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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...
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Cannabis Now - Journey to the Holy Land
Israel is pioneering the field of medical cannabis and its uses. This short film takes off from the annual CannaTech convention in Tel Aviv to explore the story that unites researchers, growers, suppliers, and patients — revealing a journey filled with devotion, pain, and hope for a new understan...
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Voices From the Booth
We meet them at school gates, in underground parking lots, at the entrances of shopping malls, and many other places. There are tens of thousands of security guards in Israel, most of Russian origin. Many of them used to be well-respected professionals or artists, yet immigrated to Israel at an o...
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Planets - Four Variations of Detachment
On cold distant orbits circling the hot Israeli sun, four stories of voluntary isolation: a butterfly hunter, a man with a bionic arm, an isolated family managing an autarkic farm in a deserted forest and a taxidermist specialized in pets. Connecting between these spaces and characters, a man wit...
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Seder Trek
The director sets out to Nepal to shoot two different films: The first, about the largest Passover Seder in the world taking place in the Kathmandu Valley, and the second, a journey into the spectacular Nepalese Himalayan Mountains. What emerges is the seemingly impossible connection between thes...
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The Dreamers
An Orthodox teacher and wigmaker embark on a journey to fulfill their dreams of making movies within their closed society. Like other Orthodox women who have made films for female audiences, they feel a need to express themselves despite rabbinical censorship.
Year: 2011
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Last Stop
A vast and perplexing labyrinth lies right in the heart of Tel Aviv, at the Central Bus Station. Living in and around it are thousands of refugees, children of migrant workers with no identity of their own and impoverished Israeli families who feel like strangers in their homes. A gritty and mesm...
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The Secret
This is the fascinating story of Polish citizens who learn, often after living a lifetime as Christians in a Communist nation, that they are indeed of Jewish origin. Trapped between the familiar Polish world and an alien Jewish world, these “new Jews” often find themselves adrift in a country whe...
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In the Shadow of King David
Since the first excavations began in the mid-19th Century, archaeologists have come to Silwan, a picturesque Palestinian village outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. There, they hunt for the legendary biblical city of King David. But in the last two decades, this obsession with antiqui...
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Wake Up Call
Lior is a 20-year-old soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. One night, while she is the attending officer, Lior is forced to choose whether to remain loyal to the system, or surrender to her desires.
This program may contain strong language, nudity, and/or violence. Viewer discretion is advised....
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Fluchkes
Over the course of a year, a group of women in their 70s and 80s confront the intense demands of the art of dance and refuse to conform to any stereotypes about aging. They open up about their lives, rivalries and sexuality, and share an unquenchable thirst for life, art, and self-expression.
Th...
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Something to Live For
A young woman who has been training to become a suicide bomber must choose between love for her son and her obligation to carry out an attack.
This program may contain strong language, nudity, and/or violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Year: 2019
Language: Arabic, English subtitles
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Golden Boys
Every week, 10 elderly gay men gather in a room lighten by neon lights in the LGBT Center of Tel Aviv. Being part of a community that sanctifies youth, this intimate space is these old gays' last and only shelter, where they can age and deal with aging openly. Instead of the typical sociological ...
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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...
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Round Three
Ofira, a recently retired teacher, refuses to become a victim of routine life and decides to revive an old dream - becoming a painter. With no support from her family, Ofira faces the white canvas, when in fact she is facing herself, to paint the rest of her life.
Year: 2019
Language: Hebrew, En... -
Silicon Wadi
Four Israeli startup teams sacrifice their families, their friends, and their bank accounts to pursue their startup dreams. Throughout their journey, catch an intimate and exciting glance into how "Startup Nation" really works.
This program may contain strong language, nudity, and/or violence. V...
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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...
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The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev
This is the modern-day Shakespearean tale about a legendary Tajik-Israeli musical family controlled by the charismatic patriarch, Papa Alaev. Only his equally strong-willed daughter Ada dares to resist his will. As Papa nears 80 and generations clash over new musical directions, the family show m...
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Revital is an Alien
Gabriela is thrilled when she finds a baby alien in the forest and calls her Revital. As Revital grows and develops into a little alien girl she finds it harder and harder to exist in a world so different from her. Gabriela does everything she can to put her daughter at ease and make her happy. B...
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State-Less
Adi Khavous, an artist who lives a vagabond lifestyle, left home in Israel and now lives in Canada as a solitary immigrant, pursuing his dream to break through as a rock-n-roll singer.
This program may contain strong language and/or violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Year: 2017
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Wild Kids
Hidden behind heavy metal doors of an old Jerusalem bomb shelter, lies a tiny animation studio. Every week, several children of Russian immigrants meet to create a colorful carnival of monsters and earthquakes. "Wild Kids" illuminates the subversive world of two talented teenage artists, Zalman a...
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Night Shift
This is the story of Israel's toughest neighborhood through one night with a local cop. The neighborhood is home to the largest community of Ethiopian immigrants in the country and Rafi Mells is the only cop in charge of it. Unlike most cops, whose task is to maintain law and order, Rafi's work r...
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Torn
Can you be a Catholic priest and an Observant Jew at the same time? Twelve years after he was ordained as a Polish Catholic priest comes the discovery that he was born to Jewish parents. The film follows his amazing journey: from conducting mass in a church in Poland, to life as an observant Jew ...
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Good Garbage
The Hebron garbage dump serves the Israeli settlements in the area and is a source of livelihood for 200 Palestinian families nearby. The violent daily struggle for scraps of metal in the dump distracts from other everyday pains, as they keep dreaming about success and education that would extric...