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Seven Days (2008)

Shiva

Directed by: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz

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A notorious Casanova, Zidane happily leads a life unlike that of his two friends Omer and Uri who endure the agony of commitment -- until a beautiful Colombian woman from Zidane's past pulls him the..

Comrade (2005)

Directed by: Arnon Zadok

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A successful lawyer, who has traumatic memories from his army service, is testifying against his best friend from his unit. His wife, a social-worker, is trying to save a poor family named Siton. by..

Fish, Football and Girls (1968)

Hashchuna Shelanu

Directed by: Uri Zohar

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The story of the Suramlaloo family, through which we are introduced to a variety of characters living in a Tel Aviv Neighborhood; Jacko is the oldest, who has only daughters and await a birth of a a..

Morning Star (1980)

Kohav Hashahar

Directed by: Akiva Barkin

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Torn between following his passion and helping his family, Noam a young Israeli boy pursues becoming a singer in order to save his family from their financial problems.

Mr. Leon (1982)

Adon Leon

Directed by: Zeev Revah

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After making many mistakes, Leon comes to the conclusion that his daughter had a baby outside of wedlock. He journeys to find the baby's father in order to force him to take..

Nini (1963)

Nini

Directed by: Shlomo Suriano

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A well to do guy falls in love with a poor, Christian Arab girl from Jaffa.

Shlosha Yamim Veyeled

Directed by: Uri Zohar

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Eli has to take care of his old girlfriend's child for three days where we see their love-hate relationship.

The Megilleh (1983)

Ha-Megillah 83

Directed by: Ilan Eldad

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When the residents of a small Jewish village come together to stage their annual adaptation of the Book of Esther, life imitates art in this Israeli musical comedy that will have the whole family a..

The Persuader (1973)

Ha Meshachnea Baam

Directed by: Yehiel Ne'eman

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Moris Aflalo hasn't forgotten that he saved his officer's life back in the days of his military service. Now that his father has financial dificulties, they meet again.

Year Zero (2004)

Shnat Effes

Directed by: Joseph Pitchhadze

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Rueven, a real estate agent, is upset with his wife's pregnancy. Through a chain of events, his life becomes connected and intertwined with the lives of others in Tel Aviv.

Turn Left at the End of the World (2004)

Sof Ha'Olam Smola

Directed by: Avi Nesher

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The tale of a group of families who emmigrate from India to Israel in the late sixties, seeking a better life in what they believe to be the first outpost of the West in Asia. Instead they are sent..

Two Heartbeats (1972)

Shtei Defikot Lev

Directed by: Shmuel Imberman

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Dan (Yuda Barkin), a college student, and his girlfriend, Hurit (Mona Silberstein), want to marry but face parental opposition. For some time, Dan has raised some extra cash by acting as a he..

Urban Feel (1998)

Kesher Ir

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 ..

There Was No War in '72 (1995)

B'Shivim Ushtayim Lo Hayta Milhama

Directed by: David Krainer

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This is the story of a young boy struggling as a student in school at the beginning of the 1973 War.

Bena (2009)

Bena

Directed by: Niv Klainer

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Amos is a mental health worker, widower, and father to Yurik, a mentally ill teenager. One day, while visiting one of his patients, Amos discovers Bena, an illegal Thai immigrant. Instead of turning..

Walk on Water (2004)

Lalechet Al Hamaim

Directed by: Eytan Fox

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Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends..

Brothers (2008)

Directed by: Igaal Niddam

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Two brothers that are unalike in every way, except for the fact they are both Jewish, meet again in Israel after years of silence. Dan chooses to work on the land, living in a kibbutz in the south a..

Burning Mooky (2008)

Mooky Bo'era

Directed by: Lina Chaplin, Slava Chaplin

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During Mooky's adolescence, which is shadowed by his mother Tinka's seductive nature, he contends with unrequited love for one young woman and a sado-masochistic relationship with another. Mooky to..

Comme Ton Pere (2007)

Directed by: Marco Carmel

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1970s. The Maimon family moves to a North African immigrants' neighborhood in Paris and tries to make their way in France.

Happiness (2008)

Lo Yoda'at Eich

Directed by: Aviram Shulchany

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Rachel Guetta knows everyone, and everyone knows her. Slowly she discovers that she doesn't exactly know herself.

Jaffa (2009)

Kalat Ha'Yam

Directed by: Keren Yedaya

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Mali and her family own a garage in Jaffa. Mali has been secretly seeing Taufik, one of the Arab mechanics. They want to elope to Cyprus but the morning of their flight, everything goes wrong.

It All Begins at Sea (2008)

Hakol Mat'hil Bayam

Directed by: Eitan Green

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The story of the coming of age of the Goldstein family - mother, father and son; an Israeli family coping with a familiar array of life experiences - friendship, love, sex, death. The film..

Directed by: Ali Nassar

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Love and revolution bring together two people who have pledged their lives to each other in this romantic drama. The film takes on a journey through the life of Jamal, a man facing the of he..

Who Are You to Me (2010)

Mi Ata Bishvili?

Directed by: Dror Reshef

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Anya, 25, is mentally handicapped but manages to lead an independent life. Since the sudden death of her parents she has been living alone, surrounded by her own silence, earning her living as a an..

There Were Nights (2009)

Haiu Leilot

Directed by: Ron Ninio

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Goni's father lost his reputation, his pride and his desire to live after serving a short prison sentence twenty years ago. A little later he lost his wife, Gony's mother, to cancer. Since then, at..

Me'Ever La'Nahar

Directed by: Duki Dror

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Duki Dror's documentary "Across the River" follows Moshe Rachamim as he searches for a way to prevent the spread of AIDS in the Israeli Ethiopian community. Tsegaw Mahari (Mahari, which means in in..

Ascending and Descending On It (2010)

Olim Ve Yordim Bo

Directed by: Yehonatan Indurski

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Joseph, an ex criminal, leaves his wife and children in Bet Shean and moves to Jerusalem in search of a spiritual experience.

Azi Aiyma (2009)

Bo'i Ima

Directed by: Sami Shalom Chertrit

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The filmmaker's mother goes on a search of her classmates from the Alliance Israélite Universelle school she attended 60 years ago in a little village in Morocco.

On The Way Home (documentary TV series) (2009)

Baderech Ha'baita (documentary TV series)

Directed by: Tomer Heymann

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An intimate documentation of the important events in the personal and family life of the filmmaker in the last years. Questions of belonging, sexuality, and love.

Between Two Passovers (2008)

Directed by: Sharon Levy

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The film explores a family taking leave of their dying father. The family consists of two brothers and three sisters who grew up in a small apartment in Haifa and, in the course of time, left to to..

We Are the Country (2009)

Anachnu Ha'mdina Be'he Ha'Yedia

Directed by: Honi Ha'Meagel

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In production as of August 2009. A rare documentation based on footage taken by the filmmaker of his parents in the late 1980s and of their neighborhood - Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek.

Boys of the Hood (2008)

Directed by: Anwar Hasan

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As of July '09, production status: post-production An excellent student from Kfar Kana, also a rapper who is about to sign a record deal, faces opposition from his traditional parents.

Clementine (2009)

Clementine

Directed by: Tal Haim Yoffe

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A Czar Army officer, protecting an entire town against a pogrom, A Gold treasure rescuing Jewish refugees, A steel-smith learning his craft from a Nazi leader, Underground wars and..

Fireflies (2009)

Gachliliyot

Directed by: Gili Meisler

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The film "Fireflies" (Gachliliyot) is the story of Gili, a 12 year old boy, a 24 year old young man and a 44 year old adult, who ventures out in search of his brother, Giora, who remained forever 19..

Light Of Nowhere (1973)

Or Min Hahefker

Directed by: Nissim Dayan

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A 17-year-old boy from a bad, crime infested neighborhood, struggles to get an education and work towards a good future without leaving his family behind.

Four Sons

Directed by: Mordi Kershner, Noam Demsky

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In post-production as of August 2009. A look at the ways in which parents look at their children's educations, lifestyles, beliefs, and opinions.

Fragments (2009)

Resisim

Directed by: Yonathan Haimovich

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A filmed journey through a single street on the outskirts of Jerusalem... an attempt to explore fragments of the filmmaker's childhood and recapture memories of the mother he lost. He returns to the..

Have Will Have

Directed by: Hanania Baer

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In post-production as of august 2009. A drawing exhibit in Halberstadt, germany, where the artist's Grandparents lived until the Nazis came to power. Now the desolate family home is up for grabs.

Just Like Home

Kmo Ba'Bayit

Directed by: Alexander Gentelev

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A film about Rafael and Svetlana Parashvili, who have been running a Jewish orphanage in Moscow for the past ten years.

Lady Kul El-Arab (2008)

Lady Kul El-Arab

Directed by: Ibtisam Mara'ana

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The dream of a young Druze woman to be Israel's beauty queen, and the conflict between the values of her traditional community and the world of modeling.

Directed by: Oren Tirosh

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Adel, a refugee working in the Sinai, and Eshel, an Israeli kibbutznik woman, fall in love. They have two girls and try to figure out how best to live as a family.

Directed by: Zippi Brand Frank

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A journey across three continents, presenting the impact of globalization on the baby production industry.

Queen of Jerusalem (2009)

Malkat Yerushalayim

Directed by: Dani Dothan, Dalia Mevorach

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Archaeologist, Professor Trude Dothan was born in Vienna in 1922. Her son decides to launch an "archaelogical" excavation in her Jerusalem house.He finds the death mask of poet Elsa Lasker-Schuler a..

It's Not Me, It's My Sister (2008)

Directed by: Sharon Elovic

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They are born in pairs - with the same horoscope, same genetic code and the same potential. From that moment on they are destined to go through life with the conflict of their shared identity.The of..

Rafting to Bombay (2009)

Directed by: Erez Laufer

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The Laufer family sets out on a journey to Bombay, where the father found refuge during WWII and finds itself in the midst of the biggest terrorist attack the city has known.

Lod Detour (2009)

Okef Lod

Directed by: Orna Raviv

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The story of Ilan Hakaray, principal of the Amal High School in Lod who offers students their last opportunity to complete a high school education after they fail out of other institutions. We three..

Mom, Please Tell Me (2009)

Directed by: Orna Ben Dor, Ami Teyer

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For the filmmaker, a mother's bosom, usually a promise of gentleness and unconditional love, was a haunted place, scattered with thorns.

My Sister Tikva (2009)

Ahoti Tikva

Directed by: Vered Berman

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Even though 55 years have passed since Professor Yair Tauman was suddenly estranged from his beloved sister Tikva, who was sent away to begin a new life abroad, his wounds haven’t healed. Each..

My Child Will Sing Again

Ha'Yalda Sheli Tachzor Lashir

Directed by: Tsipi Bayder

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For 330 days, they did not move from her bedside and documented every moment of hope as their daughter, Adi Elimelech, returned to life.

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.

Partly Private (2009)

Directed by: Danae Elon

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A witty take on male circumcision and how people of the western world generally feel about it. Both comic and informative, the film questions how an ancient rite became normal medical practice in of..

The Prisoner (2009)

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A sixty year old man is released from prison, only to find that his family alienated him. Alone in the world, he tries to endure his new life.

A Refusenik's Mother (2008)

Directed by: Uri Ben Dov

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A personal film about the drama of conscientious objection, from the point of view of a refusenik's mother.

Warrior of Love (2008)

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Igor and the Cranes (2009)

Igor ve'Masa Ha'Agorim

Directed by: Yevgeni Roman

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Fourteen-year-old Igor moves from Moscow, Russia, to Israel with his mother. They leave behind his father, a bird researcher whom Igor hardly knows. Over the Internet, Igor and his father follow the..

Weekend in the Galilee (2007)

Sof Shavu'a Bagalil

Directed by: Moshe Mizrahi

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Autumn 1996. Avner, a highly-regarded Professor of Arts and his young wife, Ilana, come to visit the family farm run by Rachel and Shouki, (his children from a first marriage) and Menahem (the of is..

Filling the Void (2009)

Lemale Et Ha `Halal

Directed by: Rama Burstein

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"Fill the Void" is a love story that takes place in the Jewish Hassidic world. In this world, Shira must decide between following her heart, and fullfulling her duty to her beloved deceased sister.

Warning (2008)

Azhara

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The script deals with growing up in a real world. The hero- Misha, an 18-year-old immigrant, who arrived from Russia to Israel without his parents, is forced to become responsible for his deeds in a..

Eli & Ben (2007)

Directed by: Uri Ravid

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The life of twelve years old Eli, which is mostly consisted of daring mischievous acts, turns upside down one day, when he finds out that his father, Ben, is accused of taking bribery while on duty..

Directed by: David Dazanashvili

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Two weeks before Elio is released from prison, he finds out that his brother Meir was killed in a gang fight on the streets of South Tel Aviv. He now has two things that he wants to do. The first is..

Love Life (2006)

Liebesleben

Directed by: Maria Schrader

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When Jara meets Arie, her father's boyhood friend, she is immediately drawn to his unflinching and assured presence. It is not long before she forsakes her sweet, devoted, and well-meaning husband..

Bruria (2008)

Directed by: Avraham Kushnir

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Bruriah and her husband Rabbi Meir lived in the 2nd century C.E., at which time the Rabbis declared "women are light-minded". Bruriah, a most learned and intelligent woman, mocked their statement. a..

Vasermil (2007)

Directed by: Moshon Salmona

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Vasermil tells the story of a group of 16 year olds who live in the same tough neighbourhood of Beer-Sheba, growing up in an unforgiving environment, pinning their hopes on football as a way out. up..

Three Mothers (2006)

Shalosh Imahot

Directed by: Dina Zvi-Riklis

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Rose, Flora and Jasmine were born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1943 and as a rare triplet were blessed by King Faruk. Today they live together in Israel, their lives clouded by secrets and lies from the..

Weekend in Tel Aviv (2007)

An ex- policeman who works for a brutal gangster, rediscovers his conscience while helping Jana, a call girl from Ukraine. A melancholic farmer from the desert plains finds out that the only person..

Love & Dance (2005)

Sipur Chatzi-Russi

Directed by: Eitan Anner

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Chen, a young boy, is battling a cultural conflict between his Russian born mother and Israeli father. One day, Chen stumbles upon a ballroom dance class for young people and sees Natalie, a Russian..

Avanim (2004)

Avanim

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Michale, a 30 year old Israeli woman, works in her father's office in Tel Aviv, which provides accounting services to important religious institutions. Michale has been cheating on her husband for..

Black Jack (2005)

Directed by: Matti Harari, Arik Lubezky

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Black Jack is the coming-of-age story of Jacky, a young, frivolous adventurer, searching for an identity and thirsty for love. One evening, Jacky loses all his money in a game of Black Jack..

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..

Gift from Heaven (2003)

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A film about women and diamonds that determine the fate of men who desire them. A group of airport porters who are connected by bonds of friendship, family, love affairs and jealousy, are planning a..

Directed by: Pini Tavger

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Pinhas & his mother are new immigrants from Russia. His mother barely makes a living working night shifts and devotes her spare time to the affair she has with a married man. On the third floor..

The Rabbi's Daughter and the Midwife (2010)

Directed by: Ron Ofer, Yohai Hakak

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Adina Bar - Shalom, eldest daughter of the revered, Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, established the first academic institution of higher education for the ultra orthodox community in Israel. Rachel Chalkowski..

Lullaby (2008)

Directed by: Natalie Haziza

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Lullaby, a 50 min documentary by Natalie Haziza, tells the story of her two mothers, one of them Jewish South-African and the other her African nursemaid. Rebecca worked for 10 years as Natalie`s 4..

Halakeh (2008)

Directed by: Avigail Sperber

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This is the story of a journey made by a young religious couple: Yael (Hani Furstenberg), Yoni (Ohad Knoller) and their three-year-old son Yiftach (Hinave Hilel Pney El).Yoni, once a barely Jew, is..

Desert Brides (2008)

Kalot Hamidbar

Directed by: Ada Ushpiz

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Miriam El Kwader, a Bedouin wedding photographer and mother of seven, living in an unknown and neglected Negev village, reveals through her camera lens, the world of Bedouin weddings; the most issue..

Voices from the Heartland: Haya Nehedar (It Was Great) (2002)

Directed by: Michal Bat-Adam

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After photographing a dramatic situation on the streets of Tel Aviv where a man is threatening to jump off a roof, Nina, a twenty-year-old news photographer, becomes infatuated with the image of a a..

Mar Baum

Directed by: Assi Dayan

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The third and final installment in the comic trilogy about contemporary Israeli life that begins with Life According to Agfa. Assi Dayan wrote, directed, and starred in the titular role. Mr. Baum is..

No Names on the Doors (1996)

Eyn Shemot Al Hadlatot

Directed by: Nadav Levitan

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People and relationships are tested against the backround of the modern kibbutz and its changing values.

Jewish Vendetta (1999)

Nekama Yehudit

Directed by: Aleksandr Shabatayev

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Russian immigrant Natan finds out that his wife had an affair with his best friend. He travels to Russia intending to kill his friend and regain his honor, but his son and the local "mafia" bring it..

Blood Guilt (1996)

Kesher Dam

Directed by: Yaky Yosha

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Bloodguilt is a dark thriller about a dangerous love triangle, inspired by the biblical romance of Jacob, Rachel and Leah.

Under the Dommim Tree (1994)

Etz Hadomim Tafus

Directed by: Eli Cohen

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Based on Gila Almagor's autobiographical book, Under the Dommim Tree follows a group of teenagers who survived the Holocaust in a boarding school in the the early 50's. During the day they are like..

The Distance (1994)

Ha-Merhak

Directed by: Dan Wolman

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Oded is a young Israeli architect who now lives in Chicago with his wife and children and whose career is in full bloom. His sick parents in Tel Aviv want him to move back home. On a week-long visit..

Gentila (1998)

Gentila

Directed by: Agur Schiff

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After serving time for a bank robbery, Gadi (Nir Levi) is released on probation for a three-day journey to put up flags to commemorate Israeli Independence Day. He invites his younger brother Polak)..

Family Secrets (1998)

Sodot Mishpacha

Directed by: Nitza Gonen

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Based on Yehudit Katzir's novel Schalffstunde, the film presents the unusual love story between a 15 year old girl and her 15 year old cousin who lives in the United States. The two met every summer..

Circus Palestina (1998)

Zirkus Palestina

Directed by: Eyal Halfon

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A dark comedy chronicling the trials and tribulations of a small circus troupe who visit the West Bank. When a lion escapes the camp, an unlikely alliance is forged between Russian lion tamer (Yoram..

Chronicle of a Kidnap (2008)

Chronika Shel Hatifa

Directed by: Nurit Kedar

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Udi Goldwasser was kidnapped on day #1 of the 2006 Lebanon war. This is the story of his wife who wished "to bring him the moon" and who inadvertently became a pawn in international diplomatic and..

The Tree of Life (2008)

Directed by: Ron Ninio

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A story of love, passion, and betrayl which begins in Morocco and moves on to an immigrant camp in Israel,and the quarry where all of the characters work.

Laura Adler's Last Love Affair (1990)

Ahavata Ha'ahronah Shel Laura Adler

Directed by: Avraham Heffner

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Yiddish live theater, a formerly lively theatrical form, is barely sustained by a few aging aficionados and its loyal but aged audience. Laura Adler is a big star of one of these troupes. She is and..

Flight of the Eagle (1990)

Derech Ha'nesher

Directed by: Uri Barbash

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A pilot finds out about a tumor in his brain and realizes that he has only a short time left to live.He runs away from home and reality, but returns to make peace with his son.

The Appointed (1990)

Hameyu'ad

Directed by: Daniel Wachsmann

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A rabbi's son rebels against his roots and becomes a magician. A woman enters his life and turns his tricks into metaphysical phenomena. The son is forced to choose between love and living up to his..

The Thousand Wives of Naftali Siman-Tov (1988)

1000 Neshotav shel Naftali Siman-Tov

Directed by: Michal Bat-Adam

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The story of the third wife of Naftali,who lost two wives .He does not touch her beacause he believes that his sperm caused the death of his other wives. She gets pregnant by another man,and finds..

Laila's Birthday (2008)

Eid milad Laila

Directed by: Rashid Masharawi

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Abu Laila used to be a judge, but because the government doesn't have the means to renew his assignment he is forced to be a taxi driver. On the day his daughter Laila becomes seven years old, his a..

Zahara (2009)

Zahara

Directed by: Mohammad Bakri

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With touching personal style and breathtaking cinematography, Director Mohammad Bakri tells the story of his 78 year old aunt Zahara, from the times of pre-state Palestine to present, leading the of..

Again Forever (1985)

Roman Behemshechim

Directed by: Oded Kotler

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Effi Avidar, played by Chaim Topol, is reconsidering his marriage after a near death experience. He also finds that he is at odds in attempting to find a place in his daughters life and a very 1977..

Until Tomorrow Comes (2004)

Hata Yisbah Sabah

Directed by: David Deri

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Tel-Aviv Stories (1991)

Sipurei Tel-Aviv

Directed by: Ayelet Menahemi

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Three stories about three women: one is trying to find the right guy; one is trying to get a divorce from her runaway husband and takes a hostage in her attempt; and one turns Tel Aviv upside down a..

Something Sweet (2004)

Directed by: Ayelet Bargur

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Based on the personal experience of the director, this film focuses on one family waiting to hear news of a son who may be involved in a terrorist incident. It is Sunday morning. Like most Israeli a..

Bar 51 (1985)

Bar 51

Directed by: Amos Guttman

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This downbeat drama featuring a brother's incestuous love for his sister is notable for good camerawork and art direction. Thomas (Juliano Mer) and his sister Mariana (Semadar Kilchinsky) have in up..

Or (My Treasure) (2004)

Or

Directed by: Keren Yedaya

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Or, a teenager who struggles to be responsible for her prostitute mother Ruthie, played by Ronit Elkabetz. Or's responsibility at home gives way to an increasingly wilder side of her personality, by..

Tied Hands (2006)

Yadaim Kshurot

Directed by: Dan Wolman

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The film tells the story of a sensitive and complex relationship between a mother and her ailing son. Like in Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale "The Loveliest Rose in the World" where a prince a..

The Highway Queen (1971)

Malkat Hakvish

Directed by: Menahem Golan

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Margalit (Gila Almagor) is a prostitute with one child, and she wants another one. A man-hater, she doesn't want a husband, just another child. At this point she is an independent woman who works a..

Hide and Seek (1980)

Machboim

Directed by: Dan Wolman

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Engaging and controversial in its own way, this personal look at a little boy's life and times undoubtedly relies on director Dan Wolman's own experiences. The setting is just before Israel gained a..

My Mom's First Olympics (1997)

Ha-Olimpiada Harishonah Shel Imma

Directed by: Ran Carmeli

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The critically acclaimed film focuses on the director's mother, and sensitively portrays her struggle and determination that led her to compete in the Para Olympics in Atlanta despite of her The the..

Round Trip (2003)

Directed by: Shahar Rozen

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Working from a script by Noa Grinberg, Shahar Rosen's Round Trip stars Anat Waxman as Nurit, a bus driver who becomes so dissatisfied with her dead-end marriage that she takes her two children and a..

Motive to Kill (1967)

Haminiyah Leretzach

Directed by: Peter Freistadt

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A Bit of Luck (1992)

Tipat Mazal

Directed by: Zeev Revah

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The story of a blind father and his singer daughter, immigrating together to Israel.

The Ladies' Hairdresser (1984)

Sapar Nashim

Directed by: Zeev Revah

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Nurith 2 (1983)

Nurit 2

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Shoshana and her husband singer Moshe Rosen live happily with their little girl, Nurit. But the family idyll is disturbed when Shoshana meets her ex boyfriend Nathan who tries to win her back, with..

My Mother the General (2003)

Imi Hageneralit

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Israel 2002. Intifada. Nava Rosenfeld, a 59 years old architect from Tel-Aviv, a grandmother of six and the director's mother, decides, in light of current events and despite the protests of people..

The House on Chelouche Street (1973)

Ha-Bayit Berechov Chelouche

The Komediant

Directed by: Arnon Goldfinger

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A documentary on the life and career of Yiddish actor Pesach Burstein and his family.

Children of the Sun (2007)

Yaldey Hashemesh

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Documentary filmmaker Ran Tal draws on footage culled from over eighty amateur films shot between 1930 and 1970 to explore the curious story of the Israeli kibbutz movement. Conceived as a utopian a..

My Margo (1969)

Margo Sheli

Directed by: Menahem Golan

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A love story between two people from different cultures and the relatives who manage to separate them until the lovers again find each other.

On the Move (2008)

Directed by: Daniel Syrkin, Ido Bahat

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Daniel Syrkin documents the work of his father, Leo, a Moscow-born artist who left an illustrious career in the USSR to realize his dream and come to Israel with his entire family in 1972. In he of..

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..

Dear Edmond (2006)

Edmond Yakiri

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At age 45, my partner and I begin fertility treatments with the hope of parenting a child of our own. For five months we were confined to our home with a high risk pregnancy of triplets, with just a..

Landsman (2009)

Landsman

Directed by: Dor Mosessco

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Directed by: Rina Papish

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The film follows the rise of Ladino singer, Yasmin Levy, from the moment she discovers she can sing and all the way to international success. As she gets to know herself as singer, Yasmin her Levy,..

How Much Love (2010)

Kama Ahava

Directed by: Kineret Hay-Gillor

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Carmel was once a promising athlete. Today due to progressive muscular dystrophy he runs a small shop with sports equipment. His wife, Sara, helps him with everyday chores. The film's author - - the..

Georgia My Love (2007)

Georgia Ahuvati

Directed by: Noga Gamlieli

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This is a story of two Georgians sisters Maya and Manana, poor young women working in a bridal salon from dawn until darkness. Like many of their fellow Georgians, they have been rejected and by of..

Variations for Piano for Six Hands (2009)

Variazii dla Fortepiano v Shest Ruk

Ma Sheraiti B'Hebron

Directed by: Noit Geva, Dan Geva

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For centuries Jews and Arabs lived side by side in Hebron. By the late 1920s, 800 Jews were settled peaceably with tens of thousands of Arab neighbors. This equilibrium was shattered with three days..

The Tzanani Family (1976)

Mishpahat Tzan'ani

Directed by: Boaz Davidson

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This movie is about the 25 years of marriage of the couple Zion and Ziona who came from Yeman. All their children live with them in the same neighborhood building. The Ben-Naim family that came from..

Lupo Goes to New York (1976)

Lupo B'New York

Directed by: Boaz Davidson

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The Golden Pomegranate (2010)

Rimon Hazahav

Directed by: Dan Turgeman

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Mazal, a Jewish child-bride from Yemen, preserves her religion, culture, family, and unique art, amid the harsh, violent conditions of Jerusalem and the Holy Land during the late 19th and mid 20th A..

Directed by: Avi Hemy

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In 1977, Yossi was the first child born to Malki and Kalman, an ultra-orthodox couple from Jerusalem. Like many hundreds of babies, he received, at the age of 11 month, a defected vaccination (MMR)...

Amnon & Jill (2005)

Directed by: Gonen Glazer

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This is the story of Amnon, a phenomenal deaf-born dancer, and his wife Jill. Jill produces their joint act and helps Amnon to communicate with his sorroundings. A few years on, Jill to her..

Directed by: Taliya Finkel

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"Did you go on a honeymoon? Honeymoon? In our dream! All our life is honey..." This is the answer orthodox grandparents give to their atheist granddaughter, the film director, who tries to their to..

The Lark Farm (2007)

La masseria delle allodole

Directed by: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

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As adapted from the roman by Antonia Arslan and co-directed by legendary Italian brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, The Lark Farm marks one of the few international features to tackle the Armenian..

Foreign Nights (1989)

Directed by: Izidore K. Musallam

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Leila is a university student, born and raised in Canada. However her parents still hold on to their traditional Palestinian customs, and her father will not allow her to go out after 5 p.m. This to..

Jerusalem Right - Tel-Aviv Left (2006)

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On the line between Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv move the perpetual wanderers. The ones between sacredness and secular, between becoming religious to converting to secular, abandoning town, leaving behind..

77 Steps (2010)

77 Madregot

Directed by: Ibtisam Mara'ana

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This is the personal journey of the director who leaves her Arab-Muslim village and moves to Tel Aviv. While searching for an apartment, she encounters discrimination by most landlords because of an..

Future Diaries (2010)

Yomanim Atidim

Directed by: Daniel Mann

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"Future Diaries" tells the story of the future. One day Israel will be vanished. Only one family will survive- our own.

A Place of Hope (2010)

Mikom L'tikvah

Directed by: Meirav Adler

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After years of pursuing justice in the civil society, Nurit is running for the Knesset with "Hadash", a radical communist-socialist Party. She now has to face her family, the party members..

It's Never Too Late (2011)

Af Paam Lo Meuchar Midaye

Directed by: Ido Fluk

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A man takes his deceased father's 86' Volvo for a trip across Israel exploring the places he knows from his childhood and his current disjointed life.

Mama (2010)

Directed by: Bettina Fainstein - Dor

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The film accompanies three Israeli sisters in search of their mother who has disappeared in China. Following photos from her digital camera, they try to piece together the story of her During the in..

Tikkun (2002)

Directed by: Taliya Finkel

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Tikkun portrays the phenomenon of the Rabbanit (the wife of a Rabbi) of Tiberius, Leah Kook; an orthodox leader supported and followed by many Israeli women. This film is a vivid..

Happily Forgotten (2009)

Directed by: Galia Oz

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Can an artist be too modest to become famous? Asher Feldman was an Israeli painter who led an anonymous life away from the crowd, and left behind an artistic treasure containing hundreds of Years as..

Zion and His Brother (2009)

Tzion V'Achiv

Directed by: Eran Merav, Yoav Roeh

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In a gritty neighborhood in Haifa, Israel, when cascading events drive an alienating wedge between inseparable brothers, their fierce loyalty is shaken and their interdependence fractured. filmmaker..

The Journey of Vaan Nguyen (2005)

Directed by: Duki Dror

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In her painful blog, Vaan Nguyen unfolds the absurdities of her life as an Israeli-born Vietnamese. Her father was one of the many "boat-people" who fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and..

Looks Like Aroesti (1999)

Directed by: Dani Menkin

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An inspiring sports film, and an intimate and illuminating look at the Tet Tel Aviv high school basketball team's quest for a national championship. The film focuses on one charismatic 16-year-old a..

My Ziv

B'Ziv Yamav

Directed by: Ayelet Bargur

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Ziv Bargur wan a Platoon commander in the Paratroopers, IDF. Ziv was killed in a car accident in May 1996, when his driver fell asleep at the wheel; he was 23 years old when he died. This film tells..

Directed by: Dan Geva

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Every year Nek-Nek, a remote Alaskian village, is visited by some 5,000 fisherman from every part of the U.S.A, who spend three weeks, trying to hook hundreds of millions of red salmon. This is the..

Baghdad Bandstand (2002)

Directed by: Eyal Halfon

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In the early fifties, during the big wave of immigration from Iraq, several musicians arrived in Israel who were considered real stars in the Arabic world of music. In this new land, no one had ever..

Daddy Come to the Fair (1996)

Abbaleh, Bo L'Luna Park

Directed by: Nitza Gonen

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The film documents the pilgrimage of a father and son, journeying from alienation and reaching reconciliation and empathy. MORDECHAI VILOZNY, the father, is a Holocaust survivor visiting a..

Drifting (1982)

Nagu'a

Directed by: Amos Gutman

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Robi is a young Israeli who lives with his grandparents and works at their store. He dreams of finding true love and becoming a movie director, both of which seem increasingly difficult. His film he..

Family Picture

Directed by: Itszhak Haluki

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A dinner invitation transports them to their past during the Holocaust and provides an opportunity for revenge.

Sallah (1964)

Sallah Shabati

Reaching For Heaven (2000)

Directed by: Yankel Goldwasser, Roni Ninio

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The TV drama Reaching For Heaven deals with an exposed nerve in Israeli society that shakes many families. It tells the story of a central Tel Aviv family shaken to its foundations when Roni, the of..

Journey to Jerusalem (2003)

Patuvane kam Yerusalim

Directed by: Ivan Nitchev

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Two kids (German Jews accompanied by an old uncle) are trying to escape from the raging fascists towards the land of their ancestors - Palestine. They have to reach Istanbul by train and then to a a..

Ore'ach B'Onah Metah

Directed by: Moshe Mizrahi

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War and Love (1985)

Directed by: Moshe Mizrahi

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From the ashes of man's darkest hour comes an incredible true story. War and Love painstakingly recreates the horrific nightmare suffered by Jews in Warsaw during the German invasion of 1939, and in..

Directed by: Yael Reuveny

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A missed meeting in 1945 splits a family in two. The director's grandmother leaves for the new Jewish state while her brother changes his name and stays behind. Trying to find this lost relative the..

Kuni Lemel in Tel Aviv (1976)

Directed by: Joel Silberg

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Brooklyn octogenarian Kuni Lemel (Mike Burstyn) is so determined to have his twin grandsons (also played by Burstyn) marry Jewish girls and move to Israel that he offers them a $5 million incentive...

The Darien Dilemma (2006)

Directed by: Erez Laufer, Nachum Laufer

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A father and his filmmaker son exploring the heretofore untold story of 1,000 Jews stranded during the winter of 1941 on the frozen Danube, awaiting a life-or-death decision to be taken by their the..

How Are Things at Home poster (2008)

Directed by: Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz

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More than any other concept, the idea of "home" goes well beyond its physical meaning and location. It is a symbol of homeland and family, of security and belonging. This chapter examines the of in..

Lost In Tel Aviv (2008)

Avudim Be'Tel-Aviv

Directed by: Guy Dimet, Netta Dimet

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Lost in Tel-Aviv is an animated documentary about the lives of the creators of the film, Guy and Netta Dimet After working for many years in the promo industry the Dimets suddenly found themselves a..

Dalia and the Sailors (1964)

Dalia Vehamalahim

Directed by: Menahem Golan

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Musical comedy of an Israeli girl, taken to Canada by her parents, who stows away to Israel on a cargo boat and is hidden by the cooperative crew.

Melting Siberia (2004)

saba sibir

Directed by: Ido Haar

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Ido Haar's feature length directorial debut tries to do the impossible: unite his 57 year old mother and her father, whom she has never met. Marina was born 57 years ago in the former Soviet Union...

By the Law (1998)

Im Hukim

Directed by: Dover Koshashvili

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Zaza, a child from a family recently immigrated to Israel, takes money from his parents' closet . He wants to buy a card for his album collection, like all the other children in the area. His father..

The Last Love of Laura Adler (1990)

Ahavata Ha'ahronah Shel Laura Adler

Directed by: Avraham Heffner

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Comedy drama about an aging actress who is loved by everyone. She is given another chance at stardom in an American film, takes it and has a wonderful romance. However her dreams are dashed when she..

Be Fruitful and Multiply (2005)

Directed by: Shosh Shlam

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How does it feel to have been pregnant or nursing for 25 out of 26 years of your married life? This and other questions are posed openly and directly in this film, and they expose the consequences a..

Operation Grandma (1999)

Mivtza Savta

Directed by: Tomer Heymann

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A moving story about the family; about loss and the mental maps of the personal experience of homelessness. Tomer Heymann's film takes a look at the story of five brothers and their mother, the of a..

Footnote (2011)

Hearat Shulayim

Mishpaha BaShevi

Directed by: Tal Goren

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Directed by Tal Goren Israel, 2011) June 25 marks five years of Gilad Shalit being held captive in Gaza. From June 22 till June 27 we invite communities across North America to honor Gilad and the..

Directed by: Gilad Goldschmidt

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Yoram Drucker, a 42 years old Modern Orthodox Jew from Jerusalem, has a Dream: To take his family, including their eight-year-old daughter Chen, to the peak of Kilimanjaro. Family on the Edge of A..

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..

Ha'kibutz Ha'kadosh

Directed by: Naamit Mor Haim, Nimrod Shanit

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The Holy Gathering documents the fascinating journey of three men brought up completely secular on Kibbutzes and their search for a more spiritually fulfilling life. The world from which they came,..

Leroken et ha'Bayit shel Ima

Directed by: Tal Haim Yoffe

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After their mother passes away, the director and his three sisters are charged with going through their late mother's house. The house is filled with hundreds of books, photo albums, and trinkets, a..

The Collaborator and his Family (2011)

Rechokim

Directed by: Ruthie Shatz, Adi Barash

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Ibrahim's motivation had always been ideological; he wasn't in it for the money. Forced to flee his native land under an imminent threat of death, Ibrahim escapes to Israel and lives in Tel Aviv for..

Father's Right (2011)

Zechut Avot

Directed by: Israel Halpern

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The story of four divorced fathers fighting for the right to raise their children with the help of the first-ever mens' rights organization in Israel

The Inheritance (2011)

ha'Yerushah

Directed by: Hiam Abbass

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In a small Muslim village in Northern Israel, an inheritance battle between siblings goes on as their lies on his deathbed, reminiscing about his past and his bitter relationship with his late wife..

Jews Now (2010)

Yehudim Achshav

Directed by: Galia Oz

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An Israeli mosaic that spreads from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, through the settlement of the Keddumin and the kibbutzim in the North, focusing on fathers and their sons and the way that Judaism, as a is..

In Bed at 10 pm (2010)

B'Mita B'Eser B'Lilah

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Rachel and Motti, both in their seventies, are in bed at 10 PM. They enjoy each other's company. And then Motti's wife calls him. Twice. And he has to leave. Recently he agreed with his wife that if..

December 25th (2009)

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December 25th is a working day in Jerusalem. As Christmas day passes, Carmen, a foreign worker from South America, misses her son and family abroad, and keeps trying to reach them over the phone. of..

A Touch Away (2007)

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This drama series reveals a hopeless love story between an orthodox religious young woman and a Russian immigrant. The lives of two families interconnect in an apartment complex in the orthodox of a..

Mah Harag et Moni Fanan

Directed by: Ophira Assayag

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Exclusive interviews with the family of Moni Fanan and the story of the private "bank" that he ran and managed to keep secret for 15 years until his suicide in 2009.

Mind Fuck (2010)

Ziyunei Sechel

Directed by: Eran Sarel

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Yaki just wanted to make a porn film. As a child growing up in an ultra-orthodox family (very religious), he never even heard about this "dubious" genre. Actually, he never even encountered the of..

Mr. Joseph's Empire (2011)

Mashtap

Directed by: Doron Eran

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In 1940 Joseph Joanovici entered the office of the Gestapo commander in Paris and offered to provide iron to the German army in exchange for saving his family, thus becoming the biggest Jewish with..

My Parents -- Nitza and Dick

ha'Horim Sheli -- Nitza ve'Dick

Directed by: Ohav Flantz

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Ohav Flants goes on his annual trip to visit his parents in Australia, where they've been living for the past 10 years in a beautiful house surrounded by acres of Australian forest. Unver the cracks..

My Parents -- Shanti and Martin

Shanti ve'Martin -- Proyect ha'Horim Sheli

Directed by: Jason Danino Holt

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An intimate journey taken by a mother and her son to the Sinai Peninsula.

My Parents -- Tami and Jacob

Tami ve'Yakov -- Proyect ha'Horim Sheli

Directed by: Nir Bergman

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The story of a relationship of a man with advanced Parkinson's Disease and and his caregiver wife as told through the eyes of their son.

Aunt Clara (1977)

Doda Clara

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Bye Bye to Love (2006)

Bye-Bye L'Ahava

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Belfer (1978)

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Kibbutz life doesn't appeal to Shlomo Belfer. He wants to be a rich, successful urban international playboy like his father. But he soon learns that while the kibbutz is not as pure as he had give..

Directed by: Ariel Chen

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Love and terror, life and death, commitment and the longing for a child, shape the first two years of marriage of the director and his wife.