• In The Desert - A Documentary Diptych

    A Documentary Diptych by Avner Faingulernt

    A profound journey trying to defy what is commonly known about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • Tacheles - The Heart of the Matter

    Written & Directed by: Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm

    Reconciliation with a Computer Game? Yaar is a young Israeli living in Berlin, refusing being a Jew. Feature documentary that shows how the trauma of the survivors affects the third generation.

  • Decryption

    Written & Directed by: Maya Zack

    When memories of her mother begin to fade, artist Maya Zack returns to the morbid poem her mother used to recite to her as a child to lull her to sleep. In the mesmerizing cinematic poem "Decryption," Zack deconstructs, weaves, and reassembles the poem

  • Moving On

    Debut documentary by Maya Mcmanus Ronen

    In a remote desert area of Israel, every couple of years everybody switches houses. A very personal and shaking journey, where packing the house and renovating is arousing an inner journey of self-learning and d questioning existential aspects of life.

  • What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace

    Respected craft-master filmmaker Ran Tal (THE MUSEUM, THE GARDEN OF EDEN, CHILDREN OF THE SUN) delivers an outstanding philosophical essay, and proposes a deep cinematic reflection on history and decision-making.

    Ehud Barak is one of the most controversial figures in Israeli politics. In this remarkable film, Barak observes with disillusioned clarity his own history and the history of the State Israel.

  • We Are Pentothal

    Written and directed by: Tsipi Karlik

    2 part documentary series that brings the audience inside one of the most sensitive and disturbing episodes surrounding Yom Kippur War )1973(. This year (2023), exactly 50 years after, this documentary is of high relevance.

  • Following The Jäger Report

    Writtten & directed by: by Boris Maftsir

    Between July and October 1941, nearly 100,000 Jews—half of Lithuania's Holocaust victims—were murdered in shtetls. How did such atrocities occur in a land with a history of coexistence? Lithuanians and Jews confront their painful shared past

  • Red Scarf

    Feature documentary by Peter Mostovoy

    The story of a film director in Communist Soviet Union, an author of many documentaries, who became part of World Cinema history.

  • Francesca

    Written and Directed by: Lina Chaplin

    In 1945 Auschwitz, a Jewish ballerina from Warsaw allegedly wrestled a gun from an SS officer and shot him, and this gripping documentary unravels the legend and truth of Francesca Mann’s daring act and mysterious life.

  • The Komediant

    Documentary classic by Arnon Goldfinger

    The glory days of the Yiddish stage are brought to life in this funny-sad saga of a legendary theatrical family, The Bursteins. RESTORED COPY – RE-RELEASE

 

 

 

November 2026

North American Premiere in New York City


ON THIN ICE will also be making its highly anticipated North American Premiere in New York at the Other Israel: New Perspectives Film Festival, celebrating new perspectives in cinema.

October 2026

We are incredibly proud to share that our films are traveling the international festival circuit this season, bringing vital stories to audiences worldwide.

IN PROTEST at the Victoria International Jewish Film Festival

The Victoria International Jewish Film Festival is hosting a special screening of IN PROTEST, followed by an engaging community discussion.

ON THIN ICE Heads to the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival

We are thrilled to announce that ON THIN ICE will have its official festival screening at the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival!

July 2026

Celebrating cinema at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

We are thrilled to share that FOREVER LOVE will have its International Premiere at the upcoming 46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (Jewish Film Institute)!

May 2026

North American Premiere: A DOLL NAMED GLICK.

We are pleased to announce the upcoming premiere screenings for Uta Arning’s 11-minute short film, "A Doll Named Glick" (Dockan Glick), at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

April 2026

We are delighted to have our films featured prominently in Europe this spring. The Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg is officially screening three remarkable titles from our catalogue: ON THIN ICE, DOCKAN GLICK, and MISCHMASH.

February 2026

Attending Berlinale EFM Market. 

DOCKAN GLICK is having its world premiere at the BUFF Malmo International Film Festival!

January 2026

New to our winter slate: IN PROTEST — Audience Award Winner, Best Short Film, 2026 Miami Jewish Film Festival.

 

THE ART OF REMEMBERING is coming to the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival for its North American premiere, with the filmmaker in attendance.

 

December 2025

“Patterns of Memory: Maya Zack Retrospective” – Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, screening and discussion.

 

June 2025

Hadar Porubanova participated as a Juror for International Emmy Awards Competition, this year again.

 

April 2025

HANGING WITHOUT WALLS is having its Austrian premiere at Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz.

March 2025

HANGING WITHOUT WALLS at ONE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL - screenings in Prague and in cities accross Czech Republic.

 

Attending Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival.

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