New Releases
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The Polgar Variant
Doc, 68 min, 2014Written and Directed by: Yossi Aviram
Produced by: Ayelet Kait & Amir Harel – Lama Productions
Sponsored by: The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, the Marc Rich Foundation, The Second Authority for TV & Radio
language: Hebrew, English and Hungarian with English subtitles
The extraordinary story of three Hungarian-Jewish sisters who were raised in communist Budapest of the 1970s to be chess masters.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Estigma?
Doc, 52 / 73 min, 2014Written and Directed by: Martí Sans
Produced by: Martí Sans & Pablo Sánchez
Languages: Spanish with English subtitles
Set in contemporary Spain, this provocative film unreels the history and mutations of Judeophobia with The ignorance and rejection of Judaism are still present in many sectors of our society. A timely film about a very relevant topic.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Apollonia
Doc 64 min, 2014Written and Directed by: Ofir Trainin
Produced by: Micha Shagrir & Tal Barda
Sponsored by: IBA - Israel Channel One
Language: Hebrew, Russian, Polish with English subtitles
Spy or double agent? This story of one man is also the story of the Cold War and how it continues to affect us to this day.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Tikotin- A Life Devoted to Japanese Art
Doc, 59/77 min, 2013Directed by: Santje Kramer
Executive Producer: Erica Reijmerink, Sarphati Media
Sponsored by: Jewish Broadcaster – The Netherlands, Stichting Felix Tikotin Foundation - The Netherlands
Language: Dutch and English with English subtitles
a famous German Jewish art dealer travels all over the world -and two World Wars later and a series of personal hardships, a museum of his life’s work is set up on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Fringes
Doc 72 min, MINIDV, 2013Written and Directed by: Paula Weiman-Kelman
Produced by: Jonathan Lopatin – not so simple productions
Language: English and Hebrew with English\Hebrew subtitles
Stories of unconventional innovators of 21st-century Jewish expression.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Hungarian Cube: A Journey with Andre Hajdu
Doc 52 & 72 min, 2013Directed by: Gilad Inbar
Produced by: Micha Shagrir & Amitay Ahiman - Shiba Communications
Sponsored by: Israel Channel 8, Gesher Foundation, AviChai Foundation, the Phoenixes Foundation
Language: Hebrew, Hungarian and French with English subtitles
Composer Andre Hajdu has six sons: religious and atheists, left and right wing, intellectuals and businessmen, and himself, a complete piece torn apart, containing the source of all those contradictions which exist between his sons, managing to channel them into his troubled musical work.
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Footsteps in Jerusalem
Doc, 90 min, 2013Conceived by: Renen Schorr
Artistic Advisors: Yael Perlov, Dan Geva
Directed by: David Perlov, Dan Geva, David Ofek, Nadav Lapid, Benjamin Freidenberg, Moran Ifergan, Yarden Karmin, Amichai Chasson and Elad Schwartz, Boaz Frankel and Yair Agmon, Nayef Hammoud and Yotam Kislev
Sponsored by: Israel Channel 8, The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Jerusalem Development Authority, The Jerusalem Film and Television Fund
Subtitles: Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
A tribute to David Perlov, the forefather of modern Israeli documentary cinema and to his 1963 revolutionary film In Jerusalem.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Leibowitz: Faith, Country and Man
Doc, Mini Series 60 min x 3, 2013Written & Directed by: Uri Rosenwaks & Rinat Klein
Produced by: Haim Slutzky & Dana Cohen – Dana Productions
Sponsored by: Israel Channel 8, AviChai Foundation & Rabinovich Foundation for Cinema
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Raging prophet, iconoclastic philosopher, scientist a social critic - and an Orthodox Jew, Yeshayahu Leibowitz confronted Israeli society with both moral and social courage - his words are still alive, provocative and ever-so relevant to the fate of Israel.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Saga of a Photo
Doc, 82 min, 2013Directed by: Mooli Landesman
Produced by: Tslil Landesman - Sadot Productions
Sponsored by: IBA Channel One
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
For a moment in time one photo exposed the joy of filmmaker Mooli Landesman grandparents' wedding in 1926 in Berlin. A moment later, everything will turn upside down.This is a story about love and a love story that crosses borders – both physically and emotionally.
DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90