Women and Gender
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Daddy's Girls
Doc 56 min, 2010, Dig, ColorDirected by: Lily Sheffy
Produced by: David Noy & Yoram Ivry - Cinemax Productions
Language: Hebrew & English, English subtitles
Sponsored by: Channel 10, Israel
He is a man who maneuvers precariously between three homes, three women and two children. When his daughter finds out how he lives, she decides to embark on a journey and decipher, for the first time in her life, who her father really is.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Paris Return
Doc 72 min, 2009Directed by: Yossi Aviram
Produced by: Itay Ken tor. Noemi Schory- Belfilms
Sponsored by: ZDF/ARTE, ERT-Greece, YesDocu- Israel
Language: French and Hebrew with English subtitles
An aging Parisian gay couple squabble and share a playful repartee as ill health starts to slow the elder partner and he begins to explore the concept of home.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
I Sleep but My Heart is Awake
Doc, 58 Min, color, 2009Directed and Produced by: Osnat Margowsky and Adi Arbel
Written by: Osnat Margowsky
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Sponsored by: Channel 8-Israel
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..DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Hothouse
Doc, 52 Min, color, 2009Written & Directed by: Idit Gan-Zvi
Produced by: Moshe Alafi- Alafim Productions
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
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.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Deadly Honour
Doc, Long version: 85 min, ; Short version: 58 min, color, 2009Written, directed and produced by: Lipika Pelham
Language: Arabic, Hebrew and English, with English or French Subtitles
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.
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Chronicle of a Kidnap
Doc, 55 min, Color, 2008Written & Directed by: Nurit Kedar
Produced by: David Mandil
Sponsors: Channel 10-Israel
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
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The Woman From Sarajevo
Doc, 65 min, color, 2007Written & Directed by: Ella Alterman
Produced by: Ella Alterman & Yehuda Bitton – EY Productions
Sponsored by: Israel’s Channel 1 & Makor Foundation for Israeli Films
Language: Serbian, English & Hebrew with English subtitles
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.
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To See If I'm Smiling
Doc, 59 Min, 2007, ColorWritten, Directed & Produced: Tamar Yarom
World Sales: First Hand Films
Festivals & Special Screenings: Ruth Diskin Films
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles / French subtitles
Sponsored by: Channel 8-Israel & The Makor Foundation for Israeli Cinema & TV
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.
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Lullaby
Doc, 52 min, color, Hebrew & Arabic, 2004Written & Directed by: Adi Arbel
Produced by: Naama Pyritz
Sponsored by: Cinema Project & Keshet 2nd Channel
DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90