• Following The Jäger Report

    Writtten & directed by: by Boris Maftsir

    Between July and October 1941, nearly 100,000 Jews—half of Lithuania's Holocaust victims—were murdered in shtetls. How did such atrocities occur in a land with a history of coexistence? Lithuanians and Jews confront their painful shared past

  • Accidental Happiness

    Written and Directed by: Lina Chaplin

    After October 7, a group of retirees joins an unprecedented volunteer “year of service” on Israel’s Gaza border, where acts of care and community spark unexpected joy, renewal, and a rediscovery of purpose at a stage of life where few expect it.

  • 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.

  • One More Win

    Written & Directed by: Roy Alon

    The story of the football team "Jerusalem Lions" that embarks on a once in a lifetime journey to represent Israel in the International Homeless World Cup.

  • 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?

  • On Thin Ice

    Written and Directed by: Udi Kalinsky and Irit Hod

    Aya, a 19-year-old Druze ice hockey player from the Golan Heights, dreams of representing Israel — a choice that shatters decades of her community’s loyalty to Syria. Through her personal struggle, On Thin Ice reveals a historic shift as the Druze are for

  • We Are Pentothal

    Written and directed by: Tsipi Karlik

    2 part documentary series that brings the audience inside one of the most sensitive and disturbing episodes surrounding Yom Kippur War )1973(. This year (2023), exactly 50 years after, this documentary is of high relevance.

  • Dockan Glick / A Doll Named Glick

    Written and Directed by: Uta Arning

    On her ninth birthday, a magical suitcase opens a Yiddish-speaking doll modeled after her beloved grandfather, guiding a lonely girl on a music-filled journey that bridges past and present.

  • 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

  • Moving On

    Debut documentary by Maya Mcmanus Ronen

    In a remote desert area of Israel, every couple of years everybody switches houses. A very personal and shaking journey, where packing the house and renovating is arousing an inner journey of self-learning and d questioning existential aspects of life.

 

 

 

October 2026

Victoria International Jewish Film Festival is hosting a screening and discussion of IN PROTEST.

We are thrilled to announce that ON THIN ICE will be screening at the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival!

North American Premiere of ON THIN ICE in New York at the Other Israel: New Perspectives Film Festival.

July 2026

Celebrating cinema at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

We are thrilled to share that FOREVER LOVE will have its International Premiere at the upcoming 46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (Jewish Film Institute)!

May 2026

North American Premiere: A DOLL NAMED GLICK.

We are pleased to announce the upcoming premiere screenings for Uta Arning’s 11-minute short film, "A Doll Named Glick" (Dockan Glick), at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

April 2026

Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg is screening ON THIN ICE, DOCKAN GLICK and MISCHMASH.

February 2026

Attending Berlinale EFM Market. 

DOCKAN GLICK is having its world premiere at the BUFF Malmo International Film Festival!

January 2026

New to our winter slate: IN PROTEST — Audience Award Winner, Best Short Film, 2026 Miami Jewish Film Festival.

 

THE ART OF REMEMBERING is coming to the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival for its North American premiere, with the filmmaker in attendance.

 

December 2025

“Patterns of Memory: Maya Zack Retrospective” – Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, screening and discussion.

 

June 2025

Hadar Porubanova participated as a Juror for International Emmy Awards Competition, this year again.

 

April 2025

HANGING WITHOUT WALLS is having its Austrian premiere at Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz.

March 2025

HANGING WITHOUT WALLS at ONE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL - screenings in Prague and in cities accross Czech Republic.

 

Attending Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival.

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