New Releases
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My Beloved Uncles
Doc, 72 min, 2015Written, Directed & Produced by: Eran Barak
Sponsored by: Yes Docu, Rabinovich Fund Cinema Project, Gesher Film Fund, Ostrovsky Family Fund
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
A look at those who remained in the neighborhood, and were left to suffer the pain of non-integration into Israeli society. This is also a poetic quest for a long-vanished uncle that ends up inspiring questions of identity, fate, dreams and hopes.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Jerusalem Boxing Club
Doc, 71 min, 2015Written and Directed by: Helen Yanovsky
Produced by: Helen Yanovsky, Shalom Goodman, Nizan Ophir - Rail Road Films
Sponsored by: Rabinovich Film Fund - Cinema Project, Channel 8, Alex Bernstein Grant, The Aliza Shagrir Prize, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Language: Hebrew, Arabic and Russian with English subtitles
Operating out of a bomb shelter in south Jerusalem, this boxing club is a microcosm of trouble and hope.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Gezoindelach
Doc 28 min, 2015Written and Directed by: Efrat Berger
Supported by: YES Docu, Gesher Multicultural Foundation, The Jerusalem Film Fund
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
The challenges of breaking free from a closed society and touchingly brought to life in this documentary where “the cord” is literally cut.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
After the Mist – A Story of Resilience
Doc, 76/52 min, 2015Written and Directed by: Luis Ortas
Produced by: Luis Ortas, Angela Bosch-Cinetica and Gilles Perez – 13Productions
Language: Spanish and French with English subtitles
A harrowing childhood, and the exhilarations of success – these are just some the ingredients that make up the incredible story of Siegfried Meir.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Way of Man – a Film about Martin Buber
Doc, 52 min, 2015Written and Directed by: Yaakov Lifshin and Aharon Lipetz
Produced by: Yaakov Lifshin – Hamsin Productions Ltd.
Language: Hebrew and English with English subtitles
Not simply a historical biography of a leading giant in the field of philosophy, this film shows how Martin Buber is more relevant and timely than ever.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Teaching Ignorance
Doc, 52 min, 2015Written and Directed by: Tamara Erde
Produced by: Julien Loron – Saya
Supported by: France3 via Stella, BBC Arabic, CNC, Procirep, Brut die welt fund Germany
Language: Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles
This powerful film follows several Israeli and Palestinian teachers over the course of an academic year in an examination of how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is taught.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Bride of the Nile
Doc 63 min, & 59 min DCP, 2015Directed by: Edouard Mills-Affif
Written by: Edouard Mills-Affif and Sherif El Ramly
Produced by: Nadège Hasson - Temps noir
Coproduced by: France Télévisions
Supported by: TV 2M - Morocco and LCP Assemblée nationale
A drama of tragic proportions is being played out in a village by the Nile Delta, where a young woman must marry a man she does not love. This film exposes the confusion in both the private, and public Egypt during crisis.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
A Woman’s Story
Doc 52 min, 2015Written and Directed by: Azra Rashid
Produced by: Azra Rashid and Igal Hecht
Language: Bengali, Kinyarwanda and English with English subtitles
Three women, from different countries and realities, discuss and share their experiences of genocide in the 20th century – highlighting their spirit and endurance.
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An Apartment in Berlin
Doc 84 min, & 55 min, 2014Directed by: Alice Agneskirchner
Produced by: Christian Beetz - Gebrueder-Beetz Film Productions
Sponsored by: ZDF & 3SAT
Language: English, German and Hebrew with English subtitles
Berlin has become a magnet for young Israelis - and the three characters at the center of this film are no expectation. More than 100 years ago Simon and Rosa Adler came to Berlin from Galicia to fulfil their dreams. Their apartment is now lovingly restored by three young Israelis. Along with the filmmaker they examine the complex connection to the history of Germany.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90