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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.

Noodle

 

Director : Ayelet Menahemi

Israel 2007 101 mins

A charming and deeply moving comic-drama about a young Israeli woman and an abandoned Chinese boy whose lives converge in the most surprising manner.

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.

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.

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