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Aviva My Love (2006)

Aviva Ahuvati

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Aviva, a poor hotel cook, is about to see her dreams come true when she meets Oden, a famous writer, who promises to help her become succesful. But her path to success changes her life in more..

Batito is Unemployed (1987)

Ha-Muvtal Batito

Directed by: Zeev Revah

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An unemployed man breaks in to a party member's apartment, stumbles on evidence of corruption, and eventually ends up on top of the party.

Charlie and a Half (1974)

Charlie Va'hetzi

Directed by: Boaz Davidson

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An uncommon comedy about a small-time extortionist, his half-pint assistant and a slick scammer who charm their way through a continuing series of clever cons. Filled with warmth and humor, Charlie..

Only Today (1976)

Rak Hayom

Directed by: Zeev Revah

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Sason, a Mizrahi, simple market merchant, falls in love with Askenazi Dalia who is not interested in him. Sason tries to win her attention in different ways, until at the very end he finds out she a..

The Persuader (1973)

Ha Meshachnea Baam

Directed by: Yehiel Ne'eman

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

Turn Left at the End of the World (2004)

Sof Ha'Olam Smola

Directed by: Avi Nesher

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

Azi Aiyma (2009)

Bo'i Ima

Directed by: Sami Shalom Chertrit

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

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.

The Barbeque People (2003)

Ha-Mangalistim

Directed by: Yossi Madmoni, David Ofek

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The Ida family is celebrating Israel's 40th independence Day. Around the barbeque, a story of two generations unfolds taking us from Iraq, where the parents knew their first loves and losses, to New..

Big Shots / Under the Nose (1982)

Mitahat La'af

Directed by: Jacob Goldwasser

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Four men whose combined intellect does not reach into the triple digits decide to steal a safe full of foreign currency - not from a local bank, but from the police station. Based on a real-life the..

The Girl from the Dead Sea (1966)

Fortuna

Directed by: Menahem Golan

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A Bit of Luck (1992)

Tipat Mazal

Directed by: Zeev Revah

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

Sweet and Sour (1979)

Lo La'alot Yoter

Directed by: Zeev Revah

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Kasach (1984)

Directed by: Haim Gil

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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..

Iraq ‘N’ Roll (2011)

Directed by: Gili Gaon

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Saleh and Daud (David) Al-Kuwaity were Jewish musicians, living in Iraq in the 1930s. They are considered the creators of modern Iraqi music, and two of the greatest Arab musicians in history. In in..

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..

Pride

Kavod

Directed by: Haim Bouzaglo

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A bloody battle takes place between to Morrocan-Israeli families over some casinos in Eastern Europe.

Before the Revolution (2011)

Lifnei ha'Mahapekhah

Directed by: Barak Heymann

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The story of the Israeli community in Iran before and during the revolution of 1979. For one young Israeli family -- the family of the director of the film -- the last days of Tehran are also a of a..

Breaking a Wall (2012)

Shoveret Kir

Directed by: Yitzhak Halotzi

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The story of Vicki Shiran,who led a theater group for disadvantaged youth in the 1970s and the children and teenagers who participated in it. Today, they are all grown up and are recalling their and..

One of Seven (2011)

Echad me'Sheva

Directed by: Goel Pinto

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One of Seven is a fascinating journey of journalist and film critic Goel Pinto's life stations. Goel, born to an Oriental religious family, 'one of seven' children, in the ultra-Orthodox city of to..

Secrets of the Lost Treasures (2011)

Sodot ha-ksafim ha-avudim

Directed by: Inbal Petel, Emmanuel Rosen

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Lucy and Samir, Jews who escaped violent persecution in Arab countries, go on a campaign to reclaim their family assets.

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..

Young Zionist of Dror in Morocco (2012)

Tzeirey tzion dror be-maroko

Directed by: Albert Ben Haim

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Albert Ben Haim from Meknes documented Jewish life in Morocco between 1950 and 1960 when several youth movements joined with underground groups and in illegal Aliya.

Breaking the wall (2012)

Shoveret Kir

Directed by: Yitzhak Halutzi

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The film uncovers the personality of Dr. Vicki Shiran, a feminist and Mizrahi-born leader who led all major social struggles in the past 3 decades until her untimely death 8 years ago. a can a..