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Desperado Square (2001)

Kikar Ha-Halomot

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In a neighborhood that time forgot, the first anniversary of Morris Mandabon's death is approaching, and his youngest son, Nissim has a dream. In the dream his father orders him to re-open the old a..

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.

Julia Mia (2007)

Directed by: Yuval Granot

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Johnny is a B movies director. He is about to have a child with his wife, when he meets Mia, a young Julia Roberts look-alike. Johnny decides to create an Israeli version of "Pretty Woman" with Mia...

Zrubavel (2008)

Directed by: Shmuel Beru

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Itzhak Zrubavel, from a tight-knit Ethiopian-Israeli family, dreams of being the Spike Lee of Israel.

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..

Green Dumpster Mystery (2008)

Hata'aluma Bamehola Hayeruka

Directed by: Tal Haim Yoffe

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An old, faded photograph found in a dumpster leads the director on a detective search that exposes the tragic history of the Wolkovitch family.

One Eye Wide Open (2009)

Rak Beayin Achat

Directed by: Aner Preminger

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A documentation of the work of artist Zvi Lahman from 1998 to 2008. He sets to work like a film director, reducing his frame of vision to one eye, just like a camera shutter.

The Road

Directed by: Itzhak Rubin

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A rare and long-standing friendship between the director, Itzhak Rubin, the son of a Holocaust survivor, and Muhammad Abu al-Hija from the unrecognized village of Ein Hud.

Dead End (2006)

No Exit

Directed by: Dror Sabo

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It is the height of summer and the reality show "his heart's choice" is just about to launch its third season. Zacky Reibenbach, the show's creator, knows that without a really good gimmick, there -..

Henry's Dream (2003)

Chalomo shel Henry

Directed by: Eitan Green

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Henry, a technical manager in a film school, decides that the time has come to fulfill his dream and make a movie. For him it is now or never. The production turns into a mess and Henry moves hope a..

A Five Minute Walk (2001)

Hamesh Dakot BeHalicha

Directed by: Itay Lev

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An abundance of characters with much to do and little to lose, go out into the Tel Aviv night aiming to return home safely with what they need: 20 kilos of coke, a black and white film, or love. A a..

Nymphs in the Fog (2007)

Nimfot B'Arafel

Directed by: Yoram Sachs

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Life imitates art when Yaniv, in a perpetual sulk ever since his girlfriend Liat left him, settles into a comical routine that alternates between his job at a video store, watching romantic and of a..

Giraffes (2001)

Girafot

Directed by: Tzahi Grad

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Efrat, Dafna, and Avigail are singles in their twenties, living in the same apartment building in Tel-Aviv. One day, Avigail is picked up by the driver who intended to drive Dafna to a film set, is..

Aya: An Imagined Autobiography (1993)

Autobiographia Dimionit

Directed by: Michal Bat-Adam

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While shooting a film about her own life, film director Aya struggles to become somebody and do something with her life, first to please her father and then herself.

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..

Ticket to Jerusalem (2002)

Directed by: Rashid Masharawi

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A palestinian movie projectionist travels from camp to camp to show movies to the children. Movies are his life, he lives for cinema and it is always a drama when a projector fails or a new lamp is..

A Matter of Reputation (2001)

Odot Ha-Monitin

Directed by: Yoram Kislev

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The conjunction of creativity and death through the confrontation between a film director and the subject of his creation - a gifted piano player who became a criminal.

Dead End Street (1982)

Kvish L'Lo Motzah

Directed by: Yaki Yosha

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Based on a true story. Alice, a young street walker, receives an opportunity of a lifetime when a television crew casts her to star in a documentary about prostitution in Tel-Aviv. Alice, a 17 year..

Wasted (2006)

Mevuzbazim

Directed by: Nurit Kedar

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May 2000. Southern Lebanon. For 18 years now, Israel's most controversial war drags on and on adding fragmented slivers of shattered lives to ashes of smoldering hopes. Up there on the hill the a of..

A Film Unfinished (2010)

Shtikat Ha'archiyonim

Directed by: Yael Hersonski

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Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, a..

Unsettled (2006)

Directed by: Adam Hootnick

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When the Israeli government announces that it will withdraw from the Gaza Strip, it means lifeguards Lior, 21, and Meir, 27, will be forced to leave their home - Gaza's Palm Beach - forever. They be..

A History of Israeli Cinema (2009)

Historia Shel Hakolnoah Israeli

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The first 1933 - 1978 starts with the Zionist movement and ends with the first re-visitation of that history. The second 1978 - 2005 starts at the beginning of the political wave until the more both..

Have You Heard About the Panthers? (2002)

Shamata Al Ha Panterim?

Directed by: Nissim Mossek

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In the 1970s, a new protest movement burst into Israeli politics. Calling themselves the Black Panthers, this group of rebellious young Mizrahi men was intensely critical of racism and class bias as..

Dizengoff 99 (1979)

Dizengoff 99

Directed by: Avi Nesher

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The film is about two guys, Natti (Gidi Gov), and Moshon (Meir Suissa), and a girl Ossi (Anat Atzmon) who live together in an apartment at 99 Dizengoff Street. Ossi works for an insurance company of..

Magia Russica (2004)

Magia Russica

Directed by: Yonathan Zur, Masha Zur

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In 1935, three Walt Disney films were screened in Moscow. Fyodor Chytruk, then a young art student, saw these films and didn't believe his eyes; he was convinced that he had seen a miracle him...

Film Fanatic (2006)

Directed by: Shlomo Hazan

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Film Fanatic documents the struggle of Yehuda Grovais, an Israel ultra-Orthodox Jew who acts contrary to his faith to create feature films. Moreover, his films are geared towards his own..

Ben Dov: Images of a Dreamer (1999)

Directed by: Alex Szalat

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Yakov Ben Dov came to Jerusalem from the Ukraine in 1907 with little more than a still camera to his name. He became one of the most accomplished filmmakers of his time, capturing the momentous of..

Dreamers and Builders (1996)

Directed by: Ya'akov Gross

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Spectacular rare archival film footage of Palestine in the tumultuous 1920s forms the heart of this documentary by Israeli filmmaker and scholar Ya’akov Gross. Considered lost for more than 70..

A Nightmare on Bialik Street (2010)

Siyut Birkov Bialik

Directed by: Aylam Orian

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An amateur film crew shoots a scene on a quiet city street, when something quite out of the ordinary, taken from another film, happens... This is a film about a film about a film, which pays homage..

How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon (1997)

Eich Hifsakti L'fahed V'lamadeti L'ehov et Arik Sharon

Directed by: Avi Mograbi

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With the 1996 election campaign approaching, director Avi Mograbi set out to make a film about an infamous and admired political figure, former Israeli cabinet minister and legendary army general, a..

Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi (1999)

Yom Huledet Same'ach Mar Mograbi

Directed by: Avi Mograbi

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Israeli gadfly Avi Mograbi (HOW I LEARNED TO OVERCOME MY FEAR AND LOVE ARIK SHARON, 1996) is back with a politically dense, tongue-in-cheek mock documentary. It is 1998 and Israel is turning is by..

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..

Just Like the Queen of England (2010)

Kimo Malkat Anglit

Directed by: Micha Shagrir

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A French boy, street-smart and charismatic, is left to fend for himself after the Nazi occupation of Paris leaves him motherless. The 69 years that followed were an emotional journey that is only by..

Dunkel's Last Film (2006)

Directed by: Talia Ohaion

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The film uncovers a fascinating story of Fred Dunkel, a German Christian, photographer, producer and businessman, who was married to a Jewish woman and was forced to leave Nazi Germany in the 1930's..

Liebe Perla (1999)

Perla Yakirati

Directed by: Shahar Rozen

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During the Nazi regime, Dr. Josef Mengele conducted "scientific" experiments on and shot "research" footage of a Hungarian Jewish family of dwarfs. (Mengele, by experimenting on them, saved them the..

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..

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..

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..

In the Sabra Land (2008)

Directed by: Moishe Goldberg

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The first of two chronological episodes introducing us to the ways in which Israeli art has defined and re-defined its "Israeli ness". The episode covers the period of the birth and consolidation of..

I'm a Sabra (2008)

Directed by: Yair Lev

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The second of two chronological episodes dealing with the formation and evolution of Israeli identity as it is reflected in art: from "sabra" art - rich in audacity and poor in material - through up..

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..

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..

Agadati: Screen of an Artist (1997)

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Baruch Agadati-dancer, painter and filmmaker- is best known for having captured on film the flavor and excitement of life in Tel Aviv of the 1930's. As film technology improved, Agadati's AGA film..

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..

Mr. Cortisone Happy Days (2004)

Directed by: Shlomo Shir

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The isolation room, where he stays for radioactive-iodine treatment, becomes an inspiring cinematic location for the director who is a cancer patient. Moving constantly in-front and behind the he is..

Ronit Elkabetz: A Stranger in Paris (2010)

Directed by: Nir Bergman

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With charming sincerity, world-renowned actress and filmmaker, Ronit Elkabetz, shares her personal life story of theater, film, family, childhood and future aspirations.

Cinema Jerusalem (2011)

Directed by: Micha Shagrir, Yoram Honig

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The Cinema Jerusalem project, which deals with film- and television-making in and about Jerusalem, was initiated at the beginning of the millennium by the Jerusalem Cinematheque and veteran producer..

Film by Itzhak (2008)

Zolam Iydi Itzhak

Directed by: Limor Pinhasov

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We thought we knew all there is to know about Itzhak Rabin. A legendary figure in his lifetime, and the hero of his nation's struggle for peace in his death, more than a decade ago - what can be or..

2048 (2010)

Directed by: Yaron Kaftori

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A young cinematographer discovers that his grandfather, who was a documentary film maker, made a film about Israel's 60th Independence Day. However Israel no longer exists and its former citizens as..

Little Simico's Big Fantasy

ha'Fantazia ha'Gedolah shel Simpkin ha'Qatan

Directed by: Arik Lubezky

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Thirty-three-year-old Simico works in the local hummus joint. He's currently engaged to a girl who dreams of a big wedding, while he dreams of making a movie.

The Dreamers (2011)

ha'Cholmot

Directed by: Efrat Shalom Danon

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Ruchama and Tikva, a teacher and a wigmaker, embark on a journey to fulfill their dream of making movies within the closed ultra-Orthodox society in which they live. Will they find freedom in..

Looking for Moshe Guez (2011)

Le'An Neelam Moshe Gez?

Directed by: Avida Livny

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A documentary about the search for the Israel director Moshe Guez -- sometimes called the "Israel Ed Wood" -- and the whereabouts of his rarely seen, much censored, debut feature film, The Angel was..

Mind Fuck (2010)

Ziyunei Sechel

Directed by: Eran Sarel, Ricardo Rojstaczer, Eran Koblik Kedar

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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..

Bye Bye to Love (2006)

Bye-Bye L'Ahava

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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.

No Gnomes Will Appear (2010)

Shum Gamadim Lo Yavo'u

Directed by: Ruth Walk

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A portrait of writer Sarah Shilo. She did not go to university, and instead of narrative she writes in episodes. Fame comes after working for many years as a kindergarten teacher in her town and she..

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..

War T.V. (2009)

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Yazen, a South Lebanese boy, dreams about being a film director. He joins, with his video camera, the Hezbollah forces during the Second Lebanon War. As he is filming an encounter with the Israeli..

Eye Drops (2012)

Eyedrops

Directed by: Mohammad Bakri

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Mohammad Bakri and his two sons, Saleh and Ziad, are living in a small flat in Tel Aviv. Their neighbor Sarah, a Holocaust survivor, asks them to assist her with her eye-drop medication. A unique on..

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..

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..

I Think This is the Closest to How the Footage Looked (2012)

Ani Choshev She'Ze Hachi Karov L'Eich She'Hatzilum Nirah

Directed by: Yuval Hameiri

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In this short film, a man recreates a lost memory using limited means. A memory of the last day spent with his mom. Objects come to life, in a desperate struggle to produce one moment that is lost.

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.

513 Days (2012)

513 Yamin Shel Filmoterapia

Directed by: Lital Mizel

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Film student Lital documents herself over the course of her three years at Sapir College.

Anna My Love (2012)

Ana Ahuvati

Directed by: Nili Tal

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When Nelly-Morgan was 17 years old, she was diagnosed as anorexic. She voluntarily hospitalized herself, taking a small video camera with her.

Babylon Blues (2012)

Bluz

Directed by: Gudis Schneider, Shunit Aharoni, Rony Oron, Ayelet Varshi

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An experimental fiction-documentary about a crew shooting a movie inspired by Israeli culut singer Meir Ariel's experimental album.

The Garden of Eden (2012)

Gan Eden

Directed by: Ran Tal

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An observation of the changes in the Sakhne National Park throughout a single year enables a broader discourse and source of contemplation on Israeli society.

Ha-Enayim (2012)

Mi-Ba'ad La-Enayim

Directed by: Yael Klofman

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The history of forty years of Israeli cinema from the point of view of the stills photographer Yoni Hamenachem.

Kusturica Dream (2013)

Chalom Kusturica

Directed by: Eyal Sibi

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Eyal, a shy young filmmaker, musters up his courage and travels to Emir Kusturica's village to convince the Serbian director to come to Tel Aviv to be a guest actor in his feature film.

The Lab (2012)

Ha-Ma'Abada

Directed by: Yotam Feldman

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The filmmakers follow some of the figures who profit from the export of the experience of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: military philosophers, arms dealers, advisors and industrialists.

The Man with the Nagra (2012)

Lio Levy - A-ish Im Ha-Nagra

Directed by: Yaela Levi Zimmerman

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The filmmaker examines her family's history and that of the Italian-Jewish community through the story of her father, Leo Levi (1912-1982), an Itailan Jew, an active Zionist, and a pioneering..

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..

Jean Wejnoon (Genies & Madness) (2011)

Directed by: Mamdooh Afdile

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An invitation to embark on a magical journey into the filmmaker's amusing life - this film is a mixture of reality and imagination. Mamdooh Afdile is a recent film school graduate waiting for his in..