Women and Gender
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Still Waters
Israel 2023 | 17’ | Short FeatureWritten & Directed by: Tsivia Barkai Yacov
Produced by: Laila Films - Itai Tamir
Executive Producer: Ami Livne
Cinematography: Boaz Yehonatan Yacov
Editing: Tsivia Barkai Yacov
Art Design: Ehud Gutterman
Cast: Gloria Bess, Liron Ben Shlush, Itamar Rotschild
Sound Recording: Asher Milo, Ranso Vargas
Music: Ophir Leibovitch
Supported by: Gesher Film Foundation, New Fund for Cinema and Television, Ministry of culture and sport – The Israel Film Council
Languages: Hebrew with English subtitles
Desperate to flee an abusive relationship, Rona sneaks out during a lockdown and enters a women’s Mikvah. Naked and exposed, she faces the truth.
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The Art of Remembering
Greece | 2025 | feature documentary | 81' - New ReleaseWritten and Directed by: Anneta Papathanassiou
Produced by: TopCut-Modiano - Mikis Modiano, Art Files Productions - Ilia Papaspyrou; Anneta Papathanassiou
Director of Photography: Dimitris Katsaitis
Editor: Chronis Theocharis
Sound: Alexandros Sakellariou
Music: Maria Christina Krithara
Supported by: ERT Broadcaster
Languages: Greek, English, Ladino, Italian with English ST
Visual artist Artemis Alcalay confronts her family’s hidden past, transforming inherited silence, Holocaust memory, and trauma into a powerful journey of art and healing.
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Measures of Merit
Doc, 50 min 2016Written & Directed by: Roni Aboulafia
Produced by: Dana Cohen - Dana Productions
Sponsored by: Israel Channel 8
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Ultra-Orthodox, Haredi women are the only segment of Israeli society that is not represented in the Parliament- and Ruth Colian is on the road to changing that.
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A Woman’s Story
Doc 52 min, 2015Written and Directed by: Azra Rashid
Produced by: Azra Rashid and Igal Hecht
Language: Bengali, Kinyarwanda and English with English subtitles
Three women, from different countries and realities, discuss and share their experiences of genocide in the 20th century – highlighting their spirit and endurance.
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The Bride of the Nile
Doc 63 min, & 59 min DCP, 2015Directed by: Edouard Mills-Affif
Written by: Edouard Mills-Affif and Sherif El Ramly
Produced by: Nadège Hasson - Temps noir
Coproduced by: France Télévisions
Supported by: TV 2M - Morocco and LCP Assemblée nationale
A drama of tragic proportions is being played out in a village by the Nile Delta, where a young woman must marry a man she does not love. This film exposes the confusion in both the private, and public Egypt during crisis.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Polgar Variant
Doc, 68 min, 2014Written and Directed by: Yossi Aviram
Produced by: Ayelet Kait & Amir Harel – Lama Productions
Sponsored by: The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, the Marc Rich Foundation, The Second Authority for TV & Radio
language: Hebrew, English and Hungarian with English subtitles
The extraordinary story of three Hungarian-Jewish sisters who were raised in communist Budapest of the 1970s to be chess masters.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Locked Down
Doc, 56 min, 2013Directed by: Liat Mer
Produced by: Anath Kendell – One Light Productions
Sponsored by: Israel Channel 8, Makor Foundation, Mifal Hapayis
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
A rare look at the interactions between inmates and wardens over a period of two years at the Neve Tirza prison for women in central Israel.Rent Online - For Home Use Only :$7.90DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Saga of a Photo
Doc, 82 min, 2013Directed by: Mooli Landesman
Produced by: Tslil Landesman - Sadot Productions
Sponsored by: IBA Channel One
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
For a moment in time one photo exposed the joy of filmmaker Mooli Landesman grandparents' wedding in 1926 in Berlin. A moment later, everything will turn upside down.This is a story about love and a love story that crosses borders – both physically and emotionally.
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Pole, Dancer, Movie
Doc 55 min, 2013Written and Directed by: Isri Halpern
Produced by: Halpern Films Ltd.
Sponsored by: YESDocu &, The New Foundation for Film and Television
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Without apology or a sense of victimhood, this dynamic film follows the founder of Israel's first pole dancing studio as she competes for the European title champion. POLE, DANCER, MOVIE reveals an outspoken and frank woman who challenges the very world she lives in no less than she challenges the one she came from.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90