Women and Gender

At the height of a hectic personal and professional life,a woman experiences alienating loneliness, existential doubt and an echoing emptiness.
But then one traumatic night, she discovers a new sense of godliness within her. When morning comes, she realizes there’s no turning back..

The disengagement of Israel from Gaza in 2005 is the background for the story of one women's determination in the face of hardship.  HOTHOUSE chronicles one strong woman who struggles to keep her family, her marriage
and above all - her hothouse working and flourishing.

Based on a real life survivor of honor killing this powerful documentary tells the story of young girls growing up in fear - a fear that is sealed with a code of silence and the anticipation of facing their killers.
 

 
The Kafkaesque story at the center of a national debate following the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers. A powerful film that captures the politics of finding one self in the center of media frenzy
 

The first Muslim woman to be honored as a "Righteous among the Nations" as her family hid the Jewish Kabilio family during World War II. Now it is the Jewish family's turn to help as Sarajevo goes up in flames.

 A female point of view on the drama of an unending war, on the moral challenges the soldiers faced at the encounter with the Palestinian population. The women look back critically at the way they handled the power that was placed in their hands at the young age of eighteen.

A small ethnic community in Northern Israel faces challenges as young women and men question tradition. The fascinating story of the contemporary Circassian community.