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Ashes
Director : Rima Essa
Israel 2001 35 mins
Rima Essa is from Bir’am, a Palestinian village which was destroyed in
the war of 1948. Ashes is her cinematic attempt to come to terms with
her feelings as an Israeli Arab.
Children of the Sun
Director : Ran Tal
Israel 2007 70 mins
A documentary tracing the experience of the tens of thousands born in the kibbutzim in the 1920s and 1930s, and the joys and wounds they still bear after all these years.
My Father My Lord
Director : David Volach
Israel 2007 72 mins
An astonishing debut feature by director David Volach that recalls one
of the most powerful Jewish stories - Abraham’s sacrifice of his son
Isaac.
On Hold
Director : Rokaya Sabbah
Israel 2007 52 mins
On Hold is the story of Director Rokaya Sabbah and her partner - a young Israeli Arab couple who decide to leave Israel for a better life in Spain.
Recognized
Director : Ori Kleiner
Israel & USA 2007 61 mins
Recognized is made up of documentary moments that trace the uprooted experiences of individuals struggling with their identity as Bedouins and with their status as equal citizens of the state.
Sallah Shabati
Director : Ephraim Kishon
Israel 1964 110 mins
Starring Chaim Topol as the unforgettable Sallah, a sharp satire about
the Israeli establishment and the treatment of Jewish migrants from
Arab countries by native born Israelis.
Sidewalk
Director : Duki Dror
Israel 2007 57 mins
A mesmerising examination of childhood seen through the journeys of seven children in Israel to school and back home
Someone to Run With
Director : Oded Davidoff
Israel 2006 118 mins
Someone to Run With captures the unrelenting pace and suspense of the
original novel as it hurls the audience into a break-neck ride through
the streets of Jerusalem at the end of a
dog lead.
dog lead.
Tel Aviv Stories
Director : Ayelet Menahemi and Nirit Yaron
Israel 1992 108 mins
Tel Aviv Stories marks a turning point in local filmmaking in its focus on three young women in early 1990s Tel Aviv. Three episodes are each dedicated to a day in the life of a woman.
The Champagne Spy
Director : Nadav Schirman
Israel & Germany 2007 90 minutes
Major Ze’ev Gur-Arie, was an Israeli officer drafted by the Mossad in
1960 in order to penetrate the circle of German scientists developing
weapons of mass destruction in Egypt.