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Berlin Jerusalem (1989)

Berlin-Yerushalaim

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Two women, the German Else Lasker-Schüler and the Russian Mania Shohat, are each travelling to Jerusalem, a mythical but also very real city that they must confront. Based on the biographies of..

Campfire (2004)

Medurat Hashevet

Directed by: Joseph Cedar

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The story of a young widow, the mother of two beautiful teenage daughters, who wants to join the founding group of a new religious settlement in the West Bank, but first must convince the acceptance..

I am a Jerusalemite (1971)

Ani Yerushalmi

Directed by: Yehoram Gaon

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The life of the singer Yehoram Gaon as told through travelouges, history and poetic hymns.This film, which was produced during the post-Six Day period when the city of Jerusalem and its people were..

Someone to Run With (2005)

Mishehu Larutz Eito

Directed by: Oded Davidoff

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In the streets of Jerusalem, two teenagers' lives cross paths over the course of a summer. Together they learn to overcome their fears and find true friendship.

Tehilim (2007)

Tehilim

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In contemporary Jerusalem, a small Jewish family leads an ordinary life until following a car accident, the father mysteriously disappears. They all deal with his absence and the difficulties of as..

Abanibi (2009)

Abanibi

Directed by: Shemi Zarhin

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An ironic look at three Jerusalemite brothers in search of their identity: in Jerusalem, Paris, Marseilles, and Algeria, in the present and in the past.

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..

Thanator (2011)

Hitporerut

Directed by: Tawfik Abu Wael

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A bourgeois couple from East Jerusalem go through a crisis and finds the strength to come to terms with the tragedy of their past and love one another again.

Ultimatum (2008)

Ha'Hazakim Sordim

Directed by: Alain Tasma

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Release date: 09/30/2009 in France. A young French couple deals with ramifications of world events on their relationship as Saddam Hussein threatens to launch SCUD missiles on Israel.

1000 Stars (2009)

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In post-production as of July 2009: A documentary about the complex fabric of life in Jerusalem on the eve of municipal elections.

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..

Katamon Barcelona (2010)

Directed by: Ido Groner, Roi Ben Ami

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The story of the establishment of the grassroots Hapoel Katamon soccer team in th 1970's.

The Electric Stage, A Rock N' Roll Legend (2008)

Directed by: Nissim Mosek

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The story of Shlomo Mizrahi and the "Electric Stage," a Jerusalem rock band that rocked the clubs between the Six Day and Yom Kippur wars.

Queen Khantarisha (2009)

Ha'Malka Hantarisha

Directed by: Israela Shaer Meoded

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The story of two Yemeni women artists in their seventies. One a composer of hit ballads, the other a writer and poet.

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..

Voice of Jerusalem (2009)

Kol Yerushalayim

Directed by: Ofer Naim

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Thirty-six years after I Am a Jerusalemite, Yehoram Gaon, the film's creator and perhaps the quintessential Jerusalemite, goes in search of the Jerusalem he left behind.

We Said No Crying (2009)

Amarnu Sheh Lo Bochim

Directed by: Assaf Sagi Gafni, Assaf Sagi Gafni

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A personal diary following the filmmaker and his wife's fertility treatments, pregnancy with twins, decision whether to abort one "problematic" fetus, and other complications.

Food for Thought (2007)

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Close to Home (2005)

Directed by: Vidi Bilu, Dalya Hager

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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..

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..

Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)

Directed by: Moshe Mizrahi

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An American flyer who joined the RAF before his country was in the war is recovering from a leg injury in Jerusalem. Through an English friend he meets a quiet Jewish girl whose close-knit family to..

A House in Jerusalem (1998)

Bayit be Yerushalayim

Directed by: Amos Gitai

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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,..

A Secular Pilgrim in Jerusalem (2009)

Directed by: Elena Canetti

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One morning in Jerusalem, Elena wakes up to the emptiness of her life. Forty-five years old, no children, and no faith. Elena embarks on a cautious journey among the world's three monotheistic all..

Settlers (2000)

Directed by: Sean McAllister

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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..

Silver Jew (2007)

Yehudi Mi'Kesef

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An intimate portrait of reclusive poet/musician David Berman and his band the Silver Jews. In the midst of their first ever world tour in the summer of 2006, David, his wife Cassie, and the rest of..

To Die in Jerusalem (2007)

Lamut Beyerushalaim

Directed by: Hilla Medalia

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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..

O, Jerusalem (2006)

Directed by: Elie Chouraqui

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"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..

Black to the Promised Land (1992)

Black to the Promised Land

Directed by: Madeleine Ali

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This documentary follows a group of African-American high school students from Brooklyn who go with their teacher to work on a kibbutz in Israel for a few months. The students also visit Jerusalem a..

Prince of Jerusalem (2009)

Nasich Yerushalaim

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Abd al-Qader al-Husseini tells the story of four sites in Jerusalem connected to the history of the al-Husseini family- one of the most prominent families in Palestinian society. Abd al-Qader speaks..

Tzion Neighborhood (2010)

Nahalat Tzion

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The Film Tells the Stories from Nahlaot neighborhood in Jerusalem. The prayers, the music, the tastes and rare atmosphere that was there back in the 50's and also document the community from in..

Moments, 2005 (2005)

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"Moments 2005" is a wonderful mosaic. For the fourth year in a row this initiative is taking place with Jerusalem as the theme for 2005. The 15 films in this project reflect the inner worlds of the..

STREETS OF JERUSALEM (2007)

Rehovot Yerushalaim

Directed by: Igal Hecht

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A revelatory and mature work from Festival veteran Igal Hecht..." (Toronto Jewish Film Festival) Streets of Jerusalem is a new documentary shot over a period of five years, centers around the lives..

Ron (2009)

Ron

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Ron is in love with Tamar, but for him to make the first move means overcoming barriers unfamiliar to most people.

In Jerusalem (1963)

B'Yerushalaim

Directed by: David Perlov

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Considered by many as one of the most poetic films ever produced in this country, and as a milestone in Israeli documentary cinema, In Jerusalem is composed of 10 engaged observations of the city,..

Voices of Jerusalem (2009)

Kvar Lo Yerushalmi

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This captivating, awe- inspiring hour long documentary explores the ancient city Jerusalem, Israel, and Ofer Naim quest to answer questions such as "Is there any hope or solution to the problems Ben..

Fence, Wall, Border (2006)

Geder, Chomah, G'vul

Directed by: Etty Wieseltier, Eli Cohen

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The film will start with the pulling down the wall. No, not the wall of Berlin, but the wall of Jerusalem that divided the city until 1967. The end of the film will take us back to Jerusalem, where..

Double Edge (1992)

Lahav Hatzui

Directed by: Amos Kollek

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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..

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..

Stern's Stars

Ha'cochavim Shel Stern

Directed by: Gad Abittan

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The daily routine of Kiryat Yovel, a working class district in the south-western part of Jerusalem, founded in the early 50's as a response to the needs of the massive arrival of Olim- new Back to I..

Shahida - Brides of Allah (2008)

Directed by: Natalie Assouline Terebilo

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March 21st, 2002, a crisp bright winter morning. It is mother's day. Kahira makes breakfast for her four small children and hugs them goodbye as they leave for school. Only two hours later, Kahira a..

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..

Street Under Fire (2001)

Directed by: Amir Tal, Kobi Yonatan

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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..

Srugim (Knitted) - Season 2 (2008)

Srugim

Directed by: Eliezer Shapiro

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The Israeli TV series Srugim explores the world of young professional singles in the Modern Orthodox community of Jerusalem. Season 2 takes the characters further into their relationships, delves of..

Love Davka (2010)

Love Davka

Directed by: Rona Soffer

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"At the age of 15 I was involved in a severe car accident. In the film I pursued the challenge of finding love, sex and colour. I met disabled and non-disabled men and searched for my place in..

Goya (2011)

Goya

Directed by: Nikita Feldman

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A religious family from Jerusalem receives a strange guest for the Sabbath: Sveta, a young Russian woman undergoing conversion. A downward spiral of tragedy and violence ensues.

Obsession (2011)

Resisei Ahavah

Directed by: Nissim Notrika

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1968. A woman’s journey into self-destruction, humiliation, and violence, as a result of her husband’s infidelity. The story takes place in an old Sephardic neighborhood in and a..

Radical (2013)

Radical

Directed by: Omer Reis

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Israel 2011. In a society with ambivalent values, acts of violence are just a matter of time... Nicole, a rich former Israeli young woman, returns to Israel in order to meet David Atias, her ex and..

Bus (2011)

Otobus

Directed by: Yasmine Novak

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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..

Hany (2011)

Hany

Directed by: Adi Harel

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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.

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..

Operation Naftali (2010)

Mivtza Naftali

Directed by: Oren Reich, Vered Yeruham

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The tenants of an apartment building in Jerusalem are given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to upgrade their lives, but will they be able to reach an agreement?

Poetry LTD (2011)

Shira Ba'am

Directed by: Dorit Weisman

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

SOS Jerusalem (2010)

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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..

24 Hours in Jerusalem

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A documentary series based on the tv programme "24h Berlin", broadcasted in 2009 for 24hours non-stop. The documentary cronicles 24 hours in Jerusalem and is a German/French coproduction.

Within the Eye of the Storm (2012)

Be'ein Ha'se'ara

Directed by: Shelley Hermon

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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..

The Paths of our Fathers (2007)

B'Darchei Avot

Directed by: Asaf Shahar

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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..

Teddy's Museum (2012)

Teddy, Tzarikh Lehakim Muzeon!

Directed by: Gilad Tocatly

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Almost half a century ago, on one of the hottest afternoons on record, hundreds of people gathered on a dry hilltop in West Jerusalem. They were witness to the realization of one of Teddy Kollek's a..

Jerusalem Cabaret (2012)

Kabaret Yerushalayim

Directed by: Jorge Gurvich

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Six love stories intersect in Jerusalem on the backdrop of the annual performance of the local performing arts high school.

The Dealers (2012)

Ha-dilerim

Directed by: Oded Davidoff

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Rami and Avishay, 27 year old friends share an apartment in a small Jerusalem neighborhood. They spend their days smoking and playing on a soccer team made up of losers. In need of money, they get a..

Plastelina (2012)

Directed by: Vidi Bilu

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

Seven Clean Days (2011)

Shiv'a Yamim Neki'im

Directed by: Julie Shles

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In the holy city of Jerusalem, ultra-Orthodox women declare a sex strike to protest the injustice in their lives. In their special way, they manage to make a change.

The Wonders (2012)

Pla'ot

Directed by: Avi Nesher

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Graffiti artist, mystery man -- part con-man, party modern-day prophet -- along with a grumpy cynical private investigator, and a neurotic femme fatale, embark on a noirish journey into the very of..

Holy Animals (2012)

Chayot Ha-Kodesh

Directed by: Chanan Orenstein

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The Holy Animals band was founded in Lifta, in the Jerusalem foothills, in 1999. They poured their credo into their heavy noisy basic blues rock.

Last Dance of Karla (2011)

Ha-Rikud Ha'Acharon Shel Klara

Directed by: Nilly Keslar

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The story of Klara, a concentration-camp survivor who came to Jerusalem and realized her dream of opening a dance school.

Jerusalem Frame by Frame (2012)

Directed by: Ofra Sarel-Koren

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

Wind Darkness Water (2012)

Haruach Hachoshech Hamayim

Directed by: Yahaly Gat

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Over the years, Naomi Shemer has earned the title of "national poet." For most of her creative life, she was the ultimate decoder of Israeli society, succeeding in both describing and influencing on..