Stealing Klimt

Director : Jane Chablani, Executive Producer: Martin Smith, Producers: Tim Schwarz & Gilonne d'Origny

UK 2007 92 mins

The Holocaust was not just the greatest murder in history; it was also the greatest theft of art in history. This dramatic film recounts the decades long struggle by Maria Altmann, born and raised in Austria, to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in 1938, and which have been hanging in the Austrian National Gallery since 1945.

Steel Toes

Director : David Gow & Mark Adam

Canada 2006 90 mins

A neo-Nazi skinhead awaits trial in present-day Montreal after kicking to death an Indian shopkeeper in an unprovoked attack. The lawyer defending him is Jewish.

Sweet Mud

Adama Meshuga'at 

Director : Dror Shaul

Israel 2006 90 mins

In a kibbutz in the 1970s, Dvir, a 12 year old boy faces the harsh demands of the collective while struggling to make room for his emotionally unstable mother.

The 10th Man

Director : Sam Leifer

UK 2006 10 mins

Kidnapping and dirty tricks are the way of the street amongst the ageing Jewish community of London's East End.

The Band's Visit

Bikur Ha-Tizmoret 

Director : Eran Kolirin

Israel, France 2007 89 mins

Once upon a time but not so long ago, the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Band
travels from Egypt to Israel and gets stranded in a small desolate desert town.
By the time they realise their mistake the last bus has gone and they are luckily
befriended by an odd assortment of locals.

The Bubble

Ha'Buah 

Director : Eytan Fox

Israel 2006 117 mins

A remarkable retelling of Romeo & Juliet set in Tel Aviv- funny and vividly sexy, yet often surprisingly bleak.

The End of the Neubacher Project

Director : Marcus J. Carney

Austria/Netherlands 2006 74 mins

Traces filmmaker Marcus Carney’s troubling journey into his family’s Nazi past. The Neubachers were key players in Austrian National Socialism.

The Front

Director : Martin Ritt

USA 1976 95 mins

Martin Ritt’s The Front is a comedy about a deadly serious subject: the Hollywood and television blacklist in the 1950s.

The Garden that Floated Away

Director : Ruth Walk

Israel 2005 54 mins

For 45 years, Ida Fink wrote in Polish about the years in which she and her sister spent under false identities in Poland and Germany.

The Quest for the Missing Piece

Beikvot Ha'Hatiha Ha'Hasera 

Director : Oded Lotan

Israel 2007 52 mins

As a young Jewish gay man living in Tel Aviv with his German partner, Oded Lotan is in an intriguing position to examine the ritual of bris, or male circumcision.