On Thin Ice

On Thin Ice 2025

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The story of the Druze community in the Golan Heights—conquered in 1967 and annexed by Israel in 1981—is told through two characters from Majdal Shams: 19-year-old Aya, who dreams of joining Israel’s national hockey team and is willing to accept Israeli citizenship to achieve her goal, and her older uncle Ayoub, a journalist and farmer who identifies as Syrian and firmly rejects Israeli citizenship. Filmed overthe course of three years, the documentary explores the deep identity crisis of a lost community striving for a peaceful life on its ancestral land while caught in the grip of a turbulent fate.

2025

Ness Ziona: The Musical

Ness Ziona: The Musical 2022

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Yinon sits all day at the Ness Ziona bus station, to gain perspective. But he never gets on the bus. He has a close friend - Malkiel, a real rock star. And who is responsible for reminding Yinon that the worst thing is to be an imitation, that you shouldn't let anyone decide for you, that the most dangerous thing is to want to be loved. Until one day, a new girl comes to town - Verdit, disrupting Yinon's boring routine, and life in Ness Ziona will never be the same.

2022

Son of a Dog

Son of a Dog 2011

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When a normal citizen wants to protect a dog that has been abused by his master, his good will got out of control and became a bloody killing spree.

2011

The Water Front

The Water Front 2024

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In the sweltering heat of northern Israel's Beit Shean Valley, a group of young activists leads a protest with a simple goal: demanding kibbutz Nir David to allow access to the river that flows through the kibbutz, as the law permits but its members deny. The director of The Waterfront joins them as their protest evolves and intensifies, raising questions about social inequalities, accumulation by dispossession, and the rule of law that extends far beyond the valley's borders.

2024

Swordsman: Gabriel Moked

Swordsman: Gabriel Moked 2019

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A documentary portrait of Gabriel Moked, who moved from Warsaw to Israel after World War II, quickly learned Hebrew, and published a literary magazine while still in high school. It was his first step toward becoming an editor and publisher who would shock the young Israeli establishment. A professor of philosophy and enfant terrible of the world of Israeli literature, he was the first to discover and publish works by Yona Wallach, David Avidan, Aharon Appelfeld and others. Today, at the age of 85, after 60 years as publisher of the literary magazine Achshav ("Now"), he has no plans to retire. He draws his sword for another round of battle, with a new generation of Israeli poets.

2019

Der-Nister

Der-Nister 2018

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"Der Nister" (The Hidden), that's how Colleen Shabtai called the house where she dreamed of a happy family. Together with poet Aaron Shabtai, she raised six children in a Jerusalem house, until they got divorced. As a teenager, their son, Nahar, began documenting his family. He filmed 20 years of family life, from a house full of children, until it turned empty and old. Only his mother and brother Lemuel remained there. He is unable to lead an independent life while she refuses to part with her role as mother. The grandfather's inheritance runs out, forcing them to leave the house, a departure which is a critical moment for his mother, his brother and Nahar himself.

2018

Wake Up, Grandson (HaMeorer)

Wake Up, Grandson (HaMeorer) 2024

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The late Renen Schorr (Late Summer Blues) turns his camera on the 25-year exchange of letters between himself and his grandfather Rabbi Avraham Heller, hero of the 1948 Battle of Safed. Their correspondence reveals a generational and ideological rift, articulating the contradictions of Schorr’s generation of Israelis.

2024

It Sounds Better In Yiddish

It Sounds Better In Yiddish 1970

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This comprehensive documentary on Yiddish comedy duo Shimon Dzigan and Israel Shumacher combines their biographies with a look at the changing status of Yiddish culture in Israel. Featuring rare footage, film clips, and recreations of their Polish and Israeli performances, along with interviews from Shumacher’s daughter and writers, actors and comedians like Hana Laszlo and Mike Burstyn.

1970

Death in Umm Al-Hiran

Death in Umm Al-Hiran 1970

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In the process of demolishing a Bedouin village, two people are killed: a Bedouin villager and an Israeli policeman. The police declare it a terror attack, but subsequent investigations point to a very different story. Constructing a documentary that feels like a detective thriller, filmmaker Doron Djerassi thoroughly lays out the course of events through interviews, archival materials and security camera footage.

1970

Left Behind

Left Behind 2025

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In China, over 69 million children have been left behind by their parents in their home villages while they migrate to big cities to survive. Qui Che (14) was left by his mother with his grandparents. He was 4 years old when his father tragically took his own life due to their financial situation. He grew up lonely with unbearable burdens to help his grandparents with farm work. He vents his difficulties by writing diaries that provide a glimpse into his inner world. His story reveals a personal journey filled with emotional, familial, and societal challenges, especially the absence of his mother, who returns home once in three years. The film is a microcosm of the universal migration tendencies around the world.

2025

The New Neighbor

The New Neighbor 2025

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Yoav's life start to change when he meets his new neighbor, Josh, who lives in a tent.

2025

Take Me, Marylin Monroe

Take Me, Marylin Monroe 1970

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A comedy skit about a matchmaking show where 3 men compete over the heart of "Marylin Monroe".

1970

And the White Wall

And the White Wall 2025

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In the future state of Israel where a dictatorial regime exists, homosexual relations are illegal. Tomer, a released prisoner, performs service work as a whitewasher. He is about to finish his duties to the state and go free, when an encounter with a person from his past overwhelms him with old feelings and jeopardizes the terms of his release from prison. When the citizens of the country are filmed 24/7 one step in the wrong direction could be devastating.

2025

My Dear, My Darling One

My Dear, My Darling One 2019

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Tom takes Gaya on a romantic date to celebrate their one year anniversary. Meanwhile, Gaya struggles to love him back and has her own plans.

2019

Ramat Yisahi's Tiger

Ramat Yisahi's Tiger 2025

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Ariel Dukeman is a teenage boy on his way to fight his first thai boxing tournament. With a lot of hard training and the help of his friends, he just might become... Ramat Yishai's Tiger.

2025

Lady No.4

Lady No.4 2013

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A lady enters the ladies room and gets carried away into an endless choreography of self criticism in front of the mirror following the other ladies. The film tries to present the absurdity of the society's impact on the individual, and it is an allegory for the internal need of liberation standing against the desire to get closer to the ideal of beauty.

2013