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Neighbours
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 12/03/2021 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 12/03/2021

Neighbours

Nachbarn | Mano Khalil | Switzerland, 2021 | Kurdish/Hebrew/Arabic/Turkish (English subtitles) | Drama | 124m | DCP | Contact: Menemsha Films

Sero’s family rescues their Syrian Jewish neighbours.

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High Maintenance
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 27/02/2021 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 27/02/2021

High Maintenance

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דני קרוון | Barak Heymann | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew, English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 66m | DCP | IMDB | Contact: Go2Films | Festival marketing sample: JFF 2019 | DocuShuk

Barak Heymann pays tribute to Dani Karavan.

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Here We Are
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 06/11/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 06/11/2020

Here We Are

הנה אנחנו | Nir Bergman | Israel/Italy 2020 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Drama | 92m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: mk2 | Festival marketing sample: Cannes 2020

Aharon and his son embark on a road trip.

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Rain in her Eyes
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 19/09/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 19/09/2020

Rain in her Eyes

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גשם בעיניים | Ron Omer | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | 60m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Go2Films | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | Trailer | DocuShuk

Ron Omer’s loving tribute to his mother, the writer Dvora Omer.

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Listening In
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 14/09/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 14/09/2020

Listening In

המאזין | Omer Sterenberg | Israel, 2019 | Arabic/Hebrew (English subtitles) | Drama short | 9m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Sam Spiegel Film & Television School | Festival marketing sample: Berlinale 2020 | Trailer

An IDF surveillance monitor overhears a stirring conversation.

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‘Til Kingdom Come
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 14/09/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 14/09/2020

‘Til Kingdom Come

עד סוף העולם | Maya Zinshtein | Israel/UK/Norway, 2020 | Hebrew/Arabic/English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 76m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: MetFilm Sales | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020

The messianic agenda influencing Israel-US relations.

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The House on Wannsee Street
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 02/08/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 02/08/2020

The House on Wannsee Street

La Casa de Wannsee | Poli Martinez Kaplun | Argentina, 2019 | Spanish (English subtitles) | Documentary | 70m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Poli Martinez Kaplun | Festival marketing sample: MJFF 2020 | Trailer

Poli Martinez Kaplun tells the epic story of her family’s displacement.

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Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 14/07/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 14/07/2020

The German Lesson

Deutschstunde | Christian Schwochow | Germany, 2019 | German (English subtitles) | Drama | 125m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Arri Media | Festival marketing sample: Zurich Film Festival 2019 | Trailer

Siggi Jeppsen rebels against his father.

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Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 10/07/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 10/07/2020

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl | Caroline Link | Germany/Switzerland, 2019 | German/Swiss German/French/English (English subtitles) | Drama | 119m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Beta Films/NA: Greenwich Entertainment | Trailer

Anna Kemper becomes a refugee and leaves her toy rabbit behind.

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The Death of Cinema and My Father Too
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 28/06/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 28/06/2020

The Death of Cinema and My Father Too

המוות של הקולנוע ושל אבא גם | Dani Rosenberg | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Drama | 103m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Films Boutique | Festival marketing sample: Cannes 2020

Assaf wants to make a film with his father.

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Asia
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 07/05/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 07/05/2020

Asia

אסיה | Ruthy Pribar | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew/Russian (English subtitles) | Drama | 85m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Go2Films/Intramovies | Festival marketing sample: Tribeca 2020

As her daughter’s health deteriorates, a mother confronts their difficult relationship.

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Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 23/02/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 23/02/2020

Persian Lessons

Vadim Perelman | Russian Federation/Germany/Belarus, 2019 | French, German (English subtitles) | Drama | 127m | 2K DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Cohen Media Group | Festival marketing sample: Berlinale 2020 | Trailer

A Belgian Jew evades execution by teaching Farsi to an officer in a concentration camp.

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Alone Together
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 20/01/2020 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 20/01/2020

Alone Together

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ביחד לבד | Maya Tiberman/Kineret Hay-Gillor | Israel, 2019 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | 54m | Distributor/Sales: Go2Films | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2019 | Trailer

Childless Israeli volunteers to provide physical affection to abandoned babies.

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The Last of Them
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 13/12/2019 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 13/12/2019

The Last of Them

La Dernière d’entre elles | Pierre Goetschel | France, 2018 | French (English subtitles) | Documentary | 72m | Distributor/Sales: Les films de l'œil sauvage | Festival marketing sample: Crossing Europe Film Festival 2020 | Trailer

The story of the remarkable Rosette Levy, the last of a group of French women holocaust survivors.

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