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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On Thin Ice
Israel | 2026 | feature documentary | 72' - New ReleaseWritten and Directed by: Udi Kalinsky and Irit Hod
Produced by: PROVID FILMS & TV PRODUCTIONS - Udi Kalinsky and Irit Hod
Director of Photography: Udi Kalinsky, Irit Hod, Amir Wallansky
Editor: Michal Ranon
Music: Alberto Schwartz
Supported by: Ministry of Culture and Sport, The Israel Film Council, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Hagalil Fund, The New Fund for the Cinema and TV, KAAN Broadcaster
Languages: Hebrew, Arabic with English ST
Aya, a 19-year-old Druze ice hockey player from the Golan Heights, dreams of representing Israel — a choice that shatters decades of her community’s loyalty to Syria. Through her personal struggle, On Thin Ice reveals a historic shift as the Druze are forced to choose between identity and survival in the aftermath of October 7.
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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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