New Releases
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Decryption
Israel 2024 | 12:26' | Short documentaryWritten & 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 debuWritten & 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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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.
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Mischmasch
Sweden 2023 |30` | Short DocumentaryWritten 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 -
Honey Trap
Israel 2022 | 60 min, | Mid-length DocumentaryWritten 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.
DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock
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Leaving to Remain
Slovakia, UK, Czech Republic 2022 | 91 min, | Feature DocumentaryWritten 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.
DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90Out of stock