Sam Spiegel

Don Quixote in Jerusalem

(Fic., 5 minutes, DVD/35mm, color, 2005)

Written & Directed by: Dani Rosenberg

Synopsis:

Don Quixote and Sancho Pancha arrive in Israel in the year 2004. They reach a hill on the Jerusalem by-pass road overlooking the wall, which divides Israel and the Palestinian Authority. They inspect their target.The two men are already in their 70’s. Quixote is having difficulties mounting his horse and Sancho struggles with his tools. But Don Quixote is determined to attack.

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Pleading

(Fic., 19 min., DVD/16mm, color, 2004)

Written & Directed by: Idan Hubel

Synopsis:

Ruty spent her life distancing herself from her Moroccan roots. Now, as her daughter is about to wed, her mother’s double life causes the bride to lose her patience and refuse to cooperate. In an effort to save their relationship, Ruth arranges the traditional Moroccan henna ceremony for her daughter.

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Draft

(Fic., 17:30 min., DVD/16mm, color, 2004)

Written & Directed by: Naomi Levari

Synopsis:

Yoav Genar, a 60’s-era pacifist, is doing all he can to prevent his son from enlisting in the army. In the 24 hours prior to the draft, emotional and ideological confrontation evolves between father and son.

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A Different War

(Fic., 15 min., DVD/16mm., color, 2003)

Written and Directed by: Nadav Gal

Syniopsis:

Jerusalem during the Intifada: 4th Grade Student from the Gilo frontier neighborhood Nuni has been chosen to play King David in the end-of-year School Play, to be attended by the Israeli Prime Minister. Yet deep down Nuni longs to play the role of the Princess instead.

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Beduin Sand

(Fic., 17:10 min., DVD/16mm., colour, 1997)

Written & Directed by: Omri Levy

Synopsis:

Nine year old Roy falls in love with a bottle of colored sand that a bedouin tries to sell him in Sinai. He learns that wanting and needing are not the same thing...

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Bonfire Night

(Fic., 19:30 min., DVD/16mm., color, 1998)

Written & Directed by: Sharon Amrani

Synopsis:

Maurice, who is mentally handicapped, is enthusiastically preparing for his brother`s wedding, which promises to be an elaborate affair. The family, however, dreads that Maurice`s unpredictable behaviour will spoil the occasion.

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Chester Jones & I

(Fic., 13:40 min., DVD/16mm., color, 1997)

Written & Directed by: Aviv Ma'aravi

Synopsis:

The Story of the friendship between three adolescents in a Kibbutz in the early seventies, on the background of decline of ideals. While planning the next revolution, inspired by Che Guevara, they come to the inevitable conclusion that perhaps it's not such a good idea to change the world.

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Cock Fight

(Fic., 13:40 min., DVD/16mm., color, 2000)

Written & Directed by: Sigalit Liphshitz

Synopsis:

On a hot summer day, an Israeli chicken breeder, accompanied by his Romanian worker is driving his Chickens to the market. Upon arriving at a Palestinian road-block, they are brought to a halt. Marziano the farmer, in his attempts to get through, is forced to confront the commander in charge – Nabil, a former worker in Marziano’s chicken-coop.

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Home

(Fic., 17:40 min., DVD/16mm., color, 1994)

Written & Directed by: David Ofek

Synopsis:

David Ofek tells the story of his immigrant family from Iraq, sitting in the sealed room of their Israeli home during the Gulf War, looking at bombed-out Baghdad on their television. They realize that the ruin on the screen were once their home.

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In Good Hands

Directed by: Oded Davidoff
Written by: Daphna Levin & Oded Davidoff

Synopsis:

A criminal on the run with a truck full of stolen cash invades the remote cabin home of twin sisters... and lives to regret it.

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Korby's Girlfriend

(Fic., 13:20 min., DVD/16mm., color, 1994)

Directed by: Avi Mussel

synopsis

Korby, a local punk, has a good-looking girlfriend. When Myron tries to pick up on her, Korby joins up
with Krotochinsky, the bully, to take revenge, just as dictated by the Ten Commandments.

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Plus Minus

(Fic., 20:00 min., DVD/16mm., color. 2001)

Written & Directed by: Shahar Cohen

synopsis

Shaul, an ex-guitarist and a serial inventor, is torn between his love for Yael and his war on the Electric Company, which disconnects their power supply.

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Mother's Dance

(Fic., 21 min., DVD/16mm., color, 2003)

Written and Directed by: Zelda Hoha

Synopsis:

Since the death of her mother, Lisa has been the mother of her three brothers. At night, the only time she has to herself, she writes. When she wins a student scholarship in Jerusalem, she has to face the difficult dilemma: to leave or to remain at home taking care of the problematic family.

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Operation YY

(Fic., 17:40 min., DVD/16mm., color, 2000)

Written and Directed by: Oded Lotan

Synopsis:

Ron, at 22, still lives with his parents. He barely knows the daylight hours and his nights are divided between his job as editor of wedding videos, chats on the Internet and futuristic fantasies. One night all the elements he toys with converge and, for the first time in his life, Ron is willing to risk an in-person human interaction.

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Party Line

(Fic., 20:11 min., 16 DVD/mm., color, 1993)

Written and Directed by: Ohav Flantz

Synopsis:

A bulimic psychologist, batty hypochondriac, transvestite of many faces and other assorted misfits in a battle of telephones and answering machines.

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