Arts and Music
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Mischmasch
Sweden 2023 |30` | Short DocumentaryWritten and directed by: Uta Arning
Produced 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.DVD to be released -
Only in Theaters
US 2022, 2023 International release | 93’ | Feature documentaryProduced by: Raphael Sbarge, Thomas Cassetta
Directed by: Raphael Sbarge
Editing: Rick Pratt
Cinematography: Matt Kubas
Sound: Thomas Cassetta
Music: Isabelle Engmann-Bredvik, Gerardo Garcia
Animation: Alex Grey
Language: Original English version
The Laemmle Theaters in US, a beloved Arthouse Cinema chain with a Hollywood legacy, has elevated the art of filmmaking for 85 years, but is facing a series of seismic shifts. ONLY IN THEATERS, filmed over 2 1/2 years, chronicles this family-run business, and their determination to survive in a changing world. This is a story about our love of Cinema, resilience, and family.
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Jews of the Wild West
US 2022, 2023 International release | 82’ | Feature documentaryProduced by: Amanda Kinsey, Electric Yolk Productions
Directed by: Amanda Kinsey
Editing: Molly Paul
Cinematography: Joe Friedman, Bill Stengel, Domingo Lamarre, Dan Anderson, Corey Leavitt, James Chance, Dan Edblom
Sound: Kwan Ki Chau, Corey Leavitt
Colorist: Daniel Goldberg
Supported by: Colorado Forum Fund, Rosalind P Walter Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, Heitler Fund
Language: Original English version
This is a previously untold story of resilience focused on the amazing contributions the Jewish refugees from England, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus and Mexico have made to the broader world and specifically the American West.
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Red Scarf
Israel 2020, 60 min, Feature DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Peter Mostovoy
Produced by: Peter Mostovoy
Script: Peter Mostovoy, Vladimir Beider
Editing: Grim Trainin
Cinematography: Israel Fridman
Music: Alex Goldshtain
Sound design: Eva Spitkovsky
Actors: Vitaly Voskoboinikov, Ilya Domanov, Roman Indik, Vitaly Novik, Oleg Rodovilsky, Sergei Rudenya
Supported by: KAN - Israeli Public Broadcasting, The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
Language: Russian with English subtitles
DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock
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La Potière
Italy 2019 | 43' | Mid-Length DocumentaryWrittend & Directed by: Andrea Serafini
Produced by: Andrea Serafini (Italy)
Language: French with English subtitles
La Potière is a film on how the meeting with the artefacts from a faraway culture originated ten centuries earlier can spark off the inspiration of a life long pursue of that elusive spirit that inhabits some pieces of ceramics and allows them to reach people's soul.
DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock
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Resonance
Germany/Israel 2019| 56'| Mid-Length documentaryWritten & Directed by: Itay Marom
Edited by: Sunjha Kim, Itay Marom
Produced by: Itay Marom
Cinematography: Itay Marom
Sound: Rotem Dror
Language: German and English with English subtitles
While working on the physical aspect of the voice, a sensuous closeness is being created between the teacher and the student.
DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock
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Standby Painter
Belgium/Israel 2018, 52 min, DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Amir Yatziv, Guy Slabinnck
Produced by: Kaat Camerlynck - Czar Film, Belgium
Script, Editing & Research: Amir Yatziv
Cinematography: Hyun De Grande, Łukasz Konopa
Soundtrack: Nati Zeidenstadt
Music: Uriel Herman
Language: Polish, English with English and French subtitles
An almost deserted museum, a guard wearing high heels, a cinephile thief and a Monet painting.
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The Museum
Israel 2017, 72 min, Feature DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Ran Tal
Produced by: Lama Films - Ayelet Kait, Amir Harel, Ran Tal
Editing: Nili Feller
Photography: Daniel Kedem, Itay Marom, Uriel Sinai, Ziv Berkovitch, Zvi Lanzman
Music: Asher Goldschmidt
With the support of: Yes Docu, The new fund for cinema and TV, Mifal Hpis, The Leir Charitable Foundations
Language: Hebrew, English, Yiddish, Arabic with English subtitles
"A masterful look at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, and the world itself."
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The Komediant
Israel, USA 1999, 82 min, Feature Documentary – RESTORED COPY – RE-RELEASE Mono | Aspect Ratio: 4:3Directed by: Arnon Goldfinger
Script: Oshra Schwartz-Reim
Produced by: Arnon Goldfinger, Amir Harel, Oshra Schwartz-Reim
Cinematography: Yoram Millo
Editing: Einat Glaser-Zarhin
Sound: Tomer Ilan
Supported by: New Fund for Cinema and Television, TV Keshet – The Film project, National Authority of Yiddish Culture, National Council for Culture and Arts, The Avraham Y. Lerner Foundation, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
Language: English, Yiddish, Hebrew with English subtitles
The glory days of the Yiddish stage are brought to life in this funny-sad saga of a legendary theatrical family, The Bursteins.
DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock