Catalog 2009

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Catalog 2009

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DOCUSHUK 2009
2009 ‫דוקושוק‬
Orna Yarmut
Founding Director
Chantal Yazbek
Operations Manager
Dana Shani
Executive Producer
Docushuk Staff:
Chantal Yazbek
Docushuk Manager
Smadar Baram
Docushuk Editor
Sima Cohen Spitzer
Catalogue Editor
Dan Geva
Contributed Article
Oded Ezer
Cover Design
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CONTENTS
Greetings, Chantal Yazbek & Smadar Baram
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Greeting, Orna Yarmut
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Greeting, Estee Du-Nour
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Dan Geva, Article
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Index by Category
11 - 17
Alphabetical Index
18 - 23
DOCUMENTARIES
Between Hope and Despair
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Towards an Israeli Identity
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Portrayals of the Past
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The Face of Her Reality
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Untold Stories
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Family Ties
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The Inner Tour
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Larger than Life
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Relfections of the Past
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The Soul and Science
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The Artisan and the Historical Tale
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Short and Sweet
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GREETINGS
Dear Guests Colleagues and Friends,
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On the eve of the 11 Israel Market for International Co-Productions we proudly present to you the 2009 Docushuk
Catalogue which contains 107 completed Israeli and Palestinian films from the beginning of 2008 until now.
Since the inception of CoPro in 1999, Israeli documentary films have come of age in their continual development of
style, quality and diversity these documentaries have come to embody a more complete picture of the complexes
nature of Israeli and Palestinian society for both local and international audiences. In collecting and editing the
content of this catalogue we have come to realize that Israeli filmmakers are more now than ever open to
understanding their subject matter in an ever increasingly open and pluralistic way.
It is with this in mind that the Docushuk each year aims to create a new and fresh presentation of categories in order
to better guide you in your selection of content that is best suited for you audience.
Docushuk, the only Israeli buyers market, is the last station a film reaches in the total development process of the
CoPro Market, which has come to represent the 'House' of Israeli documentary cinema, beginning with the
development of the script through the CoPro Pitching Forum until the point of contact with buyers and distributors
around the world.
We wish to thank all who have collaborated with us on this years' Docushuk.
Chantal Yazbek and Smadar Baram
The Docushuk Team
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As Part of the 11 Israel Market for International Co-Productions
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GREETINGS
Dear Guests Colleagues and Friends,
In recent years the Israeli filmmaking industry, in all of its realms, has been doing very well all over the world.
Especially notable is the global successfulness of the Israeli documentary making. Israel has a community of
highly talented makers of documentaries, docu-drama and animated documentaries. The Israeli annual
productivity is outstanding and state-of-the-art by comparison to other countries of similar size. All of which
enabled us to bring into being the seventh edition of Docushuk, the Israeli market of documentaries since 2003.
CoPro sets the best of the Israeli documentaries produced that year into one corps, mapping them by themes.
Looking further ahead, Docushuk is set up for the future advent of new marketing platforms. In a time when the
different genres overlap and are no longer distinctive, and the documentary films integrate animation, computer
games and interaction, Docushuk, as we plan it to be, will exhibit the revolutionary digital media, offering our
overseas guests a wider variety of genres.
I'd like to thank the wonderful Docushuk team:
Copro's Project Manager, Chantal Yazbek, for her dedication and determination to keep up with Docushuk's quality
even in this troubled year, and to the Docushuk's Coordinator, Smadar Baram, for her dedicated and witty
assistant. My thanks to filmmaker Dan Geva for his enlightening article opening this catalogue, and thanks to the
Pais Culture Commission and the Ezvonot Foundation for co-sponsoring the 2009 Docushuk.
I wish our esteemed guests enjoyable and fascinating viewings.
Orna Yarmut
Initiator and CEO,
CoPro - Documentary Marketing Foundation
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GREETINGS
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The Israel National Lottery through the council for the Arts aims to help the diverse and vibrant Israeli film industry
to be even more flourishing and competitive.
We work closely with the film industry – provide funding for: script development, short film production, film export
and distribution, film education, preservation and archives, festivals and audience support schemes. One of our
aims is to build diversity and inclusion. Our budget is modest, but we try to stretch it to the utmost.
In this respect it is always very rewarding to cooperate with the Israeli Forum of Co-Productions. The National
Lottery Council for the arts supports the forum for the third consecutive year. "Docushuk" is the single platform
within Israel which aims to promote and market the Israeli documentary film industry.
Throughout the years we witnessed the impressive development of this scheme. Its consistent activity exposed 250
Israeli documentaries – the harvest of the last couple of years – showing a vast and profound image of Israeli
society. The Forums activities provide a platform exposing the richness of Israel's local creativity. Not only does
"Docushuk" better represent the ace of Israel internationally, it also strengthens globally the professional ties
between film directors and producers.
Wishing you success,
Estee Du-Nour
Director
Israel National Lottery Council for the Arts
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Dan Geva on The Nature of the Documentary Act
Common belief has it that the nature of the documentary act stems from a humanist approach to human
beings, who just so happen to be the principle subjects of this particular form of filmmaking. This nature
originates in our interest in, and dealings with, people’s individual existences on equal footing, or so we like to
think. Precisely because this assumption is historically inaccurate (though you’d be hard pressed to find a
documentarian who will happily admit it) we need to question the nature of the documentary act and look into
the ways it plays out in Israeli documentary filmmaking, especially over the past decade.
That Israeli filmmaking addresses burning issues is, well, trivial. We can safely say that Israeli documentary
filmmakers’ obsessive engagement with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Holocaust, new and old waves of
immigration, the ultra-Orthodox minority, and human subjects who have been recognized as downright
oppressed, physically and emotionally crippled, injured, shocked, awed, weakened and simply screwed-over,
communally ostracized and/or discursively marginalized, to say nothing of the plight of the fat, the dying and
exhibitionists of one kind or another, and, last but not least, those documenting themselves and their
immediate surroundings—is both natural and understandable, and there's really nothing new or surprising
about it.
From an esthetic point-of-view, a glimpse at the sheer variety of documentary styles and genres at the
forefront of recent Israeli documentary output, reveals personal chronicles, filmic diaries, thematic films, thesis
films, historical documentaries that deconstruct and reconstruct national narratives with the help of archival
footage, films that look on from a safe distance or films that get up-close and intimate, road movies,
investigative reportages of greater or lesser boldness, autobiographies, portraits, essay films, and, quite
recently, animated works. As a matter of fact, practically everything has been tried and tested here, all
cinematic forms of expression in all possible genres, based on the holy trinity of American Direct Cinema,
French Cinéma Vérité and British Griersonian Realism.
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And so, in a personal tone, Amit Goren makes us privy to his concerns, and those of his family, divided between
Israel and the US, in his film '66 WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR TOURISM (1992). In FOR MY CHILDREN (2002), Michal Aviad
tells her kids about something that will forever remain absent from their lives. Ibtisam Maraana takes us on a
seemingly sentimental trip to her native village in PARADISE LOST (2002). These documentary filmmakers appear to
live their life through the camera. They tell their story in the first person singular, turning images from the world they
depict into no more than objectified settings for the "real thing," namely, the narrator who becomes the film's core
rationale and exclusive interpretive channel, without which the filmed images become insignificant. This is how the
filmmaker manages to present us with the perspective we so hunger for, and are accustomed to, as cinema has
always provided us with the promise of a personal story from which we may infer things about ourselves, and the
world at large. And indeed, the notion that one singular private case embodies the essence of a fixed human
condition is deeply rooted in Western poetics, science, philosophy and the so-called Judeo-Christian ethic. It
echoes in many a film produced and funded today, as well as in the way we perceive and know films “to be.”
On the seemingly opposite side of the documentary spectrum, as far as style is concerned, we find works based in
the tradition of American Direct Cinema. Filmmakers such as Ido Haar in NINE STAR HOTEL (2006), tell the story of
Palestinian young men forced to live clandestinely in Israeli territory in order to make a living; in CHECKPOINTS
(2003), Yoav Shamir depicts the systematic alienation, inherent to any military domination over civilian populations;
in DETAINED (2005), Anat Even and Ada Ushpiz construct a single standpoint through multiple viewpoints with a
disciplined dramatic structure. Ada Ushpiz's BRIDES OF THE DESERT (2008) and BLOOD ENGAGEMENT (2004), in
themselves a variation on a similar theme, function within the same paradigm. It's a working method that sells itself
with the slogan of an "observing" camera (as if there is a camera that observes without an observer), rather than an
"interfering" one (as if the creation of a single frame is not an act of interference in itself). Not enough has been
said about American Direct Cinema, but sticking to the point here, and having to keep it short, it's hard to interpret
those films, and any Direct Cinema-style movie for that matter, based on its sale tag alone: "Unmediated exposure
of the world as it appears to us." Rather, it should be thought of as its logical opposite: Exposure of the ultimate
concealment, i.e. the filmmakers’ denial and self-exclusion from their own works, and their invariably fictional
worldview; a worldview that is seemingly transparent yet inexcusably chimerical. And so, we are lead to the
question whether "direct" cinema is not, in fact, the most "indirect" and fictional of all documentary forms of
representation? After all, are not its story-telling structures as fictional, if not more, than any other form of
filmmaking?
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In another slice of the spectrum, and utterly under British (Griersonian) influence, Tamar Yarom in TO SEE IF I'M
SMILING (2007) and Ido Sela in his courageous EDUYOT (TESTIMONIES) (1993), base their films almost entirely on
frontal statements, under the classic documentary headers of "document" and "testimony," and, as such, position
their films as knowledgeable, valid and true by virtue of their form, before we even had a chance to look into their
specific content and debate their authenticity and/or credibility.
In yet another slice, filmmakers like Nissim Mossek in HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE BLACK PANTHERS (2002) or
David Ofek in NO. 17 (2003), chose Cinéma Vérité as their method of choice for awakening the dead. The first
does it through the complexities of national tensions, the second through detective mystery as metaphor for
the impotence of a traumatic, rigid Israeli establishment. In these films, Vérité functions as a cinematic way of
telling a story which is not necessarily personal but need be frank, stimulating, arousing, catalyzing and taunt
the world it scrutinizes. French Cinema Vérité is premised on the idea of the world as laboratory, where the
active position of the researcher with regard to the subject is no less important than the subject him/herself. In
this method of filmmaking, the documentarian creates a world wherein the subject is both researcher and
guinea pig, and the reactions taking place in front of the camera are the outcome of the documentarian’s
screen presence, filmic work and cinematic epistemology.
In yet another domain, similarly influenced by the winning yet schizophrenic Griersonian slogan of "dramatic
treatment of reality," Raanan Alexandrowicz, in THE INNER TOUR (2001), devises a pure architecture of well
organized mise en scéne cinema in a living and enlivened process carried out before the camera; a process
wherein, in this particular case, Palestinians visit Israel as tourists and encounter, for the first time since 1948,
what has become of Palestine; a technique that would have undoubtedly prompted Plato to drive
Alexandrowicz out of town, for his ideologically constructed blurring of actual factual material and its fictional
re-presentation.
Looking into yet another sphere of documentary style and genre, we find epic projects such as Belfilms' SLAVES
OF THE SWORD (2003), a historical biographical series that utilizes Griersonian conventions and classic
documentary values in order to subvert the grand narratives of the military establishment, which official
archives, historians and their state-sanctioned historiographies have sought to perpetuate as the one and only
(legitimate) storyline.
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We've mentioned only a handful of films, a short, somewhat symbolic list, definitely far from comprehensive.
Nonetheless, suffice it to take us up to a bird's eye view from which we might make a faithful diagnosis: Israeli
filmmaking manages to make skillful, conscious, experienced and professional use of all valid methods and
genres known in mainstream documentary discourse. The question now is, what can we learn from this
picture?
One, out of many possible answers, lies in another discipline. In 1925, Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y
Gasset wrote his renowned book THE DEHUMANIZATION OF ART. He was unable to remain indifferent to Kafka's
existential estrangement, the a-tonal music of Schoenberg, Richter and Strawinski, Cubist painting,
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Expressionism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and the dramatic changes that took place in 20 century poetry and
theatre. Coining the concept "the dehumanization of art" expresses, first, his assertion of a known historical
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fact: Humanism, as we have known it from the 16 century to the naturalism and realism of the 19th century,
posits that the human being is the singular and unified center around which any artistic work revolves. Y
Gasset, among others, felt that the notion of man-as-natural-and-realist-center-of-the-universe had exhausted
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the gamut of philosophical and stylistic possibilities, to the point that 20 century artists (and audiences) had to
seek new modes of expression altogether. According to Y Gasset, this inevitably led to “dehumanization” in art
and art forms, i.e. the invalidation of the individual as a universal center with a coherent, continuous and
uniform insight. It may be easier to grasp his point with the help of a popular image of dehumanization, that of
Charlie Chaplin in MODERN TIMES (1936). Let it be clear that by dehumanization, Y Gasset was not referring to
monstrosity in the moral or political sense: a human being devoid of humanity and compassion (as the 20th
century so ironically proved with its unprecedented cruelty and brutality), but merely a fundamental change in
the perception of the human being as a transparent subjective center of artistic conviction and convention.
Following Y Gasset, we may ask: does documentary filmmaking in general, and Israeli documentary in
particular, really revolve, as it claims to, around the human being, framed and fostered in much the same way
as the great humanists Dante, Erasmus, Rabelais, Balzac, Tolstoy, Franklin, Lessing or Roman Rolland, did?
Can we apply Goethe's cry: "Humanism is our eternal goal" to our times and art? Assuming we convince
ourselves that we can, we still have to ask what kind of a human subject the documentary constructs. Is
documentary filmmaking capable of avoiding the self-imposed distance and detachment that the camera calls
for? Can a personal voice really cure the documentary of inherent estrangement, or merely provide it with an
illusive band-aid and a deceitful sense of healing?
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Do narcissistic films (in the deepest and most fascinating and exciting Freudian sense) such as Avi Mograbi's,
which exaggerate and distort the self-filmed image, and engage in obsessive, neurotic reflexive linguistic
expression as an indicator of the inner-world of his directorial persona, have what it takes to tone down y
Gasset's notion?
I don't know why Y Gasset, the great humanist, used the term “dehumanization,” a word with such frightening
connotations given all that transpired throughout the 20th century. Indeed, we should be frightened by this word.
Perhaps, in 1925, he could still say things with purely esthetic connotations, but not really. Owing to his deep
comprehension of the crucial role art plays in shaping human consciousness, it seems that he wished to warn us
with his words, as early as the first quarter of the 20th century, that we need beware, or at least be aware, of the
destructive role art can play in this day and age. Maybe he realized that the changes undergoing art, were merely
an indication of much bigger and more terrifying changes to come. Maybe he prophesied the catastrophic
dehumanization of the real that would commence 14 years later, when WWII broke out, in the greatest systematic
effort ever to annihilate and eradicate the “Other,” and by no less than by a man who claimed to be an art-lover and
a leader of a people whom he regarded as the greatest work-of-art in history.
However, the real question y Gasset's dehumanization raises, as far as Israeli documentary filmmaking is
concerned, is purely instrumental: What lenses do we choose to film Palestinians with? What compositions do
we choose for Holocaust survivors to pose in? At what distance do we capture foreign workers? Which
dramatic structure do we impose on ultra-Orthodox kids or domestically abused women? To what extent are
our characters subjected to temporalities that foster alienation and detachment? What weight, depth and
complexity do we give to their psyches, and how much are they just a “function” of a pre-determined series of
actions and reactions? There are many other rhetoric and esthetic parameters to put to the test, though it is
not my intention to claim or even insinuate that directing, filming and editing are, a-priori, dehumanizing. Still,
we can not ignore the fact that the actual process of dehumanization, or the propensity to dehumanize, begins
with the very act of distancing and distinguishing that pointing a camera at ourselves, or any human being,
entails. Distancing and distinguishing that stem from the very definition of the inherent distance of the
documentary act from the natural order of real life, unmediated by a camera.
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This tension (between the naturally spontaneous and the film's textual framework) lies in the essence of the
documentary act and in the nature of the art of documentation. It's an intrinsic conflict. Can it be resolved or at
least relieved? In philosophical terms, it's undoubtedly an interesting question, but on the practical level, we
must wonder whether we can imagine the Y Gassetic assertion contributing to our works of art, as we stand
facing the world armed with our cameras? Might it change the way we tackle the eternal conflict between the
esthetic frame and the initial mimetic nature of the human being as such? Can the documentary act really
avoid dehumanization? Whether it can or cannot, it is the responsibility of the Israeli documentarian—the one
opting to deal with the human condition, i.e. as occupier or occupied, as exploiter or exploited, as estranged,
abused or traumatized—to address this concern themselves and with their subjects upon placing a camera in
front of him/her/them-selves.
This very question might shed yet more light on the phenomenal success of Ari Folman's WALTZ WITH BASHIR (2008).
Could it be that the animation itself, which distances representation from reality, dehumanizes by the very nature of
the medium, drastically calling attention to framed esthetics and promoting its function as a non-living form, is what
precludes this issue altogether; a preclusion successful only by virtue of the fact that it stretches the thesis to the
limits of its own validity? Once WALTZ WITH BASHIR marked the erosion of the realistic and naturalizing documentary
image in the mimetic sense, presenting such an effective metaphor for the real dehumanization of the posttraumatic, detached and split human subject—rational, realistic documentation as we know it must take a new and
different look at the documentary act and the images it produces. What is this new and different look is, has yet to
be determined. The upset is still far too fresh and as such will take time to unfold. Perhaps it calls for a violent
revolution. One thing is self-evident, emerging as a living message from wALTZ WITH BASHIR: we must never stop
creating and inventing. If there is a concealed humanistic message in Y Gasset's prophecy, it is that hope for a
renewed humanism—re-humanism—lies in the absolute commitment to an ongoing quest for new ways to express
and imagine images of human beings, and whenever we decide to capture someone on tape and transform
him/her into an image, we must check and re-check ourselves as to whether or not we are imaging him/her from
the most human of angles, and whether the angle we have chosen intensifies or reduces, on our own scale, the
potential dehumanization of the very act of documentary.
"A work of art lives on its form, not on its material. The essential grace it emenates springs from its
structure, from its organism". Jose Ortega Y Gasset
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INDEX
BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
A9
A 10
A 11
Warrior of Love
Chronicle of a Kidnap
Away from the Tribe's Center
Behind The Intentions
Kulna Maak
My First War
Lebanon Doesn't Believe In Tears
Six Floors To Hell
Red Dawn
Kalandia
Under Fire
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26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
TOWARDS AN ISRAELI IDENTITY
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B11
My Israel
Gay Days
Soul tripping
The beetle
Adama
The volunteers
The Name My Mother Gave My
The pioneers
The Rebellious Son
Reds
Lost in Tel Aviv
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40
41
42
43
44
45
46
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INDEX
PORTRAYALS OF THE OTHER
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
The Traffickers
Defamation
Look into My Eyes
Long Distance
Gut Shabbes Vietnam
Romale
Refugees
Kashmir
King Lati
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50
51
52
53
54
55
56
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THE FACE OF HER REALITY
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
Lady Kul El Aab
The Way Up
Stetch Mrks
9 Years Later
Brides of the Desert
Shining Stars
Play Me Allegro
Brides of Allah
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64
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INDEX
UNTOLD STORIES
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
E7
E8
E9
Voices from El-Sayed
Fog
Holy fire
Tuesdays at Fve
The Boys from Lebanon
Diplomat
Nuran
The Tale of Nicolai & the Law of return
The Dream Weavers
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70
71
72
73
74
75
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FAMILY TIES
F1
F2
F3
F4
Worst Company in the World
Tell me Mm
Escapeland
It is written in your I.D
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
Missing father
The House On Tabenkin Street
Between Two Passovers
A refusenik's Mother
Lullaby
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79
80
81
(that I am your father)
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84
85
86
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INDEX
THE INNER TOUR
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
G7
G8
G9
The Prisoner
Unmistaken Child
Ida’s Dance Club
Z32
Obsession
Por el Flamenco
Brain Storm
Christmas in Israel
Almost
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90
91
92
93
94
95
96
LARGER THAN LIFE
H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
H6
Amos Oz
Dubak
One Eye Wide Open
Mr. Holocaust
Yebi
Shimon Peres
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99
100
101
102
103
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INDEX
REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST
I1
I2
I3
I4
I5
I6
I7
I8
I9
I10
I11
I12
The Green Dumpster Mystery
Pizza in Auschwitz
My Sister Tikva
Come Mother
DISPLACED
LAKE 68
Classmates of Anne Frank
Late Embrace
The Journey to Poland
Two Legacies
Anna’s Silent Struggle
Have will Have
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106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
THE SOUL AND SCIENCE
J1
J2
J3
J4
J5
J6
Rabbi Firer
True Moments
Google Baby
Cross Roads
The Liquid of Life
The Burdensome Stone
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119
120
121
122
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INDEX
THE ARTISAN AND THE HISTORICAL TALE
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
Tunes Of The Soul
Magnificent Failure
Eye Witness - 60 Years
You Never Know
The Electric Stage
Zitra
125
126
127
128
129
130
SHORT AND SWEET
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
L6
L7
L8
L9
L10
L11
Guy
Outlines of a Fabrication
In Tel Aviv/Series of Documentaries
Tziky and the Lone
Just Like Riding a Bike
Three Daughters Plus One
The Shot
Lemon Delicacy
Jimmi Red Sea
Chief Builder
Rosenzweig-Born To Dance
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133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
9 Years Later
62 D 4
A Refusenik's Mother
85 F 8
Adama
41 B 5
Almost
96 G 9
Amos Oz
98 H 1
Anna’s Silent Struggle
115 I 11
Away From the Tribe's Center
27 A3
28 A4
84 F 7
Brain Storm
94 G 7
Brides of Allah
66 D 8
63 D 5
Chief Builder
141 L 10
Christmas in Israel
95 G 8
26 A2
Classmates of Anne Frank
111 I 7
Come Mother
108 I 4
Cross Roads
121 J 4
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
Defamation
50 C 2
Diplomat
73 E 6
Displaced
109 I 5
Dubak
99 H 2
Escapeland
80 F 3
Eye Witness - 60 Years
127 K 3
Fog
69 E 2
Gay Days
38 B 2
Google Baby
120 J 3
Gut Shabbes Vietnam
53 C 5
Guy
132 L 1
Have Will Have
116 I 12
Holy Fire
70 E 3
Ida’s Dance Club
90 G 3
In Tel Aviv/Series of Documentaries
134 L 3
It is written in your I.D (that I am your father) 81 F 4
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
Jimmi Red Sea
140 L 9
136 L 5
Kalandia
34 A10
Kashmir
56 C 8
King Lati
57 C 9
Kulna Mak
29 A5
Lady Kul El Arab
59 D 1
Lake 68
110 I 6
late Embrace
112 I 8
Lebanon Doesn't Believe In Tears
31 A7
Lemon Delicacy
139 L 8
Long Distance
52 C 4
Look Into My Eyes
51 C 3
Lost in Tel Aviv
47 B 11
Lullaby
86 F 9
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
Magnificent Failure
126 K 2
Missing Father
82 F 5
Mr. Holocaust
101 H 4
My First War
30 A6
My Israel
37 B 1
My Sister Tikva
107 I 3
Nuran
74 E 7
Obsession
92 G 5
One Eye Wide Open
100 H 3
Outlines of a Fabrication
133 L 2
Pizza in Auschwitz
106 I 2
Play Me Allegro
65 D 7
Por el Flamenco
93 G 6
Rabbi Firer
118 J 1
Red Dawn
33 A9
Reds
46 B 10
Refugees
55 C 7
Romale
54 C 6
Rosenzweig-Born To Dance
142 L 11
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
Shimon Peres
103 H 6
Shining Stars
64 D 6
Six Floors To Hell
32 A8
Soul Tripping
39 B 3
Stetch Marks
61 D 3
Tell Me Mom
79 F 2
The Beetle
40 B 4
72 E 5
The Burdensome Stone
123 J 6
The Dream Weavers
76 E 9
The Electric Stage
129 K 5
105 I 1
The House on Tabenkin Street
83 F 6
113 I 9
The Liquid of Life
122 J 5
The Name My Mother Gave Me
43 B 7
The Pioneers
44 B 8
The Prisoner
88 G 1
The Rebellious Son
45 B 9
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
The Shot
138 L 7
The Tale of Nicolai & the Law of Return 75 E 8
The Traffickers
49 C 1
The Volunteers
42 B 6
The Way Up
60 D 2
Three Daughters Plus One
137 L 6
True Moments
119 J 2
Tuesdays at Five
71 E 4
Tunes Of The Soul
125 K 1
Two Legacies
114 I 10
Tziky and the Lone
135 L 4
Under Fire
35 A11
Unmistaken Child
89 G 2
Voices from El-Sayed
68 E 1
Warrior of Love
25 A1
78 F 1
Yebi
102 H 5
You Never Know
128 K 4
Z32
91 G 4
Zitra
130 K 6
BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR
Year of Production:
2008
‫לוח של אהבה‬
Date of Release:
17-Oct-2008
Format:
DV
Directed by Ido Glass, Yoav Kleinman
Length:
77 min
Original language:
English, Hebrew
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
Warrior of Love
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Eyal Shiray
Address:
Golden Cinema Inc.
Hod Hasharon
Tel:
972-50-8631092
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Some "dreamers" still believe they can change the world; Omer an airforce pilot buys a trailer and goes on the road with a traveling circus
show. A Palestinian clown from a refugee camp and a group of
international artists are gathering along to his dream. In the following
month they tour the direst places in Israel.
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Year of Production:
2008
‫כרוניקה של חטיפה‬
Date of Release:
Jul-2008
Format:
DV
Directed by Nurit Kedar
Length:
55 min
Original language:
Hebrew
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
David Mandil,
Nurit Kedar
Address:
34 Allenby Street
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel:
972-3-5164373
Fax:
972-3-5164898
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Ruth Diskin Films Ltd.
Address:
5 Issachar Street
Jerusalem 93629,
Israel
Tel:
972-2-6724256
Udi Goldwasser was kidnapped on the first day of the 2006 Lebanon
Fax:
972-2-6724210
war. This is the story of his wife, Karnit. Her Kafkaesque story was
E-mail:
[email protected]
at the center of a national debate, and the film captures the politics
of finding one self in the center of media frenzy. Intriguing and
powerful.
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Away From the Tribe's Center
Year of Production:
2009
‫מחו למחנה‬
Date of Release:
10-May-2009
Format:
DV CAM
Length:
58 min
Original language:
Hebrew, French
Directed by Tom Carmi
Subtitles:
English
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Producer:
Tom Carmi
Address:
9 A Hatiltan
St. Binyamina
30500
Tel:
972-4-6388201
Fax:
972-4-6388201
E-mail:
[email protected]
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This is a story of six men and women who established in the 70s a
Jewish-Palestinian Marxist movement named "The Workers Alliance"
and attempted to organize workers into trade unions. Their dream was
to establish a common state for both nations. The film documents the
lives of the ex-revolutionaries.
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Year of Production:
2008
‫מאחורי הכוונות‬
Date of Release:
Aug-2008
Format:
DV CAM
Directed by Ayelet Bargur
Length:
49 min
Original language: Hebrew, Arabic,
English
Subtitles:
English
--------------------------------------------Producer:
Chaim Sharir
Address:
41 Gershon st.
Tel Aviv 67017,
Israel
Tel:
972-3-5620914
Fax:
972-3-5620915
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
YEZIRA IVRIT Ltd.
Address:
41 Gershon st.
Tel Aviv 67017, Israel
"Behind the Intentions" illustrates the connection between the IsraeliPalestinian Bereaved Families for Peace and Reconciliation (PCFF)
members who have all lost an immediate family member due to the
ongoing
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
and
the
Intentions”. Both convey the message of peace.
TV
series
“Good
Tel:
972-3-5620914
Fax:
972-3-5620915
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Year of Production:
2008
‫כולנא מעכ‬
Date of Release:
2009
Format:
DV, 4:3
Directed by Eran Cohen
Length:
30 min
Original language:
Hebrew, Arabic
Kulna Maak
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Eran Cohen
Address:
Megido 3, Flat 4,
Tel:
972-52-3590636
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv, 64384
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Kibbutzim College
(Ruth Lev Ari)
Address:
6 Antigonus St.
Tel Aviv
Following the Peace Treaty in 1995, Elad travels to Jordan to learn
Arabic. He meets Kamil, the hostel owner, who helps him grasp the
language. The bond between them is unexpectedly severed. In today's
unstable times, Elad returns to Jordan to see what remains of his
friendship with Kamil.
Tel:
972-52-2789226
Fax:
972-9-9582664
E-mail:
[email protected]
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My First War
‫המלחמה הראשונה שלי‬
Directed by Yariv Mozer
Year of Production:
2008
Date of Release:
06-Apr-2008
Format:
Digibeta
Length:
82 min
Original language:
Hebrew
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yariv Mozer &
Yael Perlov
Address:
80 Nordau BLVD.
Tel Aviv 62381,
Israel
Tel:
972-3-6021914
Fax:
972-3-6044515
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Mozer Films Ltd.
Address:
80 Nordau BLVD.
At the age of 28, I was drafted as a soldier in the Second Lebanon
Tel:
972-3-6021914
War. Instinctively, I grabbed my video camera. The documentary
Fax:
972-3-6044515
recalls the lack of justice in the unnecessary war and loss of valuable
E-mail:
[email protected]
lives. This was my personal earthquake and the nation's as a whole.
Lebanon Doesn't Believe in Tears
‫לבנו‬
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Year of Production:
2008
‫לא מאמינה בדמעות‬
Date of Release:
In progress
Directed by Avi Bohbot
Format:
DV
Length:
50 min
Original language:
Hebrew, Arabic
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
David Ben Zino
Chaos & Nona Films
Address:
34 Allenby St.
Tel Aviv 63325,
Israel
On the eve of the 1996 elections, a Lebanese cameraman rushed to
film the aftermath of a roadside charge attack. He ended up shooting a
second blast and the last minutes of four young Israeli soldiers. The
IDF agreed to escort the Harush family into enemy territory, to visit the
site of their son's death. The film follows this dangerous journey and
reconstructs the filmed attack into the visit of the family.
Tel:
972-3-5171727
Fax:
972-3-5171727
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Six Floors to Hell
Year of Production:
2008
‫שש קומות לגיהינו‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
Digibeta
Directed by Jonathan Ben Efrat
Length:
52 min
Original language: Hebrew, Arabic
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Claudia Levin,
Nir Nader
Address:
11A Shapira Tzvi St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-52-2385334
Fax:
E-mail:
972-3-629 4665
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
J.M.T. Films-Michael Treves
20 Bialik st.
Tel Aviv
Illegal Palestinians live in an unfinished mall near Tel Aviv, six floors
underground, with no electricity and water. Among them is Jalal who
dreams of his fiancée. Life between darkness and light.
Tel:
972- 52-3633398
Fax:
972- 3- 5254782
E-mail:
[email protected]
Red Dawn
Year of Production:
2007
‫שחר אדו‬
Date of Release:
2007
Format:
color, video
Directed by Michal Lavi, Nachum Landau, Alon Alsheich
Length:
30+30+40 min
Original language:
Hebrew and
English, Hebrew, Hebrew, Russian and
Arabic
Subtitles:
English / Hebrew and
Russian
---------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Boris Maftzir
Address:
Sapir College,
The Film & Television School, D.N Hof Ashkelon
79165
Tel:
972-8-6802787
Fax:
972-8-6801424
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
“Red Dawn” is the alarm that signals a fearful scramble for safety,
20 Bialik St
since from the moment it sounds they know they have just 18 seconds
Tel:
972-52-3633398
to find shelter from the oncoming missile attack. Three moving
Fax:
972-3-5254782
personal diaries tell of the emergence of the borderline between Israel
E-mail:
[email protected]
and the Palestinian Authority.
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KALANDIA - a Checkpoint's story
Year of Production:
2008
‫קלנדיה‬
Date of Release:
2009
Format:
BETA SP
Directed by Neta Efrony
Length:
59 min
Original language: 2 versions Hebrew & English
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Susan Lourenco
Address:
43 Pelet st
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-36573044
E-mail:
[email protected]
-----------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
20 Bialik St
Over a span of six years, Neta Efrony (member of Checkpoint Watch)
documented an Israeli military Checkpoint - on the road between East
Jerusalem and Ramallah - who grew and expanded into becoming a
Terminal. Kalandia's Checkpoint does not separate between Arabs
and Jews; it separates between Palestinians and Palestinians.
Tel:
972-52-3633398
Fax:
972-3-5254782
E-mail:
[email protected]
Under Fire
Year of Production:
2008
‫תחת אש‬
Date of Release:
2008
Directed by Avi Naiman
Format:
Length:
35
DigiBeta / DVD; PAL / NTSC
29 min
Original language: Hebrew, English, Russian
Subtitle:
Hebrew, English, Arabic, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Avi Naiman
E-mail:
[email protected]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
IDEAS
Address:
36/2 Rachel Imeinu St.
Jerusalem
Tel:
972-54-769-1240
Fax:
972-2-566-0048
E-mail:
Under Fire tells the stories of two Arab and two Jewish families
in Israel whose loved ones were killed during the Second
Lebanon War. Surviving family members share their
eyewitness accounts, as well as their pleas for future peace.
[email protected]
TOWARDS AN ISRAELI IDENTITY
MY ISRAEL
Year of Production: 2008
‫ישראל שלי‬
Date of Release:
14-May-2008
Directed by Yulie Cohen
Format:
DigiBeta
Length:
80 min
Original language: Hebrew
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yulie Cohen
Cohen Gerstel Productions
Address:
4 Kehilat Varsha St.
Tel Aviv 69700 Israel
Few filmmakers have probed issues of Israeli nationalism and IsraeliPalestinian relations more completely or intimately than Tel Aviv-born
Yulie Cohen. In My Israel, Cohen revisits her acclaimed trilogy My
Terrorist (2002), My Land Zion (2004), and My Brother (2007) with new
footage, fresh perspective, and her trademark fearlessness.
Tel:
972-523-217-813
Fax:
972-3647-2405
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Gay Days
‫הזמ
הורוד‬
Date of Release:
In Progress
Format:
Video
Length:
71 min
Directed by Yair Quedar
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Assaf Amir
Norma Productions
Address:
18 Levontin st.
Tel Aviv
Through the personal diary a gay journalist and activist, the film
tells the story of the Israeli GLBT revolution- from the closet days,
through the struggle for equal rights up to the formation of a
community that is one of the most successful in the western world.
Tel:
972-3-5609311
Fax:
972-3-5609443
E-mail:
[email protected]
Soul Tripping
‫דברי שרואי מש‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
DV
Length:
50 min
Directed by Michael Greenspan
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Original language: English, Hebrew
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Udi Zamberg, Michael Tapuach
TH Productions Ltd.
Address:
14 Menachem Begin st.
Tel:
972-3-7512145
Fax:
972-3-7512070
E-mail:
[email protected]
Ramat Gan 52521
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Go2Films- Hedva Goldschmidt
Address:
37/8 Issar Natanzon st.
Jerusalem 97787
Jewish Communities around the world are surrendering to the lure of
assimilation. In an effort to reverse this trend, Jewish megaphilanthropists are bringing tens of thousands of young Jews on free
visits to Israel on a project called Taglit Birthright Israel. Can a mix of
history, culture, religion and parties impact on the future of Jewish
communities?
Tel:
972-2-5831371
Fax:
972-2-5835450
E-mail:
[email protected]
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The Beetle
‫החיפושית‬
Date of Release:
Apr-2008
Format:
miniDV
Length:
55 min
Directed by Yishai Orian
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yishai Orian
Address:
39 Yehoshua ben-nun st.
Jerusalem 93187
Tel:
972-54-5548889
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
5 Issachar st..
Jerusalem 93629
Tel:
972-2-6724256
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------The directors, who owns an old-beloved Volkswagen beetle, is about
to become a father. His mechanic says the car won't last, his wife
complains it's unsuitable for a baby. Yishai begins a "save-the-beetle"
journey starting with previous owners, continuing to Jordan and ending
with the birth of his child.
Adama
‫אדמה‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
DV
Length:
55 min
Directed by Iftach Shevach
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Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir.
Transfax Films
Address:
3 Yagea Kapayim St.
Tel:
972-3-6871202
Fax:
972-3-6871499
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv
The film follows 4 agriculturalists in mythological Moshav Nahalal. The
camera accompanies the families for a year. The film focuses on the
Nahalal elders who know this may be the last year in which they can
work and complete a cycle of crops. They work until their dying day, as
they deal with inter-personal conflicts and the conflicts between man
and land.
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The Volunteers
‫המתנדבי‬
Date of Release:
Jan-2009
Format:
Beta
Length:
54 min
Directed by Mooly Landesman
Original language: Hebrew, English, German
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Sadot Productions
Address:
12 Hakesem st.
Hertzelia
Tel:
972-9-9500474
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
5 Issachar st.
Jerusalem 93629
The story of youthful exuberance and the search for personal identity
come together in this appealing documentary. In the 1960's the
idealism of a new country and the romanticism of the kibbutz propelled
many non-Jews to travel to Israel to work in Kibbutzim. This story of
Europeans and their Israeli partners raises a question about the
complexity of personal and national identity.
Tel:
972-2-6724256
Fax:
972-2-6724210
E-mail:
[email protected]
The Name My Mother Gave Me
‫מונית לגונדר‬
Date of Release:
December 2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
60 min
Directed by Eli Tal-El, Drozd, Elaine Matlow-Tal-El
Original language: Hebrew, Amharic
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Eli Tal-El
Address:
8 Yair St.
Jerusalem 93503
Tel:
972-2-6715242
Fax:
972-2-6715108
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
5 Issachar St.
Jerusalem 93503
Tel:
972-2-6724256
Fax:
972-2-6724210
Ethiopian and Russian Israelis meet at a leadership program in Israel.
E-mail:
[email protected]
Their year of learning culminates in a joint journey to Ethiopia. The
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participants see themselves at the fringes of Israeli Society, but on
their journey they discover the universality of their experiences and
their shared commitment to their home in Israel.
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The Pioneers
‫החלוצי‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
50 min
Directed by Araleh Cohen, Sigalit Banai
Original language: Hebrew, Moroccan
Subtitles:
Hebrew, English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Sigal Vanunu Gadish
Address:
Kibuzt Yad Mordehai
Hof Ashqelon, Israel
Tel:
972-52-2627594
Fax:
972-8-9461506
E-mail:
[email protected]
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The film depicts the establishment of Sderot from the viewpoint of the
first settlers, early immigrants who were transported on trucks in the
middle of the night to a desolate ma’abara, transit camp, in the desert.
Despite the many challenges they faced, they stayed and developed
an Israeli town with a unique character.
The Rebellious Son
‫הב
הסורר‬
Date of Release:
2009
Format:
DigitalBeta
Length:
72 min
Directed by Shoshi Greenfield
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Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Ilan Kirmayer, Shoshi Greenfield
Action Media Productions
Address:
23 Nisim Bachar St.
Tel:
972-523865601
E-mail:
[email protected]
Jerusalem
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Hedva Goldschmidt
Address:
Go2Films Distribution
Tel:
972-2-5831371
Fax:
972-2-5835450
E-mail:
[email protected]
& Marketing
A first glimpse into the subversive culture of Settler youth who have
chosen to live a hippy life of recluse and separatism from the state of
Israel and its ideals after the Disengagement plan. A docu-comedy
with a hint of tragedy.
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Reds – Chronicle of a Struggle
‫אדומי כרוניקה של מאבק‬
Date of Release:
02-Jun-2008
Format:
Color, Video
Length:
50 min
Directed by Asaf Ben David, Moran Weissfisch
Subtitles:
Hebrew, English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Asaf Ben David
Address:
Sapir College
Tel:
972-8-6802787
Fax:
972-8-6801424
E-mail:
[email protected]
D.N Hof Ashkelon 79165
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
20 Bialik St
Tel Aviv 63324
Nati Garnai and his son, Erez, join the struggle of the fans of the
Hapoel Tel-Aviv basketball team against the decision of the Tel Aviv
municipality to tear down the Ussishkin Hall, their home. Just before
the ruling decision, the battle goes out of control until the unavoidable
explosion.
Tel:
972-52-36 333 98
Fax:
972-3-525 47 82
E-mail:
[email protected]
Lost in Tel Aviv
Year of Production: 2007/8
‫אבודי בתל אביב‬
Date of Release:
2009
Format:
Beta SP
Length:
48 min
Directed by Guy Dimet
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Netta Dimet
Address:
5 Sderot Ben Gurion St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-4-4756262
Fax:
972-3-5248098
E-mail:
[email protected]
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ANIMATED DOCUMENTRY. The movie documents three years in the
lives of a couple that decides to create an animation show for adults;
this decision comes shortly after they find themselves creditors of the
cable company. A journey that starts as a light adventure and a career
change soon becomes a dramatic change of events in their lives.
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PORTRAYALS OF THE OTHER
The Traffickers
‫הבלדרי‬
Date of Release:
Oct- 2008
Format:
DigiBeta\ Beta SP
Length:
58 min
Directed by Avida Livny
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Osnat Trabelsi
Address:
12 Tiomkin St.
Tel Aviv 65783
Tel:
972-4-6388201
Fax:
E-mail:
972-3-5600286
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
First Hand Films World Sales
Fritz Heeb – Weg 5
8050 Zürich Switzerland
Ossi lived in the countryside but dreamed of getting out. Joanna
wanted to study, but had to work hours just to keep a foothold in Tel
Aviv. Ofir realized he was going nowhere too long. Within months they
were behind bars for trafficking drugs. This is when their stories begin,
as does the film "THE TRAFFICKERS."
Tel:
41-44-312 2060
Fax:
41-44-312 2080
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Defamation
‫השמצה‬
Date of Release:
February, 2009
Format:
HD
Length:
93 min
Directed by Yoav Shamir
Original language: Hebrew, English, Russian
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Karoline Leth, Knus Ogris,
Sandra Itkoff,
Philippa Kowarsky
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Cinephil
Address:
18 Levontin st.
Tel:
972-3-5664129
Fax:
972-3-5601436
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv
What is anti-Semitism today, two generations after the Holocaust? In
his continuing exploration of modern Israel life, director Yoav Shamir
(Checkpoint, Flipping Out) travels in the world in search of the most
modern manifestation of the "oldest hatred", and comes up with some
startling answers.
Look Into My Eyes
‫אנטישמיות מתחת לפני השטח‬
Date of Release:
In progress
Directed by Naftaly Gliksberg
Format:
BetaSP
Length:
76 min
Original language: English
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Zafrir Kochanovsky, Miri
Ezra
Address:
255 Dizengof St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-3-5469222
Fax:
972-3-5469224
E-mail:
[email protected]
-----------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Go2Films
Address:
37/8 Issar Natanzon St.
Jerusalem 97787
Is Anti-Semitism a buzz word for all kinds of real or imagined slights?
Cinematographer Naftaly Gliksberg sets out to investigate current
opinion of Anti-Semitism and discovers some shocking and surprising
facts. Look Into My Eyes removes the mask of denial, showing it's
audience that Anti Semitism's existence might be disguised at times, but
it is, alertly, present.
Tel:
972-2-5831371
Fax:
972-2-5835450
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Long Distance
‫שיחת חו‬
Date of Release:
May-2009
Directed by Amikam Goldman
Format:
Video, color
Length:
62 min
Original language: Hebrew, English, Turkish,
Twi, Taglog
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yoav Roeh, Aurit Zamir
Address:
27 Balfour St.
Tel Aviv 65211
Tel:
972-3-6205194
Fax:
972-1533-6205194
E-mail:
[email protected]
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The film documents telephone conversations between immigrants
working in Israel and the loved ones they left back home. The film
reveals the stories of these long distance relationships, as out heroesKadir, Cynthia, Gener and Rosemarie- struggle to maintain intimacy,
love or parenthood in nearly impossible circumstances.
Gut Shabbes Vietnam
‫גוט שאבס ויטנא‬
Date of Release:
Oct-2008
Directed by Ido and Yael Zand
Format:
miniDV
Length:
52 min
Original language: Hebrew, English
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Zandoco Films
Address:
40 Hapalmach St.
Tel:
972-77-5008918
Fax:
972-77-5008918
E-mail:
[email protected]
Givataim
-----------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Ruth Disking Films Ltd.
Address:
5 Issachar St.
Tel:
972-2-6724256
Fax:
972-2-6724210
E-mail:
[email protected]
Jerusalem 93629
A clash of cultures and a smile of recognition are at the core of this
uplifting documentary. A young Israeli couple who are emissaries of the
Chabad Movement who are sent to Vietnam- on a one-way ticket- to
encourage and create a Jewish community in this Communist country.
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Romale
‫רומלה‬
Date of Release:
15-Nov-2008
Directed by Yoram Porath
Format:
Betacam Pal
Length:
69 min
Original language: Slovak, English
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yoram Porath
Light Exposure Productions
Address:
27 Halamed He St.
Tel:
972-5-44403638
E-mail:
[email protected]
Givatayim
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The Rudnany Gypsy community is segregated in a mine contaminated
by extremely toxic elements. Three youngsters are fighting to break free
the cycle of poverty, imprisonment and death. Romale is a cutting edge
document of individual dreams verses realities, and a poetic shout for
equality for the Romani People.
Refugees
‫פליטי‬
Date of Release:
Oct-2008
Directed by Shai Carmeli-Polak
Format:
Beta
Length:
52 min
55
Original language: Hebrew, Arabic, English
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Zafrir Kochanovsky, Miri Ezra
Address:
255 B Dizengof St.
TTV Productions
Tel Aviv 63117
Tel:
972-3-5469222
Fax:
972-3-5469224
E-mail:
[email protected]
Distributor:
Ruth Disking Films Ltd.
Address:
5 Issachar St.
Jerusalem 93629
During 2007 a wave of African refugees crossed the border into Israel.
Crossing the desert on foot, these desperate refugees attempt to reach
safety. But Israel is not just any country- and it's own past as a haven for
refugees from war torn Europe is no simple matter.
The fate of these refugees, many from Darfur is at heart of this important
documentary.
Tel:
972-2-6724256
Fax:
972-2-6724210
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Kashmir
‫קשמיר‬
Year of Production:
2009
Date of Release:
Feb-2009
Directed by Udi Aloni
Format:
Video
Length:
72 min
Original language:
Kashmiri, Urdu,
English
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Sarah Kamens,
Udi Aloni, Rafi Cohen
Dig the Movie LLC
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Cinephil
Address:
18 Levontin St.
Tel Aviv
The story of the new generation of young Muslim Kashmiris who
after years of armed resistance decide to put down their weapons
and start a nonviolent movement in the hope for peace and
independence. They strive for a renaissance of the Kashmiri
tradition of religious and ethnic coexistence, Inspired by the Sufi
culture.
Tel:
972-3-5664129
Fax:
972-3-5601436
E-mail:
[email protected]
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King Lati the First
‫המל לאטי הראשו‬
Directed by Uri Bar On
Date of Release:
May-2009
Format:
Video
Length:
73 min
Original language: Hebrew, Wolof, Russian, English
and serer
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Kobi Tzaig and Uri Bar On
Address:
P.O Box 23510
Tel-aviv 61234
Tel:
972-52-2495245
Fax:
972-77-7170122
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Cinephil
Address:
18 Levontin St.
Tel Aviv
Lati is only eight years old, but he already has a heavy load on his
shoulders. Born in Tel Aviv to a Senegalese father and a Belarusian
mother, he is heir to the throne of a Senegalese tribe. He is now
about to travel to his kingdom for the first time where over one
million of his subjects await his return.
Tel:
972-3-5664129
Fax:
972-3-5601436
E-mail:
[email protected]
THE FACE OF HER REALITY
Lady Kul El Arab
‫ליידי קול אל ערב‬
Date of Release:
Jul-2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
56 min
Directed by Ibtisam Mara'ana
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Barak Heymann,
Timna Goldstein Hattav
Heymann Brothers Films
Address:
2 Barzilay St.
Tel:
972-3-5602701
Fax:
972-3-5604082
Tel Aviv 65113
--------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
5 Issachar St.
Jerusalem 93629
Angelina, the first Druze woman to attempt significant steps into the
Israeli fashion world, finds herself in the middle of a complicated
conflict in which the tradition and values of her society clash with her
brave efforts to choose her own way in life. A moving story of a family
caught between cultures.
Tel:
972-2-6724256
Fax:
972-2-6724210
E-mail:
[email protected]
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The Way Up
‫בדר למעלה‬
Directed by Shiri Berkowitz
Date of Release:
Jun-2009
Format:
DigiBeta
Length:
52 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Claudia Levin
Claudiusfilms.com
Address:
11A Shapira Tzvi St.
Tel Aviv 64358
Tel:
972-52-2385334
Fax:
972-3-6294665
E-mail: [email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------
THE WAY UP is the humane story of a street girl's struggle for survival
against all the odds, held by the dream of her true family. Alone in the
world, she teaches herself how to survive and searches for ways to
evaporate the loneliness. Through Lian's story, the cruel world of
today's street kids is revealed.
Stretch Marks
‫סימני מתיחה‬
Date of Release:
08-May-2009
Format:
Beta
Length:
67 min
Directed by Zohar Wagner
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Zohar Wagner
Address:
3 Smats Blv.
Tel:
972-52-2295528
Fax:
972-3-6055023
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv
-------------------------------------------------------------
A highly revealing self documentation which follows a pregnant, single,
performance artist, into the club, the living room, the bedroom and
even beyond…
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9 Years Later
‫ שני‬9 ‫כעבור‬
Date of Release:
May-2009
Format:
DVCAM
Length:
68 min
Directed by Yifat Kedar & Sari Ezouz
Original language: Hebrew, Moroccan
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Edna & Elinor Kowarsky
Address:
84 Arlozorov st.
Tel:
972-3-5273403
Fax:
972-3-5236076
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv, 62647
-------------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Eden Productions
Address:
84 Arlozorov st.
Tel:
972-3-5273403
Fax:
972-3-5236076
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv, 62647
Danielle, a Jew who grew up as a Muslim in Morocco, struggles for the
right to bring up her son. Nine years after she was forced to leave him,
she returns to Morocco to fight for custody. She sets off, apprehensive
about the meeting with her Muslim family, and the difficulties she
expects to face due to local law. To her surprise, she finds that the real
difficulties come from the society in which she lives, the Jewish one.
‫כלות המדבר‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
Video
Length:
90 min
Directed by Ada Ushpiz
Original language: Arabic, Hebrew
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Ada Ushpiz
AU Productions
Address:
56 Maagal St.
Hod Hasharon
Tel:
050-8187303
050-7333019
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Hedva Goldschmidt.
Address:
37/8 Isar Natanzon St.
Jerusalem
Tel:
972-2-5831371
Miriam El Kwader, a Bedouin wedding photographer and mother of
Fax:
972-2-5835450
seven, living in an unknown and neglected Negev village, reveals
E-mail:
[email protected]
through her camera lens, the world of Bedouin weddings; the most
distressing issue revealed is polygamy. This is the story of three,
relatively educated and independent women, trying to survive, each in
their own way in their world – a life of polygamy.
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Shining Stars
‫כוכבי נוצצי‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
76 min
Directed by Yael Kipper
Original language: Hebrew, French, Yiddish
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yael Kipper
Address:
23 Komemyot St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-52-8870538
E-mail:
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Go2FilmsDistribution
Address:
37/8 Natanzon Issar St.
Jerusalem 97787
"Maytal", the first film, was filmed shortly after the terrorist attack at
Dizengoff Center in 1996. Nine years later, I've resumed my
documentation of Maytal at a point at which her life will once again
undergo dramatic change. After years on her own, she decides to
commence fertility treatments and to have a child as a single mother.
Tel:
972-2-5831371
Fax:
972-2-5835450
E-mail:
[email protected]
Play Me Allegro
‫נגנו לי אלגרו‬
Date of Release:
21-Oct-2008
Format:
DVCAM
Length:
52 min
Directed by Alon Alsheich
65
Original language: Hebrew, Russian, Arabic
Subtitles:
English / French / Hebrew
------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Alon Alsheich & Eran Yehezkel
Armadil Video
Address:
28 Nir Israel St.
79505
Tel:
972-54-2050282
Fax:
972 8 6756162
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
J.M.T Films- Michael Treves
Address:
20 Bialik St.
Tel Aviv
4km from Gaza, kibbutz Nir-Am is located on the border between
Israel & the Palestinian Authority. In spite of Israeli missiles &
helicopters soaring above their heads, and Palestinian rockets falling
in their yard, Julia, a Russian immigrant, and her 5 years old daughter,
choose not to give up.
Tel:
972-3-5254782
Fax:
972-52-3633398
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Brides of Allah
‫שאהידיה‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
DigiBeta
Length:
77 min
Directed by Natalie Assouline
Original language: Arabic, Hebrew
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Talia Kleinhendler,
Ayelet Ephrati
Address:
18 Yossef Karro St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-3-5280836
Fax:
972-3-6205131
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Esther Van Messel
First Hand Films
Address:
This is a world which exists only behind the prison walls, where a
lullaby whispered lovingly in a baby's ear echoes with the sting of
hatred, where compassion and cold blooded disdain live closely
together, and where empowerment grows from the depths of
despair.
Tel:
41-44-3122060
Fax:
41-44-3122080
E-mail:
[email protected]
UNTOLD STORIES
Voices from El-Saved
‫שבלול במדבר‬
Date of Release:
Oct-2008
Format:
Beta Digital
Length:
73/58 min
Directed by Oded Adomi Leshem
68
Original language: Hebrew, Arabic, Sign Language
Subtitles:
Arabic and Hebrew / English
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Itay Ken Tor & Liran Atzmor
Belfilms
Address:
20 Ben Avigdor St.
Tel Aviv 67218
Tel:
972-3-6240780
Fax:
972-3-6240781
E-mail:
[email protected]
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Esther Van Messel
First Hand Films
Address:
The Bedouin village of El-Said has the largest percentage of deaf people
Tel:
41-44-3122060
in the world. The film unfolds the story of Muhamad, the first deaf child in
Fax:
41-44-3122080
El-Said who struggles to become a hearing person using the new
"Cochlear Implant" technology. This modern device, interfering with god's
will, is controversial within his conservative Muslim community.
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Fog
‫ערפל‬
Date of Release:
Jul-2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
57 min
Directed by Rafik Halabi
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Osama & Rafik Halabi
Address:
P.O.B 6667, Carmel City
Tel:
972-4-8394888
E-mail:
[email protected]
30056, Israel
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
5 Issachar St.
Jerusalem
The quest to unravel the fate of missing soldier Mu'in Halabi. Veteran
newsman, Rafik Halabi set out on a journey into time, memory, the
Druze religion and harsh Israeli realities in an attempt to uncover what
lies behind the multi-layered story or, more directly, whether Mu'in is
alive.
Tel:
972-2-6724245
Fax:
972-2-6724210
E-mail:
[email protected]
Holy Fire
‫אחד קילומטר מרובע‬
Directed by
Yoram Sabo
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
Digital Video
Length:
52 min
70
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yoram Sabo
Shnaim Productions
Address:
248 Hazait St.
Matta 99870
Tel:
972-50-8660860
Fax:
972-2-5704456
E-mail:
[email protected]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Cinephil
Address:
18 Levontin St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-3-5664129
The story of “Wings” theatre group’s actors, who meet every
Fax:
972-3-5601436
Tuesday at five, to work on the play “Silver Spoon.” Parallel to
E-mail:
[email protected]
their work on the play, the audience is acquainted to the actors’
dreams, love affairs, and qualms as actors, who, in addition to
their attributes, are also mentally-challenged.
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Tuesdays at Five
‫כל שלישי בחמש‬
Date of Release:
May-2009
Format:
DVDCAM
Directed by Zohar Behrendt
Length:
60 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Zohar Behrendt
Address:
20 Hess St.
Tel:
972-72- 2121671
Tel Aviv 63324l
972-5-3800280
E-mail:
A Jew dreaming of resurrecting the temple dares to pray on Temple
mount, in spite of the ban by police. A Greek Patriarch and an
Armenian Bishop confront each other over who will exit first the tomb
at the Holy Sepulcher. At the doorway of a Moslem store a murder
has been committed. Between all these people walks, the commander
of the Old city police force feels like a nanny.
[email protected]
‫הנערי מלבנו‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
DVDCAM
Length:
51 min
Directed by Ohad Ofaz
72
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Itay Ken-Tor
Shvil Track Filmmmaking
Tel:
972-52-2834077
E-mail:
[email protected]
-------------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Go2films – Hedva Goldschmidt
Address:
37/8 Issar Natanzon St
Jerusalem, 97787
The South Lebanese Army (SLA) collapsed in May 2000 and its
men fled in fear of Hezbollah to Israel. The film tells the story of
the SLA refugees in Israel through two sons of a veteran SLA
soldier. Pierre reconnects with his roots and memories through
Lebanese music while Masuod fights to recover the SLA’s lost
pride on the basketball court.
Tel:
972-2-5831371
Fax:
972-2-5815450
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Diplomat
‫דיפלומט‬
Date of Release:
Sep-2009
Directed by Dana Goren
Format:
Video
Length:
79 min
Original language: Russian
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
Original language: Russian
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
------------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
July August Productions
Address:
8 Geula St.
Tel Aviv 63304
A luxurious hotel turned absorption center, a place where time has come to a
standstill. This is the story of veteran immigrants of the former Soviet Union,
residing at the Diplomat Hotel in Jerusalem. These people, who came to
Israel in search of a new home, have ended up permanently living in a hotel.
More than 600 Diplomat residents live among us as strangers, this is their
Tel:
972-3-5100223
Fax:
972-3-5100184
E-mail:
[email protected]
Nuran
‫נורא‬
Date of Release:
Jul-2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
51 min
Directed by Amikam Shossberger
74
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
David Mandil, Nurit Kedar
Movie Plus Productions TA
Address:
34 Allenby St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-3-5164373
Fax:
972-3-5164898
E-mail:
[email protected]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
5 Issachar St.
Jerusalem
Nuran was eight years old when she was kidnapped from her
doorstep inside the Palestinian Authority and into the state of
Israel. In the years since her kidnapping her parents have been
staging a desperate, life-threatening, Kafkaesque search; forced
to deal with the hurdles thrown at them by the IDF and the Israeli
police.
Tel:
972-2-6724256
Fax:
972-2-6724210
E-mail:
[email protected]
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The Tale of Nicolai & the Law of Return
‫האגדה על ניקולאי וחוק השבות‬
Date of Release:
Jul-2009
Format:
DVCAM
Length:
54 min
Directed by David Ofek
Original language: Hebrew, Romanian
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Edna & Elinor Kowarsky
Address:
84 Arlozorov st.
Tel:
972-3-5273403
Tel Aviv, 62647
972-3-5236076
E-mail:
[email protected]
- -----------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Eden Productions
Address:
84 Arlozorov st.
Tel:
972-3-5273403
Fax:
972-3-5236076
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv, 62647
With humor and irony, in a style of a tale, using an original mix genre
language, the film tells the story of a Romanian worker who realizes
his Jewish roots can spin his fortune wheel around as his Palestinian
friends reveal to him the amazing advantages of a Jewish
grandmother.
The Dream Weavers
‫תופרי החלומות‬
Date of Release:
18.10.08
Format:
Beta PAL
Length:
58 min
Directed by Eyal Tsarfaty
76
Subtitles:
Hebrew, English
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Zafrir Kochanovsky, Miri Ezra
Address:
255 B Dizengoff St.
Tel Aviv 63117
Tel:
972 3 5469222
Fax:
972 3 5469224
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
TTV Productions Ltd.
Address:
255 B Dizengoff St.
Tel Aviv 63117
Tel:
972 3 5469222
The film takes a look at the "Psagot" school in Migdal Haemek in
Fax:
972 3 5469224
the north of Israel. The school is enclosed by a fence, two meters
E-mail:
[email protected]
high, affording protection for, and perhaps from, the boys within.
The hairsbreadth between loss and success often depends on
one small initiative.
FAMILY TIES
‫החברה הכי גרועה בעול‬
Date of Release:
Jun/Jul-2009
Format:
Video
Length:
50 min
Directed by Regev Contes
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Eilon Ratzkovsky
Address:
8 Geula St.
Tel Aviv 63304
Tel:
972-3-5100223
Fax:
972-3-5100184
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
July August Productions
Address:
8 Geula St.
Tel Aviv 63304
This is a documentary about the 3 clumsy workers of a small family
insurance agency. They are all in their late 50`s, chubby bold, bearded
with massive glasses, and though they are kind, easy going, sensitive
and broad minded gentlemen, they know nothing about business and
are on a verge of bankruptcy in any aspect of life.
Tel:
972-3-5100223
Fax:
972-3-5100184
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Tell Me Mom
‫ תגידי‬,‫אמא‬
Date of Release:
09-May-2009
Format:
DV
Length:
56 min
Directed by Orna Ben Dor and Ami Teyer
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Mor Tregger Delarya
Address:
12 Hakessem Street
Hertzelia, 46100
Tel:
972-52-2605023
Fax:
972-9-9595429
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
United Studios, Israel
Address:
12 Hakessem Street
Hertzelia, 46100
Tel:
972-52-2605023
Relationships between mothers and daughters are a complex and
Fax:
972-9-9595429
painful tapestry. For me, a mother is a place that has no grip in reality.
E-mail:
[email protected]
All of my wounds begin with this basic sense of disappointment. My
therapist told me to try dealing with my mother's burdensome image by
making a film about her. “It is the only way that you will be able to
create distance that will enable you to see her separately,” she said.
I’m doing just that in the film “Tell Me, Mom.”
Escapeland
‫אסקיפלנד‬
Date of Release:
Oct-2008
Format:
Beta SP
Length:
49 min
Directed by Oren Tirosh
80
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yoam Ivry
Address:
2 Hatas St.
Givataim
Tel:
972-52-2642787
Fax:
972-3-7311267
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Cinemax Prod.
Address:
2 Hatas St.
Givataim
Tel:
972-3-7311267
"Escapeland" follows a love story against all-odds between Eshel, a
Fax:
972-3-7311267
young Israeli woman from a Kibbutz, and Adel, a Sudanese Muslim,
E-mail:
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who is not allowed entry to Israel. The couple has two children, and for
years now Eshel is forced to constantly travel between a remote beach
in Egypt where Adel and her mother's home in Kibbutz Ein-Shemer.
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It is written in your I.D that I am your father
‫ שאני אבא של‬.‫ז‬.‫רשו ל בת‬
Date of Release:
Directed by Matan Yair
Format:
Length:
Oct-2008
45 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Matan Yair
Pika Productions
Address:
Ascher Barasch 5
rd
3 Entrance Tel Aviv
Tel:
972545408075
E-mail:
[email protected]
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His name is Mordechi, he has three children but has no connection
with them and he doesn’t miss them “because they all exist”. The film
describes how despite the deep rift, an opportunity for an encounter
has been created .
Missing Father
‫געגועי לאבא‬
Date of Release:
14-May-2009
Format:
Video, color
Length:
86 min
Directed by Yair Elazar
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yair Elazar
Address:
14 Be'er Tuvia St.
Tel Aviv 64583
Tel:
972-50-5343439
Fax:
972-3-5271494
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Yair, the son of Lieutenant General David Elazar attempts to penetrate
the web of myths shrouding his father's memory. He wants to stop
living in his shadow, and to overcome his anger at him. After spending
many months with his father in the editing room, Yair finally gets to
know him, thirty years after his death.
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The House on Tabenkin Street
‫הבית ברחוב טבנקי‬
Date of Release:
17-Jul-2008
Directed by Liviu Carmeli
Format:
DigiBeta
Length:
85 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yariv Mozer
Address:
80 Nordau Blvd.
Tel:
972-3-6021914
Fax:
972-3-6044515
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv 62381
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Mozer Films Ltd.
Address:
80 Nordau Blvd.
Tel:
972-3-6021914
Fax:
972-3-6044515
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv 62381
While Israel awakens to a period wrought with destruction, a father
picks up a camera and starts documenting the construction of a
building, alongside the growth of his son, as he delves into memories
of the childhood he never had, while trying to build new meaning of the
word 'home'.
‫מסדר לסדר‬
Date of Release:
15-Oct-2009
Format:
DigiBeta
Directed by Sharon Levy
Length:
58 min
84
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yariv Mozer
Address:
80 Nordau St.
Tel Aviv 62381
Tel:
972-3-6021914
Fax:
972-3-6044515
E-mail:
[email protected]
-------------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Mozer Films Ltd.
Address:
80 Nordau Blvd.
Tel Aviv 62381
Documentation from Sharon's point of view, one of the daughters' of
Tel:
972-3-6021914
a family dealing with the discovery that the father has terminal
Fax:
972-3-6044515
cancer. The story takes place from one Seder night to the next and
E-mail:
[email protected]
documents five adult siblings who return to the family's home to part
with their dying father.
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A Refusenik's Mother
‫אמא של סרב‬
Date of Release:
Oct-2008
Directed by Ori Ben Dov
Format:
Video
Length:
50 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Hilel Nave, Ravid Bira
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Cinephil
Address:
18 Levontin St.
Tel Aviv
In Israel Military service is obligatory for all 18 year olds. Refusing to
enlist is punishable by imprisonment in a military prison. Marit's son
decided to become a conscience refusnik despite her approval.
Tel:
972 3 5664129
Fax:
972 3 5601436
E-mail:
[email protected]
Lullaby
‫שיר ערש‬
Date of Release:
02-Jun-2008
Format:
Video, color
Length:
50 min
Directed by Natalie Haziza
86
Original language: English, Hebrew, Northern Sotho
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Natalie Haziza, Yoel Ode
Address:
Sapir College,
The Film &Television School,
Hof Ashkelon 79165
Tel:
972-8-6802787
Fax:
972-8-6801424
E-mail:
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
J.M.T. Films Distribution
Address:
20 Bialik St.,
Tel Aviv 63324
Lullaby is about my two mothers. I am accompanying on their journeys
Tel:
972-52-36 333 98
in South Africa and embarking on a journey of my own, to recapture
Fax:
972-3-525 47 82
my childhood memories, so that I can discover the meaning of
E-mail:
[email protected]
motherhood .
THE INNER TOUR
The Prisoner
‫האסיר‬
Date of Release:
2009
Format:
HD
Length:
95 min
Directed by Asaf Sudry
Original language:
Russian, Hebrew, Polish
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
88
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Asaf Sudry
Address:
Bialik st # 6 ap #3
Tel Aviv
Benjamin, a sixty years old prisoner going out of jail to find out his
family giving him a cold shoulder. Alone in his dark shelter he is trying
to survive when suddenly a massage of possible love arrives.
Tel:
972-52-3752938
Fax:
972-77-2002979
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Unmistaken child
‫הגלגול‬
Date of Release:
2008
Directed by Nati Baratz
Format:
Film and Video
Length:
104 min
Original language: English, Tibetan,
Nepali & Hindi,
Taiwanese
Subtitles: English, Tibetan, Nepali & Hindi,
Taiwanese
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Ilil Alexander, Arik Bernstein,
Nati Baratz
Samsara Films
Address:
4 Herman Cohen St
Tel-Aviv, 64385
Tel:
972-3-5224061
Fax:
972-3-5224826
------------------------------------------------------------Declared the greatest Tibetan master of our time, Lama Konchog
Distributor:
Fortissimo Films
passed away in 2001, at the age of 84. In this visually stunning,
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emotionally gripping documentary, shot over the course of four
Amsterdam, Netherlands
years, Lama Konchog’s shy and devoted disciple, Tenzin Zopa,
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31-20-6273215
must search for his master’s reincarnation – an “unmistaken child” –
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and successfully remove him from his parents’ care.
Ida's Dance club
90
‫המועדו של אידה‬
Date of Release:
2009
Directed by Dalin Kimor
Format:
Beta SP
Length:
59 min
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yael Shavit, Dalit Kimor
Anu Banu
Address:
16 Hanarkisim St.
Ramat Gan
Tel:
972-52-3851261
972-52-2344091
Fax:
972-77-2002979
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Once a year in Ida's club, a ballroom dancing competition takes place. All
the competitors are way past retirement age, but that doesn’t stop them
from dancing and singing, to falling in love and being disappointed. The
magical atmosphere of the club and the ballroom dancing, gives them
the strength to overcome the ravages of time, the health problems and
the difficult memories.
91
Z32
Z32
Directed by Avi Mograbi
Date of Release:
30-Aug-2008
Format:
35mm
Length:
81 min
Subtitles:
English, French,
Arabic, Italian
--------------------------------------------------Producer:
Serge Lalou,
Avi Mograbi
Les Films d'Ici
Address:
5 Bilu Street
Tel Aviv 65222
Tel:
E-mail:
972-54-5875975
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
DOC&FILM
INTERNATIONAL
Address:
An Israeli ex-soldier who participated in a revenge operation where
13 rue Portefoin
75003 Paris
two Palestinians were murdered seeks forgiveness. His girlfriend
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33-1-42775687
raises issues he is yet not ready to address. While the filmmaker
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33-1-42773656
keeps looking for the proper solution for concealing the soldier's
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[email protected]
identity he questions his own political and artistic conduct.
Obsession
‫אובססיה‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
52 min
Directed by Ohad Milstein
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Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Ohad Milstein
Address:
47 Shalom Alechem St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-54-4614262
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distibutorr:
Ruth Diskin Film Ltd
Address:
P.O.Box 7153
91071, Jerusalem
Obsession is a formalist documentary film, which intends to examine
the clear concept of obsessive sensation. The film will dig a
subterranean-inner consciousness tunnel via the different kinds of
obsessions; obsession with love, obsession with death, food,
knowledge, money, sex, control, exposure, cleaning, fame.
Tel:
972-2-6724256
Fax:
972-2-6724210
E-mail:
[email protected]
93
Por El Flamenco
‫בשביל הפלמנקו‬
Directed by sehm Shemy
Date of Release:
Jul-2009
Format:
miniDV
Length:
52 min
Original language: Spanish
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------Producer:
Shem Shemy
Address:
35 Homat Hzlapim
Ein Karem, Jerusalem
Tel:
972-2-6414044
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Ruth Diskin Film Ltd.
Address:
5 Issachar St.
Jerusalem 93629
The journey of a loving Israeli couple into the depth of the
flamenco scene in Spain, becomes the personal journey of one
man to the roots of his own sadness. His encounter with an Israeli
flamenco guitarist sparks the beginning of the shared journey into
the heart of gypsy flamenco culture.
Tel:
972-2-6724256
Fax:
972-2-6724210
E-mail:
[email protected]
Brainstorm
94
‫בעול אחר אי מילי‬
Date of Release:
Jul- 2008
Directed by Yael Reich & Itai Lev
Format:
Beta Analog, DigiBeta, DVD
Length:
56 min
Subtitles:
English, English Narration
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Nitza Gonen
Gon Productions Ltd
Address:
15, Liesin St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-3-6915614
Fax:
972-3-6953787
E-mail:
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Esther Van Messel
First hand films
Address:
A cruel car accident caused Eilon Reich, an Israeli success story,
severe head injury. After his wife leaves him, he decides, against all
odds, to continue the rehabilitation on his own and begins to paint in
search for the things he lost. Yael, his sister, takes part in the process,
sometimes from overseas in her travels as an international Model.
Fritz Heeb – Weg
58050 Zurich Switzerland
Tel:
41-44-3122060
Fax:
41-44-3122080
E-mail:
[email protected]
95
Christmas in Israel
‫חג מולד בערד‬
Directed by Liviu Babitz
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
DV
Length:
46 min
Subtitles:
Hebrew, English
--------------------------------------------------Producer:
Liviu Babitz
Tel:
054-2151050
E-mail:
[email protected]
-------------------------------------------------------------
My name is Liviu Babitz. I was born in Romania. I immigrated to a
place where everybody is the same, Jews. As not being Jewish, I
knew that being different is something that I will have to deal with if I
ever want to really feel in Israel at home. A quick journey to
Romania made me understand that there, between the ruins of a
communist society there is no place I can feel at home.
ALMOST
‫כמעט‬
Date of Release:
Nov-2008
Directed by Michal Kaphra
Format:
DV
Length:
60 min
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Michal Kaphra
---------------------------------------------------------Address:
3 Yavne St.
Tel Aviv 65791
She’d read in a book that someone in Uganda wrote on a wall: “If you
don’t live on the edge of an abyss, you’re wasting space on earth
."She didn’t know she would abandon the words. She didn’t know she
would go to Africa. She didn’t know she would stand that test of waste.
In the cinematic unique language that challenge the norms of telling a
story , exits a woman with a camera to an intimate trip across
continents, only wishes to live. Almost live.
Tel:
972-3-5252716
E-mail:
[email protected]
96
LARGER THAN LIFE
Amos Oz - The Nature of Dreams
‫פני צרובי חמה‬
‫עמוס עוז‬
Directed by Yonatan & Masha Zur
Date of Release:
May-2009
Format:
Digi Beta
Length:
75 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yonatan Zur -YM Films
Address:
8/6 Rashi st. Tel Aviv
63294, Israel
Tel:
972-3-6290224
Fax:
972-3-6290224
E-mail:
[email protected]
----------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Cinephil
Address:
18 Levontin st. Tel Aviv
65112, Israel
Tel:
972-3-5664129
A film about Israeli author Amos Oz ,primarily through his
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972-3-5601436
autobiographical book A Tale of Love and Darkness. It follows different
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aspects in Oz's personality - biographical, literary ,political, and
philosophical. The film presents the Israeli narrative as
reflected through his literary gaze and exposes his love - hate
relationship.
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99
Dubak – A Palestinian Jew
‫דובאק – פלסטינאי יהודי‬
Date of Release:
Oct-2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
60 min
Directed by Ella Alterman
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yehuda Bitton
E.Y.Production
Address:
12 Mevo Harimon St
Har Adar 90836, Israel
Tel:
972-2-5345797
Fax:
972-2-5336420
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
5 Issachar Street
Jerusalem 93629, Israel
We follow an extraordinary individual whose life is thoroughly
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972-2-6724256
intertwined with the land. Dubak is an exceptional personality in
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972-2-6724210
the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank. This territory is where
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Dubak lives and where he has created a unique way in which to
justify his presence there.
One Eye Wide Open
‫רק בעי אחת‬
Date of Release:
2009
Directed by Aner Preminger, Ami Drozd
Format:
Beta
Length:
52 min
100
Original language: Hebrew, English, Arabic
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Aner Preminger, Ami
Drozd - Poreh Productions
Address:
7 Nevew Shaanan St.
Tel:
972-2-6795751
Fax:
972-2-6795731
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
20 Bialik St
The film follows Israeli Artist Zvi Lachman, during the years 19982008. Lachman's art is shaped by the tension between a liberal,
secular worldview and between the religious roots of culture; between
Israeli and Jewish identity; between a universal and international
consciousness and the demands of a local identity.
Tel:
972-52-3633398
Fax:
972-3-5254782
E-mail:
[email protected]
101 Mr. Holocaust
‫מר שואה‬
Directed by Roy Wrestler, Guy Zion
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
Video, Beta
Length:
48 min
Subtitles:
English
--------------------------------------------Producer:
Udi Kalinsky , Roy
Westler, Guy Zion
Tel:
972-50-4321102
Fax:
972-3-6448368
E-mail:
[email protected]
-------------------------------------------------------------
Every two months, Amir Heshin embarks on a demanding mission
during which he guides thousands of Israeli youths through the polish
death camps. In his home, Amir created a shrine for the holocaust, all
in order to create moving experiences in Poland, the likes of which the
children will never forget.
Yebi
Year of Production: 2008-2009
‫יבי‬
Date of Release:
May-2009
Format:
Digital Beta
Length:
52 min
Directed by Zvi Shisel
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Pinchas Ben Yehuda, Zvi
Shisel
Address:
6 Bar Kochva st. Tel Aviv,
Tel:
972-50-5647891
E-mail:
[email protected]
Israel
-------------------------------------------------------------
Yebi, an often drunken street poet who fought against injustice
and focused on the love of fellow man and country, and whose life
was intertwined with the lives of central figures in the Israeli
cultural scene. Yet, he remained a puzzle, as almost none of his
friends knew where he lived.
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103 Mr. Israel - Shimon Peres
‫שמעו פרס‬
Date of Release:
2008
Directed by Willy Lindwer
Format:
BetaCam
Length:
52 min
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Willy Lindwer, Carl Perkal
Terra Film Productions
Jerusalem & AVA
----------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Willy Lindwer
Address:
19 Reuven Shari St.
Jerusalem, Israel
Tel:
E-mail:
Mr. Israel, The Shimon Peres Story tells the compelling history of the
State of Israel through the eyes of Israel’s octogenarian president
who has been forging Israel’s destiny since its founding in 1948.
972-54-232 2214
[email protected]
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105
‫התעלומה במכולת הירוקה‬
Date of Release:
08-Jul-2009
Directed by Tal Haim Yoffe
Format:
Video
Length:
50 min
Original language:
English
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Tal Haim Yoffe
Address:
33 Hpodim St.
Ramat Gan 52566
Tel:
972-54-8188853
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Cinephil
A detective like search is launched when the director encounters some
very old photographs and documents in a dumpster near his home in
southern Tel Aviv. The photos sparked his imagination and set him off on
a humorous, personal and touching journey to search for the owner’s
identity, discover their story and bring them back from oblivion.
Address:
18 Levontin St.
Tel:
972-3-5664129
Fax:
972-3-5601436
E-mail:
[email protected]
106
Pizza in Auschwitz
‫פיצה באושווי‬
Date of Release:
Oct-2008
Format:
DigiBeta / Beta SP
Length:
65 min
Directed by Moshe Zimerman
Original language: Hebrew, Polish,
Lithuanian, English
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Osnat Trabelsi
Trabelsi Productions
Address:
12 Tiomkin St.
Tel Aviv 65783
Tel:
972-3-5600398
Fax:
972-3-5600286
-------------------------------------------------------------
PIZZA in AUSCHWITZ is a wild expedition into the Holocaust. It
exposes the experiences of the children-of-survivors, those who are
survivors themselves, albeit it of another kind. As Miri puts it in the film:
“I guess there’s no such a thing as a Holocaust survivor.”
107 My Sister Tikva
‫אחותי תקוה‬
Directed by Vered Berman
Date of Release:
2009
Format:
Video Color
Length:
53 min
Subtitles:
English
--------------------------------------------Producer:
Dina Kahanovitz
6 Hafakot
Address:
4 Zemach St
Tel:
972-2-6438124
Fax:
972-2-6438124
E-mail:
[email protected]
Jerusalem
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Vered Berman
Address:
4 Shlomo Zemach St
Jerusalem
MY SISTER TIKVA The film follows Professor Yair Tauman, as he
attempts to reconcile a traumatic memory; the day his sister Tikva left
for America and was told she is not his sister. Tikva was born in
Kovno, saved by a Lithuanian family, lived in Israel with her family,
until she was sent to America without understanding.
Tel:
972-2-6438011
Fax:
972-2-6438124
E-mail:
[email protected]
Come Mother
(‫אז'י איימה )בואי אמא‬
Date of Release:
15-May-2009
Format:
HDV
Length:
77 min
Directed by Sami Shalom Chetrit
Original language: Hebrew &
Moroccan Arabic
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Haim Buzaglo
Address:
31 Karlibach,
Tel-Aviv 67132
Tel:
972-3-5618881
Fax:
972-3-5618823
-------------------------------------------------------------
The story of this film is the journey of Yakut (Pearl in Arabic), the
filmmaker’s mother, to the reunite with her classmates (girlfriends)
from the elementary school Alliance in Morocco, 60 years ago. It’s a
story of transition, social survival and also of faith, optimism and
dignity, told by Moroccan woman of the first generation of immigration
to Israel.
108
109 Displaced
‫החול והי‬
Directed by Yael Kipper, Ronen zaretzky
Date of Release:
May-2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
76 min
Original language: Hebrew, France, Yiddish
Subtitles:
English, France, German
---------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yael Kipper, Ronen zaretzky
Address
23 Komemyut St.
Tel:
972-52-8870538
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Go2Films
Address:
Jerusalem, 97787
This is a film about the reunification of two heroes. 2 men from vastly
different worlds who met at one fateful moment in the history. One – the
24 year old captain of the Exodus ship – IKE AHARONOVICH,
alongside him a 23 year old refugee – a gifted speaker – MORDECHAI
ROZMAN
Tel:
972-2-5831371
Fax:
972-2-5835450
E-mail:
[email protected]
110
Lake 68
68 ‫אג‬
Date of Release:
15-Jul-2008
Directed by Irit Shamgar
Format:
HD CAM
Length:
59 min
Original language: Polish, Hebrew
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
----------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Transfax Film Productions
Address:
3 Yagia Kapayim St.
Tel:
972-3-6871202
Fax:
972-3-6871499
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv
-
-----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Marek Rozenbaum, Itai
Tamir, Irit Shamgar, Andrzej
Titkov
They come from Sweden, Denmark, France, Canada, USA,
Netherlands and Israel. All were born in Poland and expelled from
there in March 68'. Every summer they meet in a house in a small
village near a beautiful lake. This house belonged to the director's
late father and his second wife Irena.
111 Classmate of Anne Frank
‫חברי הכתה של אנה פרנק‬
Directed by Eyal Boers
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
DV Video
Length:
58 min
Original language: Duch, Hebrew, English
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Eyal Boers
Theora Design
Address:
10A Migdal Shorshan
St
Tel Aviv, 69015
Tel:
972-3-6474890
Fax:
972-3-6499878
E-mail
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
J.M.T Films- Michael Treves
20 Bialik St.
Tel Aviv, 63324
This moving and inspiring documentary is a gentle and personal
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972-3-5254782
exploration of how six former classmates of Anne Frank survived the
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Holocaust, and their memories of Anne Frank. Theo searched and
made contact with classmates' from Israel, Brazil and Holland. The film
follows their reunion, 65 years after they were
persecution.
separated by Nazi
Late Embrace
112
‫חיבוק מאוחר‬
Date of Release:
Dec-2006
Directed by Yehudit Shenhar & Aliza Eshed
Format:
Beta DVD
Length:
28 min
Original language: Hebrew & Polish
Subtitles:
English, Polish &
Hebrew
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yehudit Shenhar
Address:
18 Mavo Harari St.
Tel:
972-50-6910221
Fax:
972-2-5811662
Jerusalem
E-mail:
For sixty years Ester Roter tried not to think about the people,
thanks to whom she survived the Holocaust. In 2004 she decided to
try and locate them. The film follows Ester’s mixed feelings towards
her rescuers, the encounter between her and their family and the
special relationships that ensues.
[email protected]
113
‫המסע לפולי‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
Beta DVD
Directed by Yael Weksler
Length:
30min
Subtitles:
English
---------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yael Weksler
Address:
8 Hamapilim St.
Jerusalem
This was a group of intelligent, open-minded, feminist girls who were soon
to finish high school. The documentation became whole on the editing table
in a mother’s glance and hint of touch, in the weighty concept that is
motherhood. This term took on added meaning in some of the testimonials
from the solemn memories of the live witness son.
Tel:
972-54-4768010
E-mail:
[email protected]
114
Two Legacies
‫הירושות שלי‬
Directed by Einat Kapach
Date of Release:
16-Dec-2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
31:28 min
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Moshe Alfi
Alafim Productions
Address:
1 Haruv St.
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-52-2631128
E-mail:
[email protected]
Distributor:
Go2Films
Address:
Jerusalem, 97787
Before he died, Yosef gave his granddaughter Einat few papers
containing a secret he had guarded. The secret about theological war
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972-2-5831371
that split Yemenite Jewry. Einat decided to find out what happened,
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and how out of his loneliness, he rose to a world renowned name in
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Jewish philosophy.
115 Anna’s Silent Struggle
‫מאבקה השקט של אנה‬
Directed by Tom Linszen and Willy Lindwer
Date of Release:
Mar-2009
Format:
HDV
Length:
56 min
Original language: Dutch Sign Language
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Willy Lindwer
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
AVA Productions
Address:
19 Reuven Shari St.
Tel:
972-2-2322214
E-mail:
willy@ willylindwer.com
Jerusalem
Young deaf filmmaker Tom is in search of getting an answer to the
question of what happened to deaf Jews during the war, and how
some could survive the horrors of the Nazi persecution, despite the
seemingly insurmountable
burden of her handicap. Tom chances
upon the story of Anna, one of the very few deaf persons who survived
the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. The documentary is entirely filmed in
sign language and dubbed with English voices.
116
Have Will Have
‫היו ויהיו‬
Date of Release:
Apr-2008
Format:
Video, Color
Length:
72 min
Directed by Hanania Bear
Original language: English / German
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Hanania Bear
Hinnom
Address:
1 Haruv St.
Tel Aviv
An encounter, whose roots are in the dark age of the Holocaust, follows
a drawing exhibit of Jerusalem which takes place in Halberstadt, a small
town in Germany, where the artist's Grandparents lived till the National
Socialist party came to power. Now the desolate Family home is out for
grabs and the heirs must come to terms with a new reality.
Tel:
972-52-2631128
E-mail:
[email protected]
THE SOUL AND SCIENCE
Rabbi Firer- A Reason to Question
‫פירר‬
Date of Release:
Jul-2008
Format:
Video
Length:
58 min
Directed by Amit Goren
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Galia Bador, Amit Goren
E-mail:
[email protected]
----------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Cinephil
Address:
18 Levontin st. Tel Aviv
65112, Israel
About 150 patients a day seek an unbiased second opinion from an
unusual rabbi, self-educated in medicine. He can change the way the
patients are treated with a single phone call, often to world renowned
experts in their fields. Admired by some doctors and harshly criticized
by others, he remains a fascinating phenomenon in the tangled web of
modern medicine.
Tel:
972-3-5664129
Fax:
972-3-5601436
E-mail:
[email protected].
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119 True Moments
‫רגעי בחיי‬
Directed by Tzvika Vloch
Date of Release:
Nov-2008
Format:
Beta SP
Length:
7 Episodes X 30 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Tzvika Vloch - Tzvika
Vloch Productions
-------------------------------------------------------------
A unique documentary series filmed in four different hospitals in Israel
and Cyprus .This series follows eight patients and their families. In
every episode, we meet a new hero who is fighting for the most
important thing of all - a few more moments of life. During the course
of the filming, the originator of the series, Tzvika Vloch, developed
cancer and went from being the researcher to the case study .
Google Baby
‫גוגל בייבי‬
Directed by Zippi Brand Frank
Date of Release:
8-May-2009
Format:
Beta Digital
Length:
76 min
Original language: Hindu, English, Hebrew
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Zippi Brand Frank
Address:
53 David Hamelech st.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel:
972-3-5277522
Fax:
972-3-5291404
E-mail:
[email protected]
-------------------------------------------------------------
A journey across three continents which presents the impact of
globalization on baby production. With sperm from the U.S and eggs
purchased on the web, Embryo's are produced and shipped by air to
India where they are implanted into the wombs of local surrogates
under the care of Dr. Patel where the babies will be delivered to its
new parents 9 months later.
120
121 Cross Roads
‫צומת דרכי‬
Directed by Anat Pinhasy
Date of Release:
2009
Format:
Digital Beta
Length:
3 Episodes x 48 Min.
Subtitles:
English
--------------------------------------------Producer:
Naama Pyritz - Pyritz
Productions
Address:
41 Baalei Melacha St.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel:
972-52-2443078
E-mail:
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------
Three strangers go out on a journey across Israel in search of a
personal and ecological change. On the road they meet with
inspirational people from all walks of life who’ve gone “green.”
Through their encounters they discover answers to questions they
didn’t quite realize they went out to seek.
The Liquid of Life
‫נוזל החיי‬
Date of Release:
Oct-2008
Format:
Digi Beta
Length:
50 min
Directed by Pini Schatz
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Yael Shavit - Anu Banu
Productions
Address:
64 Arlozorov st.
Tel:
972-3-5283253
Fax:
972-3-5283253
E-mail:
[email protected]
Bat - Yam, Israel
With a great dose of black humor this taboo-breaking and genremixing film maps various concepts connected with blood through
recreation of events and experiences from the filmmaker's life and
meetings with people whose lives or professions are linked to the
liquid that vampires tend to like so much.
122
123 The Burdensome Stone
‫אב השתייה‬
Date of Release:
Dec-2008
Directed by Tali Ohaion
Format:
Beta Digital
Length:
97 min
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Talia Inspiration, Scala
Studios, Ruth Downie,
Amir Gedalia, Yaniv
Hamama, Oren Sela Holy Rock Production
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Tali Ohaion
Address:
22 Matalon St. Tel Aviv,
Israel
This is where it all began - This is where it all will end. In 2002 a water
stain was discovered on the eastern side of the Foundation Stone.
Sources report that Moslem clerics have asked to consult with
Kabbalists. Both sides believe that the rising of water in the foundation
stone presages the End of Days & Creation of the world.
Tel:
972-52-2846954
Fax:
972-77-9611978
E-mail:
[email protected]
THE ARTISAN AND THE HISTORICAL TALE
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Tunes of the Soul
‫הצינור של הנשמה‬
Format:
Beta SP
Length:
52 min
Directed by Shmuel Kalderon
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Shmuel Kalderon
Address:
Ziva Productions Ltd.
Neve Ilan
Communications Centre
Harey Yehuda 90850, Israel
Tel:
972-50-5327938
Fax:
972-2-5335096
E-mail:
[email protected]
-----------------------------------------------------------
Giora Feidman is one of the most prominent Klezmer musicians in
the world, an international performer, composer and innovator.
The film documents rare musical pieces and exposes the public, to
the unique musical approach which makes Klezmer a true soul
music which continues to affect the listener long after it ends.
Magnificent Failure
‫כישלו מופלא‬
Date of Release:
3-Apr-2009
Format:
Video, Color
Length:
61 min
Directed by Jasmine Kainy
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Noam Shalev
Highlight Films
Address:
31 Lechi Street
Bnei Brak 51200, Israel
Tel:
972-3-6168611
Fax:
972-3-6168623
E-mail:
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Harold Rubin, an artist and Jazz musician, left South Africa in 1963,
after being charged with blasphemy for one of his paintings. Rubin,
then a leading artist protesting Apartheid moved to Israel. On his
75th birthday, his step-daughter, the director, began documenting
his life in Tel-Aviv and his journey back to Johannesburg.
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Eye Witness – 60 Years
‫ שנה‬60 – ‫עד ראיה‬
Date of Release:
2008
Directed by Micha Shagrir
Format:
Video, Color
Length:
50 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Micha Shagrir
Shiba Communications
Address:
3 Aminadav Street
Tel:
972-2-6734587
Fax:
972-2-6718773
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
P.O.Box 7153
Jerusalem, Israel
Israel, as envisioned through the lens of the internationally
Tel:
972-2-6724256
acclaimed photographer David Rubinger, the laureate of the
Fax:
972-2-6724210
Israeli Award for Photography. Rubinger began his career in 1947
E-mail:
[email protected]
and has since documented famous leaders and exciting
characters, witnessing the dramatic events that occurred in Israel
over the past 60 years.
You Never Know
‫לעול אינ יודע‬
Format:
Video, Color
Length:
63 min
Directed by Boaz Shachak
Subtitles:
English
--------------------------------------------Producer:
Danny Paran
Darset Productions
Address:
Neve Ilan Communications
Centre
90850, Israel
Tel:
972-2-5799955
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Hedva Goldschmidt
Go2Films
Address:
Rabbi, folksinger and composer, Shlomo Carlebach is considered to
Tel:
972-2-5831371
be the foremost Jewish religious songwriter of our time. He touched
Fax:
972-2-5835450
millions of Jews and non-Jews around the world. The film takes you
E-mail:
[email protected]
to a Journey that senses and searches for that touch...
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129
The Electric Stage - A Rock n’ Roll Legend
‫אגדת רוק'נרול‬
‫הבמה החשמלית‬
Directed by Nissim Mossek
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
DVCAM, Digi Beta
Length:
83 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Sharon Schaveet
Address:
9 Ben Maimon Street
Tel:
972-52-4792200
Fax:
972-2-5667786
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Blue Rose Productions
Address:
9 Ben Maimon Street
The Electric Stage was a promising Jerusalem rock band in late
1960's and early 1970's. After 35 years, the documentary reunites
the band as they try to record their first album. Their story is a
narrative of the short-lived period in Jerusalem, following the Six
Day War, when it went from a dead city to a vibrant metropolis
known as the - "San Francisco of the Middle East."
Tel:
972-52-4792200
Fax:
972-2-5667786
E-mail:
[email protected]
Zitra
‫זיטרא‬
Directed by Judd Ne'eman
Date of Release:
Oct-2008
Format:
Digi Beta, Beta SP, DVCAM
Length:
86 / 52 min
Original language: Hebrew, German, English,
Czech
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Judd Ne'eman
Judd Ne'eman Films
Address:
17 Netsah Israel St.
Tel:
972-54-4866339
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
20 Bialik St.
Students from Schwerin (Germany) and Tel- Aviv are co-producing a
musical cabaret, related to WWII speaking and singing in their two
languages as if they are one and the same. The rehearsals and the
staging of the cabaret are intertwined with the reenacting of the
scenes from the play on the streets of Schwerin and Berlin. The love
of music and an experience of reconciliation are shared.
Tel:
972-52-3633398
Fax:
972-3-5254782
E-mail:
[email protected]
130
SHORT AND SWEET
132
Guy
‫גיא‬
Date of Release:
Apr-2008
Directed by Ilan Jarzina
Format:
DV
Length:
31 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Ilan Jarzina
Address:
P.O.Box 40207
Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon
Tel:
972-52-4673528
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Beit Berl College
Address:
P.O.Box 44905
Hamidrasha School Of Arts
Guy Haberman, a 30 year old ex-Kibbutznik who is becoming deeper
and deeper entrenched in orthodox religion. Childhood traumas, an
extraordinary musical talent and obsessive family ties are only parts of
the complex puzzle of Guy's life. Archive materials in the film reveal a
deep friendship between the film maker and Guy.
Tel:
972-9-7478788 / 9
Fax:
972-9-7478345
E-mail:
[email protected]
133
Out Line of a Fabrication
‫בדיה שאינה חולפת‬
Date of Release:
Directed by Liran Ganot
Format:
DVD PAL
Length:
19 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Liran Ganot
Address:
72 Mivtza Harel Street
Rishon Le Zion, Israel
Tel:
972-54-4453055
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Kibbutzim College
Ruth Lev Ari
Address:
6 Antigonus Street
Tel Aviv, Israel
A young man dealing with severe depression and psychosis tries to
Tel:
972-3-5441370
cope with the illness while attempting to reconcile with his difficult
Fax:
972-9-9582664
and painful past and its effect on those around him. Will he move
E-mail:
[email protected]
towards a healthier and better future?
In Tel Aviv - Series of Documentary Films
‫סדרת סרטי דוקומנטריי‬
‫בתל אביב‬
Directed by
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
DV PAL
Length:
80 min
Subtitles:
English
--------------------------------------------Producer:
Hilla Shitrit
Address:
P.O.Box 39040
Tel Aviv University
Department of Film&TV
Tel Aviv 69978,
Tel:
972-52-4327866
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Rachel Wallach
Address:
P.O.Box 39040
Tel Aviv University
Department of Film&TV
About 20 young filmmakers from Tel Aviv University Film & TV
Tel Aviv 69978
Department went out to the streets of Tel Aviv - Yafo and created a
series of short documentary films.
Tel:
972-54-2264181
Towards the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Tel Aviv, the
E-mail:
[email protected]
project seeks to draw an urban panorama, as captured through lenses
of the young directors, who explored the city through its various layers.
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Tziky and the Lone
‫ציקי והבודדי‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
DVD
Length:
24 min
Directed by Esther Dvorkin
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Esther Dvorkin
Eshel and Idan
Address:
13 Neve Shaanan St.
Jerusalem 93708
Tel:
972 54-4685646
Fax:
972-2-6798371
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Caroline Eisan
Address:
1AB Granot St.
Jerusalem 93706
Tziky and his family embrace lone soldiers and new immigrants in
Tel:
972-2-6790580
order to give them feeling of home and family in Israel. The host with
Fax:
972-2-6798371
modest salary tens of youngsters on Fridays nights and holidays.
E-mail:
[email protected]
They are with them with their difficulties in the army, in happiness
and sorrow.
‫כמו לרכב על אופניי‬
Directed by Ahlam Hosaisy, Moran Palgy, Naama Paran
Date of Release:
Format:
Video Color
Length:
25 min
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Moran Palgy
Tel:
972-52-4768860
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Naama Paran
Address:
2 Ratner St.
Tel:
972-54-5369769
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel Aviv, Israel
I wish to choose my own life path but in my Druze village, Daliat-ElCarmel, I always has to be under a man’s support. Seeking answers,
I ask my unmarried aunts what to do and they answer straight away:
You’ll find yourself a good husband and we’ll dance on your wedding.
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Three Daughters Plus On
‫שלוש בנות ובת‬
Date of Release:
Dec-2008
Directed by Ruth Kuesch
Format:
DVD
Length:
20 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Amnon Ben-Ze'ev
Idan - NGO
Address:
26 Mevo Hama'avak St.
Jerusalem, Israel
The story of a secular Israeli family with four daughters. Three
daughters turned religious and the fourth turned into a radical leftist.
The film, based on personal interviews and family discussions,
examines the motivations behind each daughter's choices and the
parents' reaction to these changes.
Tel:
972-2-5814313
Fax:
972-2-5814313
E-mail:
[email protected]
The Shot
‫יריה‬
Date of Release:
16-Apr-2008
Format:
HDV – MINI HDV 16:9
Length:
15 min
Directed by Liora Szylman
Original language: Arabic
Subtitles:
English, Hebrew
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Gina Benveneto
Address:
P.O.Box 8206
Tel:
972-54-9068286
E-mail:
gina.benevento.gmail.com
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Address:
Liora Szylman
P.O.Box 132
Kiryat Anavim 90833, Israel
A shot, by accident or on purpose, hit Rasmi's heart -- changing his
life forever. Rasmi was 13 years old then, but now at 20, after 18
months in Israeli jails, he realizes only love and romance can save
him from life in the most miserable Palestinian refugee camp, AlFawwar. A dramatic contrast exists between Rasmi and his
brothers. Rasmi's younger brother, Udai, is touring
Tel:
972-2-5348794
Fax:
972-2-5348794
E-mail:
[email protected]
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139 Lemon Delicacy
‫לימו מעד‬
Date of Release:
2008
Directed by Michal Aviad
Format:
Mini DV, Beta
Length:
20 min
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Michal Aviad
Michal Aviad Films
Address:
63 Gordon Street
People and details of life are captured at a Tunisian sandwich Kiosk, in
the market of the town of Ramleh. The crowd of Jewish and Arab
dislocated persons and refugees are a microcosm of Israel, exposed of
its ideological clichés. Through the kiosk the director combines a reality
represented by her and her memory of it.
Tel:
972-52-2449648
Fax:
972-3-5220760
E-mail:
[email protected]
Jimmy Red Sea
‫ג'ימי בי האדו‬
Date of Release:
Directed by Arie Caspi
Format:
Color Video
Length:
15 min
Subtitles:
------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Arie Caspi
Address:
20 Pushkin Street
Tel Aviv 68094
This is a true tale of a stubborn Bedouin heart, a dolphin and how they
changed the Sinai Desert forever. Why did the dolphin choose him?
Maybe because he was deaf & mute. Maybe because he was ostracized
& lonely and maybe because he never got the respect he deserved.
Anyhow - out of the thousands of Bedouins who live by the Red Sea –
only he was chosen. The story is tolled by the cute dolphin cub
Jimmy, Olyn's son.
Tel:
972-52-5109990
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Chief Builder
‫אבי ההיכל‬
Date of Release:
Directed by Shirli Nadav
Format:
Video
Length:
31:28 min
Original language: Hebrew, Arabic, Russian
Subtitles:
English
------------------------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Shirli Nadav
Address:
2 Merchavia St. Apt 8
Tel Aviv
Tel:
972-54-2030780
E-mail:
[email protected]
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The New Central Bus Station in Tel-Aviv is the Modernist dream in
collapse. A dream, a vision, which brought disintegration and chaos in
its wake, as if it were the story of Babel itself.
Rosenzweig - Born to Dance
‫רוזנצוויג נולד לרקוד‬
Date of Release:
2008
Format:
Beta
Length:
17 min
Directed by Keren Hakak
Subtitles:
English
----------------------------------------------------------Producer:
Keren Hakak
Address:
6/3 Maslianski St.,Ramot
Jerusalem 97225
Tel:
972-54-7486786
E-mail:
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------Distributor:
Maaleh Film School
Address:
20 Shivtey Israel Street
Avigdor is a tap dancer. In 1939 his dancing saved is life. Today, he is
88 and lives in a retirement home. When Avigdor dances on the
parquet floor of his room, he smiles until he's out of breath, and with
the last of his strength he makes his tired feet do one last step. For
Avigdor, dancing isn't a hobby and isn't therapy, it's the only way to
survive.
Tel:
972-2-6277366
Fax:
972-2-6277331
E-mail:
[email protected]
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