Menora Hazani, the film's director, embarks on a revealing journey with her father Benny Katzover and his pioneering friends, the leaders of the Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria. Together they unfold the unique story of how a small number of resolved and determined young men decided and fi...

63-year-old Jonathan Katznelson leads a double life. In the morning he's a dentist, and in the evening he wears his robes and becomes a Buddhist monk. When his father dies, Jonathan is free to realize his dream and move to a monastery in France.

Year: 2017
Languages: English & Hebrew, English su...

Rachel Strode, a young immigrant with a dark secret in her past, comes to Israel in the Fall of 1973 to volunteer in a Kibbutz and then to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realizes that the local Kibbutz members don't seem to like strangers and foreigners, and that the evening of Yom Kippur (the mos...

The Israeli Defense Force operation "Cast Lead" in Gaza wasn't covered by the media due to a military embargo. For the first time, Israeli soldiers who took part in the conflict in 2009 speak out about their actions.

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A story about the coming of age for an Israeli family coping with various life experiences, such as friendship, love, sex, and death.

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

Year: 2008
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director & Writer...

The band “The Electrifiers” won the 1984 "Best New Artist" award for their smash hit which no one remembers and has been stuck in traffic on the fast track to international stardom ever since. Thirty years later, the band members continue to drag themselves between gigs at nursing houses and chea...

"Anthrax" is a found footage mystery that tells the story of reserve soldiers who volunteered to take part in an anthrax vaccine experiment during their military service. Seven years later they discover the vaccine has disastrous side effects. They set out to expose the truth and save their own l...

A coming-of-age story which follows the journey of five Israeli high school graduates who are drafted into the army to defend their country. At the age of eighteen, away from their homes, family and friends, they undergo a demanding, inspiring journey, revealing the core of who they are and who t...

Set against the picturesque backdrop of Wadi Nissans in Haifa, 'A Trumpet in the Wadi' is a poignant love story that defies all odds. Odeh, a passionate Arab woman, finds herself drawn to Alex, a fresh immigrant from Russia. Their love blossoms amidst the complexities of Odeh's family's oppositio...

A social drama told through the eyes of Andrey, a young immigrant living with his little sister in the slums of the city of Ashdod and struggling to assimilate into Israeli society, who forms a hip-hop band with his three best friends. Their dream of taking part in the competition is all but shat...

One Friday afternoon, while everyone is asleep, an Israeli mother barricades her home. Ruthy is unable to deal with the stress and anxiety she suffers as a result of the continuous political situation. She decides to protect her 20-year-old soldier son Ofer, her 16-year-old daughter Noa, and her ...

Baruch, once a 1970s basketball star who left the big city and became ultra-orthodox, returns to visit his old secular life in the pursuit of one of his mistresses that he left behind, and their son.

Year: 2012
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Gill Weinstein
Producer: Gaudeamus Prod...

Fate brings filmmakers together in Israel in April of 2003. They begin a documentary about a live music blues bar by the beach in Tel Aviv called "Mike’s Place". The aim is to show there is more to the Middle East than seemingly endless war and terrorism. Filming people having a good time stops a...

When we first meet Samir Farhat, he is a successful Lebanese businessman profiting by importing luxury goods from Israel into Southern Lebanon during Israel's long military foray there (from 1982 to 2000). Farhat, a cross between Brecht's Mother Courage and a character in a Greek tragedy wears wh...

The story of the chief Rabbi of the Jewish community of Copenhagen, who would come to be known as "Rabbi Doolittle". Arriving in Tel Aviv in 1936, Max Shorenstein left his honorable position, in order to fulfill a longtime dream: to build a zoo and teach the children of Palestine-Eretz Israel, th...

Based on the novel by Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, a member of the armed Jewish underground has been sentenced to death by the British authorities. In return, the resistance has kidnapped a British officer, trying to redeem their friend. The insurgents spend the night together, waiting f...

For 70 years, Surka kept a secret for the reason their kibbutz was abandoned during Israel's War of Independence. Her son Ami, who has suffered from shaming, begrudges his mother. Only at the kibbutz's 80th anniversary does Ami discover Surka's secret.

Year: 2018
Language: Hebrew, English subtit...

Four women in their 60's tell of their charged relationships with their late mothers, the power relations in the family, and the relations with their children. Three of them are second-generation Holocaust survivors, and one of Yemenite origin. However, their sincerity eliminates all differences ...

Eran is a religious Shin Bet (security agency) officer who is transferred to the Jewish Department in order to thwart "price tag" attacks. He soon realizes that he has to deal with the "Hilltop Youth," his contemporaries when he was young.

Year: 2017
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director...

"Silent Sirens" is a powerful and thought-provoking drama that takes audiences on an immersive journey into the political and military realms that preceded the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Directed by the talented Ori Inbar and produced by Riki Shelach, this feature film is a testament to the art of ...

Through the microcosm of one family’s history, "Our Struggle" offers a unique glimpse into the past, present, and future of the State of Israel, a continuum that is closely intertwined with our own past, and at the same time reflects the current areas of conflict between the societies, cultures, ...

This documentary reveals the history of surfing in Israel and creation of a Tel Aviv subculture, which turned its back on the Israeli nature and for a brief and special moment, became the leading youth trend in Israel. It is a film about being Israeli, and trying to escape from it.

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A young teacher becomes possessed by his dead grandfather, who forces him to choose between his Iraqi Arabic Jewish family identity and his life as an Israeli ignoring the past.

Year: 2017
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Directors: Aharon Shem Tov, Niv Hachlili
Producer: Yifat Prestelnik