New Releases
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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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Jubanos - The Jews of Cuba
Doc, 43 min, miniDV 2010Directed and Produced by: Milos S. Silber
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Cuba is known for its revolutionary leaders, communism, cigars, and 50's cars. However, religion is not usually associated with this small island. Jubanos tells the story of the 1500 Jews who remained in the country despite the difficulties.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Writing as I Should
doc, 48 min, Digibeta, Color, 2010Shooting Director: Lena Chaplin
Editing Director: Pony Brzezinski
Editing: Benjamin Freidenberg
Sponsored by: Channel 8-Israel
language: Hebrew with English subtitles
A patchwork of interviews with acclaimed late author and critic Batya Gur. An intimate a beautiful tribute to a unique literary voice.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Underground in the Tunnel of Time
Doc, 80 min, 2010Written & Directed by: Benjamin Ohry
Produced by: S.Y. Production – Yehuda Bitton
Sponsored by: IBA-Channel 1 & Rabinowitz Foundation - Cinema Project
Languages: Hebrew & English with English subtitles
A story of personal strength and national dignity, this new documentary film reveals one of the best-kept secrets of the British Mandate. The Etzel and Lehi were pre-State militant groups who waged an armed struggle against the British – this is a story of courage and conviction.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
When Israel Went Out
Doc 82 min, 2010Director: Meni Elias
Producer: Micha Shagrir - Shiba Communications
Languages: Hebrew and Amharic with English subtitles
Eight Israelis, Ethiopian and native-born--return in late 2009 to retrace their treacherous trek from Ethiopia to Israel. Exploring the meaning of their ancestry, the physical struggle of the voyage and the emotional journey of changing an identity.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
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 had a dream
Doc, 52 Min, MiniDV, color, 2009Directed by: Tezeta Germay
Produced by: Micha Shagrir, Tapuz Communication Ltd
Language: Hebrew,Amaharic, English subtitles
As a young boy, born into a closed and isolated community in Ethiopia, far from the centers of the Jewish world, Yona Bugale was brought to Europe, where he discovered his common heritage with the Jewish people. Though he himself did not live to see the realization of his dream and life’s work, he worked ceaselessly as a teacher and community leader, in order to prevent the possible destruction of Ethiopian Jewry.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Tarab
Doc 78 min, miniDV color, 2009Directed by: Boris Maftsir
Produced by: Zvi Shefy
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
The Journey of author Eli Amir and Filmmaker Boris Mafstir in search of identity and memory. Boris Maftsir sets out to trace the memories and personal identity of his friend Eli, and in the process encounters his own buried memories from the distant past in the Former Soviet Union.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90