Set in the Middle East in 1919, a group of European Jews planning on settling in the Sinai Desert are attacked by Bedouin tribesmen. Read More »
Tag Archives: Israel
Wedding Doll AKA Hatuna MeNiyar (2015) Nitzan Gilady, Moran Rosenblatt, Assi Levy, Roy Assaf
Hagit, a young woman with mild mental deficiency, works in a toilet-paper factory. Read More »
To Take a Wife AKA Ve’Lakhta Lehe Isha (2004) Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Gilbert Melki
The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. Read More »
Lemon Popsicle VI AKA Harimu Ogen (1985) Dan Wolman, Yftach Katzur, Zachi Noy, Ronen Shilon
It’s hi-jinks on the high seas when Benji, Bobby and Huey set sail on the cruise of a lifetime. Read More »
Wadi Grand Canyon 2001 (2001) Amos Gitai
Twenty years after his first Wadi, Amos Gitai returns for the third time to Wadi Rushmia. Read More »
The Debt (2007) Assaf Bernstein, Gila Almagor, Yuriy Chepurnov, Oleg Drach
The year is 1965. Rachel Brener is one of 3 young Mossad agents teem who caught Read More »
A Film Unfinished AKA Shtikat haarchion (2010) Yael Hersonski, Alexander Beyer, Rüdiger Vogler, Hanna Avrutzki
Yael Hersonski’s powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating Read More »
Wadi 1981-1991 (1992) Amos Gitai
Gitai visits a valley outside Haifa in 1981 to document Arab and Jewish squatters on the margins Read More »
A House in Jerusalem AKA Bait be Yerushalayim (1998) Amos Gitai
Can a house be a metaphor for Arab-Jewish relations in Israel? Amos Gitai returns to the house Read More »
Lemon Popsicle V AKA Roman Za’ir (1983) Dan Wolman, Yftach Katzur, Zachi Noy, Jonathan Sagall
Benny falls in love with his best friend’s little sister. Read More »
Farewell Baghdad AKA Mafriah ha-yonim (2013) Nissim Dayan, Daniel Gad, Yasmin Ayun, Tawfeek Barhom
Between the years 1950-51 close to 130 thousand Jews left Iraq. The most ancient community in the world ceased to exist. Read More »
The Arena of Murder AKA Zirat Ha’Rezach (1996) Amos Gitai, Samuel Calderon, David Cohen, Aviv Geffen
This documentary by Amos Gitai is a personal look at the aftermath of the Rabin assassination. Read More »
Close to Home AKA Karov La Bayit (2005) Vardit Bilu, Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar, Danny Geva
Smadar and Mirit, both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together, as part of their military service. Read More »
The House AKA Bayit (1980) Amos Gitai
At a stone quarry above Hebron, Arab stonecutters work without explosives to cut away Read More »
Field Diary AKA Yoman Sadeh (1982) Amos Gitai
In 1982, Amos Gitai and a film crew travel around the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip Read More »