Jewish Life
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The Shoshani Riddle
Israel 2024 | 88’ | Feature documentary - New ReleaseFilming countries: France, USA, Uruguay, Italy, Israel, Switzerland
Written & Directed by: Michael Grynszpan
Produced by: Michael Grynspan, New Vision Productions
Cinematography: Philippe Bellaiche
Editing: Roy Ben Ami
Animation: David Walz
Cast: Elie Wiesel, Adin Steinsaltz, Serge Klarsfeld
Sound Design: Michael Goorevich
Music: Daniel Markovitch
Supported by: Kan 11, The Second Israeli Authority for Television & Radio, Gesher Film Foundation - Avi Chai Foundation, The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Matanel Foundation
Languages: Hebrew, English, French, with English subtitles
The Wanderer Who Knew it All.
He was one of the greatest geniuses that ever lived; a teacher, a scholar, a mathematician - he had a brilliant mind…and yet he slept on a park bench, had no real home, travelled the world, looked like a bum and ate like a slob. No one knows his real name; he is only known as Mr. Shoshani. Mr. Shoshani is one of the unsolved riddles and one of the ten most mysterious men ever.DVD to be released -
We Are Pentothal
Israel 2023 | 2x52` | 2part documentary - New ReleaseWritten and directed by: Tsipi Karlik
Produced by: Itay Nevo
Supported by: KAAN Broadcasting
Language: Hebrew with English Subtitles
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.
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5th Paragraph - Invalids
Israel 2023 | 52` | Mid-length documentary - New ReleaseProduced by: Zvi Sheffy Productions
Directed by: Boris Maftsir
Editing: Lilia Tzvokbenkel
Stills photography: Ron Katzenelson
Music: Avi Benjamin
Colorist and online Editor: Aharon Peer, R.G.B Post Productions
Sound design: Eva Spitkovski
Supported by: The New Fund for Cinema and TV, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Mifal Pais
Language: Russian and Hebrew with English subtitles
In the Soviet Union in 1990/1991, the 5th Paragraph referred to a long-standing discrimination faced by Soviet Jews, who were denied access to higher education and certain jobs due to suspicions of dual loyalty.
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Mischmasch
Sweden 2023 |30` | Short Documentary - New ReleaseWritten 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 -
Gazozz
Israel 2023 | 88` | Feature film - New ReleaseProduced by: Tommy Lang
Directed by: Tommy Lang
Cinematography: Tomer Slutzky, Omer Manor
Editing: Dor Yovel
Sound design: Ori Lang
Music: Asaf Finkelstein
Sound recording: Vadim Yegman
Stills: Danny Kitri
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
A story of one date over the course of one evening in the streets of Tel Aviv. . A simple and extremely touching minimalistic film in cinema verité style.
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Moving On
Israel 2022, 72 min, Feature DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Maya Mcmanus Ronen
Produced by: Maya Mcmanus Ronen
Cinematography: Shai Mizrahi
Editing: Maya Mcmanus Ronen
Sound: Niv Groner, Yonatan Shalev
Original Music: Mordi Corcos
Graphics: Lia Keren
Coloring: Peleg Levi
Supported by: Gesher Multicultural Film Fund – The Arava Film Fund
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
In a remote desert area of Israel, every couple of years everybody switches houses. Nobody knows in advance to where he will move. A unique community is getting into a personal and shaking journey, where packing the house and renovating is arousing a questioning about existential aspects of life.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock
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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
Widening the historical lens, this documentary focuses on an under-explored aspect of Jewish history: the role that Jews played in Western American expansion, both in real life and in the movies.
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Lost Lines, Last Traces
Germany 2022 |2x52` | 2part documentaryWritten and directed by: Martin Gressmann
Produced by: Martin Gressmann
Language: German with English Subtitles, French and Spanish version available (2023)
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.
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Conquering Time – Ágnes Keleti
Hungary, Israel 2022 | 78 min, | Feature DocumentaryWritten and directed by: Katalin Oláh
Produced by: Makabor Studio
Co-produced by: Noemi Schory
Editing: Kata Oláh
Cinematography: Csukás Sándor
Animation: Egely Hatalin
Music: Boaz Schory
Language: Hungarian, Hebrew with English Subtitles
A touching portrait of the life of Ágnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic Champion, shown for the first time on screen.
Inspiring sporting legend who defeated both her rivals and the existential threats to a Jew living through the turmoil of the 20th century.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock