New Releases
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When People Die They Sing Songs
Doc 47 min, 2014Written and Directed by: Olga Lvoff
Produced by: DiploDocus LLC
Language: English with English and Russian subtitles
A mother-daughter bond is strengthened through the melodies of the past. 93 year old Regina looks back, and together with her daughter, revitalizes their relationship and the ability to go on.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Waves of Memory
Doc, 75 min, 2014Written and Directed by: Gad Aisen
Produced by: Gad Aisen & Gilad Reshef – Making Waves Ltd.
Animation by: Sharon Michaeli
Sponsored by: The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts & Israel Chanel 10
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Memory can be a tricky thing. In this moving documentary we learn about an historical event that is remembered differently by its various participants. A 1946 shipwrecked boat with Jewish refugees on board is the site of the original memory which has become opaque over the years.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Brundibar Revisited
Doc, 88 min, 2014Written and directed by: Douglas Wolfsperger
Produced by: Anna Maria Gadebusch – Douglas Wolfsperger Film Produktion
Sponsored by: WDR, ARTE
Language: German with English subtitles
A moving journey in which a Berlin-based youth theater troupe and an elderly survivor of Theresienstadt put on the children’s opera Brundibar, in which she took part almost 70 years ago.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
My Herzl
Doc 52 min, miniDV, 2013Written & Directed by: Eli Tal-El
Produced by: Tal-El Productions & Willit Productions, Canada
Language: Hebrew and English
Subtitles: English, German and Spanish
An intimate and unexpected documentary about the private life of Theodor Herzl. An unconventional documentary which is also a personal look at the man who inspired so many – and his legacy which is still under debate.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Fading Valley
Doc, 54 min, 2013Written and Directed by: Irit Gal
Produced by: Irit Gal with Ivonne Mansbach
Sponsored by: Royal Norwegian Embassy Tel Aviv, The Women’s Fund for Human Rights, Machsom-Watch
Language: Arabic and Hebrew with English\German subtitles
Without water there is no life – and agriculture is disappearing and in the fertile Jordan Valley where a group of Palestinian farmers are hidden from the eye. Their pastures have been declared military areas, their water wells have been closed up and the water has been diverted to the Jewish residents of the valley – the beautiful valley which is the lowest on earth.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Escape (Ha'bricha)
Doc, 74 min, 2013Directed by: Meni Elias
Produced by: Micha Shagrir and Tal Barda
Sponsored by: Claims Conference, the Jewish agency for Israel, Yaakov Kotlitzky, Mifal Hapayis
Language: Hebrew, , German, Italian and English with English subtitles
A road movie in which ten Israeli teenagers from different backgrounds set out on a personal and fascinating adventure which follows the original “Bricha Movement".DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
Leo Levi - The Man With the Nagra
Doc, 69 min, 2013Written and Directed by: Yaala Levi Zimmerman
Produced by: Yaala Levi Zimmerman and Yohanna Levi
Language: Hebrew and Italian with English subtitles
A tribute to one unique man, which is at the same time an exploration of the beautiful and enduring Jewish community in Italy.DVD - For Home Use Only :$29.90 -
The Kalusz I Thought I Knew
Doc 28 min, 2013Produced and Directed by: Bernard Dichek
Written by: Bernard Dichek & Yana Lerner
Language: English and Ukrainian with English subtitles
Ever wonder about the distant place where your parents grew up? What does it look like today? What are the people like? When the son of Holocaust survivors travels to his parents' hometown in Eastern Europe, the stories he heard as a child come alive in unexpected ways.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