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  • Shtetlers

    Movie

    In the Soviet Union, shtetls were once home to the largest Jewish population in the world. Only a few survived the Holocaust, and those that did were all located in the territory of the modern Ukraine and Moldova. In those small and remote towns, hidden from the world outside of the Iron Curtain,...

  • Honorable Men

    Movie

    From the highest office in the land to Ward 10 at Maasiyahu Prison, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s unexpected rise to power and dramatic fall from grace is explored in this riveting political documentary. Following the incredible events that elevated him to power and set the stage fo...

  • What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace

    Movie

    Ehud Barak is a controversial former prime minister, decorated commander on the battlefield and one of the leading figures of the Zionist movement. He is also the initiator of Israel's assassination plan of Yasser Arafat. Twenty years after the failure of the Camp David summit, Barak looks back o...

  • The Day After I'm Gone

    Movie

    Yoram (Menashe Noy), a 50-year-old veterinarian living in Tel Aviv is forced to re-examine his relationship with his adolescent daughter Roni (Zohar Meidan) after she wishes to end her life. He decides to take her on a journey to visit her mother’s family, a process of self and mutual discovery i...

  • God of the Piano

    Movie

    Anat (Naama Preis, Best Actress winner at the Jerusalem Film Festival) has never been able to reach her father’s exacting musical standards, so the family's hope of producing a talented composer rests on her unborn son. After giving birth to a deaf child, Anat takes drastic measures to ensure tha...

  • Sara Stein: The Complete Series

    1 season

    As a criminal investigator of Jewish descent working in Berlin, Sara Stein was used to operating independently of everyone else. Her keen instincts and sound judgement enabled her to navigate sure-footedly through many sensitive cases. But it was not until she found herself investigating the murd...

  • Aliyah

    Movie

    Selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, ALIYAH is the feature directorial debut of Elie Wajeman (LES ANARCHISTES), described by The New York Times' Stephen Holden as "crackling [with] psychological intensity." Alex lives in Paris and sells drugs for a living, continuously paying off the...

  • Foreign Letters

    Movie

    Set in the 1980s, FOREIGN LETTERS follows Ellie, a homesick 12-year-old Israeli girl who recently moved to the US. Life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. Though they don't seem to have much in common, they share an experience of being a stranger in a new country, and tr...

  • God's Slave

    Movie

    Based on the actual events of a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires still making headlines today, "God's Slave" follows Ahmed, trained since childhood as an Islamic terrorist now assigned to execute a suicide bombing at a synagogue, and David, the cold-blooded Israeli special agent who will stop at not...

  • Paradise

    Movie

    Russia's 2017 official submission to the Academy Awards was shortlisted as one of nine finalists for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Directed by Oscar-nominated Russian auteur, Andrei Konchalovsky (RUNAWAY TRAIN), PARADISE won the prestigious Venice Film Festival Silver Lion, among 16 othe...

  • Vasermil

    Movie

    Named after the local soccer stadium in the Southern Israeli town of Beer Sheba, VASERMIL tells the story of three teenagers from separate marginalized communities, who pin their hopes on soccer as a way out. Shlomi, Adiel and Dima are recruited by the coach of the local soccer team to take part ...

  • Advocate

    Movie

    Since the early 1970s, attorney Lea Tsemel has made a career out of defending Palestinians in Israeli courts: feminists and fundamentalists, non-violent demonstrators and armed militants. As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, sh...

  • A Tramway in Jerusalem

    Movie

    The Jerusalem Light Rail's Red Line connects the city from east to west, from the Palestinian neighborhoods of Shuafat and Beit Hanina to Mount Herzl – a journey that reflects the culturally complex makeup of the city. Through a series of encounters along the line, director Amos Gitai reveals the...