Politics and Conflict

Sayed Kashua- Forever Scared

(Doc., 52 Min., DVD/MiniDV, color, 2009 - New Release)

Written and Directed by: Dorit Zimbalist
Produced by: Barak Heymann & Dorit Zimbalist
Language: Hebrew & Arabic with English subtitles

Sayed Kashua always feels he doesn't belong. The Jews don't like him because he's an Arab. The Arabs don't like him because he's successful. The Arabs think he's a collaborator. The Jews think he's a drunk. He is always viewed as "the Other", and he's always scared.

DVD Release Date: 01 May 2010

The Beetle

(Doc., Long version: 70 min.,; Short version: 52 min., DVD\Mini DV, color, 2008)

Written and Directed by: Yishai Orian
Produced by: Yishai Orian
Sponsored by: The 2nd Authority for Television & Radio and The New Foundation for Cinema & TV
Language: Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitle

A journey that takes us to meetings with the car's previous owners and to Jordan – as the filmmaker takes his own journey to fatherhood.

DVD Release Date: 01 April 2010

Hothouse

(Doc., 52 Min., DVD/DV, color, 2009 - New Release)

Written & Directed by: Idit Gan-Zvi
Produced by: Moshe Alafi- Alafim Productions
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

The disengagement of Israel from Gaza in 2005 is the background for the story of one women's determination in the face of hardship. HOTHOUSE chronicles one strong woman who struggles to keep her family, her marriage
and above all - her hothouse working and flourishing.

DVD Release Date: 01 May 2010

Refugees

(doc., 52 Min. & 67 Min., 2008, DVD/BETA, Color)

Written & Directed by: Shai Carmeli-Polak
Produced by: Zafrir Kochanovsky, Miri Ezra – TTV Productions
Sponsored by: Makor Foundation, Israel
Language: Hebrew, Arabic, English with English subtitles

Crossing the desert on foot desperate refugees attempt to reach safety. But Israel is not just any country – and its own past as a haven for refugees from war torn Europe is no simple matter.

DVD - For Home Use Only :

$ 29.90

Chronicle of a Kidnap

(Doc., 55 min., DVD/BETA, Color, 2008)

Written & Directed by: Nurit Kedar
Produced by: David Mandil
Sponsors: Channel 10-Israel

The Kafkaesque story at the center of a national debate following the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers. A powerful film that captures the politics of finding one self in the center of media frenzy

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$ 29.90

Dubak - A Palestinian Jew

( Doc., 60 Min., 2008, DVD\BETA)

Written & Directed by: Ella Alterman
Produced by: Yehuda Bitton
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Supported by: Channel 1, IBA-Israel

"a person like Dubak is not someone you have seen before. And such an oversized and tragic story such as this has not been told until now."

DVD - For Home Use Only :

$ 29.90

Fog

(Doc., 57 min., DVD\Digibeta, 2008)

Written & Directed by: Rafik Halabi
Produced by: Connect 100 Productions
Sponsored by: The New Foundation for Cinema & TV, The Rich Foundation and The 2nd Authority for Radio & TV
Language: Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles

The quest to unravel the fate of a missing Druze soldier. The films sets out on a journey into time, memory, the Druze religion- along with harsh Israeli realities, in an attempt to uncover what lies behind this multi-layered story.

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$ 29.90

Nuran

(Doc., 50 \ 67 min., DVD\Digibeta, 2008)

Written & Directed by: Amikam Shossberger
Produced by: David Mandil, Nurit Kedar
Language: Hebrew & Arabic with English subtitles
Sponsored by: The New Foundation for Cinema & TV & The Second Authority for Radio & TV

Kidnapped from her doorstep inside the Palestinian Authority and into the State of Israel, Nuran's 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.

DVD - For Home Use Only :

$ 29.90

The Third One is On Its Way

( Doc., 55 min., DVD/BETA, color, 2008 )

Written and Directed by: Shlomo Slutzky
Co-Produced with: Channel 1, Israel
Available formats: Hebrew and Spanish with English and/or with Spanish narration

An Argentian journalist returns to his place of birth to embark upon a personal crusade. During his travels he seeks to unveil the truth behind the bare facts that obscured the investigation of the bombings of Jewish targets in Argentina.

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$ 29.90

Cobwebs

(Doc., 63 min. DVD/DigiBETA, color, 2008)

Written & Directed by: Micha Livne
Produced by: Zvia Keren
Co-produced by: Channel 1 - Israel
language: Hebrew with English subtitles

Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah once declared Israel to be “weaker than cobwebs”. During the Second Lebanon War, documentary filmmaker Zvia Keren visited devastated northern cities in Israel, amidst missiles, destruction and fright.

DVD - For Home Use Only :

$ 22.90

To See If I'm Smiling

( Doc., 59 Min., 2007, DVD/BETA, Color)

Written, Directed & Produced: Tamar Yarom
World Sales: First Hand Films
Festivals & Special Screenings: Ruth Diskin Films
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles / French subtitles
Sponsored by: Channel 8-Israel & The Makor Foundation for Israeli Cinema & TV

A female point of view on the drama of an unending war, on the moral challenges the soldiers faced at the encounter with the Palestinian population. The women look back critically at the way they handled the power that was placed in their hands at the young age of eighteen.

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$ 29.90

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$ 75.00

Crossing Borders

( Doc., 53 Min., DVD\DV, 2007, Color)

Written & Directed by: Bilal Yousef
Produced by: Hagar Kot
Language: Arabic with English Subtitles
Supported by: Gesher Multicultural Film Fund; Makor Foundation for Israeli Films; Snunit Fund

Two Palestinian Israeli women struggling to achieve equality against the men in their lives. For the first time they take part in political activity which was until now was a male only domain; and wrestle to cross both personal and political boundaries.

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$ 29.90

Wasted

(Doc., 70 min. \ 55min. , DVD\DVCAM, color, 2007 - Based on the Best seller "If There is a Heaven" by Ron Leshem, Israel, 2006)

Written and Directed by: Nurit Kedar
Produced by: David Mandil & David Silber – Beaufort Limited Partnership
Sponsored by: Keshet – Israel's 2nd Channel
Language: Hebrew with English subtitle

A candid look at Israeli soldiers who served in the fortress of Beaufort in Southern Lebanon before Israel's withdrawal in 2000. These young men go to war and come back changed. Another powerful film from Nurit Kedar.

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$ 29.90

Nadia's Friends

(Doc., 60 min., DVD/BETA, color, 2006)

Written by: Bosmat Zaidenband & Chanoch Ze'evi
Directed & Produced by: Chanoch Zeevi – Maya productions
Sponsored by: The New Foundation for Cinema & Television, The 2nd Authority for Radio & Television and Avichai Foundation
language: Hebrew with English subtitles

DVD - For Home Use Only :

$ 22.90

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