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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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
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Francesca
Israel | 2024 | feature documentary | 64'Written and Directed by: Lina Chaplin
Produced by: Daniela Reiss Razon
Script: Bracha Zisman Cohen
Director of Photography: Itzik Portal
Editor: Bracha Zisman Cohen
Music: Didi Erez
Sound Design: Rotem Dror
Choreography: Nadia Timofeyeva
Supported by: YES Broadcaster
Languages: Hebrew, Polish, Slovak, Yiddish with English ST
In 1945 Auschwitz, a Jewish ballerina from Warsaw allegedly wrestled a gun from an SS officer and shot him, and this gripping documentary unravels the legend and truth of Francesca Mann’s daring act and mysterious life.