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The film collection of Ruth Diskin Films for Jewish Film is the ever-growing visual record of the Jewish people: where and how they lived, in cities and rural communities throughout the world; the diversity in their professions, politics, and attitudes towards Zionism, art, philanthropy, food, money, marriage, spirituality, history, and identity.
Ruth Diskin Films is a major distributor of Jewish films, with over 200 films available for public performance screenings and DVD purchase, representing more than 150 contemporary, independent filmmakers from Israel and abroad.
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Fringes
- New Adventures in Jewish Living
- Written and Directed by: Paula Weiman-Kelman
- Produced by: Jonathan Lopatin – not so simple productions
- Language: English and Hebrew with English\Hebrew subtitles
Stories of unconventional innovators of 21st-century Jewish expression.
DVD Release Date:
01 July 2013
My Herzl
(Doc 52 min. miniDV/DVD, 2013 - New Release)
- Written & Directed by: Eli Tal-El
- Produced by: Tal-El Productions & Willit Productions, Canada
- Language: Hebrew and English
- Subtitles: English, German and Spanish
An intimate and unexpected documentary about the private life of Theodor Herzl. An unconventional documentary which is also a personal look at the man who inspired so many – and his legacy which is still under debate.
DVD Release Date:
01 July 2013
Tree of Life: Reflections on Torah and Environment
(Doc 28 min. DVCAM/DVD, 2012 - New Release)
- Written & Directed by: Monique Schwarz
- Produced by: Monique Schwarz & Benzion Tidhar, Amber Films
- Language: English & Hebrew, with English subtitles
A fascinating journey through the Torah and Israel which encourages and commands caring for and preserving the environment.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
Pursued
(Doc. 51 and 60 min. DVD/BETA, 2012 - New Release)
- Written & directed by: Menachem Roth
- Produced by: Ron Ofer – Ron Ofer Films
- Sponsored by: The Makor Foundation, The Gesher Foundation & The Second Authority for Radio & TV, Israel
- Languages: Yiddish and Hebrew with English subtitles
a courageous self-portrait, where the camera becomes a weapon of entrapment as well as an instrument of redemption in the painful chain of sexual abuse.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
Days of Youth
(Doc, 57 min. DVD/digibeta, 2012 - New Release)
- Directed by: Pascal Roy and Leonardo Cohen
- Directed and Produced by: Roy & Cohen Productions
- Languages: Spanish and Hebrew with English subtitles
A film that sheds light upon the HaShomer Ha'Tsair movement and unveils a little known chapter in the history of Mexican Judaism and its role in the creation of the State of Israel.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
David
- One boy, two faiths
- Written & Directed by: Joel Fendelman
- Co-written and Co-Directed by: Patrick Daly
- Produced by: Julian Schwartz
- Executive Producer: Stephanie Levy
- Subtitles: English and Arabic with English
Faith, friendship and family – and the challenges of being different in America.
DVD Release Date:
01 January 2014
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 75.00
Auf Wiedersehen-Till We Meet Again
(Doc. 76 min. DVD/HDCAM, 2011)
- Directed by: Linda G. Mills & Brian Dilg
- Written and Produced by: Linda G. Mills &Peter Goodrich - Icy House Productions
Author and activist Linda G. Mills is propelled by her family’s life-threatening experience of September 11, 2001 to return to the site of her mother’s flight from Vienna in 1939. A compelling and often funny tale of recovery and renewal.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
No Full Stop
(Doc. 52 min. DVD/DVCam, 2011)
- Produced and directed by: Shlomo Slutzky
- Co-Produced by: Yehuda Bitton, Ruth Dawni Dror & Demian Burak
- Written by: Alejandra Marino & Shlomo Slutzky
- Sponsored by: Israel Channel One, INCAA Argentina
- Language: Spanish and Hebrew with English subtitles
Journalistic assignment to cover trial of a former Junta General turns personal for journalist Shlomo Slutzky as he tries to track down former friends who had joined the resistance.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
The Jews and the Longest Kiss in History
- JEWS OF SUDAN
- Directed by: Frédérique Cifuentes Morgan
- Produced by: Sias Wilson
- Language: English, French and Hebrew with English and French subtitles
Where the Blue and the White Nile meet is known as the longest kiss in history. This is where the story of the Jews in the Sudan starts. This film reveals the unusual journey of the sacred books from the Sudan to make known how this most enigmatic community has kept its identity.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
Carrying the Light
(Doc. 56 min. DVD/digibeta , 2011)
- Directed by: Guy Natanel
- Executive Producer: Michael Kuhn
- Produced by: Dominic Buchanan
- Language: English and German with English subtitles
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
The Chosen People
(Doc. 52 min, DVD/DVCAM, 2011)
- Written & Directed by: Igal Hecht
- Produced by: Igal Hecht –Chutzpa Productions
- Language: English
An intimate and rare exploration of the world of Messianic Judaism and Jews who believe in Jesus.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
The Underground in the Tunnel of Time
(Doc, 80 min., DVD/BETA 2010)
- Written & Directed by: Benjamin Ohry
- Produced by: S.Y. Production – Yehuda Bitton
- Sponsored by: IBA-Channel 1 & Rabinowitz Foundation - Cinema Project
- Languages: Hebrew & English with English subtitles
A story of personal strength and national dignity, this new documentary film reveals one of the best-kept secrets of the British Mandate. The Etzel and Lehi were pre-State militant groups who waged an armed struggle against the British – this is a story of courage and conviction.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
I Was There in Color
(doc., 55 min., Digibeta/DVD, Color, 2010)
- Directed by: Avishai Kfir - Rei Communications Ltd.
- Produced by: Itzhak Rubin
- Sponsored by: IBA Channel 1-Israel & The Rabinovich Foundation – Cinema Project
- Language: English narration
Extraordinary, never before seen footage of Israel’s History in color.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
Ingelore
(40 min., DVD/BETA, color, 2009)
- Directed by: Frank Stiefel
- Produced by: Frank Stiefel
- Language: English and German with English subtitles
A mix of first person narrative in spoken English and ASL, archival footage, verite footage, and simple re creations, this film is a remarkable and uplifting story of personal and emotional freedom told by a unique storyteller who despite her deafness secured a travel visa against the terrifying rise of the Third Reich.
DVD - For Home Use Only :
$ 29.90
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