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Orna YarmutFounding Director

Zichrini Hatzor KatzChaya ZeltzerDocuShuk Editors & Producers

Premshay HermonExecutive Producer

Lee & Tamar StudioGraphic Design

Docushuk – Israel's 2014-2015 Documentary fIlm crop

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contentsGreetings 3

Index Categories 5-7

Index Directors 8-9

Index Sales Agents 10

Films with no Sales Agent 11-12

Alphabetical Index 13-14

DocumentarIesBetween Hope and Despair 16-25

Family Ties 27-45

Larger than Life 47-51

Portrayals of Other 53-58

Reflections of the Past 60-67

The Face of Her Reality 69-72

The Soul and Science 74-82

Towards Israeli Identity 106-110

Untold Stories 84-89

(Shorts) 91-104

CrossTalk (Combining Genres) 30 / 65

Docs & Cuts (Rough Cut Screening) 112-119

CoPro Campus (Student Films) 122-129

CoPro's Sponsors 130-131

Dear friends, old and new!

For many years now, I have had the honor of welcoming you – on behalf of CoPro – to sunny Tel-Aviv, and am pleased to do so once more. This will be my third time heading the DocuShuk section, where I proudly present you with more than 100 wonderful titles.

In this year’s crop we have several artist portraits, celebrating great Jewish and Israeli musicians, poets and actors – up close and personal. The story of David Perlov, a pioneer articulator of Israel's distinctive non-fiction cinematic language, is definitely not to be missed.

We have an international murder investigation, a Norwegian expedition to the North Pole, the beautiful people of Sri lanka. We also get involved in espionage (a true Mossad legend) and the heroic search of a man battling cancer, for a cure. In fact, the universal battle with cancer is a mini-theme.

Another CoPro mainstay is Israelis exploring their Identities from various angles: the Sabbath; the tradition of watching Arabic Movies on Friday nights; bicycles; hanging by the river ; the difficulties of immigration; the great Israeli export “start ups.”

But Family is still the greatest issue: father-daughter, mother-son, mother-daughter, a couple who wants to marry, but not before one of them becomes a woman.

The holocaust and the occupation continue to preoccupy Israeli makers, and the later never cease to find new angles and ways to tell these stories. Of the 100+ films, many films are by known, reputable makers, but lots of bold new directors are cropping up too.

My deep gratitude to my esteemed colleagues at CoPro, Chaya Zeltzer and the exceptional Orna Yarmut, CoPro's Founding Director.Just as making documentaries is a labor of love, so is promoting, marketing and distributing them.

Enjoy!Zichrini Hatzor KatzDocuShuk Editor & Producer

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The DocuShuk Films

LARGER THEN LIFEC1 Apollonia 47

C2 Clockwork Doll 48

C3 Mati Caspi – Confession 49

C4 Therefore Choose Life 50

C5 The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer 51

PoRTRAyALs oF oTHERD1 A Demonstration In The White City 53

D2 Bums, Go Home 54

D3 Hotline 55

D4 Mussa 56

D5 The Site Of The Great Being 57

D6 The Unwelcoming 58

Transfixed 44

REFLEcTIoNs oF THE PAsT E1 Guardians of Remembrance 60

E2 Josef Mengele Has Saved My Life

in Auschwitz 61

Kozalchik Affair 32

E3 Night Will Fall 62

E4 Shores of Light 63

E5 Soaps 64

E6 The Night of Fools 65

E7 There And Here 66

E8 Tunnel of Hope 67

THE FAcE oF HER REALITyF1 Alia 69

F2 Broke 70 F3 Etched In My Body 71

BETwEEN HoPE ANd dEsPAIRA1 East Jerusalem / West Jerusalem 16

A2 Flash and Blood Icon 17

A3 God’s Messengers 18

A4 Hadrian's Curse 19

A5 Healing Words 20

A6 Jewish Identity in France 21

A7 Partner With the Enemy 22

A8 Mirrors 23

A9 Thank God / No Casualties 24

A10 Truth, Nothing, But… 25

FAmILy TIEsB1 7 Days in St. Petersburg 27

B2 Against Your Will 28

B3 All That Remains 29

B4 Cardboard Boxes 30

B5 Family Matters 31

B6 Kozalchik Affair 32

B7 Marrying an Ice Cream Factory 33

B8 17 Beginnings Of Talia 34

B9 My Big Fat Cancer Wedding 35

B10 Nahche 36

B11 P.S. Jerusalem 37

B12 Saving Uncle Jacob 38

B13 Seed Of Life 39

B14 Spirals 40

B15 Strung Out 41

B16 The Bentwich Syndrome 42

B17 The Chaos Within 43

B18 Transfixed 44

B19 Twilight Of A Life 45

categorIes InDex / Some of the films are in more than one category

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Flash And Blood Icon 17

Partner With The Enemy 22

Spirals 40

F4 Third Person 72

THE souL ANd scIENcE G1 BackLight 74

Clockwork Doll 48G2 Freilauf 75 G3 David Perlov 76

G4 Into Truth: Into Truth: a Journey Into

the Heart of a Nation 77

G5 North Into the Mist 78 G6 Once Upon A Time There

Was A King 79

Nahche 36

Mati Caspi – Confession 49G7 Silicon Wadi 80

The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer 51

G8 Where is Elle Kari and What

Happened to Noriko-San? 81

G9 Wings of Change 82

uNToLd sToRIEs Apollonia 47

H1 A Closed Story 84

H2 Censored Voices 85

H3 Credit for Murder 86

H4 Defense Files 87

H5 Shapira & I 88

H6 Two Funurals 89

Where is Elle Kari and What

Happened to Noriko-San? 81

sHoRTsI1 3 Houses 91I2 A Lullaby for Ian 92I3 A Trip to the Other Planet 93I4 Dej Mi Sluka 94I5 Eden Rests 95I6 Hora 96I7 Ivan 97 I8 Long Distance Running 98 I9 Off Side 99I10 Quality Time 100I11 Restitution 101I12 Slight Chance of Rock 102I13 Thirteen 103I14 White Mist 104 cRossTALk Cardboard Boxes 30 The Night of Fools 65

TowARds IsRAELI IdENTITy J1 Arab Movie 106 God’s Messengers 18 Freilauf 75 David Perlov 76J2 My Shabbath 107J3 Nobody Home 108J4 Rock in the Red Zone 109 Silicon Wadi 80 Thank God / No Casualties 24 The Unwelcoming 58 Two Funurals 89J5 Winding 110

docs & cuTs (RouGH cuT scREENING)Ki Blend 112K2 Cafe Nagler 113K3 Just Kids 114K4 Mixed Feelings 115K5 Phantom Pain 116K6 Rabin in His Own Words 117K7 Silence Days 118K8 The Treasure of Kufrein 119K9 Vita Activa, The Spirit of

Hannah Arendt 120

coPRo cAmPus (sTudENT FILms) L1 1 Building and 40

People Dancing 122 A Trip to the Other Planet 93

L2 A-22103 – Aide Mémoire 123L3 Chekhov's 'Everyman' 124L4 Crossing 125 Eden Rests 95L5 I'll See You Again 126 Restitution 101L6 Sashka 127 L7 Seeds of Gum 128L8 True Colors 129 White Mist 104

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Abeer Zeibak Haddad 118

Achva Hershtik 129

Ada Ushpiz 120

Adia Pilo 57

Alice Korenyouk 97

Alon Kol 44

Amir Cohn 124

Amit Shalev 77

Amos Stempel 20

Anael Resnick, Laila Bettermann 101

Anat Goren 56, 36

André Singer 62

Assaf Banitt 28

Avi Belkin 110

Avida Livny 66

Avigail Sperber 31

Ayelet Albenda 129

Barak Rotem 30

Boris Maftsir 60

Claudia Levin 54

Danae Elon 37

Daniel Sivan, Yossi Bloch 80

Doron Braunshtein 61

Doron Djerassi 79

Doron Levene 92, 100

Dror H. Shwartz 67

Duki Dror, Chen Shelach 22

Dvorit Shargal 81

Erez Laufer 33, 117

Erez Miller, Henrique Cymerman 16

Eyal Ballas 64

Eyal Sagui Bizawe, Sara Tsifroni 106

Eytan Harris 25

Gilad Inbar 21

Gur Bentwich 42

Guy Davidi 115

Honi Hamehagel 17

Inbar Horesh 125

Isri Halpern 24

Itay Netzer 104

Itzik Lerner 18

Julie Shles 70

Kineret Hay Gillor 29

Micha Livne 84

Michal BenTovim 108

Miki Polonski 122

Miriam Baron 128

Moish Goldberg 87

Mor Kaplansky 113

Mor Loushy 85

Neil Weisbrod, Ariel Weisbrod 78

Nili Tal 71

Nir Toib, Gil Izackov 50

Nirit Aharoni 41

Noa Roth 31

Noam Edry 69

Noam Hamou 102

Noam Yavor 19

Ofer Kapota, Natalie Chen, Hadar Sitruk 95

Ofir Trainin 107, 47

Ohad Milstein 116

Omri Shenhar 91

DIrectors' InDex

Oran Magedish 74

Rachel Rusinek 112

Rami Kimchi 65

Ranni Midyan 33

Reuven Brodsky 27

Robby Elmaliah 58

Roni Ninio 32

Rotem Azulay 89

Ruth Walk 48, 76

Sharon Luzon 72

Shaul Betser, Asaf Galay 51

Shira Mekin 94

Silvina Landsmann 55

Sivan Mor Goldman 35

Sivan Shtivi 38

Sylvain Biegeleisen 45

Tal Haim Yoffe 35, 75

Tamar Tal 114

Tom Kless 93

Tsipi Karlik 98, 99, 103

Tuvi Arbel 82

Tzipi Baider 39

Vladi Antonevicz 86

Yael Aravah 23

Yael Gur 40

Yael Katzir 63

Yakov Yannai Lein 43

Yana Lerner 127

Yoav Brill 96

Yonatan Geron 123

Yoni Bentovim 34

Yoram Sabo 88

Zohar Sela 119

Laura Bialis 109

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Go2Films ־ Hedva Goldschmidt

Cafe Nagler 113

Defense Files 87

Hotline 55

Silicon Wadi 80

Rock in the Red Zone 109

The Chaus Within 43

There And Here 66

Tunnel of Hope 67

Vita Activa, The Spirit of

Hannah Arendt 120

CAT&Docs Catherine LeClefTransfixed 44

First Hand Films ־ Esther Van MesselPartner With the Enemy 22

Cinephil ־ Philippa KowarskyMussa 56

Night Will Fall 62

The Muses Of Isaac Bashevis Singer 51

JMTFilms Distribution ־ Michael TraversDavid Perlov 76

The Night of Fools 65

InDex sales agents

Ruth Diskin Films LTD ־ Ruth DiskinApollonia 47

Blend 112

God’s Messengers 18

Guardians of Remembrance 60

Jewish Identity in France 21

Shapira & I 88

The Unwelcoming 58

1 Building and 40 People Dancing 122

17 Beginnings of Talia 34

3 Houses 91

7 Days In St. Petersburg 27

A Closed Story 84

A Demonstration In The White City 53

A Lullaby for Ian 92

A Trip to the Other Planet 93

A-22103 – Aide Mémoire 123

Against Your Will 28

Alia 69

All That Remains 29

Arab Movie 106

BackLight 74

Broke 70

Bums, Go Home 54

Cardboard Boxes 30

Censored Voices 85

Chekhov's 'Everyman' 124

Clockwork Doll 48

Credit For Murder 86

Crossing 125

Dej Mi Sluka 94

East Jerusalem / West Jerusalem 16

Eden Rests 95

Etched In My Body 71

Family Matters 31

Flash And Blood Icon 17

Freilauf 75

Hadrian's Curse 19

Healing Words 20

fIlms wIth no sales agent

Hora 96

I'll See You Again 126

Into Truth: A Journey Into The Heart

of A Nation 77

Ivan 97

Josef Mengele Has Saved My Life

in Auschwitz 61

Just Kids 114

Kozalchik Affair 32

Long Distance Running 98

Marrying an Ice Cream Factory 33

Mati Caspi – Confession 49

Mirrors 23

Mixed Feelings 115

My Big Fat Cancer Wedding 35

My Shabbath 107

Nahche 36

Nobody Home 108

North Into the Mist 78

Off Side 99

Once Upon a Time ThereWas a King 79

P.S. Jerusalem 37

Phantom Pain 116

Quality Time 100

Rabin In His Own Words 117

Restitution 101

Saving Uncle Jacob 38

Seeds of Gum 128

Shores of Light 63

Silence Days 118

Slight Chance of Rock 102

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Soaps 64

Spirals 40

Strung Out 41

Thank God / No Casualties 24

The Bentwich Syndrome 42

The Chaos Within 43

The Site Of The Great Being 57

The Treasure of Kufrein 119

Therefore Choose Life 50

Third Person 72

Thirteen 103

True Colors 129

Truth, Nothing, But… 25

Twilight Of A Life 45

Two Funerals 89

Where is Elle Kari and What Happened

to Noriko-San? 81

White Mist 104

Winding 110

Wings of Change 82

alphabetIcal InDex

1 Building and 40 People Dancing 122

3 Houses 91

17 Beginnings of Talia 34

7 Days in St. Petersburg 27

A Closed Story 84

A Demonstration In The White City 53

A Lullaby for Ian 92

A Trip to the Other Planet 93

A-22103 – Aide Mémoire 123

Against Your Will 28

Alia 69

All That Remains 29

Apollonia 47

Arab Movie 106

BackLight 74

Blend 112

Broke 70

Bums, Go Home 54

Cafe Nagler 113

Cardboard Boxes 30

Censored Voices 85

Chekhov's 'Everyman' 124

Clockwork Doll 48

Credit for Murder 86

Crossing 125

David Perlov 76

Defense Files 87

Dej Mi Sluka 94

East Jerusalem / west Jerusalem 16

Eden Rests 95

Etched In My Body 71

Family Matters 31

Flash and Blood Icon 17

Freilauf 75

God’s Messengers 18

Guardians of Remembrance 60

Hadrian's Curse 19

Healing Words 20

Hora 96

Hotline 55

I'll See You Again 126

Into Truth: A Journey Into the Heart

Of a Nation 77

Ivan 97

Jewish Identity In France 21

Josef Mengele Has Saved My Life

In Auschwitz 61

Just Kids 114

Kozalchik Affair 32

Long Distance Running 98

Marrying an Ice Cream Factory 33

Mati Caspi – Confession 49

Mirrors 23

Mixed Feelings 115

My Big Fat Cancer Wedding 35

Mussa 56

My Shabbath 107

Nahche 36

Night Will Fall 62

Nobody Home 108

North Into the Mist 78

Off Side 99

Once Upon a Time There was a King 79

P.S. Jerusalem 37

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Partner With the Enemy 22

Phantom Pain 116

Quality Time 100

Rabin in His Own Words 117

Restitution 101

Rock in the Red Zone 109

Sashka 127

Saving Uncle Jacob 38

Seed of Life 39

Seeds of Gum 128

Shapira & I 88

Shores of Light 63

Silence Days 118

Silicon Wadi 80

Slight Chance of Rock 102

Soaps 64

Spirals 40

Strung Out 41

Thank God / No Casualties 24

The Bentwich Syndrome 42

The Chaos Within 43

The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer 51

The Night of Fools 65

The Site of the Great Being 57

The Treasure of Kufrein 119

The Unwelcoming 58

There And Here 66

Therefore Choose Life 50

Third Person 72

Thirteen 103

Transfixed 44

True Colors 129

Truth, Nothing, But… 25

Tunnel of Hope 67

Twilight Of A Life 45

Two Funurals 89

Vita Activa, The Spirit of

Hannah Arendt 120

Where is Elle Kari and What Happened

to Noriko-San? 81

White Mist 104

Winding 110

Wings of Change 82

between hope & despair

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In early 2013 Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza went to a Palestinian studio in East Jerusalem, pursuing his dream to make music a bridge-builder between Palestinians and Israelis. 8 days and 8 nights of music, food, and camaraderie produce a groundbreaking album and a unique story. With: Steve Earle, Mira Awad, Muhammad Mughrabi, and Issa Freij.

A1east Jerusalem / west Jerusalemמזרח ירושלים /מערב ירושלים

contact Person: Gidi Avivimobile: +972 50 5287659Email: [email protected]: viceversa.co.il

DirectorsErez Miller, Henrique CymermanProducerGidi AviviCompanyVice Versa Films

Length – 80' Format – Hddate of Release – oct 2014original language – English, Arabic, Hebrewsubtitles – English

FestivalsWoodstock FF

BETwEEN HoPE & dEsPAIR

The creator Smadar Yaaron, an unearthly creature who knows no boundaries, has found refuge on the seam between the Holocaust and the Intifada. What makes Yaaron unique is inherent in the ways she chooses to treat and articulate the portrayed themes of her work and life. For more than 25 years, the artist, Honi HaMa'agel, has obsessively followed her life, her split identity and her work. This monumental commemoration project aims to stabilize the Jewish fear of persecution and the security-related paranoia of the Jewish people, in general, and of the State of Israel, in particular.

A2flash anD blooD Iconאייקון בשר ודם

contact Person: Rony Hermanmobile: +972 52 3251128Email: [email protected]

DirectorHoni HamehagelProducerCol Hamedia

Length – 67'Format – dV 16/9date of Release – 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

Involved Film InstitutionRabinovich Foundation for the Arts-Israel

FestivalsEpos Festival


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A powerful inside look at the group of Jewish settlers who inhabit the illegal outpost – Havat Gilad. As the pressures mount from international concerns, as well as the Israeli government and the more senior settler establishment, this group becomes more entrenched – and more committed to their mission. They believe that they are the connector to the narrative of Jewish history – and the essential link to a greater Israel. Religious devotion, and Zionist fervor propel this group towards violence and extremism.

A3goD’s messengers

שליחי האל

distributor: Ruth diskin Films Ltd.Tel: +972 2 672 4256Email: [email protected]: ruthfilms.com

Director & ProducerItzik LernerCompanyPekada Films

Length – 76'Format – Hddate of Release – Jan 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-Israel

Broadcasting PlatformsIsrael Television Channel 1

FestivalsDocAviv 2015

BETwEEN HoPE & dEsPAIR BETwEEN HoPE & dEsPAIR

On November 29, 2012 the Palestinians achieved a historic victory: the United Nations General Assembly decided to grant the Palestinian Authority observer status in the UN. The date was symbolic: precisely 65 years earlier the General Assembly had recommended partitioning Palestine-Eretz Israel into a Jewish and an Arab state, but the Arab state never materialized. Why did the Palestinians fail where the Jews – in realizing their national aspirations in Palestine-Eretz Israel – succeeded? It is this question for which answers are sought in Hadrian's Curse.

A4haDrIan's curseקללת אדריאנוס

contact Person: manes AvnyTel: +972 54 4665002Email: [email protected]

DirectorNoam YavorProducerManes Avny, Ronen ZadokCompanyARTV Communications Ltd

Length – 2 episodes - 55' each Format – Hddate of Release – dec 2014original language – English, Hebrewsubtitles – English, Hebrew

Broadcasting PlatformsChannel 1

presented atCoPro

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Jewish and Arab youth return from England to perform 1001 Arabian Nights at a 5-day storytelling festival in the forest. There, Jewish, Arab and international participants share their experiences of conflict and bereavement through workshops of exchange and storytelling of universal drama. They experience the power of the healing words where bridges of compassion, understanding, tolerance and forgiveness are built, bringing a spark of hope to this troubled world. Healing Words takes you on a healing journey. Listen…

A5healIng worDsמילים מרפאות

contact Person: Amos stempelTel: +972 2 6722045mobile: +972 54 5290547Email: [email protected]: amosstempel.info

Director & ProducerAmos StempelCompanyStempelland

Length – 52'Format – AVIdate of Release – 2015original language – English, Hebrew, Arabic (small amount)subtitles – English

FestivalsSheffield Doc/FestSundance FFBerlin FF


As the reality for Jews in Europe is shifting, this film takes a look at the Jews of Paris today. In conversations with leading thinkers, artists and ordinary people we get an in-depth look at the range of Jewish life in France right now. Included in the film are religious and secular, Zionists and anti-Zionists who paint a picture of the complexity in the face of rising anti-Semitism. Among those interviewed are David Konopnicki, Mark Halter and Shmuel Trigano.

A6JewIsh IDentItyIn france זהות יהודית בצרפת

distributor: Ruth diskin Films Ltd.Tel: +972 2 6724256Email: [email protected] website: ruthfilms.com

DirectorGilad InbarProducerAmitai AchimanCompanyBeit Hatuftsot – The Museumof the Jewish Diaspora

Length – 34'Format – Hdcamdate of Release – Feb 2014original language – Hebrew, Frenchsubtitles – English


Two women, an Israeli and a Palestinian, are trying to build a business partnership. Brought together by a shared business acumen and knowledge of the logistics industry, the two combine forces to help Palestinian businessmen navigate the everyday absurdities of Israeli control of the West Bank. But while they help their clients to overcome the obstacles of bureaucracy, who will help them overcome their own disputes?

A7partner wIththe enemyהאויבת שלי, השותפה שלי

distributor: Esther Van messel, First Hand FilmsTel: +41 44 3122060Email: [email protected]: firsthandfilms.com

DirectorsDuki Dror, Chen ShelachProducersDuki Dror, Anat VogmanCompanyZygote Films, Ltd.

Length – 60'Format – Hddate of Release – Jan 2014original language – Hebrew, Arabicsubtitles – Hebrew, English

Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-Israel, The Second Authority for Television & Radio

Broadcasting PlatformsThe Second Authority for Television & Radio, Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep (Belgium), UR Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (Sweden)

FestivalsHaifa FFSanta Barbara International Film Festival

pesented atCoPro


The Director sets off on a journalistic journey, which ends up being a personal one. From the Declaration of Independence of Israel, to that of Palestine, between Jewish and Palestinian underground movements (i.e. Lehi, Hamas); between hope and despair, Yael meets characters of the local mosaic. The film passes through the conflict and becomes unsettling in Hebron, where the film crew almost gets lynched. "Mirrors" shows the similarities between people, despite their different narratives on the rights of this land.

A8mIrrorsמראות

contact Person: yael Aravamobile: +972 54 5671333Email: [email protected]: factsproductions.comyaelarava.com

Director & ProducerYael AravahCompanyFacts productions

Length – 90'Format – Hddate of Release – Nov 2013original language – Hebrew, Arabic, Englishsubtitles – English


The small amount of casualties crushed by rockets lunched from Gaza into Israel has left the stories of Israel’s southern residents – mostly religious and low income immigrants – out of the world's view. True to the eyes of the property insurance appraisers dealing with rockets victims on the Israel/ Gaza border, filmmaker Isri Halpern gives us a fresh, intimate and unique view of life under rocket fire.

A9thank goD / no casualtIesאין נפגעים בנפש

contact Person: Isri HalpernTel: +972 774 309060mobile: +972 52 2309090Email: [email protected]

Director & ProducerIsri HalpernCompanyHalpern Films

Length – 50'Format – Hddate of Release – oct 2014original language – Hebrew, Russiansubtitles – English




Who determines about false and truth in a documentary? Is a filmmaker legally responsible for what is said by the protagonists? Mohammad Bakri, an Israeli Arab famous actor who directed the controversial documentary “Jenin Jenin” fights in Israeli courts a libel suit made by five Israeli soldiers claiming that he portrays them as war criminals who committed a massacre and horrific war crimes in the refugee camp of Jenin The Israeli narrative confronts the Palestinian one and there is no hope.

A10truth, nothIng, but…אם לומר את האמת...

contact Person: Eytan Harrismobile: +972 52 2643525Email: [email protected]

Director & ProducerEytan HarrisCompanyEytan Harris Productions Ltd.

Length – 70', 50' version is availableFormat – Hddate of Release – oct 2014original language – Hebrew, Arabic, Englishsubtitles – English

Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-IsraelThe Second Authority for Television & Radio


FestivalsHaifa FF

presented atCoPro

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Family Ties

FAmILy TIEs

Liza hasn’t seen her son Leonid, a deserter, for the past twelve years. Now she is flying to Russia to bring him back to Israel. During this short visit, she manages to overcome the sense of detachment and causes Leonid to long for his family, for Israel. What he refuses to accept is the price that he must pay for returning: a year and a half in military prison.

B17 Days In st. petersburg 7 ימים בסנט פטרסבורג

contact Person: Reuven Brodskymobile: +972 52 4244091Email: [email protected]

Director & ProducerReuven BrodskyCompanyReuven Brodsky

Length – 60'Format – dVd date of Release – 2015original language – Hebrew, Russiansubtitles – Hebrew, English

Involved Film InstitutionThe Israeli lottery council for culture and arts

Broadcasting PlatformsYes Docu


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Gilles and Esther Alexander struggle with the loss of two sons to suicide during military service, and also with the condemnation of the religious kibbutz where they live. Suicide is regarded as a sin, as a source of shame, and expects the grieving parents to keep quiet. The Alexandres refuse to succumb: They launch a public campaign to reshape the Orthodox discourse on suicide.

B2agaInst your wIll על כורחך

contact Person: Assaf Banittmobile: +972 54 5390545Email: [email protected]: Go2Films — Hedva GoldschmidtTel: +972 2 5831371 mobile: +972 54 6184547Email: [email protected]: go2films.com

Director & ProducerAssaf BanittCompanyAssaf Banitt

Length – 51'Format – PAL/Hddate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English, French

FAmILy TIEs

Once she realizes her death is imminent, Liora, a 54 years old woman, decides to organize her departure from life with no compromises. As a doctor of philosophy in Biology and a medical researcher, she treats her upcoming death as if it was a scientific project. She creates a "Finalize and Overlap" folder in her computer, in where she lists all the tasks she wants to accomplish before her approaching death. This 'project' would mostly affect her close-ones remaining in the following days, months and years after she's gone. A year after her passing away, we meet her family and reveal if her plan was successful. Is it possible to plan the unpredictable? Can facing death be also a vivid experience?

B3all that remaIns מה שנשאר

contact Person: ofer shemermobile: +972 54 2800139Email: [email protected]

Director & ProducerKineret Hay GillorCompanyIndependent

Length – 59'Format – Hd camdate of Release – mar 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

Involved Film InstitutionZolkov Foundation

FestivalsPhilippines World Premieres FF

FAmILy TIEs

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Barak Rotem (The director) always knew that his grandfather was a murderer. Only now he had the courage to ask why. A family journey between three continents and three generations of women, begins when dusty letters are discovered and make everyday situations become more conflicted. This is a portrait of a loving family leaving in the shadow of a tragedy. Between the search for an apartment in NY, fertility treatments, casual encounters and a first love, a story of memory and love is told.

B4carDboarD boxesאריזות

contact Person: Barak rotem mobile: +972 54 5468928Email: [email protected]

Director & ProducerBarak Rotem

Length –57'Format – Hddate of Release – Jan 2015original language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – Hebrew, English

Involved Film InstitutionGesher multicultural Film Fund-Israel

Broadcasting PlatformsYes Docu – DBS Satellite Service

FAmILy TIEs

The film tells the story of how the divorce of a woman, who went on to become a renowned author, and her husband, an esteemed rabbi, shook the religious city of Bnai Brak and affected the lives of their seven children, 30 years ago. It follows a family divided between two conflicting worlds of the Ultra-Orthodox and the secular. One of the daughters embarks on a journey among the ghosts of her childhood trying to reunite her family and build one of her own.

B5famIly mattersגרסא דיקונתא

distributor: Go2Films — Hedva GoldschmidtTel: +972 2 5831371 mobile: +972 54 6184547Email: [email protected]: go2films.com

DirectorNoa RothProducerAvigail SperberCompanyPardes Prodactions-Avigail Sperber

Length – 70'Format – Hd dcPdate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-Israel The Avi Chai Foundation



FAmILy TIEs

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A documentary film, filmed both in Israel and in Auschwitz, with rare archive materials that accompanies the voyage of a Capo’s son to the awful truth. A film that reveals the horrifying survivor's testimonies regarding his father to the live character for the first time, at a place where the events occurred 70 years ago.

B6kozalchIk affaIrפרשת קוזלצ'יק

contact Person: Tuvi ArbelTel: +972 9 7680237mobile: +972 52 2683758Email: [email protected]: arbeltelevision.com

FAmILy TIEs

DirectorRoni NinioProducerTuvi ArbelCompanyArbel Television

Length – 50'Format – Hddate of Release – Apr 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – Hebrew, English

Broadcasting Platforms: Israel Television – Channel 1

Velvel, Ranni's father, was a rather poor orphan, who married Raya Strauss and began working in the family owned factory (which start as a small dairy farm and became one of the biggest food conglomerate in Israel). They divorced when Ranni was 10, and for him, his father remained this strict meticulous withdrawn man who tore the family apart. 8mm reels, discovered after his death arouse questions that lead Ranni to embark on a personal journey between his parents' very different worlds in an attempt to better understand his father and the complexities of family loyalty, trying to overcome years of alienation. Looking at his family from behind the camera, he is reshaping his memories.

B7marryIng anIce cream factoryלהתחתן עם בית חרושת לגלידה

contact Person: Erez Laufer Tel: +972 3 5248407mobile: +972 50 7927002Email: [email protected]

DirectorRanni Midyan ProducerErez Laufer CompanyErez Laufer films

Length – 72'Format – Hd camdate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English


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25 years after the death of actress Talia Shapira, her son begins a journey to recount her life. His starting point is a search through the vast belongings his mother left behind – diaries, stories, films, audio tapes – he peels those memories until arriving at the most significant moment in their relationship, Talia's last days. The unorthodox way in which the director has chosen to describe this process of deciphering Talia's life, 17 chapters of an observation, which constitute an abstract and emotional mosaic, this is an intense investigation into the essence and meaning of a dialogue between mother and son, a dialogue that transcends words and time.

B817 begInnIngs of talIa התחלות על טליה 17

contact Person: Anath kandellmobile: +972 52 8386968Email: [email protected]

DirectorYoni BentovimProducerAnath KandellCompanyOne Light Productions

Length – 73'Format – prorezdate of Release – 2015original language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – English


Broadcasting PlatformsChannel 8, Israel


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While preparing for their wedding, Sivan Mor Goldman, a young 29 year old film director and her fiancé Ronen, discover that Sivan has a cancerous lump in her breast. With the help of a camera, family and good friends, they embark on a difficult and emotional journey, filled with challenges they meet with humor and optimism.

B9my bIg fat cancer weDDIng עד החתונה זה יעבור

contact Person: sivan mor Goldman mobile: +972 54 3185002Email: [email protected]: facebook.com/cancerwedding

DirectorSivan Mor Goldman ProducersBaruch Ivcher, Sivan Mor Goldman, Osnat TrabelsiCompanyTrabelsi Productions

Length – 60'Format – Hddate of Release – Apr 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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Na'hche is a Duet between the legendary composer who won The Prize of Israel, Nachum Heiman, and his daughter - the rock singer Si Heiman. They sing in two different voices. Si is sentimental and Na'hche is restrained. Nah'che is the leading voice, and Si is waiting for his recognition, she is waiting for him to write her a song, and for him to be a father.

B10nahche נחצ'ה

contact Person: Anat Gorenmobile: +972 54 7950489Email: [email protected]

Director & ProducerAnat GorenCompanyDrucker Goren production Ltd.

Length – 70'Format – dVdate of Release – mar 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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Broadcasting Platforms: Yes Docu – DBS Satellite Service

FestivalsEPOS The International Art Film Festival

P.S. Jerusalem is the story of one family in search of a home. An intimate portrayal of the director's own family over the course of three years reveals a painful portrait of Jerusalem and Israel today. Daughter of acclaimed author Amos Elon, director Danae Elon decides to defy her father's last wishes and return to live in Jerusalem. Through her camera’s lens, she narrates her children’s and her husband’s experiences, bravely exposing all the complexities of life in Jerusalem, and one family’s challenge to find a “home.”

B11p.s. Jerusalemלא פה לא שם

contact Person: danae ElonTel: +1 5148131926Email: [email protected]: danaeelon-films.com

DirectorDanae ElonProducerPaul CadieuxCompanyAtria Films

Length – 87'Format – Hddate of Release – summer 2015original language – English, Hebrew, Arabicsubtitles – English


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Sivan – the Director sets out to quit smoking together with his Uncle Jacob, a heavy smoker whose life is in danger. The initial plan involves recruiting the entire addicted family, but rapidly twists and turns as it becomes a more complex and eventful story. Sivan, who is about to become a father, inevitably has to confront the painful memories of his father's suicide, while Jacob's health continues to deteriorate.This dark humored, smoke-filled film shares the story of a tight, loving, self-destructive family, as they reach out to smokers everywhere active or passive...

B12savIng uncle Jacob להציל את דוד יעקב

contact Person: david Noymobile: +972 50 7321555Email: [email protected]: cinemax-prod.co.il

DirectorSivan ShtiviProducerDavid NoyCompanyCinemax Productions Ltd.

Length – 72'Format – Hddate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English



FestivalsDoc-Aviv 2015

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In August 2002, Israeli soldier Kayven Cohen was killed in Gaza. Moments after receiving the news, his parents made an unprecedented decision: to harvest sperm from his body to enable him to father a child. 11 years later, his mother launches a search for the woman who will become her grandchild's mother and raise him. 9 months of pregnancy turn into a long turbulent journey leading up to one incomprehensible moment.

dstributor: Go2Films — Hedva GoldschmidtTel: +972 2 5831371mobile: +972 54 6184547Email: [email protected]: go2films.com

DirectorTzipi BaiderProducersMor Tegger Delarya

Length – 77'Format – Hd date of Release – 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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FestivalsIsraeli Film Festival of Philadelphia 2015

B13seeD of lIfeמשהו ממני

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Four beguiling Russian immigrants, only daughters, met at a theater workshop and became an alternative family. Two years on, through a spiral narrative of memory, they untie the bonds to their loaded pasts, hearken to their inner voices and choose the best for the present: Diana Golbi auditions for Israeli Idol. Marta, an uneducated street urchin, auditions for a prestigious acting school. Anna joins a combat unit and deals with her eating disorders and The Redhead realizes she's a flower...

contact Person: Itay ken-TorTel: +972 52 2834077Email: [email protected]

DirectorYael GurProducerItay Ken-TorCompanyItay Ken-Tor

Length – 80'Format – Hddate of Release – Jul 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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Broadcasting PlatformsThe Second Authority for Television & Radio

Festivals Jerusalem FF

B14spIralsספירלות

This film tells the story of a group of young women living on the street, casualties of heroin and prostitution. Robbed of their childhood, they now find themselves trapped in a spiral of addiction that too often leads to death. These stories offer answers to questions about my own past, as a child who was taken from her drug-addled mother, a prostitute, but more than that, just a girl.

B15strung outבת זונה

contact Person: Lee shira- moviePlus ProductionsTel: +972 3 5164373mobile: +972 54 2804049Email: [email protected]

DirectorNirit AharoniProducerDavid MandilCompanyMoviePlus Productions

Length – 110':29'Format – ProResdate of Release – 2015original language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – English

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The saga of a restless & relentless Anglo-Jewish Family which according to it's founding fathers, served as God's gift to Zionism, is exposed by the director, a member of the family himself, from an alternative humorous angle.

B16the bentwIch synDromeסינדרום בנטביץ'

contact Person: Gur Bentwich mobile: +972 54 6820211Email: [email protected]: planetgur.com

Director & ProducerGur BentwichCompanyGuruMaya Productions

Length – 69'Format – Prorez \ dcPdate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – English, Hebrew

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Involved Film InstitutionMakor Foudation for Gesher multicultural Film Fund-Israel The Avi Chai Foundation



A journey through Kabbalah, heroin, chaos & redemption. For 10 years, Yannai has filmed his and his Mother's lives changing dramatically. His mother, Faiga, is a holocaust survivor who at 45, married the Rabbi Ashlag when he was 85. He taught her the secrets of Kabbalah and then passed away. Since then, the Rebbetzin Faiga tries to save the world from self annihilation by teaching Kabbalah. At age of 14 Yannai ran away and became a heroin addict. Today he lives in Jerusalem, telling his life's story through film. This is a film that explore and strives for the concept of home.

B17the chaos wIthInמול התוהו שבה

contact Person: sylvain Biegeleisen mobile: +972 54 4920650Email: [email protected]

DirectorYakov Yannai LeinProducerSylvain Biegeleisen CompanyZen Productions (Israel)

Length – 87'Format – sddate of Release – oct 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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Involved Film InstitutionThe Israel Film FundThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-IsraelThe Avi Chai FoundationThe Second Authority for Television & Radio


FestivalsThe Haifa Film Festival 2014 – Special Mention Award

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Martine Stonehouse and John Gelmon are middle-aged underdogs, living with Asperger Syndrome. Despite their social limitations, both dream of getting married, but straight-identifying John refuses to tie the knot until transsexual Martine gets a real vagina. Will Martine and John find the happiness together that they deserve? Transfixed is a deeply human story about freedom, self-actualization and the quest for happiness – one that anyone who has ever longed for love and acceptance can empathize with and understand.

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world dstributor: cAT&docs (catherine Leclef)Tel: +33 1 44 617748mobile: +33 6 33648602Email: [email protected]: catndocs.com

North American distributor:Filmoption International-Andrew NobleTel: +1 514 9316180 x 2657Email: [email protected]: filmoption.com

Director & ProducerAlon KolCompanyTransficedFilms INC

Length – 74' and 52'Format – Hddate of Release – mar 2015original language – Englishsubtitles – None

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Involved Film InstitutionThe Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Art Council, Ontario Art Council.


FestivalsThessaloniki International Film Festival 2015

When the doctor tells him that his mother, in her nineties, does not have long left, Sylvain Biegeleisen visits her every day. Against all the odds, she seems to “decide” to hang around for a while... A luminous film on tenderness as a possible source of youth. An optimistic approach to Ageing full of humor and hope !

B19twIlIght of a lIfe עד קצה הזריחה

dstributor: cAT&docs catherine LeclefTel: +33 144 617748mobile: +33 633 648602Email: [email protected]: catndocs.com

DirectorSylvain BiegeleisenProducersSylvain Biegeleisen, Gregory Zalcman, Alon KnolCompanyZen Productions (Israel),Take Five (Belgium)

Length – 70' (Festivals-Film Theaters),52' (TV version)Format – Hddate of Release – Apr 2015original language – Frenchsubtitles – English, Hebrew, Flemish, French (for hard of hearing & sand-blind)

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Involved Film InstitutionRabinovich Foundation for the Arts-IsraelThe Jewish Foundation (Belgium), The Belgian Tax Shelter

Broadcasting PlatformsThe Second Authority for Television (Channels 2 & 10)

FestivalsDocAviv"Visions du Réel" NyonDokFest MunchenDocville Belgium

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Larger than Life Victor Grayevsky entered the pantheon of Israeli intelligence thanks to courageous and heroic actions. As a journalist in Poland and at great personal risk, Grayevsky smuggled out a secret document – the speech of Nikita Horstzov, which first revealed Stalin's crimes. Just before his death in 2007, it turned out that Grayevsky had kept another great secret – he secretly worked as a spy, ostensibly in the service of USSR but in fact, he worked for the State of Israel.

C1apollonIaאפולוניה


LARGER THAN LIFE

Broadcasting PlatformsIsrael Television – Channel 1

FestivalsHaifa FF

DirectorOfir TraininProducersMicha Shagrir, Tal BardaCompanyTapuz Productions Ltd.

Length – 64'Format – Hddate of Release – Feb 2015original language – Hebrew, Polish, Englishsubtitles – English

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Ravikovitch struggled with depression and fluctuated between intense vitality and eagerness to partake in any moral and political discussion and deep loneliness that led to her attempted suicide, all of which is reflected clearly in her work. The film weaves her poetry and biography into an intricate story, attempting to solve the riddle of her life through people who knew her intimately and through rare archive material.

C2clockwork Dollבובה ממוכנת

contact Person: Liran Atzmormobile: +972 52 8003362Email: [email protected]: thelawfilm.com


LARGER THAN LIFE

Involved Film InstitutionMakor Foundation for Israeli Films



DirectorRuth WalkProducersLiran Atzmor, Yael PerlovCompanyAtzmor productions

Length – 53'Format – Hddate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

A confession-film in which Matti Caspi, a leading Israeli musician, reveals a lifetime of struggle. A musically gifted child who suffered from Polio, was raised in a family without love in a kibbutz in the 1950's, through the days of military band, musical hits, stardom after which came an endless downfall. The film ends with Matti's return to center stage after years of struggle.

C3matI caspI ־ confessIon מתי כספי - וידוי

contact Person: shemi shoenfeldTel: +972 3 5049440mobile: +972 50 5478927Email: [email protected]


LARGER THAN LIFE




DirectorsDalia Mevorach, Dani DothanProducersShemi Shoenfeld, Uri Borreda, Amitan MenelzonCompanyComeBack Films

Length – 85'Format – dcP, proress, dVddate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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With cancer racing through his body, documentary film director Nir Toib, is set out to save his own life.Just like any other film he directed, Nir fought for the wisdom of the unseen and for the truth. In the last film he ever made, Nir manages his disease in such an outstanding way that he reaches a scientific breakthrough that is already changing lives of many lung cancer patients around the world. The sky is the limit, as long as you choose life.

C4therefore choose lIfe ובחרת בחיים

contact Person: Galit Lieber-Toibmobile: +972 54 4868669Email: [email protected]@gn-com.com

LARGER THAN LIFE

Broadcasting PlatformsYes Docu – DBS Satellite ServiceReshet – Channel 2

DirectorsNir Toib, Gil IzackovProducerG.N.Communication Nir Toib Ltd

Length – 94'Format – Hddate of Release – Feb 2015original language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – Hebrew, English

Isaac Bashevis Singer, the famous Yiddish writer and Nobel Prize winner wrote with a 'harem' of dozens of translators behind him. Beyond simple translation, these women were a vital source of his creativity. The inspiration he drew from them came in many forms, often mixing romance with professional aspirations. Today nine remain to tell his story. Intimate, poignant interviews and exclusive archival footage combine to portray the unknown story of an author who charmed and enchanted his audiences, just like he charmed and enchanted his translators. A film about both the vary art of translation and one of the great figures of the twentieth century literature.

C5the muses of Isaac bashevIs sIngerהמוזות של בשביס זינגר

distributor: cinephilTel: +972 3 5664129Email: [email protected] website: cinephil.co.il

LARGER THAN LIFE

Involved Film InstitutionRabinovich Foundation for the Arts-Israel Leon Recanati FoundationThe Israel Film Council


FestivalsHaifa FF 2014, Miami International FF 2015New York Jewish Film Festival 2015: Opening night

DirectorsShaul Betser, Asaf GalayProducersShaul Betser, Keren Michael, Asaf GalayCompanyAntenna Productions

Length – 72'Format – dcP date of Release – oct 2014original language – English, Hebrew, yiddishsubtitles – English

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Portrayals of Other On Christmas Eve 2013, some 10,000 asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan gathered at Levinsky Park. From there they marched in an orderly fashion to Ha’Aliya Street, and continued across downtown Tel Aviv, until they reached Rabin Square, where they gathered around Yigal Tomarkin’s looming statue, “Holocaust and Rebirth.” It seemed as if every monument along the way, the names of every street and building added meaning to the demonstration, and transformed these hapless refugees into yet another link in the chain of Tel Aviv’s history.

D1a DemonstratIon Inthe whIte cItyהפגנה בעיר הלבנה

contact Person: Tal Haim yoffemobile: +972 54 8188853Email: [email protected]

PoRTRAyALs oF oTHER

Directors & ProducerTal Haim Yoffe

Length – 48'Format – PRoREsdate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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During the protest of summer 2011, we met the homeless – some suffering from PTSD, others victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, mental illnesses, sex workers and drug addicts – people who had nowhere to go when their tent camp was destroyed. When it was dissolved, a few found themselves in rehab but most had to fend for themselves.

D2bums, go home נשמות לוינסקי

contact Person: claudia Levinmobile: +972 52 2385334 Email: [email protected] website: claudiusfilms.com

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Broadcasting PlatformsIsrael Television – Channel 1Yes Docu – DBS Satellite Service

FestivalsDocAvivCinema South Festival

Directors & ProducerClaudia LevinCompanyClauduis films. LTD

Length – 57'Format – dcPdate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – Hebrew, English

Hotline, the film, gets to the heart of this association and observes how an NGO functions in the democratic arena. In following the Hotline's volunteers and employees in their daily activities in public information meetings, at the Knesset, Supreme Court, etc., “Hotline” explores, beyond the complexity of the Israeli case, the universal topic of immigration and refugees.

D3hotlIneהוטליין


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Involved Film InstitutionCinema project – Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts

DirectorSilvina LandsmannProducersSilvina Landsmann,Pierre-Olivier BardetCompanyComino Films, Idéale Audience

Length – 99'Format – dcPdate of Release – Feb 2015(Berlinale Forum, Berlin)original language – Hebrew, English, Frenchsubtitles – English

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Mussa, a 12 years old African refugee, lives in a tiny apartment in the slums of Tel Aviv but studies with wealthy kids. He connects with his teachers and friends through hand gestures and facial expressions, he refuses to speak, and no one knows why. His teacher, Anna loves him and provides for all his needs, her son is Mussa's best friend, but they never heard his voice. Mussa's life will change forever when his mother is told she has to leave the country in one week, leaving him devastated, and compelled to leave his father behind.

D4mussaמוסא

distributor: cinephilTel: +972 3 5664129 Email: [email protected] website: cinephil.co.il

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Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-Israel The Second Authority for Television & Radio


FestivalsHot Docs

DirectorAnat GorenProducersAnat Goren, Daniela Rachminov SidiCompanyDrucker & Goren Media ltd

Length – aprox 60'Format – dVdate of Release – Apr 2015original language – Hebrew, Arabic,English, Amharicsubtitles – Hebrew, English

Length – 106'Format – mini dv-Profesional camera date of Release – 2015original language – Englishsubtitles – Hebrew, English

See the beauty Sri Lanka, the land of the smiling people that live daily life in nature that didn’t change for hundreds of years. They teach us their traditional arts, we have happy moments of music with their children, we feel their spirit while they offer to expose us to their festivals and health treatments and we watch from the side the lives of us all. What is necessary for every kind of life to be and flourish is "The Sight “, the sight of the great being.youtube.com/watch?v=RkB0Po6Clq0youtube.com/watch?v=vd8Zv83Uw-A

D5the sIte of thegreat beIngנתיב ההויה הטובה

distributor: Adia pilomobile: +972 54 9941897Email: [email protected]

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Director & ProducerAdia Pilo

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The challenges of immigration are exposed as we follow a family who moves to Israel in 2006 from the Tunisian Island of Djerba. Though the community to which they arrive seems like the most natural place for them to set up their new home, tensions soon arise between the wider community and the Uzan family – and within the family as well. The realities of his new country are at odds with the father’s desire to earn an honest living.

D6the unwelcomIng

זית על מא

distributor: Ruth diskin Films Ltd.Tel: +972 2 672 4256Email: [email protected] website: ruthfilms.com

DirectorRobby ElmaliahProducersRuthie Shatz, Adi BarashCompanyYulari Films & Fig Films

Length – 73'Format – Hddate of Release – Jul 2014original language – Hebrew, Tunisian Arabicsubtitles – English

Involved Film InstitutionMakor Foundation for Israeli FilmsThe Israeli lottery council for culture and arts


FestivalsJerusalem FF

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Reflections of the Past

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The Holocaust of the Jews in the former Soviet Union has remained a mystery many decades after the war. In a journey never before seen on screen, Boris Maftsir sets out to restore the memory of a Holocaust all but forgotten. The work of a lifetime, this is the first film in a multi-part series project about how the Holocaust was all but hidden from official Soviet history – and about those who will not let the memory be erased.

E1guarDIans of remembrance שומרי הזיכרון


REFLEcTIoNs oF THE PAsT

Involved Film InstitutionThe Israeli lottery council for culture and artsThe second Authority for Television & RadioClaims Conference, The Joint


FestivalsHaifa FF

DirectorBoris MaftsirProducerZvi ShefyCompanyZvi Shefy Productions

Length – 107'Format – Hddate of Release – oct 2014original language – Hebrew, Russiansubtitles – English

This film tells the story of Hedva Rat, who came to Auschwitz in 1944 with her grandparents, and little sister. When they arrived, Josef Mengele sent her family to the left side (their death) and Hedva joined them – although he sent her the right side. Mengele pointed at her again and she was taken away from her family – to live. In all the seven months she was in Auschwitz, Mengele, as she is saying, protected her " A kind, handsome and a true gentleman". Although knowing what he did to her beloved family and to the Jewish people – at large.

E2Josef mengele has saveD my lIfe In auschwItzג'וזף מנגלה הציל את חיי באושוויץ

contact Person: doron BraunshteinTel: +972 3 5335835mobile: +972 50 7815765Email: [email protected]: apollobraun.com


Director & ProducerDoron BraunshteinCompanyDoron Braunshtein

Length – 95'Format – dVddate of Release – dec 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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Night Will Fall tells the story of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration camps. Using remarkable archive footage and testimony from survivors and liberators, it tells of the efforts made to document the almost unbelievable scenes that the allies encountered on Liberation. The film explores how a team of top filmmakers, including Sidney Bernstein, Richard Crossman and Alfred Hitchcock came together to make a film to provide undeniable evidence of what the allies found. Each new generation deserves access to this evidence.

E3nIght wIll fall ירד הלילה

distributor: cinephilTel: +972 3 5664129Email: [email protected]: cinephil.co.il


DirectorAndré SingerProducersSally Angel, Brett RatnerCompanyAngel TV, Spring Films

Length – 75'Format – dcPdate of Release – Jun 2014 (sheffield world Premiere)original language – English, Russian, Hebrewsubtitles – English


Broadcasting PlatformsChannel 8Keshet – Channel 2

Festivals2014 World Premiere (7 June): Special Jury Honourable Mention, Jerusalem FF 2014 (15 July): Special MentionIDFA 2014

This is a poignant untold story of warmth and compassion after the horrible WW2. Thousands of Jewish survivors landed in Southern Italy on their way to Israel, and were warmly welcomed by the poor locals. In this time of psychological and physical healing, hundreds of children were born. The film follows the story of three Israeli women who were born then, in Santa-Maria-di-Leuca. It weaves rare historical footage with unique current testimonials capturing a ray of light after great darkness.

E4shores of lIghtאור בקצה המגף

contact Person: yael katzirTel: +972 3 6421648mobile: +972 52 2207949Email: [email protected]


DirectorYael KatzirProducersGady Castel, Yael KatzirCompanyKatzir Productions

Length – 57'Format – dcPdate of Release – Jan 2015 original language – Italian, Hebrewsubtitles – English, Hebrew

Broadcasting PlatformsMediaset Italia, Rete 4

FestivalsDocAviv 2015Valdarno FF Italy

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Human soaps in the Holocaust – truth, commemoration and memory. The film depicts the theme of manufacturing soap from the bodies of Jews during the Holocaust from historical, social and cultural aspects, and explains its disappearance from the Israeli narrative over the years. Throughout the film Holocaust researchers claim it is a myth while survivors convinced that it occurred even to their relatives.

E5soapsסבונים

contact Person: Eyal BallasTel: +972 54 4944171mobile: +972 54 494171Email: [email protected]


Director & ProducerEyal Ballas

Length – aprox 56'Format – Pal widescreendate of Release – mar 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – Hebrew, English

A Docu-Drama. The story of an Algerian – republican anti-Nazi resistance, which – on November 8th 1942 – succeeded, with only 400 volunteers, in capturing the city of Algiers thus dramatically affecting the outcome of Operation Torch – the Allies’ first victory on the Western front in World War II.

E6 the nIght of fools ליל הפתאים

distributor: michael Treves − JmT Films distribution, co-productions & world salesmobile: +972 52 3633398Email: jmtfilms.com/201353/about-uswebsite: jmtfilms.com/201353/about-us

Director & ProducerRami Kimchi CompanySheder Productions

Length –57'Format – Hddate of Release – dec 2014original language – Hebrew, Frenchsubtitles – French, English

Involved Film InstitutionGesher multicultural Film Fund-IsraelThe Avi Chai FoundationIsrael National channel 1

Broadcasting PlatformsChannel 1 – The national TV channel of Israel



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The story of 3 ex-pilots and a navigator in the Israeli Airforce all in their eighties, who decide to come clean about their true identities as holocaust survivors and venture out on a journey throughout their lost childhoods, their silent youth and their glory days as pilots.

E7there anD here שם וכאן



DirectorAvida LivnyProducerOmer tv

Length – aprox 58'Format – dcPdate of Release – Jul 2015(Jerusalem film festival)original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English


In 1943, 250 Jewish Salaverry Workers, successfully escaped from a Nazi labor camp in Novogrudok, Belarus, via a tunnel they dug. The film follows the remaining escapees alive today, accompanied by their descendants, in an attempt to find the tunnel. The archaeological excavations dug up not only piles of dirt and some physical remnants, but also dredged up the memories, pain and hope of 3 generations which merge to become one story.

E8tunnel of hopeבריחה


Director & ProducerDror H. Shwartz

Length – aprox 88'Format – dcPdate of Release – 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English


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The Face of Her Reality Alia fought for an entire decade to obtain a small council flat in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat-Shmona. 50 years on it has become her prison, due to her deteriorating health. Documented by her granddaughter in a continuous visual journey spanning a decade, Alia transforms her narrowing world through a variety of artistic activities. Her own memoirs encompass the collective stories of the Moroccan community in Israel and of all women at the fringes of society.

F1alIaעליה

contact Person : Noam EdryTel: +972 52 3662325Email: [email protected]: noamedry.com

THE FAcE oF HER REALITy

Director & ProducerNoam Edry

Length – 47'Format – Hddate of Release – 2014 original language – Hebrew, spanishsubtitles – Hebrew, English

FestivalsLibi Bamizrach (My Heart is in the East)June 2015 – Tel Aviv Cinematheque

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The film focuses on women that are defined as "the collapsing middle class" and reveals naked, brave lives. The film's heroines are four 45-50 years old women that excelled in their fields, believed in education and hard work – and were still kicked out of the work force, and into the circle of poverty. The four women fight to survive financially, but also to preserve their sense of self. Against all odds, they fight to overcome the void and re-invent themselves.

F2brokeמרוששות

contact Person : shula spiegelTel: +972 3 5610120mobile: +972 50 5209349Email: [email protected]


DirectorJulie ShlesProducersShula Spiegel, Dana EdenCompanyShula Spiegel Ltd. &Donna Productions TV and Movies (2001) Ltd.

Length – 50'Format – Hddate of Release – may 2015 original language – Hebrewsubtitles – Hebrew, English




Shuli Arbib was divorced with three daughters when she met Goel Razon, who presented himself as a Hiller. He had then 6 wives soon they became also his wives and part of the cult. For more then 10 years they videotaped and photographed the life in the sect. The footage is rare and priceless

F3etcheD In my boDyחרות בגופי

contact Person : Nili TalTel: +972 3 6410805mobile: +972 50 623293Email: [email protected]: nilital.com


Director & ProducerNili TalCompanyNili Tal Productions

Length – 73'Format – Hddate of Release – Jan 2015 original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English


FestivalsDocAviv FF 2015

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Susan was born with both male and female sex-organs. At age of five months, her parents decided she would be female. At 35 she discovers this. The medical establishment asserts that everyone must be either male or female. Susan dares to question this axiom. This film follows two compelling storylines. One is the story of Susan and her social-activism. The other is the story of Ofer, another intersex individual, whose story is an inspiring mirror image of hers.

F4thIrD person גוף שלישי

contact Person: Aurit ZamirTel: 972 52 6010403Email: [email protected]: gumfilms.com


DirectorSharon LuzonProducersAurit Zamir, Yoav RoehCompanyGum Films

Length – 58'Format – dcP, dVd-PAL, Pro REsdate of Release – may 2015 original language – Hebrew, Arabic, spanishsubtitles – English, Hebrew

Involved Film InstitutionGesher multicultural Film Fund-IsraelThe Israeli lottery council for culture and arts

Broadcasting PlatformsYes Docu –DBS Satellite Service

FestivalsDocAviv 15

The Soul and Science

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BackLight deals with elusive gap between dreams and reality. The film documents the life of three backstage crew members, living within touching distance of their dreams: Ilan is a talented singer-songwriter working as a sound technician; Simon is a circus artist working as a high-tower lighting rigger ; and Amiram is an actor working as a lighting technician on film sets. All three are in the shadows of their artistic dreams, as they try to fulfill their personal ambitions and cross the hidden line that separates the backstage from the spotlight.

G1backlIghtפנסים

contact Person: david Noy mobile: +972 50 7321555Email: [email protected]: cinemax-prod.co.il

THE souL ANd scIENcE

Involved Film InstitutionThe Second Authority for Television & Radio

Broadcasting PlatformsIsrael Reshet – Channel 2

FestivalsHaifa FF

DirectorOran MagedishProducersDavid Noy, Yoram IvryCompanyCinemax Productions Ltd.

Length – 65'Format – Hddate of Release – oct 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

The director decides to build himself a bicycle to his particular specifications. To learn how to, he sets out on a journey in search of people whose great love is the bicycle. He meets a former dancer with the Batsheva Dance Troupe, who builds bike frames professionally, a welder from Florentin neighborhood who builds crazy bikes, a musician who performs at his shows on his “Fixie” bike, a farmer who cleared an entire chicken coop just to store the hundreds of bicycles he has collected, and more... This is a movie that begins with an accident, turns into a love story and ends with a big crash.

G2freIlaufפריילופ

contact Person: Tal Haim yoffemobile: +972 54 8188853Email: [email protected]

Director & ProducerTal Haim Yoffe

Length – 48'Format – PRoREsdate of Release – may 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English



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David Perlov (1930-2003) an Israeli filmmaker. In 1958 immigrated from Brazil to Israel, where he was considered as one of the most important filmmakers in the country and the leading force of the Israeli documentary cinema. In 1973 Perlov had begun to film the "Perlov Diaries" an endeavor that lasted 10 years. He was one of founders of the first and prestigious film school at Tel Aviv University. The film "Perlov – Portrait" tells the life story of Perlov, his art, and his influence of filmmakers in Israel and abroad. A major part of the film deals with Pelov's early days in Brazil.

G3DavID perlov

דוד פרלוב

distributor: michael Treves ־ JmT Films distribution, co-productions & world sales mobile: +972 52 3633398Email: [email protected]: JmTFilms.com


DirectorRuth WalkProducerYouval OrrCompanyEilat Media

Length – 67'Format – Hddate of Release – Nov 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English



FestivalsHaifa FF

As the world plunges into uncertainty – with multi-faceted crises erupting everywhere and antisemitism at an all-time high – one global thinker offers an unlikely solution that ties it all together while fearlessly shattering our current world view. “Into Truth” is a rare portrait of the controversial Kabbalist, and teacher of millions, Dr. Michael Laitman in his tireless quest for world peace which is calling on Jews to re-examine everything they know and believe to be true.

G4Into truth: a Journey Into the heart of a natIonבדרך לאמת:מסע אל לב האומה

contact Person: Amit shlev mobile: +972 54 30 60 277Email: [email protected]: vimeo.com/limiko/intotruthtrailer password: intotruthtrailer


DirectorAmit ShalevProducerOded (Lio) SpieglerCompanyLimiko Films

Length – 48'Format – full Hddate of Release – TBdoriginal language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – English

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'North into the Mist' is a documentary which follows 72 year old, Yngve Kristoffersen, a Norwegian scientist who sets out on a dangerous three month expedition in a small hovercraft to remote areas of the Arctic. He intends to fulfill his lifelong dream and prove a theory about an asteroid hitting the Arctic Ocean millions of years ago, affecting the planet till this day. He encounters Extreme weather, hungry Polar Bears, and mechanical difficulties along the way. The theory which inspired the expedition was based on data collected by John Hall on US Ice Station T3 in the late 1960's.

G5north Into the mIstצפונים בקוטב

contact Person: Neil weisbrod, Ariel weisbrod mobile: +972 52 2674697mobile: + 972 52 3805553Email: [email protected]@yahoo.com



FestivalsChagrin Falls International Film Festival, Cleavland USAWorld Film Festival, Tartu, EstoniaNew York City International Film Festival, Times Square, New YorkRiverside International Film Festival, Riverside, California

Directors & ProducersNeil Weisbrod, Ariel WeisbrodCompanyIndependent

Length – 50'Format – Hd camdate of Release – 2014original language – Englishsubtitles – English

Nissim Aloni was a king of the Hebrew theater. The magical realm he brought to the stage brimmed with imagination and poetry, giving voice and vision to the loftiest dreams. But in a world dominated by mundane democracy and controlled by functionaries, Aloni was an exile king, without a kingdom, without an audience, without critics, and without theater managers to share his whimsical musings with the public.

G6once upon a tIme there was a kIng היה היה מלך ־ נסים אלוני בשלוש מערכות, שתי תמונות ביניים ואפילוג

contact Person: doron djerassi mobile: +972 50 7699465Email: [email protected]


Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-IsraelThe Israeli lottery council for culture and arts



DirectorDoron DjerassiProducersLevi Zini, Avishai Peretz,Doron DjerassiCompanyDoc. Films

Length – 80'Format – Hd (dcp) date of Release – 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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Israel is known in the world as a start-up nation. There are actually more startups in Tel-Aviv than in the whole of Europe and more Venture Capital is invested per person than anywhere else in the world. 4 startup teams are accompanied for 2 years, from having an idea on a napkin and until they hit the jackpot or go bust. Throughout their personal rollercoaster of voyage we catch an intimate and exciting glance on how the 'High-Tech Nation' really works.

G7sIlIcon waDIסיליקון ואדי

distributor:Hadar Porubanova/Go2FilmsTel: +972 2 5831371mobile: +972 54 6184547Email: [email protected]: go2films.com

DirectorsDaniel Sivan, Yossi Bloch Producer Ronen Ben-Tal for Plan B Productions

Length – 82'Format – Hddate of Release – Jan 2015original language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – English

Broadcasting PlatformsYes Duco


A nostalgic, fascinating and heart-breaking journey into a very popular photographed children's books in black & white from the mid-20th century (they were photographed by Anna Riwkin-Brick and most of them were written by Astrid Lindgren).An unbelievable detective story, which follows the missing heroes of the books: Were they real children? Where are they now?

G8where Is elle karIanD what happeneDto norIko-san?איפה אלה קריומה קרה לנוריקו-סאן?

contact Person: dvorit shargal Tel: +972 3 5270185mobile: +972 52 3512025Email: [email protected] website: dvoritshargal.com


FestivalsIndian Cine Film Festival, Mumbai 2014. Winner of the Best Documentary – Jury.Filmmakers of the Year Film Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia Nov. 2014DOCfeed festival in Eindhoven, Holland, Feb 2015In BigMuddy FF Carbondale, Illinois, in FebWomen director festival in New Delhi in 2015,Women in media FF in Newark in MarchUniverse Multicultural Film Festival in California, AprilTupelo FF Ms in AprilSaint Tropez & Nice FF in MayCarmarthen Bay Film Festival, Wales, MayCms,International Chilren's Film Festival, Lucknow, India, May

DirectorDvorit ShargalProducersYael Leshem, Dvorit ShargalCompanyKastina Communications LTD

Length – 49':30'Format – HdVdate of Release – sep 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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This is a film about one billion birds and one rare bird. About an unusual species that simultaneously conducts dozens of projects with the determination of a bulldozer. “Mr. Birdman” Prof. Yossi Leshem, a lightly religious, tall, authoritative man with a rugged Israeli charm and the persuasion skills of a salesman who doesn’t take no for an answer.

G9wIngs of change

ללא גבולות

contact Person: Tuvi ArbelTel: +972 9 7680237mobile: +972 52 2683758Email: [email protected]: arbeltelevision.com




Director & ProducerTuvi ArbelCompanyArbel Television

Length – 50'Format – HdVdate of Release – Apr 2015original language – Hebrew,English, Arabicsubtitles – Hebrew, English, Arabic

Untold Stories

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After 30 years of suppressing, forgetting and denying the events at the traumatic battle of Sultan Yaakub that took place In the first Lebanon war, I am compelled to choose between loyalty to my comrades, my unit's officers, and looking at the mirror – to uncover a new and painful truth about manhood, fear and resourcefulness.

H1a closeD story

סיפור סגור

contact Person: micha Livne Tel: +972 4 9909044mobile: +972 54 4388538Email: [email protected]

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Director & ProducerMicha Livne CompanyI Docu

Length – 90'Format – dcPdate of Release – Apr 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

One week after the 1967's 'Six-Day War', a group of young kibbutzinks, led by renowned author Amos Oz and Editor Avraham Shapira, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing only a fragment of the conversations to be published. Censored Voices reveals these original recordings for the first time.

H2 censoreD voIcesשיח לוחמים

contact Person: Hilla medaliamobile: +972 54 4791124Email: [email protected]: censoredvoices.com

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Involved Film InstitutionRabinovich Foundation for the Arts-IsraelGesher multicultural Film Fund-IsraelThe Israeli lottery council for culture and arts


FestivalsSundance FFHot DocsBerlin FF

DirectorMor LoushyProducersDaniel Sivan, Hilla Medalia,Neta ZwebnerCompanyOne Man Show, kNow Productions

Length – 84'Format – Hddate of Release – Jan 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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A documentary thriller. Two friends discover the tumultuous secrets behind a real double murder video that was posted online by Russian Neo Nazis. As more and more details are revealed, the immediate consequences of the investigation start to endanger their own lives

H3creDIt for murDer

קרדיט לרצח

contact Person: Vladi AntoneviczTel: +972 3 5476335Email: [email protected]

uNToLd sToRIEs

Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-Israel Tribeca Film Institution



Director & ProducerVladi AntoneviczCompanyMockofiction

Length – 104'Format – Hddate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrew, Russiansubtitles – English

An unrepentant glimpse at public defenders and the criminals they represent. Attorney client privilege has been lifted for the first time in Israel to present the criminal justice system in a hyper-realistic way. Here are the stories of a racist soccer fan who attacks Arabs, an African nanny accused of causing a baby's death, a customs inspector charged with accepting a bribe, and more. This series focuses on the complexity of the human spirit and the crises facing society today.

H4Defense fIlesתיקים מהסנגוריה

distributor: Hadar Porubanova / Go2FilmsTel: +972 2 5831371 mobile: +972 54 6184547Email: [email protected]: go2films.com

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Involved Film InstitutionMakor Foundation

Broadcasting PlatformsYes Docu

FestivalsBest Documentary Series, Israeli Documentary Film Forum, 2014Awards: Best Documentary Series, Israeli Documentary Film Forum, 2014

DirectorMoish Goldberg Producer Liran Atzmor

Length – 6 Episodes / 35 minFormat – dcPdate of Release – Jul 2014(Jerusalem Film Festival)original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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70 years before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jerusalem antiques dealer Moses Shapira traveled to London with what he hoped to present to the British Museum as the original version of the Book of Deuteronomy. But the assessment that the scrolls were fake, devastated him and Moses Shapira put an end to his life. For more than 30 years filmmaker Yoram Sabo has been obsessed with clearing Shapira’s name and finding out the fate of the scrolls.

H5shapIra & I

שפירא ואני

contact Person: Ruth diskin Films Ltd.Tel: +972 2 6724256Email: [email protected]: ruthfilms.com

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Involved Film InstitutionGesher multicultural Film Fund-IsraelThe Avi Chai FoundationMarc Rich Foundation

Broadcasting Platforms

Reshet – Channel 2

Director & ProducerYoram Sabo

Length – 57'Format – Hddate of Release – Jul 2014original language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – English

Tel Aviv during The 1930's. Yehoshua Steinbock emigrates with a group of architects from Europe to Israel. Together, they build internationally styled buildings, which would later be known as part of The White City, the historic center of Tel Aviv. Steinbock died an intellect, a Zionist hero and a great family man. However, shortly after his funeral, another funeral was held in his honor. The second funeral made it apparent that Steinbock had secretly been conducting two separate lives with two different families, each of which had a young girl named Aya.

H6two funeralsשתי לוויות

contact Person: Rotem AzulayTel: +972 2 9942484mobile: +972 50 9942484Email: [email protected]

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Broadcasting Platforms:Yes Docu – DBS Satellite Service

DirectoRotem AzulayProducersYaron Bar, Rotem AzulayCompanyMoked production

Length – 57'Format – Full Hddate of Release – Jul 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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ShortsSince the establishment of the separation barrier, the Jerusalem neighborhoods Ras Hamis and Ras Shahada have been cut off from the rest of the city. The authorities stopped providing services and recently announced about their plan to destroy dozens of buildings in the area. The film tells the story of 3 families struggling with this hard reality.

I13 houses3 בתים

contact Person: omri shenharmobile: +972 54 4906073Email: omrishenhar.wix.com/omrish

FestivalsViewster Online Film FestCulture Unplugged Festival

DirectorOmri ShenharProducersRonit Sela, Marc GreyCompanyThe Association for Civil Rightsin Israel (ACRI)

Length – 9':42'Format – Hddate of Release – may 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English, Arabic

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Shortly after the birth of my daughter, Eli, our dog, Ian, was diagnosed with cancer. This film documents the last day in Ian’s life where my partner and 6-month year old daughter accompany me on the way to the vet where Ian was put to sleep. Ian's lullaby is a lullaby to death and new life. A silent voyage of fifteen years that despite the pain leaves space for optimism and hope.

I2a lullaby for Ian

שיר ערש לאיאן

contact Person: Asaf yecheskel Tel: +972 3 9302351mobile: +972 52 8386492Email: [email protected]: facebook.com/costanzaFilms

Director & ProducerDoron LeveneCompanyKino Kitchen Studio

Length – 10':31'Format – 25 fps 1920 \ 1080 Full Hddate of Release – Jan 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

An animated portrait of the hallucinatory journey of consciousness experienced by Jewish writer Yechiel De-Nur ("KaTzetnik 135633"), during a psychiatric treatment with the hallucinate drug LSD, in the Netherlands, 1976. The treatment guides De-Nur through a re-visit of the "Other Planet" of Auschwitz, during which, he sees himself as the Nazi officer who sent him to burn in the crematorium. This life-altering experience releases De-Nur from his repressed traumas of the past, and engulfs him with new prophecies of a dark possible future.

I3a trIp to theother planetמסע אל הפלנטה האחרת

DirectorTom KlessProducerEyal KeilaCompanySapir College

Length – 15' Format – Full Hd 16:9date of Release – Jun 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

contact details: sapir collegeTel: +972 77 9802787mobile: +972 54 3060819Email: [email protected]

Involved Film InstitutionDavid Perlov FundRabinovich Foundation for the Arts-IsraelGesher multicultural Film Fund-IsraelSnunit Fund – The Second Authority for Television & Radio

Broadcasting PlatformsKeshet – Channel 2

FestivalsJerusalem FFCinema South Festival

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This film is based on the ghetto-picture diaries of Erich Lichtblau-Leskly who was sent to Theresienstadt Ghetto at 1942, and during his time there, secretly painted caricatures depicting the day to day life of the Ghetto. The film depicts Yossef's journey through the crowded Ghetto

I4DeJ mI sluka

דיג' מי סלוקה

contact Person:michelle Pose, ofir Goldman Tel: +972 3 5166868mobile: +972 54 2106387+972 54 4999949Email: [email protected]@gmail.comwebsite: firstcourse.net

FestivalsJerusalem Film Festival, 2014

Director & ProducerShira Mekin

Length – 04':38'Format – classic Animation, Hddate of Release – 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

A number of events of Tel-Aviv’s early days are intertwined and poured into the story of a movie premier at Tel-Aviv’s first ever cinema: Eden.

I5eDen restsמנוחת עדן

contact Person: michelle Pose,ofir Goldman Tel: +972 3 5166868mobile: +972 54 2106387+972 54 4999949Email: [email protected] [email protected]: firstcourse.net

FestivalsMaine Jewish Film Festival, Toronto Jewish Film Festival, San Francisco Jewish, Film festival, Seret Film Festival, Seattle Jewish Film Festival, Jewish Interntional Film Festival

Directors & ProducersOfer Kapota, Natalie Chen,Hadar SitrukCompanyMinshar for Art

Length – 6'Format – Hddate of Release – 2013original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

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Two men are walking down the street holding each other's hands. Using interviews held by the director with men of his hometown Tel Aviv, this animated short investigates an intimate yet very public gesture. Who's into it? Who avoids at all costs? And how come a public admission of your sexual nature can mean a whole different thing in another culture.

I6horaהורה

contact Person: yoav Brill mobile: +972 54 7918443Email: [email protected]: cargocollective.com/yoavbrill


FestivalsTLVfest, Tel AvivITFS, Stuttgart Kashish, Mumbai

Director & ProducerYoav BrillCompanyTLVfest

Length – 9':23'Format – digital. 16:9date of Release – Feb 2015(First commercial screening)original language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – English

Three years ago my brother Ivan passed away. Ivan and I were close, he was an important role model in my life and I thought I knew him as well as he knew me. After his death I realized I was wrong. My brother had many hidden sides and I started feeling like I didn't know him at all. I went on a search to find out who he was. During my search I found his blog. The blog opened up a whole new world and tons of information about Ivan. I created my project from Ivan's blog.

I7Ivanאיוון

contact Person, distributor: michelle Pose, ofir Goldman Tel: +972 3 5166868mobile: +972 54 2106387+972 54 4999949Email: [email protected] [email protected]: firstcourse.net

FestivalsTel Aviv International Student Film Festival

Director & ProducerAlice Korenyouk CompanyTLVfest

Length – 7':43'Format – Xd-cAmdate of Release – 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

sHoRTs sHoRTs

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Dostories365 is a social documentary & business enterprise with a unique model that raises awareness of social issues by short documentary movies. The personal story of Remy Yulzari, who experienced PTSD in the army, The film depicts the daily journey Remy PTSD, his familiarity with his wife and family while daily coping with PTSD. About five years ago, Rami formed a group, 'Run with Rami', which he helps other PTSDs through the run, the film will show the various relationships of Remy in his life, and the desire to win the PTSD.

I8long DIstance runnIngלרוץ למרחקים ארוכים

contact Person, distributor: Tsipi karlik, dostories365Tel/fax: +972 3 6966321mobile: +972 54 2400960Email: [email protected]: site442513.44.webydo.com

Involved Film InstitutionIsraeli Cinemateques

Broadcasting PlatformsYnet internet – Tv onlineSport Channel

FestivalsFive Israeli Cinemateques2 Germany festival, Medimed

Director & ProducerTsipi KarlikCompanydostories365

Length – 13'Format – dVdate of Release – 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

Dostories365 is a social documentary & business enterprise, around the year, with a unique model that raises awareness of social issues – by short documentary movies. The film presents the personal story of Ben, 16 year-old boy, Beitar Jerusalem's goal keeper. A snapshot of contemporary youth in Israel, Ben, is a distressed neighborhood boy, who is trying to fulfill his dream and come out from where he grew up. Using a football frame film presents the contest and his will to succeed, despite the bad starting life.

contact Person, distributor: Tsipi karlik, dostories365Tel/fax: +972 3 6966321mobile: +972 54 2400960Email: [email protected]: site442513.44.webydo.com



FestivalsFive Israeli Cinemateques2 Germany festival, Medimed



I9off sIDeאופסייד

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In 1978, my brother Amnon (Ami), age 9, and I, age 5, caught the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a disease spread by ticks. My brother passed away from this disease while I survived. This film follows my father as he makes a trip back to the grave of his son after a 30 years absence. In this process he confronts the grief and loving memory that has remained buried for decades.

I10QualIty tImeזמן איכות

contact Person: Asaf yecheskel Tel: +972 3 9302351mobile: +972 52 8386492Email: [email protected]: facebook.com/costanzaFilms

FestivalsOberhausen film festivalSarajevo film festivalSao Paulo international Film festivalHot springs Documentary film festival

Director & ProducerDoron LeveneCompanyKino Kitchen Studio

Length – 10':57'Format – 16:9 (1.78:1) 1920 / 1080p 25date of Release – oct 2013original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

Two tenants. A Palestinian house. A Jewish landlady. We, the two Israeli tenants are intrigued. Who is the actual owner of this house? Furious and scared by our questions, our landlady forbids us to continue the documentary movie we started to shoot. So we create a world of found-objects, a restitution, through which we manage to tell the stories of the house and the aborted movie, between revealing and covering up, between telling and silencing.

I11restItutIonכל הזכויות שמורות

Directors & ProducersAnael Resnick, Laila BettermannCompanyMinshar School for Arts

Length – 11':42' Format – Hd 16:9date of Release – mar 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

contact details:minshar school of Artcontact Person: maya ZaydmanTel: +972 3 6378119mobile: +972 54 2218000Email: [email protected]: david Hachmi 18Tel Aviv-yafo 6777818

Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-IsraelZochrot organization

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I12slIght chance of rock

יש מצב להופעה

Director & ProducerNoam Hamou

Anywhere else, the process is simple: a band goes on tour, and sooner or later it comes to a city near you, you get a ticket and go see them live. Not in Israel. Musical performances and rock concerts are typically a routine business, but in our small country, far from the international music scene, where inner dynamics are so irregular and bizarre, things can get complicated. The clip "Slight Chance of Rock" analyzes this complex process and all of its unique causes and variables.

Length – 04':24'Format – Hddate of Release – 2010original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

contact Person:michelle Pose, ofir Goldman Tel: +972 3 5166868mobile: +972 54 2106387+972 54 4999949Email: [email protected] [email protected]: firstcourse.net


I13thIrteenשלוש עשרה

Dostories365 is a social documentary & business enterprise, around the year, with a unique model, that raises awareness of social issues by short documentary movies. Child and family in the preview bar mitzvah ceremony, the documentation describes the family's economic distress in the face of the desire to hold the Bar Mitzvah ceremony. The film shows the options that organizations such as the Line of Grace give the family the possibility to hold the ceremony.



FestivalsFive Israeli Cinemateques2 Germany festivalMedimed


contact Person:Tsipi karlik, dostories365 Tel/fax: +972 3 6966321mobile: +972 54 2400960Email: [email protected]: site442513.44.webydo.com

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Isaac, a long-time Soviet immigrant, and Brut the dog live together in a dark, memory – filled apartment.Brut’s hind leg has a tumor. Up early, they visit the vet. Isaac anticipates an amputation. Brut is ecstatic to be out.

I14whIte mIstכתמים לבנים

contact Person:michelle Pose, ofir Goldman Tel: +972 3 5166868mobile: + 972 54 2106387+ 972 54 4999949Email: [email protected]@gmail.comwebsite: firstcourse.net

Director & ProducerItay NetzerCompanyMaale School

Length – 04':24'Format – Hddate of Release – 2010original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

FestivalsJerusalem FFDocAvivHot Springs Documentary Film Festival

Towards an Israeli Identity

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So many people still wax nostalgic about that old Friday night ritual when everyone would watch the Arabic-language Movie of the Week. But did anybody ever wonder why Israel’s official TV station, insisted on showing movies made by “The Enemy”? The films let us peek out from our “Villa in the Jungle” and catch a glimpse at our neighbors across the border. But most of us didn’t really want to see those people, whose culture, anguish, and aspirations flickered on our screens.

J1arab movIe

סרט ערבית

contact Person: Trabelsi Productions Tel: +972 3 5660398mobile: +972 50 2266413 Email: [email protected]

DirectorsEyal Sagui Bizawe, Sara TsifroniProducerOsnat TrabelsiCompanyTrabelsi Productions

Length – 60'Format – Hddate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – Hebrew, Arbic, English

TowARds AN IsRAELI IdENTITy

Involved Film InstitutionRabinovich Foundation for the Arts-IsraelGesher Multicultural Film Fund-IsraelThe Avi Chai Foundation


FestivalsDocAvivCinema South Festival

J2 my shabbathהשבת שלי

contact Person: ofir Traininmobile: +972 50 7527054Email: [email protected]

DirectorOfir TraininProducerNir FinkelsteinCompanyPrometheus

Length – 46'Format – Hddate of Release – Feb 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English



An ex orthodox visits the beach in Shabbat for the first time; A DJ awaiting all week for the big weekend party; Sabbath gentile (Muslim Arab) that serves the orthodox Jewish community; Three generations of one family preparing a special dish for Friday's dinner on their roof top "My Sabbath" is an innovative experiment comprised of short smartphone videos, which were filmed and sent from hundreds of people around Israel. The movie focuses on a few central stories that occur during the weekend and are composed into a montage of dozens of personal viewpoints. Through this unique style the movie gives the viewer a distinctive view of the meaning and sense of the Israeli weekend.

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Between life and death on the mountain of olives – A portrait of a holy mountain, weaving together the prophecies, myth, history and 3 human – beings from different faiths who live there in the present, searching for meaning, faith and redemption.

J3noboDy home לא בבית

contact Person: michal BenTovimTel: +972 54 4284076Email: [email protected]

Directors & ProducerMichal BenTovim

Length – 58'Format – Hddate of Release – 2015original language – Hebrew, Arabicsubtitles – English


Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-Israel, The Israeli lottery council for culture and arts

Sderot, Israel: a city of factory workers and rock musicians, the children of Middle Eastern refugees. Despite feeling forgotten by their country as rockets pummel them, Sderot’s citizens persevere. In underground bomb shelters, they create unique rhythms that have transformed Israeli music. Searching for a story about music, filmmaker Laura Bialis stumbles into a world she never imagined. Crossing the line between observer and participant, she presents a tale of music and romance on the frontlines of a never-ending war.

J4rock In the reD zoneרוק בצבע אדום

distributor: Hedva Goldschmidt / Go 2 FilmsTel: +972 2 5831371mobile: 0 52 3321732Email: [email protected]: go2films.com

Directors Laura BialisProducersLaura Bialis, Elana Horwich,Ravit Markus, Korelan MattesonCompanyFoundation for Documentary Projects

Length – 90'Format – Hd: dcP/HdcAm/Blu Raydate of Release – oct 2014original language – English, Hebrewsubtitles – English


FestivalsHaifa Film Festival: World Premiere

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"Winding" tells the untold story of the most infamous river in Israel, the Yarkon. The film places the landscape in the forefront, portraying it as the hero, in that way and by the use of rare archival materials, social and personal stories, the Yarkon River reflects the Israeli narrative in a completely new way and reveals the primary importance in the connection between a society and its land. It is a tale about nature and man.

J5wInDIngפתלתל

contact Person: Avi Levimobile: +972 54 76060366Email: [email protected]

DirectorAvi BelkinProducerAvi LeviCompanyPtaltal

Length – 61'Format – Hddate of Release – oct 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English




FestivalsHaifa FF – WINNER- Best Israeli Documentary Film

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The documentary film Blend is about the mixture created in the West Bank between wine and conflict, the political and private. By following the process of wine production in three wineries in the West Bank, the film explores the lives of Jewish settler families trying to appropriate the land through the vine roots. Documenting their farm work and wine production provides an unusual look into the mechanism of the occupation.

K1blenDבלנד

distributor: Ruth diskin FilmsTel: +972 2 6724256mobile: +972 50 5400024Email: [email protected]: ruthfilms.com

DirectorRachel RusinekProducersEyal Ben Moshe, Rachel

Length – 75'/55' Format – Hddate of Release – Jul 2015original language – Hebrew, Englishsubtitles – English

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Café Nagler is the story of a family-owned café in Berlin in the beginning of the 20th century. The director embarks on a journey to reveal what she believes is the true story behind the café, her family legacy but discovers that historical truths can sometimes be overrated.

K2cafe naglerקפה נגלר

DirectorMor KaplanskyProducersLiran Atzmor, Yariv Barel,Mor KaplanskyCompanyAtzmor Films

Length – 80' documentary featureFormat – Hddate of Release – End of 2015original language – English, Hebrew, Germansubtitles – English, Hebrew

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Involved Film InstitutionRabinovich Foundation for the Arts-IsraelMakor Foundation for Israeli FilmsGesher multicultural Film Fund-Israel

Broadcasting PlatformsKeshet – Channel 2

distributor: Go2Films ־ Hedva Goldschmidtmobile: +972 52 3321732Email: [email protected]: go2films.com

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Just Kids is the story of three brothers, (ages 73, 82 and 84) who set off on a journey to find a cave in the woods of Tuscany, the place where, as children, they hid to escape the Nazis. But more than a search to find a geographical location, the brothers are on their way to locate the common ground of memory, the nexus where the conflicting versions of their stories can come to rest.

K3Just kIDsשלושה אחים ומערה

DirectorTamar Tal ProducersTamar Tal, Hilla MedaliaCo producersTina Leeb & Jurgen KleinigCompanyTamar Tal Films & Know ProductionsIn co-productionCelluloid Fabrik

Length – 75' Format – Hddate of Release – oct 2015original language – Italian, Hebrewsubtitles – English, German

Involved Film InstitutionMakor Foundation IsraelMDM Leipzig, Germany

Broadcasting PlatformsYes Docu – DBS Satellite Service Arte NDR Germany

contact Person: Tamar TalTel: +972 3 6205672mobile: +972 52 3879377Email: [email protected]: tamartal.com

From the theater in his house, Israeli acting teacher Amir Orian is determined to create change in times of war. "Mixed Feelings" is a story about cultural resistance through theater and about the ungrateful mission of political education. The film starts in one war and ends 5 years later with another; the process captured through the relation between Amir and his students reveals the process of Israeli society in between the wars.

K4mIxeD feelIngsרגשות מעורבים

DirectorGuy DavidiProducersAnna Somershaf, Guy DavidiCompanyGuyDVD Films

Length – 82' Format – Hddate of Release – Jul 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

Involved Film InstitutionGesher multicultural Film Fund-Israel Alter Cine foundation (Canada)Frittord (Norway)

Broadcasting PlatformsNRK (Norway)

contact Person: Guy davidimobile: +972 54 4949831Email: [email protected]

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"Phantom pain" follows the battle of Rahel, the daughter of Swiss Bishop Patrick Strife, through a high-risk identical twin pregnancy. At the fourth month of the pregnancy, Rahel was informed that one of the fetuses lost pulse and is lying dead alongside to his living twin brother. Due to the high risk for physical disability & brain damage for the surviving fetus, all doctors, without exception, recommended the termination of Rahel's pregnancy; In other words – killing the living fetus.

K5phantom paIn כאב רפאים

Director & ProducerOhad MilsteinCompanyOhad Milstein

Length – 52' \ 72' Format – Hddate of Release – may 2016original language – Hebrew, German, swiss-German, Englishsubtitles – English, Hebrew


contact Person: ohad milsteinmobile: +972 54 4614262Email: [email protected]

Rabin in His Own Words is an “autobiography” of sorts, since the story is told entirely in his own voice. Thus, the film offers a heretofore unseen perspective on Rabin – his own. The film will relay the personal and political life of the man and the myth – as he lived it. Like any good protagonist, his narrative is well rounded: sacrifice, sacrilege, heroism, hubris, humor and heartache. Rabin in His Own Words brings the man – flesh and blood – back to life, if only momentarily.

K6rabIn In hIsown worDsרבין על רבין

DirectorErez LauferProducersOrly Topel, Vivi HalpernCompanyKol-Miney Productions Ltd.

Length – 90' Format – Hddate of Release – sep 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

contact Person: orly TopelTel: +972 3 6480220mobile: +972 50 5304401Email: [email protected]


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Tracing an "honor killing" of a young woman that took place in my hometown Nazareth 40 years ago. This documentary journey aims to unravel the social and political circumstances that had let to her murder and to that of many other Palestinian women. So I trace other stories of "honor killings", meet the families and sometimes also the killers, who have expressed remorse. In order to investigate the causes for this enduring phenomenon and the term "honor killing"

K7sIlence Days

ימים של שתיקה

DirectorAbeer Zeibak HaddadProducersSuheil Haddad, Abeer HaddadCompanyAbeer Productions

Length – 75' Format – Hddate of Release – Nov 2015original language – Arabicsubtitles – English, Hebrew


Broadcasting Platforms:Yes Docu – DBS Satellite Service

contact Person: Abeer Haddadmobile: +972 50 6382522Email: [email protected]

In war, atrocities are carried out by the military forces. Soldiers murder, rape and plunder – in the name of war. The village of Kufrein is abandoned in 1948, during the war. Soldiers ransack the village, taking coins and jewelry. The following day, the treasures are given out to the children of the neighboring settlement. Realizing that the treasure is spoils of war from Kufrein, it is quickly gathered up again and buried deep in the earth, until peace returns.

K8 the treasure ofkufreInהמטמון של כפריין

DirectorZohar SelaProducersZohar Sela, Sharon ErezCompanySELA-V

Length – 52' Format – dVcAmdate of Release – End of 2015original language – Hebrew, Arabicsubtitles – English

contact Person: Zohar selaTel: +972 4 6396133mobile: +972 50 5765208Email: [email protected]

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Hannah Arendt, a well-known and most influential Jewish-German philosopher, caused a great uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of "banality of evil" when referring to the Nazi evil. Today she evokes renewed interest around the world, especially among youngsters. This film is a personal and spiritual Biography of her in her own voice, so to speak, using rare archives, personal letters and selected quotes.

K9 vIta actIva, the spIrItof hannah arenDtויטה אקטיבה, ביוגרפיהרוחנית של חנה ארנדט

DirectorAda UshpizProducersIna Fishman, Ada UshpizCompanyIntuitive picture, AUfilms

Length – 124' Format – Hddate of Release – 2016original language – English, Hebrew,German, Frenchsubtitles – English, Hebrew

distributor: Hedva Goldschmidt/Go2FilmsTel: +972 2 5831371+972 2 5831371mobile:+972 54 6184547Email: [email protected]: go2films.com

Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-IsraelThe Israeli lottery council for culture and artsSodec Quebec CanadaRogers Documentary Fund Canada


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Across from the municipal Music Hall in Bat-Yam, there is a large, rundown concrete building. It was part of the public housing project in the 50’s, and most of its lodgers have been there forever… The gap between the two buildings is much larger than their distance.

L11 buIlDIng anD 40 people DancIngבניין אחדוארבעים אנשים רוקדים

Director & ProducerMiki PolonskiCompanyMinshar School of Art

Length – 48' Format – 2kdate of Release – Feb 2015original language – Russian, Hebrewsubtitles – English, Hebrew

contact details: minshar school of Artcontact Person: maya ZaydmanTel: +972 3 6378119mobile: +972 54 2218000Email: [email protected]


Involved Film InstitutionRabinovich Foundation for the Arts-IsraelSnunit Fund – The Second Authority forTelevision & RadioThe David Perlov fund: Keshet Broadcasting ltd

Broadcasting Platforms Channel 2


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A 22 yrs. old Holocaust video testimony by Yudith Arnon, a past choreographer and one of the first pioneers of the Israeli Dance, constitute a starting point to a nonlinear and unusual story line and explores new findings and personal artistic commentary by the director and the main characters in her private and professional life in order to preserve, understand and spread her life story. The movie combins both documentary and experimental aspects and style.

L2a-22103 - aIDe mémoIreA-22103 - זיכרון דברים

Director & ProducerYonatan GeronCompanyBezalel Academy of Art and Design

Length – 26' Format – Hddate of Release – Jul 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English, Hebrew

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contact details: Bezalel Academy of Arts and designcontact Person: Raffi yanigerTel: +972 2 5893340Email: [email protected]: mt. scopus campus,PoB 24046 Jerusalem 9124001



FestivalsDocAviv 2015 (submitted by Bezalel, Selections yet to be made), Krakow FF 2015 (Submitted, Selection made by April 2015), Hot Docs 2015 (Submitted, Selections yet to be made)

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The film follows 83 year old Albert Cohen as he attempts to host and direct the play “Chekov’s Little People” in his home. Albert’s persistent and uncompromising struggle provides a glimpse into the life of one of the most respected actors in Israeli theater. His journey raises questions about the connection between actor and character, stage and home, creation and life.

L3chekhov's 'everyman'

איש קטן של צ'כוב

contact Person: Amir cohnmobile: +972 54 6999441Email: [email protected]

Director & ProducerAmir CohnCompanyTel-Aviv University Film & TV Department

Length – 28':10'Format – Hd-1920:1080date of Release – mar 2015original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English


FestivalsEpos the international art film festivalDocAviv 2015

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Three sons as three drag queens portraying their three mothers. This drag queen trio performs at underground queer parties in Jerusalem. After a year performing together, they are facing their final appearance. Following them in the days leading to their last show they reveal the various facets of their lives in a political-comic documentary which exposes the tensions between drag performance and real life.

L4crossIngחוצות

DirectorInbar HoreshProducersInbar Horesh, Antoinette CompanyMinshar school of art

Length – 43' Format – Hddate of Release – may 2015original language – Hebrew, Arabicsubtitles – English

contact Person: Inbar Horeshmobile: +972 54 8191163Email: [email protected]



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Grandma Rebecca must finally leave her home and memories and move in with her children and grandchildren. The separation from her home and her life is unbearably hard. Her family guides her with love and sensitivity to a new future that also has room for her memories. A social documentary that takes an honest look at re-housing parents when they are old and the freedoms and rights that they sacrifice as a result.

L5I'll see you agaInאני אראה אותך בית

Director & ProducerAchva HershtikCompanyThe Ma'aleh School of Television,Film & the Arts

Length – 25' Format – Hddate of Release – Jan 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English

contact details: The ma’aleh school of Television, Film & The Artscontact Person: katie GreenTel: +972 2 6277366mobile: +972 54 4839706Email: [email protected]: 20 shivtei Israel streetJerusalem 9510541

Involved Film InstitutionThe New Foundation for Cinema & TV-IsraelSnunit Fund – The Second Authority for Television & Radio;other


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Sashka is a sweet 13 year-old-boy. His family emigrated from Russia to Sderot, a small town in southern Israel, next to Gaza strip. Though they struggled to adjust, Sashka's unique perception of reality kept him going. But at some point the ground beneath him starts to shake and confront his childish optimism with the confusing reality. We follow Sashka's sudden and rapid maturation while he is trying to figure his own way around.

L6sashkaסאשקה

Director & ProducerYana LernerCompanySapir Academic College

Length – 35' Format – Hd date of Release – 2015original language – Hebrew, Russiansubtitles – English, Hebrew

contact Person: yana Lernermobile: +972 54 6346046Email: [email protected]


festivalsCinema South

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While visiting the Trumpledor Cemetery, I discovered my name engraved in a tombstone. This led me on a quest for my father, who was anything but a “father” to me. My father passed away several years ago and left me with only endless questions and complaints. After speaking with the women of the family, I discovered my father and the movie was my closure.

L7seeDs of gumזרעים של מסטיק

Director & ProducerMiriam BaronCompanyKibbutzim College

Length – 32' Format – Hddate of Release – sep 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – Hebrew

contact Person: Ruth Lev Arimobile: +972 52 2789226Email: [email protected]

Involved Film InstitutionGesher multicultural Film Fund-Israel - music copyright

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True Colors provides a glance into the world of girls who create makeup video tutorials. It presents teenagers in the age of the Selfie, the searching of femininity in its early stages and sheds light on the power cosmetic companies have in forming these girls’ world. The film raises questions about the definition of knowledge, work, community and success, and is part of a constantly evolving portrait of a generation, that never stops documenting itself and the powers surrounding it.

L8true colorsטרו קאלרז

contact details: Tel Aviv universitycontact Person: Amir TausingerTel: +972 3 6409008mobile: +972 54 5997426Email: [email protected]: P.o.B 39040 Tel Aviv – yafo 6907801



FestivalsSarasota Film Festival Tel Aviv Student Film Festival

DirectorAyelet AlbendaProducersHilla Shitrit, Amir Tausinger, Efrat CohenCompanyGaudeamus Productions

Length – 18'Format – Hddate of Release – Jun 2014original language – Hebrewsubtitles – English, Russian

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