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Like a Fish Out of Water (2006)

Kemo Dag B'li Mayim

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A romantic comedy about a new immigrant from Argentina and his relationship with his Hebrew teacher at the Absorption Center. Marcelo is a non-religious young man, an actor and a single parent..

The Stone Flower (2007)

Gola Sangam

Directed by: Sarit Haymian

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This documentary follows two elderly Jewish women, who immigrated from Iran to Israel 50 years ago and currently live in a deprived area. Married in their teens, they moved from the domineering of a..

Going Dutch (2002)

Yoman Ha'Chasida

Directed by: Ohad Ufaz

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Director Ohad Ufaz explains that, "[he] filmed the movie as Daphna's partner, escorting her on a quest through lands and cultures, memories and hopes, anger and forgiveness, a jourey towards a has a..

Code Name Silence (2005)

Code Shtika

Directed by: Yifat Keidar

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Code Name Silence opens a wound and reveals the best kept secret of Israel's Ethiopian community, a secret which has been concealed for years. In 1985, Operation Moses brought some 8,000 Ethiopian a..

Cafe Noah (1996)

Cafe Noach

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After the country's establishment in 1948, Jewish musicians from Baghdad and Cairo immigrated to Israel. They were masters in Arabic music, but their music was not valued in the new homeland. The no..

Bridge over the Wadi (2006)

Gesher Al Ma-Vadi

Directed by: Barak Heymann, Tomer Heymann

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For the first time in Israel, a group of Arab and Jewish parents decide to establish a conjoint bi-national, bi-lingual school inside an Arab village. The film follows the school's first year and of..

And Behold There Came a Great Wind (2006)

V'henei Ruach Gadol Ba'ah

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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..

Eyes Wide Open (2008)

B'einaim Petuchot

Directed by: Paula Weinman-Kelman

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Six decades after the founding of the Jewish State, when cherished historical memories collide with complex realities, how do you build your own individual relationship to Israel? In order to this a..

Say Amen! (2005)

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In 1962, Mazud and Aliza Deri left Morocco to start a new life in Yerucham . Here they built a home, raising a large closely-knit family with a strong faith and unalterable rules and rituals. Their..

The Cowards (1980)

HaPachdanim

Directed by: Avi Nesher

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A romantic comedy about forbidden love.