New Releases
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Conquering Time – Ágnes Keleti
Hungary, Israel 2022 | 78 min, | Feature Documentary - New ReleaseWritten 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. -
Leaving to Remain
Slovakia, UK, Czech Republic 2022 | 91 min, | Feature Documentary - New ReleaseWritten 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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Honey Trap
Israel 2022 | 60 min, | Mid-length Documentary - New ReleaseWritten 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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Truus Children
Netherlands 2022 | 90 min, | Feature Documentary - New ReleaseWritten 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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Moving On
Israel 2022, 72 min, Feature Documentary - New ReleaseWritten & Directed by: Maya Mcmanus Ronen
Produced by: Maya Mcmanus Ronen
Cinematography: Shai Mizrahi
Editing: Maya Mcmanus Ronen
Sound: Niv Groner, Yonatan Shalev
Original Music: Mordi Corcos
Graphics: Lia Keren
Coloring: Peleg Levi
Supported by: Gesher Multicultural Film Fund – The Arava Film Fund
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
In a remote desert area of Israel, every couple of years everybody switches houses. Nobody knows in advance to where he will move. A unique community is getting into a personal and shaking journey, where packing the house and renovating is arousing a questioning about existential aspects of life. -
The Certainty Of Probabilities
Romania 2021, 89 min, Aspect ratio: 1:1:85 / 1, 1:33Written & Directed by: Raluca Durbacă
Produced by: Velvet Moraru - ICON production
Archive material: filmed on 35 mm and scanned in 2K
Printed film format: DCP
Color: black and white/color
Sound: Mono
Editing: Letitia Ștefănescu
Sound processing: Alex Dragomir
Graphics: Cristian Călin
Cinematography consultant: Marius Panduru
Supported by: The National Film Center - Romania, Publicis Groupe, Zenith Media and the Romanian National Television
Language: Romanian, French, Spanish with English subtitles
Comprised of archival footage produced during one of the most optimistic years in the history of socialist Romania, this essay film surveys the efforts undertaken by the state in order to ensure social stability in a society claiming to have quashed all exploitative and alienating labour relations.
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What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace
Israel 2021, 85 min, Feature DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Ran Tal
Produced by: Lama Films - Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait; Ran Tal
Editing: Nili Feller
Cinematography: Giora Bejach
Visual researcher: Hagit Ben Yaakov
Research and artistic consulting: Shira Perry
Design and animation: Dovev Alperson, Design Ninjas
Music: Haim Frank Ilfman
Sound Design and Mix: Aviv Aldema
Sound recording: Tully Chen
Color grading: Yoav Raz
North American Distributor: Film Movement
Line producers: Matan Gaida, Karin Etedgi
Poster design: Lahav halevy
Supported by: Rabinovich Film Fund Cinema Project, The Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports, Other Israel Film Fund, The Israel Film Council, Keshet Broadcasting
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Ehud Barak is one of the most controversial figures in Israeli politics. It seems there are two kinds of Israelis: those who venerate him, and those who loathe him. Admired for his analytic abilities, but criticized for the tremendous military and diplomatic risks he took, such as the attempt to assassinate Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, or the failed effort to put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this new Ran Tal's film, Barak observes with disillusioned clarity his own history and the history of the State Israel.
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Tacheles - The Heart of the Matter
Germany 2020, 104 min, Feature DocumentaryWritten & Directed by: Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm
Produced by: Gunter Hanfgarn (HANFGARN & UFER) Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm (SCHRAMM MATTHES FILM)
Coproducers: ZDF/3sat; WDR
Script: Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm
Collaboration script and direction: Yaar Harell
Editing: Julia Wiedwald
Cinematography: Lars Barthel Andrej Johannes Thieme
Original Sound: Timo Selengia Nic Nagel Yishai Ilan
Drawings: Sarah Heitz Jonas Greulich
Music: The Notwist Bernd Jestram
Color grading: Matthias Behrens
Supported by: Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Language: German, Hebrew, English with English and German subtitles
Reconciliation with a Computer Game? Yaar is a young Israeli living in Berlin, refusing being a Jew.
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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.