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An Apartment in Berlin
Doc 84 min, & 55 min, 2014Directed by: Alice Agneskirchner
Produced by: Christian Beetz - Gebrueder-Beetz Film Productions
Sponsored by: ZDF & 3SAT
Language: English, German and Hebrew with English subtitles
Berlin has become a magnet for young Israelis - and the three characters at the center of this film are no expectation. More than 100 years ago Simon and Rosa Adler came to Berlin from Galicia to fulfil their dreams. Their apartment is now lovingly restored by three young Israelis. Along with the filmmaker they examine the complex connection to the history of Germany.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Land for the Nomads
Doc, 55 minDVCam, 2012Written, directed and produced by: Lipika Pelham
Languages: English, Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
Some 27,000 Bedouins live in roadside shacks where Jewish settlements have mushroomed up all along the desert limiting the Bedouins’ nomadic way of life. This film follows an unusual man as he struggles on behalf of this disenfranchised people.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Waves of Memory
Doc, 75 min, 2014Written and Directed by: Gad Aisen
Produced by: Gad Aisen & Gilad Reshef – Making Waves Ltd.
Animation by: Sharon Michaeli
Sponsored by: The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts & Israel Chanel 10
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Memory can be a tricky thing. In this moving documentary we learn about an historical event that is remembered differently by its various participants. A 1946 shipwrecked boat with Jewish refugees on board is the site of the original memory which has become opaque over the years.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Kalusz I Thought I Knew
Doc 28 min, 2013Produced and Directed by: Bernard Dichek
Written by: Bernard Dichek & Yana Lerner
Language: English and Ukrainian with English subtitles
Ever wonder about the distant place where your parents grew up? What does it look like today? What are the people like? When the son of Holocaust survivors travels to his parents' hometown in Eastern Europe, the stories he heard as a child come alive in unexpected ways.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Iraq N' Roll
Doc, 52 min, miniDV, 2011Written and Directed by: Gili Gaon
Produced by: Dani Haimovich - Station Films Ltd.
Sponsored by: Israel Channel 2, Gesher Foundation, Avi Chai Foundation
Language: Hebrew & Arabic with English subtitles
In an attempt to bridge time, space and culture, Israeli rock musician Dudu Tassa takes on the original music of his grandfather who was one of the leading musicians in the early 20th century in Iraq. A grandson and the weight of history – a story about the power of music and its ability to heal a family’s pain.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Tikotin- A Life Devoted to Japanese Art
Doc, 59/77 min, 2013Directed by: Santje Kramer
Executive Producer: Erica Reijmerink, Sarphati Media
Sponsored by: Jewish Broadcaster – The Netherlands, Stichting Felix Tikotin Foundation - The Netherlands
Language: Dutch and English with English subtitles
a famous German Jewish art dealer travels all over the world -and two World Wars later and a series of personal hardships, a museum of his life’s work is set up on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Estigma?
Doc, 52 / 73 min, 2014Written and Directed by: Martí Sans
Produced by: Martí Sans & Pablo Sánchez
Languages: Spanish with English subtitles
Set in contemporary Spain, this provocative film unreels the history and mutations of Judeophobia with The ignorance and rejection of Judaism are still present in many sectors of our society. A timely film about a very relevant topic.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
End of the Line: Seeshaupt
Doc 69 min, 2013Written and Directed by: Walter Steffen
Produced by: Konzept+Dialog.Medienproduktion
Language: German with English subtitles
The untold story of the final days of WWII told through the experiences of concentration camp inmates as well as local Germans who were confronted by the concrete evidence of the actions of the Nazi State.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Concrete
52 min, & 72 min, DigiBeta, 2011Directed by: Nurit Kedar
Produced by: Yehuda Bitton
Sponsored by: the Makor Foundation
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
A war story can be told either by the victims or by the soldiers. Here filmmaker Nurit Kedar uncovers the untold story of 2009's "Operation Cast Lead" through the voices of young soldiers.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock