The Swimmer
השחיין | Adam Kalderon | Israel, 2021 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Drama | 83m | DCP | IMDB | Contact: Strand Releasing (US) M-Appeal (Worldwide) | Festival marketing sample: JFF 2021
Erez is torn between his desire to win and his erotic impulses.
The First 54 Years
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Avi Mograbi | France/Israel/Finland/Germany, 2021 | Hebrew/English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 110m | DCP | IMDB | Contact: The Party Sales | Festival marketing sample: Berlinale 2021 | Clip
Avi Mograbi’s magisterial and devastating critique of the occupation.
Divorce Denied
מסורבות | David Ofek/Mia Webb | Israel, 2019 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | 59m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Trabelsi Productions | Festival marketing sample: Jüdisches Filmfestival Berlin Brandenburg 2020 | Trailer | DocuShuk
Three women struggle to obtain a divorce in Israel.
Marry Me However
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חתונה הפוכה | Mordechai Vardi | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | 63m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Go2Film | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | Trailer | DocuShuk
Yarden, Zvi and Naama believe orthodox gay people should not be encouraged to marry heterosexual partners.
We Were the Others
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הדווקאים | Hadas Ayalon | Israel, 2019 | Hebrew/English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 54m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Ruth Films | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2019 | Trailer | DocuShuk
Gay male life in Israel in the sixties and seventies.
A Waste of Space
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על תנאי | Noam Demsky/Ido Bahat | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | 59m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Go2Film | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | Trailer | DocuShuk
Three teenagers transition from foster care to independent life.
Kings of Capitol Hill
הלובי | Mor Loushy | Israel, 2020 | English | Documentary | 90m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Submarine Entertainment | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020
AIPAC and Israel choose a dangerous path.
Love, It Was Not
אהבה זאת לא היתה | Maya Sarfaty | Israel/Austria, 2020 | Hebrew/German (English subtitles) | Documentary | 86m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Cinephil | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020
A tragic love affair in Auschwitz.
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Ric Burns | US, 2019 | English | Documentary | 110m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Zeitgeist Films | Festival marketing sample: New York Film Festival 2019 | Trailer
Oliver Sacks in his own words, mostly.
Bukra Fil Mishmish
בוכרא פי (א)למישמיש | Tal Michael | Israel/France, 2019 | French, Hebrew, Arabic, English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 73m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Costanza Film Distribution | Festival marketing sample: Haifa 2019 | Trailer | DocuShuk
Almost everyone loves the Frenkel brothers’ animations.
On Broadway
Oren Jacoby | US, 2019 | English | Documentary | 82m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Storyville | Festival marketing sample: MJFF 2020
Oren Jacoby surveys Broadway theatre history.
Creating a Character - the Moni Yakim Legacy
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Rauzar Alexander | US, 2020 | English | Documentary | 76m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: (NA) First Run Pictures/(Elsewhere) Blake Levin | Trailer
Moni and Mona Yakim demonstrate their extraordinary mime-influenced actor training techniques.