Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Films | Israeli Film Database

Distortion (2005)

Distortion

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The story of a family's struggle to maintain their relationships despite the stressful environment created by the Palestinian Intifada and the constant fear of terrorist attacks.

End of The Orange Season (1989)

Roman Amiti

Directed by: Lihi Efron

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A tour with artist Shalom Hanoch during the 1988 intifidah.

Fictitious Marriage (1988)

Nisuim Fiktiveem

Directed by: Haim Bouzaglo

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Jerusalem high school teacher Eldad Ilan is in the midst of a mid-life crisis. He goes off to Tel Aviv, where he is mistaken for an Arab laborer and is asked to join an Arab work force on a job. A..

Green Fields (1989)

Sadot Yerukim

Directed by: Yitzhak Zepel Yeshurun

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A large family travels through Israel by bus to attend a young man's gradution from army training. The film explores the sharp contrast between the expatriates' views of Israel and the reality.

Lemon Tree (2008)

Etz Limon

Directed by: Eran Riklis

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Salma, a 45 years old widow from a small Palestinian village in the West Bank, finds herself fighting the Israeli Minister of Defense who built his house on the green line border between Israel and..

Strangers (2008)

Zarim

Directed by: Guy Nattiv, Erez Tadmor

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Scouting Patrol (1967)

Sayarim

Directed by: Micha Shagrir

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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

Disengagement (2007)

Hitnatkoot

Directed by: Amos Gitai

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to find her long ago abandoned daughter.

Thirst (2005)

Atash

Directed by: Tawfik Abu Wael

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

An intense story about a family of five, some animals living in the middle of nowhere. They need to survive and somehow find freedom.

The Bubble (2006)

Ha-Buah

Directed by: Eytan Fox

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of a..

Time of Favor (2000)

Ha-Hesder

Directed by: Joseph Cedar

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A psychological thriller about the commander of a Hesder army unit (Hesder yeshivas combine Torah study with army service), his dynamic right-wing spiritual leader, Rabbi Meltzer, his love for ..

18 Kilometers (2009)

18 Kilometer

Directed by: Avi Levi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Twenty four hours in the lives of eleven people living in Sderot and Gaza, whose fates are bound together by one day in 2007.

For my Father (2008)

Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv

Directed by: Dror Zehavi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Tarek comes to Tel Aviv to carry out a suicide attack. Following a technical glitch with the bomb, he ends up spending 48 hours in Tel Aviv.

Different Sky (2006)

Shamayim Aherim

Directed by: Ariel Talpler

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A Romeo and Juliet story between the Brazilian Isabella and the Palestinian Imad, both of whom are working illegally in Israel.

Jaffa (2009)

Kalat Ha'Yam

Directed by: Keren Yedaya

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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.

Lipstika (2011)

Odem

Directed by: Jonathan Sagall

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Lara is Palestinian. She left Ramallah thirteen years ago to begin a new life in London where she married Michael and had a child. She, her husband and her seven-year-old son James lead a pleasant,..

Seven Minutes in Heaven (2007)

Sheva dakot be gan eden

Directed by: Omri Givon

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

The Little Traitor (2007)

Ha'boged Hakatan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a a..

Whispering Embers (2008)

Directed by: Ali Nassar

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Amos Oz - The Nature of Dreams (2009)

Amos Oz - Ahava Ve'choshech

Directed by: Yonathan Zur, Masha Zur

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

This film delves into the persona of Amos Oz, opening a rare window of opportunity to experience the world as observed through the eyes of one of Israel's greatest authors; a man of whom it has been..

Dubak - The Palestinian Jew (2008)

Dubak - Palastinai Yehudi

Directed by: Ella Alteman

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

An authentic story of anguish and love. This beautiful documentary follows an extraordinary individual whose life is thoroughly intertwined with the land. Dubak is an exceptional personality in the..

Hothouse (2010)

Chamama

Directed by: Idit Gan-Zvi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The disengagement of Israel from Gaza in 2005 is the background for this poignant story of one women's determination in the face of hardship. Ronit Balaban runs the family hothouse which exports to..

Escapeland (2008)

Directed by: Oren Tirosh

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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.

Married to a Palestinian (2008)

Directed by: Michael Kovalsky, Elena Mescheryakova

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Russian-born Tanya and Nona married Palestinian students and came with their husbands to the Territories. Just kilometers from their home live hundreds of thousands of their compatriots.

The Games They Play (2011)

Mischakei Yedidut

Directed by: Ram Loevy

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In June 2008, the Tel Aviv University Sports Center organized a friendship basketball between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Rock the Casbah (2012)

Rock ba'Kasba

Directed by: Yariv Horowitz

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

1989. The first Intifada. 18-year-old Tomer, a soldier stationed in Gaza, is sent to avenge the death of his fellow soldier and comes to some realizations about the political and exitensial..

The Road

Directed by: Itzhak Rubin

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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.

Shining Stars (2008)

Kokhavim notzetzim

Directed by: Yael Kipper Zaretzky

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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.

Bilin My Love (2006)

Bil'in Habibti

Directed by: Shai Carmeli-Polak

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The story of a Palestinian village trying to break the occupation in non-violent resistance against the Israeli Army. The village of Bil'in is about to lose more than half of its lands to the fence..

Frozen Days (2005)

Directed by: Danny Lerner

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A lonely young woman survives a suicide bombing and assumes the identity of one of its victims. As she moves into his apartment her grip on reality starts to crack.

Weekend in Tel Aviv (2007)

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The story takes place during one weekend in Tel-Aviv, in three main spots that lead to Carmel Market. There are three protagonists : 1. Tarek , a Palestinian youth from Nablus. 2. Katz , an old 3. a..

Close to Home (2005)

Directed by: Vidi Bilu, Dalya Hager

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Smadar and Mirit, both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together, as part of their military service. They are assigned to detain any Palestinian passerby, check their in..

Paradise Now (2004)

Gan Eden Achshav

Directed by: Hany Abu-Assad

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The story of two young Palestinian men as they embark upon what may be the last 48 hours of their lives. The film follows the two men from their childhood and focuses on their last days together.

Janem Janem (2005)

Directed by: Haim Bouzaglo

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Aldi, a high-school teacher and a class tutor, 40 years old, is in a midlife crisis. He just returned from a long army reserve service in Jenin and informs the school's principal that he is not back..

In The Ninth Month (2002)

Directed by: Ali Nassar

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Ahmad in his early thirties lives with his mother and his younger brothers in an Arab village in the north of Israel. Khalil, Ahmad's older brother was forced to seek refuge in Lebanon a month after..

Circus Palestina (1998)

Zirkus Palestina

Directed by: Eyal Halfon

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Nuran (2008)

Nuran

Directed by: Amikam Shossberger

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The IDF is in pursuit of a wanted man and the entire West Bank city of Tul-Karem is under closure, a daily routine. And then, as if the rules of the closure do not apply, an old Subaru car pulls two..

Haifa (1996)

Haifa

Directed by: Rashid Masharawi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Haifa, nicknamed after the city of his love and hope, comes and goes in a Palestinian refugee camp. Although he is everybody's fool, there are many things that only he knows. He is closely related a..

One of Us (1989)

Echad Mi'Shelanu

Directed by: Uri Barbash

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Rafa, an Israeli military policeman, has been sent by headquarters to investigate irregularities in the reporting of the death of an Arab murder suspect. When he gets to the West Bank military camp..

Beyond the Walls (1984)

Me'Ahorei Hasoragim

Directed by: Uri Barbash

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In Israel's Central Prison, the security officer is corrupt, supplying drugs and stirring the hatred between Jewish and Arab prisoners to his advantage. Uri, in for 12 years for armed robbery, and a..

Jenin Jenin (2002)

Jenin Jenin

Directed by: Mohammad Bakri

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Directed and co-produced by Palestinian actor Mohammad Bakri, Jenin Jenin includes testimony from Jenin residents after the Israeli army's Defensive Wall operation. The city and camp were the scenes..

Cross Fire (1988)

Esh Tzolevet

Directed by: Gidon Ganani

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In 1948, romance ignites between a Jewish woman from Tel Aviv and an Arab man. They are threatened by the approaching war between Israelis and Palestinians. Defying the wishes of their families, the..

Laila's Birthday (2008)

Eid milad Laila

Directed by: Rashid Masharawi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

1948 (1998)

1948

Directed by: Mohammad Bakri

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The film 1948 is a record of memories of a group of elderly Arabs. The director, Mohammad Bakri, employs poems Mahmoud Darwish. In their own words, the Palestinians interviewed describe the moments..

Zahara (2009)

Zahara

Directed by: Mohammad Bakri

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Since You've Been Gone (2005)

Min Yum Mahrucht

Directed by: Mohammad Bakri

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

The Smile of the Lamb (1985)

Hiuch HaGdi

Directed by: Shimon Dotan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

On a Narrow Bridge (1985)

Gesher Tzar Me'od

Directed by: Nissim Dayan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

An right-wing Israeli man falls in love with an extremist Palestinian woman in the West Bank of the 80's. Tensions rise in the neighborhood as people begin to react to their budding relationship.

Ticket to Jerusalem (2002)

Directed by: Rashid Masharawi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Fatoush (2008)

Directed by: Hisham Abdel Khalek

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

What if Palestine and Israel formed one country ... in peace ? As an Arab lady arrives in this new country, she is faced with a new reality that will shake her expectations

Pomegranates and Myrrh (2008)

Al-mor wa al rumman

Directed by: Najwa Najjar

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Dancer Kamar's joyful wedding to Zaid is followed almost immediately by Zaid's imprisonment in an Israeli jail for refusing to give up his land. Free-spirited Kamar wants to support her husband and..

Fellow Travellers (1982)

Magash Ha'Kesef

Directed by: Judd Ne'eman

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Yoni, a left-wing Israeli, is returning from a trip to Germany with DM500,000 for Palestinians in the West Bank. They want to use it to buy weapons. Yuni, torn between the Israeli and Palestine that..

Yasmine's Song (2005)

Directed by: Najwa Najjar

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Building the wall won't keep two young lovers apart. Yasmine and Ziyad move in the shadows exchanging tender promises, but the harsh realities of conflict loom like a searchlight. Cryptic of their..

Hamsin (1982)

Hamsin

Directed by: Daniel Wachsmann

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A story of forbidden love between Hava, the sister of a Jewish farmer, and Halded, an Arab laborer.

Invasion (2003)

Ejteyah / Plisha

Directed by: Nizar Hassan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

An Israeli Soldier views a documentary about the aftermath of the Israeli invasion in Jenin camp. He was one of the drivers of the bulldozers that caused massive destruction in the camp. The camera..

Operation Thunderbolt (1977)

Mivtsa Yonatan

Directed by: Menahem Golan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release in..

As If Nothing Happened (1999)

Ke'Ilu Klum Lo Kara

Directed by: Ayelet Bargur

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Hide and Seek (1980)

Machboim

Directed by: Dan Wolman

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Sabra: Death of a Jew (1970)

Moto Shel Yehudi

Directed by: Denys de La Patelliere

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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.

Streets of Yesterday (1989)

Rehovot Ha'Etmol

Directed by: Judd Ne'eman

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Diary of a Male Whore (2001)

Yomano Shel Zona

Directed by: Tawfik Abu Wael

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The painfully brutal tale of the sexual awakening of a young Palestinian man as influenced by the his libido and the violence around him. His encounter with an elderly Jewish man in Tel Aviv stirs..

Forgiveness (2006)

Mechilot

Directed by: Udi Aloni

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was built on the ruins. The first patients to be were A..

Dusty Road (2009)

Directed by: Rukaya Sabbah

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Unplanned meeting between 13 years old 'Tamer' and post-traumatic old man 'Khalil', leads to a special friendship, but 'Mahmud', a kid in Tamer's class, does every thing to ruin this friendship.

My Margo (1969)

Margo Sheli

Directed by: Menahem Golan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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

A Borrowed Village (2010)

Borderline

Directed by: Shirli Michalevicz

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Kfar Shaul was once the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin. In 1948, Jewish Militia forces conquered the village killing over a hundred citizens. The village houses remained intact and the place was..

A House in Jerusalem (1998)

Bayit be Yerushalayim

Directed by: Amos Gitai

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Can a house be a metaphor for Arab-Jewish relations in Israel? Amos Gitai returns to the house in West Jerusalery?m he profiled in 1980. He interviews members of the Jewish families who live there,..

Settlers (2000)

Directed by: Sean McAllister

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Unsettled (2006)

Directed by: Adam Hootnick

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

To Die in Jerusalem (2007)

Lamut Beyerushalaim

Directed by: Hilla Medalia

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Ever since 17-year-old Rachel Levy, an Israeli, was killed four years ago in Jerusalem by a Palestinian suicide bomber, her mother Abigail has found hardly a moment's peace. Levy's killer was Ayat a..

Hope In A Slingshot (2008)

Directed by: Inka stafrance

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

HOPE IN A SLING SHOT is a hard-hitting documentary about the ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It is a film about power and control, and and and..

O, Jerusalem (2006)

Directed by: Elie Chouraqui

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

"O Jerusalem" meticulously re-creates the historic struggle surrounding the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. At the center of these events are two young, American friends - one Jewish, the a..

Budrus (2009)

Budrus

Directed by: Julia Bacha

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Ayed Morrar, an unlikely Palestinian community organizer, unites all Palestinian political factions and Israelis. Together, they wage a lengthy lunch-counter-sit-in-style unarmed struggle to save by..

The Sons of Eilaboun (2007)

The Sons of Eilaboun

Directed by: Hisham Zreiq

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Hamdi and Maria (2007)

Directed by: Timor Britva

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Maria Aman was seriously wounded in a targeted killing in Gaza some ten months ago. Since then she has been hospitalized in Israel, paralyzed from the neck down. Her father can't bear to tell her on..

On the Frontline (2002)

Directed by: Chanoch Ze'evi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

They have finished their high-school studies and deferred their service in the Israeli army in order to volunteer for a year's community work and preliminary military training in a special program a..

Shalom Abu Bassem (2004)

Shalom Abu Bassem

Directed by: Nissim Mossek

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Shooting Days (2004)

Directed by: Michal Kafra, Deva Melman

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

The Hilltops (2010)

Hagvaot

Directed by: Igal Hecht

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The West Bank hilltops are a critical final frontier in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Some see them as a key to long-term peace, while others view them as a door to destiny. Following the lives..

Banished (2008)

Girush

Directed by: Igal Hecht

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In August of 2005 Israel removed nearly ten thousand Israeli citizens from the Gaza strip. Though hailed as a great military success, the aftermath and rehabilitation of the removed has been as a of..

Qassam (2005)

Qassam

Directed by: Igal Hecht

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Qassam is the story of people who live in Sderot, a small city in the southern part of Israel that has been attacked by thousands of Palestinian Qassam rockets.

Disengaging Democracy (2006)

Disengaging Democracy

Directed by: Igal Hecht

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Disengaging Democracy, from award winning documentary filmmaker Igal Hecht, takes a rare and provocative look at what happened to Israeli democracy before, during, and after the historical 2005 Gaza..

Four Friends (2000)

Pegisha Hozeret

Directed by: Esther Dar

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Four women - Selma Dejani, daughter of an Old Palestinian Moslem family; Wadad Shihade, a Palestinian Christian, originally from Jaffa; Olga Belkind, daughter of a prominent Zionist family; and from..

Maytal (1996)

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

1996 terrorist bombing in Tel Aviv left 27 year old Maytal Lederman critically injured and took the life of her brother Asaf. This documentary video follows Maytal over a period of eight months in a..

What I Saw in Hebron (1999)

Ma Sheraiti B'Hebron

Directed by: Noit Geva, Dan Geva

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Two (2008)

Shnaim

Directed by: Shimon Richik

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In the midst of the war in Gaza, a mixed Arab and Israeli couple debate the question of military service.

10 Days in Gaza (2005)

Directed by: Dov Gil-Har

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A Film by Dov Gil-Har (Israel, 2005, 65 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English subtitles) On the 15th of August 2005, Israel embarked on a journey that changed it geographically, politically 10..

Home: News From House (2005)

News From Home/ News From House

Directed by: Amos Gitai

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Abandoned by its Palestinian owner in the 1948 war; requisitioned by the Israeli government as vacant; rented to Jewish Algerian immigrants in 1956; purchased by a university professor who its into..

Wadi (1981)

Directed by: Amos Gitai

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Wadi is a valley located east of Haifa. A former stone quarry, it is a sort of enclave where Eastern European immigrants, survivors of the camps, live in a state of fragile coexistence with Arabs In..

August: A Moment Before the Eruption (2002)

Directed by: Avi Mograbi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In an absurdist romp reminiscent of Nanni Moretti's Dear Diary, Mograbi sets out to make a film about what it is he hates about August in Israel. After a series of false starts derided by his wife -..

Avenge But One of My Two Eyes (2005)

Nekam Achat Mishtey Eynay

Directed by: Avi Mograbi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A documentary on the treatment of Palestianians by members of the Israeli army. From the Myths of Samson and Massada, the youger Israeli generations learn that death is preferable to domination. as..

Z32 (2008)

Directed by: Avi Mograbi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Israeli "docu-essayist" Avi Mograbi reveals the deepest longings of a nation in conflict in this genre-breaking and original work. A young Israeli, while serving in the army, participates in a the a..

War Matador (2011)

Matador Hamilchama

Directed by: Avner Faingulernt, Macabit Abramson

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In January 2009, during the war in Gaza, two courageous Israeli directors grabbed their cameras to shoot material along the common border. The bombs are filmed from a distance, out of focus and at -..

Citizen Number 1 (2010)

Ehud Olmert Ezrach Lemofet

Directed by: Vanessa Lapa

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

60 years ago Israel independence changed the face of the Middle East. Today, the region faces crucial dilemmas: Life or Death, War or Peace, Jewish or Arab, Together or Apart. An exclusive intimate..

My Name is Ahlam (2010)

Korim Li Achlam

Directed by: Rima Essa

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

While fighting for her daughter's right to receive adequate treatment for her leukemia, Aisha - a Palestinian woman living in the West Bank, undergoes a process of empowerment. Suddenly, this woman,..

Interrupted Streams (2010)

Zramim Ktu'im

Directed by: Guy Davidi, Alexandre Goetchmann

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Different paths intercept in one village in the West Bank. Along the broken water pipelines, villagers walk toward an indefinite future. Israel controls the water, supplies only a small amount of is..

Skate of Mind (2010)

Directed by: Karin Kainer

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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 -..

Private (2004)

Directed by: Saverio Costanzo

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A Palestinian family with five children lives outside town, near Israeli settlements. Samia, the wife, wants to leave; so does one teen son. Mohammad, the patriarch, is adamant that he is staying. a..

The Olive Harvest (2003)

Directed by: Kamran Elahian

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Upon his release from an Israeli prison, older brother Mazen (Mazen Saade) develops romantic feelings for his childhood friend, Raeda (Raeda Adun). However, Raeda is already engaged to Mazen's Taher..

Jaffawiye (2008)

Yafowiya

Directed by: Dan Deutsch

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Jaffawiye follows the story of System Ali, a young fresh hip hop band from Tel Aviv’s multi-cultural district Jaffa.Through their music they find peace and togetherness, in a part of Israel..

The Child of Bethlehem (2002)

Il Bambino di Betlemme

Directed by: Umberto Marino

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The Child of Bethlehem is a fictitious story that deals with the controversial topic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels (1995)

Hikayatul Jawahiri Thalath

Directed by: Michel Khleifi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A little boy and a young woman go through several portals of life, depicted as initiations, to learn that life and dreams are but aspects of one and the same, seen from different vantage points. the..

Double Edge (1992)

Lahav Hatzui

Directed by: Amos Kollek

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

An ambitious female reporter finds herself unable to remain an objective, third party observer while covering the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in this made for television war drama starring Faye on..

Beyond the Walls II (1992)

Me'Ahorei Hasoragim II

Directed by: Uri Barbash

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Knowledge is the Beginning (2006)

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

For many years, conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim has worked towards reconciling Arabs and Israelis. Based on the notion that "music is the language of peace", Barenboim and comparative Edward..

Land of the Settlers (2005)

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The land of the Settlers is the most encompassing and thorough account of the no. 1 problem in the Middle East. Produced and directed by Chaim Yavin, Israel foremost television personality since the..

Miral (2010)

Miral

Directed by: Julian Schnabel

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Based on the novel by Rula Jebreal, the movie revolves around a real-life orphanage established by a Palestinian woman (Abbass) following the 1948 creation of the Israeli state. (Pinto) was sent to..

77 Steps (2010)

77 Madregot

Directed by: Ibtisam Mara'ana

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Enraged (2006)

Directed by: Eyal Eithcowich

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A group of Jewish-Israeli activists refuse to sit back while the occupation continues. They bring food into Palestinian villages under curfew, tear down parts of the separation barrier, and serve as..

Salt of This Sea (2008)

Milh Hadha al-Bahr

Directed by: Annemarie Jacir

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Battle of Jenin (2002)

Directed by: Noam Shalev

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The setting is April 2002 in a Jenin refugee camp on The West Bank. When Israel army units try to overtake the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah militants, the result is massive casualties on the..

Hummus for Two (1997)

Pa'amayim Humus

Directed by: Eyal Halfon

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

With all their disagreements, one of the few things Israelis and Palestinians see eye to eye on is their love for hummus. A creamy paste made of chickpeas, it is a national culinary for Two sets out..

Troubled Water (2005)

ma'im so'arim

Directed by: Gil Karni

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In 1990, dreaming of a simple life working the sea, 15 Israeli families started a settlement named Dugit amongst the Palestinian fishermen just south of the Green Line in Gaza. The Palestinians them..

My So-Called Enemy (2010)

Directed by: Lisa Gossels

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

This is the rare film about Arab-Israeli coexistence that goes far beyond documenting a one-time encounter at a peace camp; rather, it follows six of its compelling subjects for seven years to the..

The Tunnel (2008)

Ha Min'ara

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Rachel (2009)

Directed by: Simone Bitton

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Shooting Conflicts (2003)

Directed by: Noam Shalev

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Wall (2004)

Mur

Directed by: Simone Bitton

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A meditation on the separation fence in Israel-Palestine that imprisons one people while enclosing the other.

The Time That Remains (2009)

Directed by: Elia Suleiman

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A semi-biographical film examining the state of Israel from its creation to the present day, and the Palestinians who remained outside it.

Strawberry Fields (2006)

Directed by: Ayelet Heller

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Sleeping with the Enemy/ Behind Enemy Lines (2004)

Directed by: Dov Gil-Har

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

The Queen Has No Crown (2011)

Directed by: Tomer Heymann

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Hula and Natan (2010)

Chula et Natan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The comic-tragic story of the brothers Hula and Natan, two car mechanics from the outskirts of Sderot, a city in the south of Israel constantly bombed by rockets from Gaza. The two live in a caravan..

Wajeh (2010)

Directed by: Murad Nassar

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In this film, Wajeh, a coffee maker, sells coffee in Qalandia checkpoint, near Ramallah, and that makes him a central figure, very well known, and having an important role on the lives of thousands..

Family in Captivity (2011)

Mishpaha BaShevi

Directed by: Tal Goren

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

In the Freiman's Kitchen (2007)

Bamitbach Shel Freiman

Directed by: Hadar Bashan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Gush Katif, 2005. The Freiman couple, Yaakov (78) and Miriam (68), follow the meticulous routine that is natural for their age. A crisis on a national scale threatens their entire system of personal..

Street Under Fire (2001)

Directed by: Amir Tal, Kobi Yonatan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Footsteps in the Sand (2006)

Ikvot Ba'chol

Directed by: Revital Shtern

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

David and Tali Chatuel raised four daughters in the settlement of Katif in Gush Katif, and built a beautiful house. David was the principal of a school in Ashkelon, Tali was a Social Worker, who at..

Men on the Edge (2005)

Gevarim Al Ha-Katzeh

Directed by: Macabit Abramson, Avner Faingulernt

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Testimony (2011)

Edut

Directed by: Shlomi Elkabetz

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

An Israeli Army officer remembers... A Palestinian remembers as well. This film is a voyage into the collective memory; a voyage rooted in stories of daily life.Palestinian testimonies collected the..

Diploma (2009)

Directed by: Yaelle Kayam

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Hebron. The night of the Jewish settlement Masquerade. 15-year-old Samer insists on taking his older sister Ayat to collect her diploma from the Palestinian university. Threading their way between..

Ameer Got His Gun (2011)

BNEI DODIM LA'NESHEK

Directed by: Naomi Levari

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Ameer Abu Ria is about to enlist in the army. As opposed to the majority of eighteen-year-old boys in Israel, for whom army service is mandatory, Ameer is exempt from military service under the that..

The Law in These Parts (2011)

Shilton Ha-Chok

Directed by: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The Law in These Parts explores the four-decade-old military legal system in the Occupied Territories. Since Israel conquered the territories in the 1967 War, the Israeli Defense Forces legal corps..

The Cave (2011)

Directed by: Yoav Cohen

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Yusuf, a Palestinian in his fifties, kidnaps a soldier, and takes him to a dark cave seeking revenge for the humiliation he and his wife experienced in a military checkpoint. During the long night,..

Jerusalem Moments 2012 (2012)

Rega Y-M 2012

Directed by: Yael Perlov

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Palestinian and Israeli directors present short films, exposing the complexities of life in Jerusalem in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This year, the project focuses on three for..

Luxuries (2011)

Motarot

Directed by: David Ofek

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

An elusive "coordinator," vague formulas that calculate "survival capacity," warehouses cramped with rotting goods, and donkeys dressed up as zebras-all these take part in the mosaic that sketches a..

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

Sho'qostak (ma ha'Sipur Shelach?)

Directed by: Paulina Carbonnier, Jamal Khalaile

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

On a Very Narrow Bridge

Gesger Tzar Meod

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A story about a love affair between a lawyer doing his reserve military duty and a librarian from Ramallah in the West Bank.

Bus (2011)

Otobus

Directed by: Yasmine Novak

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Two parallel universes exist in Jerusalem. There is Egged, a Jewish bus service, but there is also a public Palestinian bus service. Crossing the Jewish part of the city, the van carries dreams from..

Entangled (2011)

Lechudim

Directed by: Amar Har Gil, Amir Har Gil

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of six citizens who are in the shadows of the cycle of violence.

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

Shluchei ha'El

Directed by: Itzik Lerner

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Hany (2011)

Hany

Directed by: Adi Harel

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

The story of Hany, a 48-year-old Palestinian man from the village of Biddu and father of six. Hany works at the Jerusalem SPCA compound, right next to the security fence.

The Messiah Will Always Come

ha'Mashiach Tamid Yavo

Directed by: Lea Klibanoff

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Hagit, the granddaughter of the late Professor Yehayahu Leibovitz, travels across Judea and Samaria, monitoring the development of settlements for Peace Now. This awakens the pain and rage that she..

5 Broken Cameras

Directed by: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

When his son Gibreel is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village - Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built on the villagers' lands, which the villagers begin to..

SOS Jerusalem (2010)

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Checkpoint (2003)

Machsomim

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Bethlehem (2012)

Bethlehem

Directed by: Yuval Adler

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A film about the complex relationship between Razi, an Israeli secret services agent who works as a coordinator for the Bethlehem district of Israel's General Security Services, and his informant a..

The Invisible Men (2011)

Directed by: Yariv Mozer

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

An untold side of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: gay Palestinians — Louie, Abdu, and Fares — are hiding in Tel Aviv, and until they escape, they must remain "the invisible men."

One Day, After Peace (2012)

Yom Echad acharei ha-shalom

Directed by: Miri Laufer, Erez Laufer

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Robi Damelin, an Israeli of South African origin, lost her soldier son in the occupied territories. Robi tries to reconcile with her son's Palestinian killer, however he refuses, stating that her of..

Common State, A Potential Conversation (2012)

Medina Meshutefet, Sicha Efsharit

Directed by: Eyal Sivan

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A virtual meeting on film for more than twenty characters, sons and daughters of the Land of Israel, to talk about hope, freedom, justice, equality and the possibility of a joint state.

Candy (2012)

Sukaryot

Directed by: Joseph Pitchadze

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Sallah, an Arab-Israeli entrepreneur, wants to bring wealth to the Arab sector in Israel by opening up a new chain of candy stores. He finds himself face to face with a giant Israeli conglomerate..

Within the Eye of the Storm (2012)

Be'ein Ha'se'ara

Directed by: Shelley Hermon

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Bassam and Rami, a Palestinian and an Israeli, were once dedicated fighters willing to kill and be killed by one another for their nations. Yet, when faced with the tragic loss of their daughters in..

Sky Glow (2012)

Zohar Harakia

Directed by: Eliyahu Binyamin

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

And Behold There Came a Great Wind (2006)

V'henei Ruach Gadol Ba'ah

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Benny and Rachel Yafet are bereaved parents from the agricultural community of Nezer Hazzani, and Rabbi Raffi Peretz-Lieutenant is a Colonel in reserves and head of the pre-military training academy..

The Boys From Lebanon (2008)

Ha'Nearim M'Lebanon

Directed by: Ohad Ofaz

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

In May 2000, the South Lebanese Army (SLA) collapsed and its members fled in fear of Hezbollah fighters into Israel, their ally who had abandoned them. 700 families of SLA refugees remain in Israel..

The Paths of our Fathers (2007)

B'Darchei Avot

Directed by: Asaf Shahar

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

This film takes us on the unusual journey of a father and his two sons, who decide to make a pilgrimage from the north of Israel to Jerusalem's Western Wall - all in the midst of the Second Menachem..

The Wandering Samaritan (2005)

Ben Chorin

Directed by: Ohad Ofaz

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Gadi Tzdaka has always felt trapped by the "ghetto walls" of the Samaritan neighborhood, with its strict form of education and stringent religious laws. His father Hillel wanted his first born son -..

A Screw (2011)

Directed by: Shira Geffin

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

Rainbow (2012)

Keshet B'Anan

Directed by: Eliran Elya

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2011)

Bakbukim Bayam Shel Aza

Directed by: Thierry Binisti

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

This modern-day Romeo-and-Juliet tale is set in Israel and Gaza during the conflicts of 2007 and 2008. After witnessing a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, Tal, a 17-year-old French-Israeli girl, writes..

The Other Son (2011)

Le Fils de L'Autre

Directed by: Lorraine Levy

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Joseph is a regular eighteen-year-old who writes folk songs and plays the guitar. He has never looked much like the other members of his family, but they have always been a tight knit clan. When he..

Peacemaker Mac: The Island of Dispute (2012)

Mashkin Ha'Shalom: Ey Ha'Sachsuch

Directed by: Yotam Cohen

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Peacemaker Mac arrives on the Island of Dispute to settle a land conflict. He tries his usual methods: handshakes, peace accord-like ceremonies, and even a separation barrier. After realizing that..

Camel Straight (2013)

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Southern Lebanon, 1990s. A Cobra fighter helicopter hovers like a large, poisonous dragonfly above a narrow valley, on a dangerous mission to rescue a fellow pilot brought down by Hezbollah..

Champions League Final (2012)

Directed by: Itai Jakubovich

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

(pre-production) At the height of the Second Intifada, Arab-Israeli Walid is doing all he can to see the Champion's League Final between Real Madrid and Bayern Leverkusen on May 18, 2002.

Plastelina (2012)

Directed by: Vidi Bilu

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A coming of age story set in Jerusalem on the eve of the Six Day War.

Present Continuous

Ha-Chaim Bentayim

Directed by: Aner Preminger

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

During the 2000 Palestinian uprising, Ruti locks her house to the outside. Her family wakes up to a claustrophobic prison for an intimate and difficult weekend.

Three Sisters (2012)

Shalosh Arraf

Directed by: Suha Arraf

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

A young Palestinian woman from East Jerusalem goes to live with her aunts in Ramallah. The film focuses around the aunts: three, unmarried women in their sixties, part of the city's Christian whose..

Five Broken Cameras (2012)

Chamesh Matzlemot Shvurot

Directed by: Emad Burnat

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat films the growth of his son, Gibreel, alongside the nonviolent resistance of his village, Bil'in, against Israel's separation barrier.

Jirha - Borderlines (2012)

Jirha

Directed by: Yakie Ayalon

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

December 2008. Israel is engaged in a military operation in Gaza. Khader, an artist who lives in Rahat with his Bedouin wife and children, tries to check what is happening in Gaza, where his family..

Jerusalem ER (2012)

Yerushalayim ER

Directed by: Hilla Medalia

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Hadasa Mount Scopus Hospital is located in the ethnically charged buffer zone between the surrounding Israeli and Palestinian communities. Our story is seen through the eyes of Dr. Stalnikowicz and..

The Lab (2012)

Ha-Ma'Abada

Directed by: Yotam Feldman

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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.

A Tale About a Different Child (2012)

Sipur al yeled acher

Directed by: Micha Livne

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

What begins as a documentation of a handicapped Palestinian boy and his mother's efforts to build him a normal life shifts to a film about the filmmaker's family, which is dealing with a different..

Two Sided Story (2012)

Shnei panim la-sipur

Directed by: Tor Ben Meyor

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

August 2011. While the willingness for dialoge and reconciliation has fallen off the public agenda in Israel and Palestine, an extraordinary dialogue workshop comes together in the Palestinian town..

White Nights (2012)

Laila Lavan

Directed by: Irit Gal

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Night after night a group of Palestinian women go on a border crossing journey from their village, risking capture and arrest, to work as cleaning ladies in Jerusalem. On these nightly journeys, and..

We Too Have No Other Land (2007)

Directed by: Jerrold Kessel, Pierre Klochendler

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

We Too Have No Other Land is a soccer-based documentary about life around a unique soccer pitch. Neither political treatise nor sociological thesis, nor even sports story, this is live human drama;..

Before you is the sea (2011)

Directed by: Hisham Zreiq

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Before you is the sea, is a short film that tells the tale of a young Jewish woman and a young Arab man in love.. but also an allegory of the Middle East peace process, when the Camp David the..

Dancing in Jaffa (2013)

Directed by: Hilla Medalia

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

Dancing in Jaffa follows the journey of internationally renowned ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine as he returns to his birthplace, Jaffa, to fulfill his lifelong dream of teaching Jewish and Israeli a..

Soldier on the Roof

Directed by: Esther Hertog

Average user rating:

Login to rate this

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..

A Universal Language (2013)

Directed by: Igal Hecht

Average user rating:

Login to rate this