010)

Mah Nishma - Kiryat Gat

Directed by: Avishag Leibovic, Matan Peled

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Local Story follows local newspaper Ma'Nishma Kiryat Gat over the course of one year. Tamar and her two children, Ovad and Adi, write, edit, and distribute the paper. Their daily routine includes 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..

Fifteen Minutes of Fame (2008)

Directed by: Tamar Barkaei

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The episode discusses the definition of success in the world of art. On what does success depend - on aesthetics, or cash? On the verdict of the critics, or popularity among the general public? In a..

First Person Plural (2008)

Directed by: Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz

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The image of the body in Israeli art has gone through several incarnations over the decades, from the idyllic and ideological representation - the Jewish body, the Zionist body, the biblical body, -..

Rosenthalis - Self Portrait (2005)

Directed by: Eli Cohen

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At the age of 83 Moshe Rosenthalis has one passion in life, the same passion that possessed him ten, twenty and fifty years ago - to stand in front of a stretched canvass, holding a paintbrush, and..

The Bunker (2002)

Directed by: Nitza Gonen

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The film chronicles a few months in the life of Pinchas Cohen-Gan - one of Israel's greatest artists. In recent years, Cohen-Gan's art has expressed his obsession with Nazi Germany. This has drawn..

Words (2008)

Directed by: Shahar Rozen

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The commandment "Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image" has had a great impact on Jewish culture, resulting in a clear preference for words over images. In this chapter we explore the tension..

White Walls (2005)

Directed by: Meital Abekasis

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Shahar Aboutbul, a photographer just beginning her career, is working on her first exhibition. In the midst of her preparations Shahar receives news of her grandmother's death and goes south to the..

Away (2010)

Makom Acher

Directed by: Dalit Arnold

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Lena, a Swiss stills photographer, breaks off her relationship with her Israeli boyfriend one month after following him to Tel Aviv. All she wants is to leave everything behind and return back to is..

Men on the Edge (2005)

Gevarim Al Ha-Katzeh

Directed by: Macabit Abramson, Avner Faingulernt

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On the border between Gaza and Israel lies an isolated and abandoned beach where, against all odds, Israeli and Palestinian fishermen lived and fished together from 1999 to 2003. The Palestinians to..

Melissa, Mom and Me (2010)

Directed by: Limor Pinhasov

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Camcorder footage captures two girls-one Israeli, one American-in corsets and bunny ears, high on coke, backstage at a Tokyo strip club. Yael films Melissa giggling, sobbing, heartbreakingly candid...

The Models (2010)

ha'Dugmaniyot

Directed by: Adi Frost

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A three-part documentary series that shatters the glamorous veneer of the top-model industry, and shows what the life of a young, aspiring model really looks like.

Poetry LTD (2011)

Shira Ba'am

Directed by: Dorit Weisman

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A movie about a revolution in poetry and five Jerusalem poets for whom poetry is a way of life and a catalyst for social change.

Red Nose (2011)

Af Adom

Directed by: Eldad Prives, Asaf Oren

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A Tel-Aviv street clown sets out to conquer the sadness in Sderot. The one-time gig turns into a project of over a year, and the clown becomes part of the city's fabric.

Underground Man (2010)

Ish ha'Martef

Directed by: Shlomit Carmeli

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"Which is better? Cheap happiness or sublime suffering?" (Dostoyevsky) Asher Tsarfati, actor-director, total artist, founder of the fringe theater in Israel, a prominent figure on the outskirts of a..

The Heart That Sings (2011)

Directed by: Robin Garbose

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Set in 1950, The Heart That Sings tells the poignant story of a brokenhearted orphan from the Holocaust trying to begin life again when she is hired as the music and drama counselor at an elite..

Running Movie (2011)

Seret Ratz

Directed by: Omer Peled, Gidi Avivi

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A documentary, focusing on Israeli long-distance runner Haile Satayin, the oldest marathon runner to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics, and his efforts to participate in the 2012 has been a runner..

Beat (2012)

Directed by: Or Bar-El

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Or Bar-El's graduation film from the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem, Israel. Working in a run of the mill job, an ordinary man lives his life just like everyone else. A small, the..

Dance of the Red Flutes (2012)

Rikud Ha'Chililim

Directed by: Elinor Nechaissi

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An overweight dancer in a culinary dream world gets a rude awakening.

Back to Casablanca (Son of the Land) (2012)

Ben Ha'aretz

Directed by: Sigalit Banai

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Israeli actor and director Ze'ev Revach was born in Morocco in 1940. He sets out on a journey back to Casablanca, in search of a Moroccan actor to star alongside him in his next film, which he that..