New Releases
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The Human Turbine
Doc, 54 min, 2010, Color, DigibetaWritten & Directed by: Danny Verete
Produced by: Yehuda Bitton
Sponsored by: Channel 8-Israel & Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Language: Hebrew & Arabic with English / French subtitles
The attempts to harness wind and solar energy for the benefit of the residents of the Palestinian village of Susia. Working through action, rather than through protest, a group of determined individuals demonstrates how they are figuratively and literally lighting up lives.
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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 -
I Was There in Color
doc, 55 min, Digibeta, Color, 2010Directed by: Avishai Kfir - Rei Communications Ltd.
Produced by: Itzhak Rubin
Sponsored by: IBA Channel 1-Israel & The Rabinovich Foundation – Cinema Project
Language: English narration
Extraordinary, never before seen footage of Israel’s History in color.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
These Are My Names
Doc 30 min, 2010Written and directed by: Ruth Mason
Produced by: Ruth Mason
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Every name tells a story and Ethiopian Jews' multiple names reflect the richness, wisdom and beauty of their culture.
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Wandering Eyes
doc, 55 min, 2010Directed by: Ofir Trainin
Produced by: Shahar Ben-Hur
Sponsored by: Keshet Channel 2 Israel & the New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television
The musical and soul-searching journey of a musician, who is also a former orthodox Jew, and who was recently diagnosed with manic depressionDVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Just Like the Queen of England
Doc, 88 min, 2010Directed & Produced by: Micha Shagrir - Ofot HaChol Productions
Languages: French, Hebrew and German with English subtitles
Sponsored by: The Phoenixes Association
A starkly intimate film in which the filmmaker follows a street-smart and charismatic boy – 69 years after he was left to fend for himself in Nazi occupied Paris.
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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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Leap of Faith
Doc, 95 min, 2009Directed and Produced by: Antony Benjamin, Stephen Z. Friedman
Language: English
Searching for truth and meaning in their lives, this group of unlikely Americans take a leap of faith and undergo conversion from Christianity to Orthodox Judaism. Emotional and spiritual strength is needed in order to make such a drastic step in one's life.
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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