Kibbutz Films | Israeli Film Database

He Walked Through The Fields (1967)

Hu Halach Besadot

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A young man returns to his kibbutz after studying for two years and falls in love with a Polish immigrant. He then find himself torn between staying with his family and the girl, and fighting in the..

An Intimate Story (1981)

Sipur Intimi

Directed by: Nadav Levitan

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Reveals at close range the two levels of emotions existing in individual lives in a kibbutz. An atmosphere of warmth and concern is expressed as Leah's repeated miscarriages cause the breakdown of..

Strangers (2008)

Zarim

Directed by: Guy Nattiv, Erez Tadmor

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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..

Noa at 17 (1982)

Noa Bat 17

Directed by: Yitzhak Zepel Yeshurun

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Individual struggle plays itself out against the backdrop of historical tumult in the Israeli drama Noa at 17. It is the early 1950s and Israel, still undergoing its birth pangs as a nation, is..

No Longer 17 (2002)

Lo Bat 17

Directed by: Itzhak Zepel Yeshurun

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A Kibbutz in Israel is heavily in debt. In a last effort to produce a viable financial restructuring, the old, "unproductive" members are asked to leave the kibutz, to make room for younger, more to..

My Name is Smhil / The Bull Buster (1973)

Koreyim Li Shmil

Directed by: George Obadiah

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The film is about two teenagers who get kicked off the kibbutz and head for Tel Aviv. While earning their living as truck drivers, they find themselves involved in heroic acts and a love affair.

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..

Hanna M. (2009)

Hanna M.

Directed by: Haidar Freidlich

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Still in post-production as of July, 2009. When her kibbutz is privatized, Hanna is forced into retirement from her work as a gardener and turns from a productive member of society into a..

Degania - The World's First Kibbutz Fights its Last Battle (2008)

Ha Krav Ha Acharon al Degania

Directed by: Yitzhak Rubin

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Kibbutz Degania at the beginning of the third millennium struggles between a world view of mutual responsibility and one of privatization and free market capitalism. At the center of this a..

Escapeland (2008)

Directed by: Oren Tirosh

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

Alvira (2009)

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The Galilee Eskimos (2006)

Directed by: Jonathan Paz

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An old kibbutz isolated in the Hills of Galilee finds itself immersed in deep debt and is threatened by lawsuits from bankers and creditors to the point of bankruptcy. On the evening prior to the of..

Sweet Mud (2005)

Adama Meshuga'at

Directed by: Dror Shaul

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On a secluded Kibbutz in the desert, 12 year old Dvir realizes that his mother is mentally ill. Dvir navigates between the kibbutz's absurd attempts to implement the idea of equality and the painful..

No Names on the Doors (1996)

Eyn Shemot Al Hadlatot

Directed by: Nadav Levitan

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

The Italians Are Coming (1995)

Ha-Italkim Ba'im

Directed by: Eyal Halfon

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An Italian water-polo team arrives at Givat Hashlosha Kibbutz for training camp. Amos - the Kibbutz team coach - is an impressive, talented and charming man, undergoing his mid-life crisis. He does..

Stalin's Disciples (1987)

Yaldei Stalin

Directed by: Nadav Levitan

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The death of Stalin leads to an ideological crisis in a Kibbutz loyal to socialism. Should the characters feel shame for their fallen comrade, or hatred for the terrible crimes he has committed

Boy Meets Girl (1983)

Ben Loke'ah Bat

Directed by: Michal Bat-Adam

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10-year-old Aya, the only daughter of two doctors from Tel Aviv who are leaving on a trip to help Thai refugees, is placed in a kibutz where she must deal with the challenges of living with dozens a..

Atalia (1984)

Atalya

Directed by: Tzvika Kertzner, Akiva Tevet

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A powerful story, set on kibbutz, of the love between an older woman and a young man. Atalia is a war widow, whose defiant life style is in contradiction to the conventions of kibbutz life. She has..

The Valley Train (1989)

Rakevet Ha'Emek

Directed by: Jonathan Paz

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We follow Gadi's childhood over a twenty year span of time. He grows into manhood on a kibbutz in the Jesreel Valley in the idealistic atmosphere of Israel in the 50's and 60's. Gadi grows up..

Children of the Sun (2007)

Yaldey Hashemesh

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

A People Chosen: Who Is A Jew? (1974)

Directed by: Herb Krosney

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This film is an excellent vehicle to explore issues of Jewish identity. Orthodox Jews, Jewish atheists, Russian immigrants, and kibbutzniks discuss their views on the controversial debate over "who..

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..

Eight Twenty Eight (2007)

Shmoneh Ezrim Veshmone

Directed by: Lavi Ben Gal

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Eight Twenty Eight is a personal poetic look at one of the most fascinating social experiments in human history - the Kibbutz. This is the story of the filmmaker`s re-encounter with the kibbutz he a..

Kibbutz (2005)

Kibbutz

Directed by: Racheli Schwartz

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Kibbutz Hulata is located in the Upper Galilee. For 5 years Racheli Schwartz has been following the collapse and disintegration of her home. Most kibbutzim in Israel are in a vicious syndrome of as..

Witness - No Longer Achmed (2007)

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Achmed Hamdoon, a young Arab Bedouin, was raised in the family tin hut, a few meters away from the locked gate of Kibbutz "Lotem" in West Galilee, Northern Israel. Having longed for the kibbutz life..

Living For Tomorrow: Untold Stories by the Pioneering Women of Israel (2000)

Directed by: Lilach Dekel

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Lilach Dekel’s grandmother immigrated from Eastern Europe to Palestine in the 1920s resolved to help build the kibbutz movement. With an unwavering belief in Socialism and Zionism, these young..

Rain 1949 (1998)

Directed by: Ilan Yagoda

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Normal.dotm 0 0 1 106 609 Brandeis University 5 1 747 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false At first glance, the settlers of Kibbutz Megido and the Arab villagers of Lajun appear like of..

Tel Katzir 1993 (1993)

Directed by: David Perlov

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In the narration that accompanies his film Tel Katzir, David Perlov calls it "a reportage" - a term almost unknown then, in Israel of the pre-TV era. "I wanted to look at native born Israelis their..

Inventing our Life: the Kibbutz Experiment (2010)

Directed by: Toby Appleton Perl

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A documentary examining the 100-year history of Israel's kibbutz movement, recreating its glorious past and chronicling its recent decline. The film focuses on the heartbreak and hope of the modern..

Surrounding Kibbutz (2010)

Sovev Kibbutz

Directed by: Talila Frank

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More than twenty years members of the Kibbutz are walking along the fence in a circular motion. Thoughts, feelings, pains and hopes around one changing Kibbutz

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..

Sallah (1964)

Sallah Shabati

Directed by: Ephraim Kishon

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This film concerns a Yemenite Jewish family that was flown to Israel during "Operation Magic Carpet" - a clandestine operation that flew 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel the year after the state was -..

Last Cannon Shell (1999)

Directed by: Ziv Kanari

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Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and until the 1967 war, the kibbutzim located in northern Israel, right under the Golan Heights, were subject to constant bombing and sniper a..

My Own Daughter (1998)

Biti sheli

Directed by: Mooly Landesman

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Sivan, a 22 year old kibbutznik struggles with memories of her father who sexually abused her. The present intermingles with the story of the past: the institutions which lacked the sensitivity to a..

Operation Grandma (1999)

Mivtza Savta

Directed by: Dror Shaul

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Mivtza Savta (Operation Grandma) is a satirical comedy about the Israeli military and about kibbutz life. The story revolves around three brothers: Alon (34), a no-nonsense army officer; Benny a a..

The Holy Gathering

Ha'kibutz Ha'kadosh

Directed by: Naamit Mor Haim, Nimrod Shanit

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

Belfer (1978)

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

Pnina Feiler - A Communist Nurse (2010)

Pnina Feiler - Achot Komonistit

Directed by: Dalia Mevorach, Dani Dothan

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85-year-old Penina watches the world she dreamed of collapse all around her. Her kibbutz has abandoned its socialist ideology, her children have left Israel, and wars are pushing the ideal of..

The Sasgonsky's

Maztu Ma La'asot 'Im ha-Harim

Directed by: Yuval Pan

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In the summer of 2007 an article in a local newspaper reveals that buildozers are about to raze the last open antural are in the Timna Valley to build a hotele complex. Five citizens join and..

The Cripple and the Buddhist (2012)

Directed by: Noam Pinchas

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Focuses on the filmmaker's return to his childhood kibbutz to save a crippled friend who has become a recluse.