Ruth Diskin Films - Women and Gender

Loving Sophia

(Doc, 54 min. & 72 min. color/ black&white, DVD, 2010)

Directed and produced by: Ohad Itach
Sponsored by: MAKOR Foundation and YES Doco
Language: Hebrew and Russian with French subtitles \ Russian subtitles

The dark corners of growing up as a new immigrant are powerfully explored in this intense documentary. Sophie's wrenching journey into darkness is strikingly documented as her decent into drugs and prostitution leads not only to a powerful film, but to the possibility of moving on.

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Daddy's Girls

(Doc 56 min., 2010, Dig-Beta, DVD/Betacam , Color)

Directed by: Lily Sheffy
Produced by: David Noy & Yoram Ivry - Cinemax Productions
Language: Hebrew & English, English subtitles
Sponsored by: Channel 10, Israel

He is a man who maneuvers precariously between three homes, three women and two children. When his daughter finds out how he lives, she decides to embark on a journey and decipher, for the first time in her life, who her father really is.

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Lone Samaritan

(Doc., 50 Min., DVD/MiniDV, color, 2010)

Written by: Barak Heymann
Directed & Produced by: Barak Heymann
Language: Hebrew with English \ French Subtitles

A touching father-daughter journey, which raises universal issues of belonging, faith and identity, and forces its heroes to confront the difficult isolation of those who seek a personal path within a closed tribal world.

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Paris Return

(Doc 72 min. 2009, HD/DVD)

Directed by: Yossi Aviram
Produced by: Itay Ken tor. Noemi Schory- Belfilms
Sponsored by: ZDF/ARTE, ERT-Greece, YesDocu- Israel
Language: French and Hebrew with English subtitles

An aging Parisian gay couple squabble and share a playful repartee as ill health starts to slow the elder partner and he begins to explore the concept of home.

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I Sleep but My Heart is Awake

(Doc., 58 Min., DVD/DV, color, 2009)

Directed and Produced by: Osnat Margowsky and Adi Arbel
Written by: Osnat Margowsky
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Sponsored by: Channel 8-Israel

At the height of a hectic personal and professional life,a woman experiences alienating loneliness, existential doubt and an echoing emptiness.

But then one traumatic night, she discovers a new sense of godliness within her. When morning comes, she realizes there’s no turning back..

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Hothouse

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

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.

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Deadly Honour

(Doc., Long version: 85 min.; Short version: 58 min., DVD/DV cam, color, 2009)

Written, directed and produced by: Lipika Pelham
Language: Arabic, Hebrew and English, with English or French Subtitles

Based on a real life survivor of honor killing this powerful documentary tells the story of young girls growing up in fear - a fear that is sealed with a code of silence and the anticipation of facing their killers.

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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.

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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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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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The Woman From Sarajevo

( Doc., 65 min., DVD/BETA, color, 2007 )

Written & Directed by: Ella Alterman
Produced by: Ella Alterman & Yehuda Bitton – EY Productions
Sponsored by: Israel’s Channel 1 & Makor Foundation for Israeli Films
Language: Serbian, English & Hebrew with English subtitles

The first Muslim woman to be honored as a "Righteous among the Nations" as her family hid the Jewish Kabilio family during World War II. Now it is the Jewish family's turn to help as Sarajevo goes up in flames.

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Three Times Divorced

(Doc., 75 min., DVD/BETA, color, 2007)

Written & Directed by: Ibtisam Mara’ana
Produced by: Nitza Gonen – Gon Productions, Timna Goldstei
Sponsored by: The New Foundation for Cinema & Television and The 2nd Authority for Radio & TV
Language: Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles / French subtitles

The powerful heart wrenching story of one woman's battle against the Shaariya Muslim court and the State of Israel. Divorced in abstentia and loosing custody of her children, Khitam wages a crusade to get her children back and to be allowed to stay in Israel.

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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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About the Body

(Doc., 55 min., DVD/Beta, 2006)

Directors: Alona Seroussi & Keren Yehezkely – Goldstein
Producer: Alexandra Zelentcher
Co-Producer: Keren Yehezkely – Goldstein

Four young women in their 20's who were severely injured in terrorist attacks take part in a unique body workshop by dancer Ohad Naharin. After the injury they were all compelled to confront a new perception of their selves and their femininity.

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Lullaby

Distressing and intimate encounters with Palestinian, and Israeli mothers, and the unbearable lightness of killing children.

(Doc., 52 min. color, Hebrew & Arabic, DVD/BETA 2004)

Written & Directed by: Adi Arbel
Produced by: Naama Pyritz
Sponsored by: Cinema Project & Keshet 2nd Channel

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