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Dolphin Boy
Doc, 72 min, 2011Written and Directed by: Dani Menkin & Yonatan Nir
Produced by: Judith Menassen Ramon, Dani Menkin, Yonatan Nir
Sponsored by: The Second Authority For TV & Radio, New Fund for Cinema & TV, Mifal HaPayis, ARTE, Channel 4
Language: Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
The incredible story of an Arab-Israeli teenager who ceased communication with people following a severe trauma, and comes back to life thanks to a special connection he develops with dolphins.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Pin
Fic, 85 min, 2013Written & Directed by: Naomi Jaye
Cast: Milda Gecaite, Grisha Paternak
Produced by: Daniel Bekerman
Supported by: Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts
Language: Yiddish with English subtitles
Two young people hid in the same barn during the harrowing days of World War II. This touching romance in Yiddish is a universal story of love and devotion over the years.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Fading Valley
Doc, 54 min, 2013Written and Directed by: Irit Gal
Produced by: Irit Gal with Ivonne Mansbach
Sponsored by: Royal Norwegian Embassy Tel Aviv, The Women’s Fund for Human Rights, Machsom-Watch
Language: Arabic and Hebrew with English\German subtitles
Without water there is no life – and agriculture is disappearing and in the fertile Jordan Valley where a group of Palestinian farmers are hidden from the eye. Their pastures have been declared military areas, their water wells have been closed up and the water has been diverted to the Jewish residents of the valley – the beautiful valley which is the lowest on earth.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Jean Wejnoon
Doc, 87 min, 2011Written & directed by: Mamdooh Afdile
Produced by: Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait – Lama Films
Sponsored by: Gesher Foundation, Channel 8 Israel
Language: Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles
An invitation to embark on a magical journey into the filmmaker’s amusing life, this film is an amalgamation of reality and imagination.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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