• Woman

    Written & Directed by: Israela Shaer Meoded

    Who is this woman? How have dozens of female directors imagined and portrayed her in Israeli cinema over the years?

  • Mischmasch

    Written and directed by: Uta Arning

    A Yiddish Proverb says: "What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul” “Mischmasch” tells the story of a Yiddish Amateur Theatre Group in Stockholm performing Strindberg`s “A Dream Play” in Yiddish.

  • Truus Children

    Powerfully moving story of Dutch Oskar Schindler by Pamela Sturhoofd and Jessica van Tijn.

  • Tacheles - The Heart of the Matter

    Written & Directed by: Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm

    Reconciliation with a Computer Game? Yaar is a young Israeli living in Berlin, refusing being a Jew. Feature documentary that shows how the trauma of the survivors affects the third generation.

  • In The Desert - A Documentary Diptych

    A Documentary Diptych by Avner Faingulernt

    A profound journey trying to defy what is commonly known about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • Lost Lines, Last Traces

    Written and directed by: Martin Gressmann

    More than seven decades later, director Martin Gressmann ("Das Gelände- The Grounds 2014“) follows the main routes of the death marches through Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where some 200 memorial plaques now stand.

  • The Komediant

    Documentary classic by Arnon Goldfinger

    The glory days of the Yiddish stage are brought to life in this funny-sad saga of a legendary theatrical family, The Bursteins. RESTORED COPY – RE-RELEASE

  • In Secret

    Written & Directed by: Lina Chaplin.
    Produced by: Daniela Reiss Razon

    Documentary by veteran director Lina Chaplin, on courage to step out of the line you were born into.

  • Gazozz

    Directed by: Tommy Lang

    A story of one date over the course of one evening in the streets of Tel Aviv. . A simple and extremely touching minimalistic film in cinema verité style.

  • The Museum

    A Documentary by Ran Tal

    "A masterful look at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, and the world itself"
    Jerusalem Post
    "An elegant observational documentary, revealing its central role in the complicated narrative of the nation"
    Peter L. Stein, San Francisco JFF

 

 

 

October News

Attending MIA Market Rome, MEDIMED Spain, MIPCOM Cannes 2023

September News

Moscow Jewish Film Festival is screening HONEY TRAP, MOVING ON and CONQUERING TIME: AGNES KELETI

August News

We have added new acquisitions to our catalogue :

The Shoshani Riddle by Michael Grynspan, Israel

Only in Theaters by Raphael Sbarge, USA

Jews of the Wild West by Amanda Kinsey, USA

5th Paragraph – Invalids by Boris Maftsir, Israel

We Are Pentothal by Tsipi Karlik, Israel

Gazozz by Tommy Lang, Israel

Lost Lines, Last Traces by Martin Gressman, Germany

Mischmasch by Uta Arning, Sweden

July News

FESTIVAL RESISTANCES in France is screening FADING VALLEY

June News

MOLDOX Film Festival is screening LEAVING TO REMAIN

LEAVING TO REMAIN - The Guardian review

Attending COPRO Tel Aviv

Russian American Film Festival in US is screening 5th PARAGRAPH - INVALIDS

May News

8 Market screenings at MIPTV Cannes

WHAT IF – NY Times Review

April News

IN HIS IMAGE - Broadcast Premiere - HOT8 - Yom Hazikaron 2023

March 2023

Seattle Jewish Film Festival is screening HONEY TRAP

Attending Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival AGORA, CPH:DOX, FILMART.

February 2023

Berlinale EFM 2023 Market Screenings :

LEAVING TO REMAIN - Market Premiere

CONQUERING TIME - AGNES KELETI - Market Premiere

HONEY TRAP - Market Premiere

MOVING ON - Market screening

January 2023

MOVING ON by Maya Mcmanus Ronen - broadcast in New Zealand.

October 2022

Attending Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival in Czech Republic

LEAVING TO REMAIN - World Premiere at Jihlava IDFF

August 2022

Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York is screening THE FLAT.

July 2022

THE CERTAINTY OF PROBABILITIES to be screened at 31st FILMKUNSTFEST Schwerin, German Premiere.

In the presence of the director Raluca Durbacă.

May 2022

A restored copy of THE KOMEDIANT and WHAT IF to be screened at Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

WHAT IF? selected to the FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE POLITICO in Buenos Aires, Premiere in Argentina.

Le musée d'Art et d'Histoire du judaïsme (MAHJ) à Paris is screening WE WERE THE OTHERS.

April 2022

Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival is screening THE WAY OF MAN - A FILM ABOUT MARTIN BUBER

May 2022

Attending Festival de Cannes / Marché du film 2022.

April 2022

Attending Visions du réel Nyon

March 2022

Attending Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Cinéma du réel, CPH:DOX, FILMART.

February 2022

Attending EFM Berlinale 2022

November 2021

WE WERE THE OTHERS screening at New York Jewish Film Festival, Lincoln Center

Atlantic Jewish Film Festival is showing the 3part documentary series KINGDOMS

WHAT IF - North American Premiere. Other Israel Film Festival in New York, with the director Ran Tal attending.

WHAT IF in Official selection of the 40th Cambridge Film Festival UK

Jewish Federation of Florida is screening RED SCARF

IN HIS IMAGE by Tami Ravid - Polish Premiere at Watch Docs 2021

KUYA NOY screening and Q&A at Israeli Film Festival in Philippines

October 2021

THE MUSEUM - screening and discussion at Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow

September 2021

WHAT IF? EHUD BARAK ON WAR AND PEACE selected to the 18th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival in Armenia - Regional Panorama - International Competition.

July 2021 news

Attending Marché du film - Festival de Cannes 2021 online.
Market Screenings

May 2021 news

RED SCARF and WE WERE THE OTHERS - highlights of Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2021. Canadian Premiere.

April 2021 news

WHAT IF? is having its International Premiere at Moscow Interantional Film Festival, Main Competition, with director Ran Tal attending.

TACHELES - THE HEART OF THE MATTER - screening and discussion at New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival, North American Premiere.

February 2021 news

WHAT IF? EHUD BARAK ON WAR AND PEACE - Market Premiere, Berlinale EFM online 2021

The Museum - online screening & discussion with Ran Tal, hosted by the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in Saint Petersburg.

January 2021 news

Winners of the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum Awards 2020:

UNDERGROUND BALLET - Best Mid-Length Documentary, Best Sound Design

KINGDOMS - Best Visual Design

Congratulations !!

December 2020 news

WHAT IF? EHUD BARAK ON WAR AND PEACE, the new documentary by Ran Tal, is having its World Premiere at Jerusalem Film Festival, within the Feature Documentary Competition.

THE KOMEDIANT is being broadcast by Swedish television – Sylvester 2020 / New Year’s Eve on SVT2.

We have added seven new powerful titles to our catalogue – new releases.

November 2020 news

RESONANCE competes in the International Competition of the 39th Jean Rouch International Film Festival. Musée de l'Homme, Paris. French Premiere.

We are participating at IDFA FORUM online.

October 2020 news

UNDERGROUND BALLET is participating at Artdocfest, Russia.

Hadar Porubanova is guest at MEDIMED Market and DOK Leipzig online.

September 2020 news

UNDERGROUND BALLET and WE WERE THE OTHERS nomitated for the Israeli Academy Awards - Ophir 2020, in the Best Mid-lenght Documentary category.

July 2020 news

Andrey Tarkovsky International Film Festival "Zerkalo" was hosting the Russian Premiere of UNDERGROUND BALLET

June 2020 news

We are taking part of Festival de Cannes 2020, Marché du film online.

May 2020 news

Bride of the Nile - Broadcast Premiere in Portugal.

April 2020 news

The Museum - Broadcast Premiere in Japan - NHK.

March 2020 news

REEL Israel Documentary Film Festival is screening My War Hero Uncle and In The Desert.

WE WERE THE OTHERS will be having its French Premiere at Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme in Paris.

February news

Attending Berlinale EFM Market 2020.

Happy to add additional new titles to our catalogue: KINGDOMS by Uri Rosenwaks, WOMAN by Israela Shaer Meoded and documentary debut KUYA NOY by Daniel Binsted.

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival will be holding the North American Premiere of UNDERGROUND BALLET.

January news

RESONANCE selected to The Museum of Modern Art – MoMA Doc Fortnight !

December news

We are very happy to add to Ruth Films catalogue the Winner of the Best Documentary Award from the latest Haifa International Film Festival 2019 - UNDERGROUND BALLET by Lina Chaplin, produced by Daniela Reiss.

November news

Calgary Jewish Film Festival is screening My War Hero Uncle.

BEST UNKEPT SECRET now available at IDFA 2019 Docs for Sale.

October News

RESONANCE screens within the German Competition DOK Leipzig 2019 and receives DEFA Award!

UK Jewish Film Festival is screening The King of Borek.

Dokumentarfilmsalon auf St. Pauli in Germany, in cooperation with Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, is screening WE WERE THE OTHERS.

Attending Medimed Sitges 2019

Attending Attending DOK Leipzig 2019

September News

The Museum and CHILDREN OF THE SUN to be screened as part of the German-Israeli Film Program hosted by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Followed by a Master-Class with Ran Tal.

My War Hero Uncle selected to the Official Competition of the 23rd Queer Lisboa International Film Festival. Premiere in Portugal, in the presence of the director Shaked Goren.

We are deeply saddened to announce that Ginette Yana, the main personage of our touching documentary Ginette by Nathan Minsberg, has passed away today in Marseille. May her memory be blessed.

The Flat by Arnon Goldfinger is screening in Cinema Odeon, Brugg Switzerland

THE OPTIMISTS by Eliezer Yaari - Screening at Berlin Jewish Film Festival

WE WERE THE OTHERS by Hadas Ayalon is having its International Premiere in Berlin

In The Desert - screening & discussion at Berlin Jewish Film Festival, in the presence of the director Avner Faingulernt and the producer Hagar Saad Shalom

August News

BEST UNKEPT SECRET by Ilan Mizrahi now released

July News

Happy to announce our newest acquisition: WE WERE THE OTHERS by Hadas Ayalon, now officilaly added to our catalogue.

June News

The Museum broadcast Premiere at SKY Arts TV Channel in New Zealand

Megiddo by Itzik Lerner is having its Russian Premiere at Moscow Jewish Film Festival

Moscow Jewish Film Festival is screening The Museum

Tel Aviv Live broadcast Premiere at SKY Arts TV Channel in New Zealand

LA POTIERE by Andrea Serafini, newly released

Standby painter - broadcast Premiere at SKY Arts TV Channel in New Zealand

May News

In The Desert is taking part in the International Competition of FICIC Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Cosquín in Argentina.

The King of Borek is having its North American Premiere at Toronto Jewish Film Festival

Vienna Jewish Film Festival screens The Museum by Ran Tal and MEMORY TRILOGY by Maya Zack.

Milano Jewish Film Festival is showing The Museum - 12th NUOVO CINEMA EBRAICO E ISRAELIANO 2019.

Attending Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes 2019.

April News

My War Hero Uncle - Winner of the 12th David A. Stein Memorial Award, given to the Best Documentary by Toronto Jewish Film Festival in Canada, is having its International Premiere in Toronto. In the presence of the director Shaked Goren.

In The Desert by Avner Faingulernt is being shown at Academia Film Olomouc​ - 54th international festival of science documentary films. Czech Premiere. In the presence of the director Avner Faingulernt​ and the producer Hagar Saad Shalom.

In The Desert – Workshop at FAMU Prague :"ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT - THE MYTH ABOUT THE SINGLE GUILTY PARTY. THE WEST BANK AS BONE OF CONTENTION" - Workshop at Faculty of Art of Palacký University Olomouc, in cooperation with FAMU - Filmová a televizní fakulta AMU Prague.

Attending Visions du réel, Nyon

Shadows by Noa Aharoni screening at Film Archiv Austria, Vienna - as part of Series about Shoah, Trauma and Transgenerational Transmission.

March News

The Museum and Shadows are being screened at the Israeli Film Festival in Paris - Cinéma Majestic Passy, Paris

Millenium Documentary Film Festival​ in Brussels screens In The Desert- Belgian Premiere. In the presence of the director Avner Faingulernt and the producer Hagar Saad Shalom

Attending Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2019

The King of Borek selected to Sofia International Film Festival - Bulgarian Premiere. In the presence of the director Orit Ofir Ronell.

February News

Counterlight by Maya Zack selected to the International Competition of the 37th International Festival of Films on Art - FIFA Montréal, Canada. Montréal Premiere

Attending European Film Market - Berlinale 2019

January News

The Museum screens in Netherlands - Amsterdam - Hague – Apeldoorn, Crescas, in the presence of the director Ran Tal

December News

Bucharest Jewish Film Festival in Romania is screening The Museum.

Hadar Porubanova, Managing Director of Ruth Films is taking part in the Jury of the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival

Interview with Avner Faingulernt is being aired by Channel 10 Argentina.

In The Desert now in theaters around Israel

November News

International Jewish Film Festival screens Conventional Sins" - Australian Premiere

Megiddo by Itzik Lerner - NY Premiere - Other Israel Film Festival 2018 In the presence of the director.

The Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam is showing The Museum. Dutch Premiere.

The Museum screens in Hong Kong, Chinese Premiere

UK Premiere of The Museum, UK Jewish Film Festival, London.

Brussels Art Film Festival - BAFF 2018 - is hosting the Belgian Premiere of Standby painter In the presence of the directors Amir Yatziv et Guy Slabbinck.

The King of Borek, The Museum and Einstein in the Holly Land are being screened at Pitigliani Kolnoa Festival in Rome

Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival is screening the legendary documenatary CHILDREN OF THE SUN by Ran Tal.

In The Desert - screening & discussion at Film Academy Baden-Württemberg

The Museum wins five awards at the The Israeli Documentary Forum Award 2018: Photography - Daniel Kedem and Itay Marom, Ziv Berkovich, Giora Bejach Uriel Sinai, Zvi Landsmanz. Edit - Nili Feller. Sound Design - Aviv Aldema. Music - Asher Goldschmidt. Design - Lahav Halevy, Yoav Raz. Mazal tov !!

October News

In The Desert - A Documentary Diptych - the newest Israeli-Canadian co-production documentary project by Professor Avner Faingulernt, is having its International Premiere at FILMFEST HAMBURG 2018.

Conventional Sins" - screenings in Lithuania - International Human Rights Film Festival - Inconvenient Films 2018

Tel Aviv Live by Nellu Cohn having its premiere at Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema

The Israeli Documentary Film Festival in Slovakia opened with the screening of The Museum by Ran Tal.

Argentinian Premiere at Doc Buenos Aires 2018: In The Desert - A Documentary Diptych.

Australian Premiere of The Museum in Melbourne, within The Jewish International Film Festival in Australia.

We are attending MEDIMED Sitges & MIPCOM Market 2018.

44th International Short Film Festival FILMETS Badalona in Spain is showing Counterlight by Maya Zack

International Competition Program

The King of Borek is having its International Premiere at The Jewish International Film Festival in Australia.

The prestigious VIENNALE International Film Festival 2018 is hosting the Central-European Premiere of In The Desert - A Documentary Diptych. In the presence of the director Avner Faingulernt.

The Museum - Screening & Discussion in Sydney, Australia

August News

Three of our films nominated for the Best Documentary Award 2018 by the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum : "The Museum", "Conventional Sins" and "The King of Borek".

Thrilled to have acquired the latest documentary by Amir Yatziv and Guy Slabinnck Standby painter, produced by Brussels based CZAR Film

July News

Berlin Jewish Film Festival 2018 is featuring the German Premiere of The Museum

The King of Borek by Orit Ronell has been newly added to our catalogue

June News

The Museum nominated by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television as official candidate to the Ophir Award in the Best Israeli Documentary Feature Category.

FILAF 2018 screens The Museum within the International competition, presided by Cristian Mungiu, in the presence of Ran Tal.

May News

Avishai Kfir's documentary I was there in color is being aired by Czech Television

The History Department at Huddersfield University in UK is holding a screening of The Flat by Arnon Goldfinger

The Museum is having its French premiere at Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris, with the director Ran Tal in attendance. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Ran Tal and Ariel Schweitzer, film historian and critic at Cahiers du cinéma.

Ran Tal is receiving David A. Stein Award for best documentary for The Museum at Toronto Jewish Film Festival

Art House Cinema Filmtheater Kriterion in Amsterdam is screening Shadows

Counterlight selected to the Narrative Short Competition at Moscow Jewish Film Festival 2018

April News

I was there in color by Avishai Kfir to be broadcast by French TV Channel Histoire

In honor of Israel's 70th anniversary - special broadcast at ORF2 Austria : Tel Aviv Live by Nellu Cohn

Attending MIPTV Cannes 2018

Attending Visions du réel 2018

Beth Tzedek congregation in Toronto is holding a screening of Peter the 3rd

March News

Conventional Sins takes the Special mention of the Jury at CPH:DOX !

Conventional Sins makes its International Premiere at CPH:DOX Copenhagen within the Next Wave Competition 2018. In the presence of the directors Anat Zuria & Shira Winther.

Bride of the Nile to be screened at the Jerusalem Cinemathèque

Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival is showing Shadows

Festival of Tolerance in Ljubljana screens Counterlight

February News

Conventional Sins by Anat Zuria & Shira Winther, the winner of Jerusalem Film Festival 2017, has been newly added to our catalogue

Maine JFF is presenting Jerusalem Dream

January News

Hadar Porubanova special guest at PERSPECTIVES ON THE MARKET AND CO-PRODUCTIONS WITH ISRAEL panel discussion at FIPA Biarritz 2018

Ran Tal's latest masterpiece The Museum has been officially added to our catalogue

Shadows – French premiere to be held within "Carte Blanche: Israel" at FIPA Biarritz between 23-28 January 2018

Attending FIPA Biarritz 2018

Counterlight selected to the Lab Competition of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2018

Counterlight selected to New York Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center, US

Luxemburg City Film Festival is screening Brundibar Revisited

December News

The Syrian Patient special broadcast by Austrian public TV Channel ORF 2

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto is screening Einstein in the Holly Land

Three new acquisitions has been added to Ruth Films Catalogue : Conventional Sins, A Mi, Ginette

November News

Shadows by Noa Aharoni has been selected to the Official Competition at IDFA 2017.  The International Premiere to be held in the presence of the film crew in Amsterdam.

Attending IDFA 2017 Amsterdam.

Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival in Moscow is screening Jerusalem Boxing Club and A Woman's Story

Counterlight and Measures of Merit screened at Vancouver Jewish Film in Canada

October News

Attending MIPCOM in Cannes between 16-19 October

I Had A Dream is being screened at Mittleman JCC, Portland, US

Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is screening Brundibar Revisited

September News

Russian American Cultural Center in New York is screening Holocaust, the Eastern Front and Apollonia

Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Center will be screening Beyond the Nistru

Williams College will be screening Haymatloz – Exile in Turkey

August News

University of Michigan has purchased Iraq N' Roll

Ottawa Synagogue is screening Iraq N' Roll

Gut Shabbes Vietnam and The Fire Within were selected to Olomouc Film Days festival in Czech Republic

A Woman's Story and Jerusalem Boxing Club were selected to Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival in Russia

We added two new acquisitions to our catalogue : The Syrian Patient and The Dutch Secret

July news

Sole Luna FF screening of A Woman's Story

Measures of Merit has been acquired for broadcast by the Portugal Public TV

Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania has acquired Beyond the Nistru

Jewish Federation of Ocean County is screening David

Attending the 34th Jerusalem Film Festival

June news

Moscow JFF is screening A Woman's Story, Tel Aviv Live and Bring the Jews Home

Ashdod Mediterannee Film Festival is screening The Bride of the Nile, in presence of the director Edouard Mills-Affif

Istanbul Doc Days Festival is hosting a Turkish premiere of Haymatloz – Exile in Turkey

We are attending CoPro Documentary Market in Tel Aviv

May news

Toronto Jewish Film Festival is screening of Measures of Merit

The Bride of the Nile was selected to Docs Edge Australia

Bring the Jews Home was selected to HOT DOCS

University of Washington Libraries has purchased Haymatloz – Exile in Turkey

Jewish Motifs Jewish Film Festival in Poland is screening My Home, Tel Aviv LiveThe Jerusalem Dream and Measures of Merit, in presence of the directors Nellu Cohn, Roni Aboulafia and Meni Elias.

The Jewish Federation of North America is screening Village of Peace

We added three new acquisitions to our catalogue : Shadows, Couterlight and Sterile Zone

Shadows by Noa Aharoni premiered at Doc Aviv Film Festival

April news

Peter the 3rd screening at Congregation Beth Emeth

Berlin Jewish Museum is screening Iraq N' Roll, in presence of the director Gili Gaon

Smith College has purchased The Pin

Tel Aviv Live, Measures of MeritHaymatloz – Exile in Turkey, The Jerusalem Dream, My Home, A Woman's Story, Beyond the Nistru, Until the Last Step have been acquired by Philadelphia University

Boston Jewish Film Festival is screening The Flat

Princeton University has purchased Haymatloz – Exile in Turkey

Center for Jewish Life in New York is screening Here I Learned to Love

We are attending MIPTV Market in Cannes

March news

The Flat had a screening at George Eastman House

Wellesley College has purchased The way of Man - a film about Martin Buber

Michigan State University has purchased The Kozalchik Affair

The Bride of the Nile was screened at RAI Film Festival in UK

Menorah Film Club has screened The Flat

Peter the 3rd screening at Athens Jewish Film Festival

Peter the 3rd screening at Katz JCC

Festival of Tolerance in Slovania is screening Tito's Glasses and My Home

Febuary news

Neilson Library has purchased The Pin

Denver Jewish Film Festival is presenting Peter the 3rd

Tel-Aviv Live by Nellu Cohn is opening the festival l'Heure d’Hiver in Brussels

Einstein in the Holyland and Peter the 3rd  will be screened at Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival

The Flat will be screened to Italian audiences at Israeli Film Festival Cinematov in Milano

Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival will be screening Brundibar Revisited

Wellesley College Library has purchased The way of Man - a film about Martin Buber

JCC of Northern Virginia is screening Village of Peace

Michigan State University has purchased The Kozalchik Affair

The Kozalchik Affair has been broadcasted by Polish public TV

The Bride of the Nile and My Home have been acquired by the Israel Broadcasting Authority and will be aired on Channel 1 this month

January 2017 news

A Story in Third Person has been broadcast by the Slovak Public Television

Beyond the Nistru screening in Minsk, Belarus at the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Israel for Reel Film Program has purchased The Beetle

Hadar Porubanova has taken over as Managing Director of Ruth Films

Tel-Aviv Live will have its US Premiere at the upcoming Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival

The Mittleman Jewish Community Center is screening The Flat later this month

Until the Last Step had its premiere at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival last month

Dolphin Boy has been sold for educational use at Ruppin College

We are thrilled to have added two more films from the important project by Boris Maftsir, Until the Last Step and Beyond the Nistru