In 1982, Amos Gitai and a film crew travel around the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip Read More »
Tag Archives: Israel
Esther (1986) Amos Gitai, Simone Benyamini, Mohammad Bakri, Juliano Mer-Khamis
Ahasverus, king of Persia and Media, puts aside Vashti and makes Esther his queen Read More »
Things / Zihron Devarim (1995) Amos Gitai, Gabi Beniashvilly, Samuel Calderon, Helena Cherkasov
Can you find peace in this lifetime, asks one character in a wake Read More »
Promised Land / Ha-Aretz Hamuvtachat (2004) Amos Gitai, Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla
“Promised Land” tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls Read More »
Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) Elia Suleiman, Nazira Suleiman, Fuad Suleiman
A Palestinian expatriate filmmaker (Elia Suleiman) documents the loss of national identity in Israel’s Arab population. Read More »
Back to Freedom / Ha-Derech L’Ein Harod (1990) Doron Eran, Avraham Asiyo, Ya’ackov Ayali, Nadav Ben-Yehuda
In a dystopian future, the Israeli army keeps the population in check because of water Read More »
Yossi / Ha-Sippur Shel Yossi (2012) Eytan Fox, Ohad Knoller, Shlomo Sadan, Oz Zehavi
This sequel to Yossi and Jagger finds Dr. Yossi Gutmann reminiscing about his love Read More »
Love It Was Not / Ahava Zot Lo Hayta (2020) Maya Sarfaty, Helena Citron, Roza Citron, Frank Wunsch
A tragic love story between a prisoner and her captor. Flamboyant and full of life Read More »
Eyes Wide Open / Einaym Pkuhot (2009) Haim Tabakman, Zohar Shtrauss, Ran Danker, Tinkerbell
Aaron (Zohar Shtrauss), a respected butcher and a family man in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Read More »
Next to Her / At Li Layla (2014) Asaf Korman, Liron Ben-Shlush, Liat Goren, Varda Ben Hur
Cheli, 27, is raising her mentally challenged 24yo sister, Gaby, alone. Read More »