New Releases
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Following The Jäger Report
Israel, Lithuania | 2025 | documentary | 120' - 2x60' - New ReleaseWrittten & directed by: by Boris Maftsir
Produced by: Ron Katzenelson (Israel), Stasys Baltakis (Lithuania)
Director of Photography: Ron Katzenelson
Editor: Lilia Tsvokbenkel
Script & Research: Boris Maftsir, Lilia Tsvokbenkel
Design, Art & Animation: Studio Jewboy - Yaron Shin & Zohar Yosifon
Music: Avi Benjamin
With the support of: The Rabinovich Foundation, The Israel Film Council, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ghetto Fighters' House Museum, Claims Conference
Languages: Lithuanian, English, Yiddish, Hebrew with English subtitles
Between July and October 1941, nearly 100,000 Jews—half of Lithuania's Holocaust victims—were murdered in shtetls.
How did such atrocities occur in a land with a history of coexistence? Lithuanians and Jews confront their painful shared past.
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One More Win
Israel 2024 | 64' | Debut documentary - New ReleaseWritten & Directed by: Roy Alon
Produced by: Pardes Films – Stav Morag Meron
Script: Roy Alon, Boaz Lion
Cinematography: Miky Wajnerman
Editing: Boaz Lion
Music: Yuval Semo
Graphic design: Noa Haber
Sound design: Shahaf Wagshall
Supported by: Rabinovitch Foundation, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, The Israel Film Council, Sport Channel Israel
Languages: Hebrew and English with English subtitles
The story of the football team "Jerusalem Lions" that embarks on a once in a lifetime journey to represent Israel in the International Homeless World Cup.
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Decryption
Israel 2024 | 12:26' | Short documentary - New ReleaseWritten & Directed by: Maya Zack
Produced by: Maya Zack
Script: Maya Zack, Amos Ponger
Cinematography: Stanislav Levor
Editing: Amos Ponger
Music: Ophir Leibovitch
Set design & Drawing: Maya Zack
Sound design: Neil Gibbs
Supported by: Ostrovsky Family Fund, Israel Festival
Languages: Hebrew with English subtitles
When memories of her mother begin to fade, artist Maya Zack returns to the morbid poem her mother used to recite to her as a child to lull her to sleep.
In the mesmerizing cinematic poem "Decryption," Zack deconstructs, weaves, and reassembles the poem and attempts, through it, to revive the memory of the body of her mother, who died prematurely.
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Hanging Without Walls
Slovakia 2024 | 78’ | Feature documentary debut - New ReleaseWritten & Directed by: Jana Durajova, Lena Kusnierikova
Produced by: PubRes s.r.o. - Zuzana Mistrikova, Lubica Orechovska, Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide
Script: Jakub Medvecký
Cinematography: Ivo Miko
Editing: Alexandra Slašťanová, Matěj Sláma
Cast: Alexandra Kusá, Martin Kusý, Vladimír Dědeček
Sound Design: Michal Horváth
Music: Jonatán Pastirčák
Supported by: RTVS - Radio and TV Slovakia, Slovak Film Institute, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Creative Europe – MEDIA
Languages: Slovak with English subtitles
A Kafkaesque documentary debut over ten years in the making that sheds light on the absurdity of a bureaucratic system, set within the never-ending process of renovation of the Slovak National Gallery.
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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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5th Paragraph - Invalids
Israel 2023 | 52` | Mid-length documentaryProduced by: Zvi Sheffy Productions
Directed by: Boris Maftsir
Editing: Lilia Tzvokbenkel
Stills photography: Ron Katzenelson
Music: Avi Benjamin
Colorist and online Editor: Aharon Peer, R.G.B Post Productions
Sound design: Eva Spitkovski
Supported by: The New Fund for Cinema and TV, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Mifal Pais
Language: Russian and Hebrew with English subtitles
In the Soviet Union all citizens were equal – in theory at least. In reality, Jews were suspected, across the board, of being disloyal towards the USSR. To have “jewrej” entered in field 5 of your ID card meant automatic stigmatisation. Those affected remember.
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Only in Theaters
US 2022, 2023 International release | 93’ | Feature documentaryProduced by: Raphael Sbarge, Thomas Cassetta
Directed by: Raphael Sbarge
Editing: Rick Pratt
Cinematography: Matt Kubas
Sound: Thomas Cassetta
Music: Isabelle Engmann-Bredvik, Gerardo Garcia
Animation: Alex Grey
Language: Original English version
The Laemmle Theaters in US, a beloved Arthouse Cinema chain with a Hollywood legacy, has elevated the art of filmmaking for 85 years, but is facing a series of seismic shifts. ONLY IN THEATERS, filmed over 2 1/2 years, chronicles this family-run business, and their determination to survive in a changing world. This is a story about our love of Cinema, resilience, and family.
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Gazozz
Israel 2023 | 88` | Feature filmProduced by: Tommy Lang
Directed by: Tommy Lang
Cinematography: Tomer Slutzky, Omer Manor
Editing: Dor Yovel
Sound design: Ori Lang
Music: Asaf Finkelstein
Sound recording: Vadim Yegman
Stills: Danny Kitri
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
A story of one date over the course of one evening in the streets of Tel Aviv. . A simple and extremely touching minimalistic film in cinema verité style.
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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.