Women and Gender
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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
This is a previously untold story of resilience focused on the amazing contributions the Jewish refugees from England, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus and Mexico have made to the broader world and specifically the American West.
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Leaving to Remain
Slovakia, UK, Czech Republic 2022 | 91 min, | Feature DocumentaryWritten and directed by: Mira Erdevicki
Produced by: Pubres – Zuzana Mistrikova, Lubica Orechovska
Co-produced by: Spring Pictures – Lucie Wenigerova, KRUTART – Martin Juza
Featuring: Petr Torák, Denisa Gannon, Ondrej Olah, and their families and communities
Editing: David Charap, Krasimira Velitchkova
Music: Dominik Doktor
Sound Designer: Viktor Ekrt
Language: Czech, English with English Subtitles
Ondřej, Denisa, and Petr, three Romani suffering from discrimination, left Czech Republic and Slovakia to enjoy a world of opportunity in Britain. This multi-layered, yet rather intimate documentary, which contains a number of scenes shot by the protagonists themselves on their mobile phones, depicts the everyday worries and small victories of the three main characters who represent an educated and ambitious, yet still vulnerable community of Europeans.
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Truus Children
Netherlands 2022 | 90 min, | Feature DocumentaryWritten and directed by: Pamela Sturhoofd and Jessica van Tijn
Produced by: Special Eyes Film Productions
Script: Pamela Sturhoofd and Jessica van Tijn
Editing: Rogier van der Voort
Photography: Freek Zonderland
Sound Recording: Joost Kelderman
Sound Design: Hugo Dijkstal
Music: Lavinia Meijer and Arthur Antoine Theunissen
Animation: May Kindred Boothby
Supported by: Prins Bernard Culture Fund, Foundation ‘Democratie en Media’, Lerak Foundation
Broadcaster: NPO/Omroep Max
Language: Dutch and English with English subtitles
In this powerfully moving documentary, Dutch resistance hero, Truus Wijsmuller, is presented on the world-historic stage. Her story was almost completely hidden for 75 years but is now brought to life by the memories of the courageous survivors who were saved with her help.
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Honey Trap
Israel 2022 | 60 min, | Mid-length DocumentaryWritten and directed by: Aalam Warqe & Kobi Davidian
Produced by: Black and White Films - Kobi Davidian
Cinematography: Idan Glikzelig
Editing: Margarita Linton
Original Score: Shmaya Cohen
Graphic Designer: Oleg Fedorkov
Supported by: HOT8, Makor fund for Cinema and Television, The New Fund for Cinema and Television, She*Docs Accelerator - CoPro Fund.
Language: Hebrew with English Subtitles
Keryat Moshe, home of a large Ethiopian Jewish community, is considered in mainstream media one of the toughest neighborhoods in Israel, socially apart from modern "white" Israeli society.
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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
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In His Image
Netherlands 2020, 72 min / 55 min, Feature DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Tami Ravid
Produced by: Iris Lammertsma, Boudewijn Koole
Executive producer: Femke de Wild, Yasmin Van Dorp - Witfilm
Cinematography: Philippe Bellaiche
Editing: Yael Perlov
Sound: Amos Zipori, Tully Chen, Ravid Dvir
Sound design: Taco Drijfhout
Music: Jesse Koolhaas
Supported by: EOdocs, NPO Fund, Dutch Cultural Media Funds
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Can we create life after death? Should we allow it? A first-time documentary approach, raising ethical and philosophical questions about postmortem preproduction.
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In Secret
Israel 2020, 56 min, Mid-Length DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Lina Chaplin
Produced by: Daniela Reiss Razon
Script: Lina Chaplin, Bracha Zisman Cohen
Editing: Bracha Zisman Cohen
Cinematography: Itzik Portal, Tulik Galon
Music: Didi Erez
Sound Design: Rotem Dror
Supported by: Kan - The Israeli Public Broadcasting, The Film & Media Collaborative, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund and AVI CHAI Foundation
"Anusim" - They are everywhere - Ultra-Orthodox Jews. They cannot be identified. Within them there is a struggle between the inner truth and the outside world.
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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.
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Underground Ballet
Israel 2019| 53'| Mid-Length documentaryWritten & Directed by: Lina Chaplin
Script: Lina Chaplin and Bracha Zisman Cohen
Edited by: Bracha Zisman Cohen
Produced by: Daniela Reiss Razon
Cinematography: Itzik Portal
Music: A. Glaznov, Ludwig Minkus, Adolf Adam, Tomazo Albinoni, dmitri shostakovich, A. Krane, Claude Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Boris Asspaiev,Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Cezar Antonowicz Cui, Giuseppe Verdi, Edvard Grieg, Phillip Glass, Alfred Snitke, Bock Jerry, Kirill Molchanov
With the support of: Hot 8, the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv
Language: Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles
A decade ago Nadia and her mother, Nina Timofeyeva, a prima ballerina at the Bolshoi Ballet, left Moscow for Jerusalem and set up the studio. It was a professional suicide. Ballet and football make for a surrealistic combination.
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