DOCUMENTARY FILMS

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

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DOCUMENTARY FILMS
  • Mr. Cortisone, Happy Days

    Part stream-of-consciousness diary, part experimental documentary, "Mr. Cortisone, Happy Days" follows director Shlomo Shir's last years and moments as he battles the recurring tumor which ultimately claimed his life. Shot over three years, the film follows Shir in and out of hospitals and into h...

  • A General's Story

    A man who lost his identity until he became a "village fool" was forced to become a sober and responsible father as he approached his son's bar mitzvah. But reality slaps everyone again, in a sensitive and moving documentary. Michael has been walking around the streets of a champion in the street...

  • Across the River

    For years Moshe has been warning his community of HIV disease to stop it from spreading. In Ethiopia, he finds thousands of Jews, waiting in compounds to fulfill their dream and immigrate to Israel. A journey back to his isolated village reveals a story about a curious young man, who marked the w...

  • Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions

    The award-winning film illuminates the life of German Jewish Expressionist architect Erich Mendelsohn. The film deftly juxtaposes Mendelsohn’s original designs and love letters written to his wife Luise with contemporary images, weaving together reflections from architects and locals who use thes...

  • The Secret Ingredient

    Uri and Neta, the owners of the Indian restaurant "24 Rupee" in Tel Aviv, and Lilach, a photographer, decided to travel to India, in search for the "secret ingredient" in Indian food. This simple search after the secret ingredient in Indian food, leads them to encounters and experiences that only...

  • To See If I'm Smiling

    Six Israeli women give a personal account about their life in the Israeli army — a female point of view on the drama of an unending war, and on the moral challenges soldiers face during encounters with the Palestinian population.

    This program may contain strong language, nudity, and/or violence....

  • Family Matters

    Thirty years ago, the divorce of a woman, who later became a renowned author, and her husband, an esteemed rabbi, shook the religious city of Bnei Barak and affected the lives of their seven children. One of the couple’s daughters embarks on a journey among the ghosts of her childhood, trying to ...

  • Hope I'm in the Frame

    Michal Bat-Adam was the first Israeli woman film director and the only one who has been creating films since the 1970s. The intimate portrait of the trailblazing filmmaker follows her shooting a new low-budget film while exploring her relationship with her husband of 40 years, the film director M...

  • Desert Brides

    Miriam El Kwader, a Bedouin wedding photographer and mother of seven, living in an unknown and neglected Negev village, reveals through her camera lens, the world of Bedouin weddings; the most distressing issue revealed is polygamy. This is the story of three, relatively educated and independent ...

  • Toman - The Man Who Saved 300,000 Jews

    Zoltan Toman was the Czech Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1945 to 1948. He is credited with saving more than 200,000 Jewish refugees, most survivors of the Holocaust from the treacherous environment in post-war Poland, as well as with helping Israel secure Czech weapons used to fight the 19...

  • Cafe Noah

    In the 1950s Cafe Noah was one of the only places where Arabic music was performed. In the young state, this music was considered inferior - but there, some of the greatest musicians of the genre gathered to play together.

    Year: 1996
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Duki Dror
    Produ...

  • Border of Pain

    Lacking adequate medical resources, patients in the Palestinian territories requiring advanced treatments in Israel are faced with a rigid bureaucratic wall. Ruth Walk’s documentary examines the interdependence of the Israeli and Palestinian health services and medical systems. Testimonies of pat...

  • Love in Israel

    Israel is a country of extreme diversity. When people here fall in love, the mix can be both explosive and beautiful. Lure’s “Love In” is a series in that looks at the unique ways couples around the globe express their love for one another. In the episode “Love In Israel,” the director explores s...

  • To Be Like Avi

    The coming-of-age story of three friends - refugees who fled Africa and left their families behind, learn today in Israel and dream of following Avi: the only refugee who obtained Israeli citizenship and joined the IDF.

    Year: 2012
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Inbal Sprinzak Goel...

  • After Nadav

    Avi and Yuval’s relationship was solid, until the devastating news arrived. Their son Nadav, a soldier in the Israeli army, was killed in Gaza. For three years, they tried to cope with their individual pain, which slowly drove them apart. Then, at age 47, Yuval announced: "I want another child."
    ...

  • The Art of Security

    They used to call him the Israeli "Rambo". But these days, not many would recognize that Marc Provisor has spent the past quarter-century working as one of Israel’s leading experts in combating terror.

    This program may contain strong language, nudity, and/or violence. Viewer discretion is advise...

  • Buried Alive

    The struggle of a middle-aged woman who sets out in search of her husband, a member of the Israeli Black Panthers who disappeared 20 years earlier under mysterious political circumstances.

    This program may contain strong language, nudity, and/or violence. Viewer discretion is advised.

    Year: 199...

  • The Optimist and the Buddhist

    After a separation of more than a decade, the conscience-ridden director of the film, returns to the kibbutz where he grew up to save his childhood friend who's become a reclusive handicapped refusing rehabilitation. The director devises a consistent and exhausting training routine with the aim o...

  • A Heartbeat Away

    Dr. Aki Tamir is an Israeli senior pediatric-cardiologist who leads a medical mission to Tanzania in order to perform heart surgeries on children. Out of hundreds of sick kids that travel the country to see Aki, he can chose only a few for a life saving operation. Things get complex when Aki meet...

  • I Saw Giraffes in India

    "The Giraffes", a wild Israeli folk-rock band, go on a magical musical tour across India with an intended climax show in Goa. But the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai take the journey off-track and send the band on a search for the thousands of Israeli backpackers who fled Goa in fear of another att...

  • Hummus Curry

    For many years now, traveling to India has been a rite of passage in Israeli life. 
"Hummus Curry" offers an intimate, funny and never-seen-before look into the lives of the local Indians living in a small village packed with Israeli tourists.

    This program may contain strong language, nudity, an...

  • A13901

    Two Holocaust survivors live in a tiny apartment. The film portrays the daily routine of a day in their lives, getting up and dressing up. Every little action takes an eternity, creating a flex in time.

    Year: 2017
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Tal Haim Yoffe
    Producer: Tal Haim Yoffe

  • Before My Feet Touch the Ground

    Summer 2011: 25-year-old Daphni Leef moves into a tent in the center of Tel Aviv to protest the cost of housing. Within a few days she becomes a leader and a face for the largest protest movement in the history of Israel. The film depicts the challenges a person at the forefront of a struggle mus...

  • The Hebrew Superhero

    This film explores the image of the Israeli hero in the world of comics — from the first comics hero created in 1936 until today. Israeli comics, after decades on the sidelines of the country’s culture, have become more and more popular. They have also grown increasingly important in shedding lig...