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21) The Cousin
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
עברית
Description
A well-intentioned Arabic-Muslim handyman upends the day-to-day lives of the locals in a small Israeli village. Shortly after his arrival, a young woman is assaulted and the community quickly turns accusatory. His employer is the only one who believes him, but even those loyalties are tested as more information and secrets are uncovered. Official Selection at the **Venice International Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Screenplay at the **Awards...
22) Kadosh
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
עברית
Description
Set in the Mea Sherim quarter of Jerusalem, an enclave of the ultra-Orthodox, KADOSH explores a hermetic world almost never seen on the screen. Here, for ten years, the pious Rivka has devoted herself to her husband Meir, but their marriage remains childless. Presumed barren, she is rejected by her community, which prizes children above all else. The story that follows relates the harrowing fate of Rivka, and also here beloved sister Malka, in love...
23) Baba Joon
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
עברית
Description
This inspiring, award-winning movie is a universal story about a father coming to terms with a son who has little interest in the family business. The father Yitzhak runs a turkey farm his built by his own father after they emigrated from Iran to Israel. Yitzhak hopes his 13-year-old son, Moti, will continue the proud family tradition, but the son's passion is cars. Yitzhak takes Moti's lack of interest as a personal rejection, setting off an unpredictable...
24) Kippur
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
עברית
Description
This film focuses on the presence of the human spirit in battle. Despite its extreme graphic depiction of war, the film was recognized as a major cinematic breakthrough. KIPPUR is a gut-wrenching journey through beautiful landscapes ravaged by gunfire, exploding mines, fear and desolation. KIPPUR takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. Although the story is told from...
25) In Between
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
עברית
Description
Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture. Winner of a NETPAC Award at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** Winner of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress at the **Israeli Film Academy Awards**. *"There's a double meaning to the title of this intriguing and defiantly feminist film out of the Middle East." - Bruce DeMara, **Toronto Star*** *"A sharp, wise and...
26) How to Swim
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
עברית
Description
Abigail is heavily pregnant, But something is missing. Terrified about the imminent birth, she kidnaps a comforting partner in crime for one afternoon.
27) Big Bad Wolves
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
עברית
Description
A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: the father of the latest victim, a vigilante police detective, and the main suspect in the killing. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and **Tribeca Film Festival**.
28) Fig Tree
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
עברית
Description
Mina is 16 years old. The Ethiopian Civil War has been underway her entire life. She lives with her brother and grandmother in a humble house with newsprint for wallpaper. Her family is Jewish and is planning to flee Ethiopia for Israel, where Mina's mother awaits their reunion. But this plan leaves out the person Mina loves most: Eli, her Christian boyfriend, who lives in the woods so as to evade being drafted into Mengistu Haile Mariam's army. Mina...
29) Rubber Dolphin
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
עברית
Description
A portrait of one night's intimacy between two men that just met. Their physical connection is immediate and they get carried away and have unsafe sex. Once the sexual tension has been released they're having an intimate conversation, about gay men sexual roles, about preferences and self-image, about manhood. As morning approaches, their moment is nearing its end and one's need for reciprocity may question the other's ability to love. Official Selection...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
עברית
Description
For many Israelis, the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 marked a grim turning point for their country. In the words of the commission set up to investigate the murder, "Israeli society [would] never be the same again. As a democracy, political assassination was not part of our culture." In the eyes of even more people, the murder ended all hope for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process through the Oslo Accords and altered the...
31) Restoration
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
עברית
Description
70 year old Yaakov Fidelman hangs on with all his might to the antique restoration workshop which has been his life's work. After his long-time business partner passes away, Fidelman rejects his son Noah's idea to close the business and build an apartment complex on the site. He believes that with the help of his new apprentice Anton, he'll find a way to save his workshop, his world and his solitary way of life. Winner of the Screenwriting Award for...
33) Omar
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
עברית
Description
A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the **Academy Awards.**. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the **Cannes Film Festival.** "*A story of love and betrayal set against political tumult and violence in Palestine, "Omar" is both classic and painfully present in its concerns.*"...
34) The Other Son
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
עברית
Description
A moving and provocative tale of two young men, one Israeli, the other Palestinian, who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, and the complex repercussions on themselves and their respective families. Winner of the Tokyo Grand Prix Award and the Award for Best Director at the **Tokyo International Film Festival.** "*Levy handles with aplomb what could easily have been a messy mix of emotions and politics.*"- John Anderson, ***Newsday***...
35) Asia
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
עברית
Description
Asia (Alena Yiv) and Vika (Shira Haas) are more like sisters than mother and daughter. Young mom Asia hides nothing about her work-hard, play-hard lifestyle, and expects the same openness and honesty from teenage Vika. But Vika is at an age where privacy and independence are paramount, and inevitably begins to rebel against her mom’s parenting style. With two stubborn and opinionated women under one roof, Asia finds herself in new territory and...
36) Barbie Blues
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
עברית
Description
When Mika, a suburban teenager, finds a disturbing creature in her pool, she asks her new friendly neighbor Gershon for help. The two end up spending the afternoon together by the pool, but what starts off as a friendly encounter between two neighbors turns into a painful lesson on the borders of control. Nominated for the Short Film Jury Prize in the International Fiction category at the **Sundance Film Festival.** Nominated for Best Short Independent...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
עברית
Description
As Eyal finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife Vicky urges him to return to their routine -- but just because the shiva has ended doesn’t mean it’s life as usual. Nominated for the Golden Camera and the Critics Week Grand Prize at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for the New Auteurs Award and the Breakthrough Award at **AFI Fest**. *"Resolutely non-psychological and spare with its sharply funny dialogue,...
38) Red Cow
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
עברית
Description
Benny’s hair is as red as the fur of her devout father’s treasured calf – which he believes will bring salvation. But the 17-year-old feels as lonely and trapped as the calf in its enclosure. Benny’s mother died giving birth to her, and she grew up alone with her caring yet patriarchal father. He is a figure of authority and a mentor for many people in their Jerusalem religious community. Benny becomes increasingly critical of her father’s...
39) Or (My Treasure)
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
עברית
Description
Or, a pretty and popular Tel Aviv high school student, works nights at a neighborhood restaurant while taking her first tentative steps out of innocence and into first love. But Or's real full-time job is looking after her mother Ruthie. After 20 dehumanizing years of curbside prostitution, Ruthie's survival instincts have begun to deteriorate, and it's up to OR to see that mother and daughter don't both wind up on the street together. Or's love,...
40) Rage And Glory
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
עברית
Description
An avowed anarchist and Stern Gang hitman is sent to Jerusalem to assassinate a senior British officer creating much tension within the already troubled cell and almost bringing its collapse, as the British operatives close in. Winner of Best Foreign Film at the **Portland Festival of World Cinema**.
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