Politics and Conflict
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My War Hero Uncle
Israel 2018, 52 min, DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Shaked Goren
Production: Ayelet Kait, Amir Harel – Lama Films
Cinematography: Nadav Ben Zur
Editing: Danel Elpeleg
Sound Design: Erez Eyni
Music: Ophir Leibovich
With the support of: Yes Docu, NFCT
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Ami was killed in the 1967 War. Fifty years after his death, a shocking truth is unveiled
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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
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What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace
Israel 2021, 85 min, Feature DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Ran Tal
Produced by: Lama Films - Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait; Ran Tal
Editing: Nili Feller
Cinematography: Giora Bejach
Visual researcher: Hagit Ben Yaakov
Research and artistic consulting: Shira Perry
Design and animation: Dovev Alperson, Design Ninjas
Music: Haim Frank Ilfman
Sound Design and Mix: Aviv Aldema
Sound recording: Tully Chen
Color grading: Yoav Raz
North American Distributor: Film Movement
Line producers: Matan Gaida, Karin Etedgi
Poster design: Lahav halevy
Supported by: Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project, The Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports, Other Israel Film Fund, The Israel Film Council, Keshet Broadcasting
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Ehud Barak is one of the most controversial figures in Israeli politics. It seems there are two kinds of Israelis: those who venerate him, and those who loathe him. Admired for his analytic abilities, but criticized for the tremendous military and diplomatic risks he took, such as the attempt to assassinate Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, or the failed effort to put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this new Ran Tal's film, Barak observes with disillusioned clarity his own history and the history of the State Israel.
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Best Unkept Secret
Israel 2019 | 57'| Mid-Length DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Ilan Mizrahi
Edited by: Nadav Harel, Deborah Cherki
Produced by: Nimrod Shanit – Blimey Production
Cinematography: Ilan Mizrahi, Deborah Cherki
Music: Kat Tolokovsky
With the support of: Yes Doco, Rabinovich Foundation, The Israel Film Council
Language: Hebrew and English with English subtitles
A 15-year-long documentation follows the gut wrenching story of an adolescent boy who discovers one day that he had been manipulated and used throughout his life by fanatic organizations seeking to promote their ideology of fighting Jewish assimilation.
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The Optimists
Israel, Netherlands, Jordan 2019 / 55 min / Mid-Length DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Eliezer Yaari
Produced by: Irit Ambar
Narrated by: Mandy Patinkin
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
A story of a Palestinian chemist from the village of Sur Baher who decides to move from his village to the Jewish Kibbutz Ketura in the South of Israel, in pursuit of a dream of peace in the Middle East. Utopia or optimism?
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In The Desert - A Documentary Diptych
Israel/ Canada 2018, 220 min, (Omar's Dream’ 115 min, Avidan's Dream 105 min, TV Version 120 min, Documentary DiptychWritten & Directed & Cinematography by: Avner Faingulernt
Produced by: Hagar Saad Shalom, Paul Cadieux, Shlomi Elkabetz, Danae Elon, Galit Bachlon; Skene Border Films (IL), Filmoption International (CAN), Deux Beaux Garcons Films (IL), Entre Deux Mondes Productions
Editing: Myriam Magassouba (CAN)
Music: Peter Venne (CAN)
With the support of: The Israel Film Council – Ministry of Culture and Sport, Quebec Crédit d’impôt cinema et television - Gestion SODEC, The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
Language: Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
A profound journey trying to defy what is commonly known about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Teaching Ignorance
Doc, 52 min, 2015Written and Directed by: Tamara Erde
Produced by: Julien Loron – Saya
Supported by: France3 via Stella, BBC Arabic, CNC, Procirep, Brut die welt fund Germany
Language: Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles
This powerful film follows several Israeli and Palestinian teachers over the course of an academic year in an examination of how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is taught.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Jerusalem Boxing Club
Doc, 71 min, 2015Written and Directed by: Helen Yanovsky
Produced by: Helen Yanovsky, Shalom Goodman, Nizan Ophir - Rail Road Films
Sponsored by: Rabinovich Film Fund - Cinema Project, Channel 8, Alex Bernstein Grant, The Aliza Shagrir Prize, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Language: Hebrew, Arabic and Russian with English subtitles
Operating out of a bomb shelter in south Jerusalem, this boxing club is a microcosm of trouble and hope.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Apollonia
Doc 64 min, 2014Written and Directed by: Ofir Trainin
Produced by: Micha Shagrir & Tal Barda
Sponsored by: IBA - Israel Channel One
Language: Hebrew, Russian, Polish with English subtitles
Spy or double agent? This story of one man is also the story of the Cold War and how it continues to affect us to this day.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90