New Releases
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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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The Shoshani Riddle
Israel 2024 | 88’ | Feature documentary - New ReleaseFilming countries: France, USA, Uruguay, Italy, Israel, Switzerland
Written & Directed by: Michael Grynszpan
Produced by: Michael Grynspan, New Vision Productions
Cinematography: Philippe Bellaiche
Editing: Roy Ben Ami
Animation: David Walz
Cast: Elie Wiesel, Adin Steinsaltz, Serge Klarsfeld
Sound Design: Michael Goorevich
Music: Daniel Markovitch
Supported by: Kan 11, The Second Israeli Authority for Television & Radio, Gesher Film Foundation - Avi Chai Foundation, The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Matanel Foundation
Languages: Hebrew, English, French, with English subtitles
The Wanderer Who Knew it All.
He was one of the greatest geniuses that ever lived; a teacher, a scholar, a mathematician - he had a brilliant mind…and yet he slept on a park bench, had no real home, travelled the world, looked like a bum and ate like a slob. No one knows his real name; he is only known as Mr. Shoshani. Mr. Shoshani is one of the unsolved riddles and one of the ten most mysterious men ever.DVD to be released -
Still Waters
Israel 2023 | 17’ | Short Feature - New ReleaseWritten & 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.
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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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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
Widening the historical lens, this documentary focuses on an under-explored aspect of Jewish history: the role that Jews played in Western American expansion, both in real life and in the movies.
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Gazozz
Israel 2023 | 88` | Feature film - New ReleaseProduced 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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We Are Pentothal
Israel 2023 | 2x52` | 2part documentary - New ReleaseWritten and directed by: Tsipi Karlik
Produced by: Itay Nevo
Supported by: KAAN Broadcasting
Language: Hebrew with English Subtitles
2 part documentary series that brings the audience inside one of the most sensitive and disturbing episodes surrounding Yom Kippur War )1973(. This year (2023), exactly 50 years after, this documentary is of high relevance.
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5th Paragraph - Invalids
Israel 2023 | 52` | Mid-length documentary - New ReleaseProduced 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 in 1990/1991, the 5th Paragraph referred to a long-standing discrimination faced by Soviet Jews, who were denied access to higher education and certain jobs due to suspicions of dual loyalty.
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Mischmasch
Sweden 2023 |30` | Short Documentary - New ReleaseWritten and directed by: Uta Arning
Produced by: Uta Arning
A Yiddish Proverb says: "What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul”
“Mischmasch” tells the story of a Yiddish Amateur Theatre Group in Stockholm performing Strindberg`s “A Dream Play” in Yiddish.DVD to be released