The Holocaust

The Phoenixes

(Doc., 56 Min., DVD/MiniDV, color, 2009 - New Release)

Directed by: Yoram Hoenig
Produced by: Micha Shagrir
Language: Hebrew, English Subtitles

The profound and moving stories of seven holocaust survivors who have played a significant role in the development of the Israeli society.

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Skate to Survive

(Doc., 48 min., DVD/Beta, color, 2007)

Written by: Michael Kainer
Directed by: Astra Burka
Produced by: Michael Kainer & Astra Burka
With the help of: OMNI Television Independent Producers Initiative.
Language: English, Dutch & German with English subtitles.

A moving documentary about the artistry and struggle of Canadian figure skating coach Ellen Burka. The film shows how her enthusiasm and energy allowed her wildly creative side to survive and flourish despite the harsh realities around her.

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Paying for Justice - The Struggle Continues

(Doc., 57 min. DVD/BETA, color, 2008 )

Directed by: Sagi Bornstein
Written by: Sagi Bornstein & Michal Hochberg
Produced by: Ori Dickstein – Shamayim Productions
Language: Hebrew, German, Russian & English with English subtitles
Sponsored by: Yes Doco & Reshet – 2nd Channel

A forceful investigative documentary that exposes the immoral and corrupt network of large international Jewish organizations involved with allocating money to Holocaust survivors.

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Paying for Justice

(Doc., 58 Min., DVD/DVCAM, Color, 2007)

Directed by: Guy Meroz & Orli Vilnai - Federbush
Written by: Inbal Petel
Produced by: Ori Dickstein – Shamayim Productions
Language: Hebrew & English with English subtitles
Sponsored by: Yes Doco & The New Foundation for Cinema & TV

The problematic state of affairs surrounding Holocaust survivors in Israel today and the substandard conditions in which they live.

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Go in Peace, Rain!

(Doc., 84 min. , 2007, DVD/Digibeta, Color)

Written, Directed & Produced by: Rehuven Hecker
Sponsored by: Israel's 8 th Channel and The New Foundation for Cinema & Television
Language: French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Ladino, Hebrew and English with English subtitles / French subtitles

The metamorphosis of one Jewish melody, an ancient prayer. We follow its many incarnations – and finally to the dramatic point where we learn of its connection to the national anthem of the State of Israel.

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The Last Fighters

( Doc.,76 Min., 2006, DVD/Beta, Color)

Directed by: Ronen Zaretzky &Yael Kipper Zaretzky
Written by: Ronen Zaretzky
Produced by: Yael Kipper Zaretzky
Language: Hebrew, English, Polish, and Yiddish with English subtitles
Supported by: Rabinovich Foundation– Cinema Project

The six remaining survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, all in their 80's, reflect on the complexity of collective memory.

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The Tree Of Life

A woman travels from Los Angeles to Italy to trace the roots of her Italian Jewish ancestors.

(Doc., 76 min. DVD/DigiBETA, color, 2008)

Directed by: Hava Volterra
Written by: David N. Donihue & Hava Volterra
Executive Producer: Andrew Viterbi

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Homeland

(Fic., 40 min. , 2008, DVD/35mm, color)

Written and Directed by: Dani Rosenberg

A dramatic metaphoric interpretation of the history of the state of Israel. Set in the desert during the 1948 War of Independence, two very different types of Jews are tossed into the wilderness where their fates are forever tied together.

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Josef and Maria

( Doc., 55 Min., DVD/DV, 2007)

Directed by: Vered Berman
Produced by: Daphna Kaplanski – 6 Productions
Language: Hebrew & German with English subtitles
Supported by: The New Foundation for Cinema & Television & Yes Docu, Israel

The unexpected story of romance between a tormented Holocaust survivor and a Christian German tourist whose acts of loving kindness become very personal when the two of them meet.

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Lerner's Revenge

(59 Min., DVD/Digibeta, 2007, Color)

Directed & Produced by: Gilad Tocatly
written by: Tamar Luboschinski Ketko & Gilad Tocatly
Language: Hebrew, English and Polish with English subtitles

Sixty years after his family's murder by Polish farmers, the grandson return to Poland to confront and uncover the truth about the horrors of the past.

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From Hell to Paradise

( Doc., 73 Min., 2005, Digi DVD/Beta, Color )

Written, Directed & Produced by: Michael Teutch
Language: German with English subtitle

The remarkable life of an extraordinary personality. Pianist Alice Sommer is 104 years old and has been an active witness to significant events of the 20th century.

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The Stars Will Never Die

(Doc., 50 Min., 2005, DVD/Digibeta, color, 2006)

Written & Directed by: Helene Maimann
Produced by: Lhotsky Film Production
Language: German with English subtitled
Co-produced by: ORF, Austria and “A Letter to the Stars”
Supported by: The Austrian Film Institute & the Vienna Film Fund

Highlighting four moving stories from the Austrian government's far-ranging project "Letter to the Stars". A contemporary history project about the past – and about how the past is linked to the future.

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The Cahana Sisters

(Doc., 52 Min., DVD, 2007)

Written by: Gilad Melzer and Gidi Avivi
Directed by: Gilad Melzer
Produced by: Amir Harel, Gidi Avivi & Gilad Melzer
Supported by: Yes Doco & The New Foundation for Cinema & Television

Differing accounts of a shared narrative come to light in this touching documentary about four sisters' memories of their lives during and after the Holocaust.

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Hanuszka

( Doc., 65 min., DVD/BETA, 2006)

Directed & Produced by: Nurit Kedar
Written by: Omri Levy
Sponsered by: Yes Doco , Israel & Makor Foundation for Israeli Films
Language: Hebrew and Polish with English subtitles

Gifted filmmaker Nurit Kedar tells the powerful story a young Jewish girl who is taken in by the Catholic Church during World War II. The young Polish priest who gave her communion is now Pope John Paul II – and so the nun travels to the Vatican for a reunion.

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Salonika, City of Silence

(Doc.,52 Min., 2006, DVD/Beta, Color)

Written & Directed: Maurice Amaraggi
Produced by: Nemo Films
Co-Produced with: WIP Wallonie Image Production
With the help of: The French Center of Cinema & Audiovisual in Belgium; the Foundation of the Memory of the Holocaust; The European Institute of Sephardic Jews; The Jewish Channel, The Netherlands
Language: Greek narration with English subtitles; English narration with English subtitles; English narration with Dutch subtitles; English narration with French subtitles

Bits of personal memory and collective reminiscence come together in this moving documentary about what was once called "the Jerusalem of the Balkans".

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