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The First 54 Years
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 08/03/2021 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 08/03/2021

The First 54 Years

Image copyright Avi Mograbi

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.

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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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Recommended David Shem-Tov 25/09/2020 Recommended David Shem-Tov 25/09/2020

The Three Yossi

שלושה יוסי | Yael Kipper/Ronen Zaretzky | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | 85m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Yael Kipper | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | Trailer | DocuShuk

Three homeless families from Jaffa revisited twenty years on.

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Four Mothers
Recommended David Shem-Tov 21/09/2020 Recommended David Shem-Tov 21/09/2020

Four Mothers

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ארבע אימהות | Raphael Levin/Dana Keidar Levin | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | 70m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Go2Films | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | Trailer | DocuShuk

Four women set out to end an unnecessary war.

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Comrade Dov
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 24/04/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 24/04/2020

Comrade Dov

החבר דב | Barak Heymann | Israel, 2019 | Hebrew/Arabic (English subtitles) | Documentary | 75m | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Heymann Films | Festival marketing sample: Docaviv 2019 | Trailer

Dov Khenin urges us to change the world.

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Objector
Reservedly recommended David Shem-Tov 23/04/2020 Reservedly recommended David Shem-Tov 23/04/2020

Objector

Molly Stuart | US, 2019 | English | Documentary | 75m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Java Films | Festival marketing sample: IDFA 2019 | Trailer

Atalya Ben Abba resists conscription to the IDF.

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Refugee Lullaby
Reservedly recommended David Shem-Tov 21/04/2020 Reservedly recommended David Shem-Tov 21/04/2020

Refugee Lullaby

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הרועה | Ronit Kertsner | Austria/Israel, 2019 | English/German/Yiddish (English subtitles) | Documentary | 72m | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Go2Films | Trailer

Yiddish-lullaby singing shepherd assists refugees in Austria.

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The Viewing Booth
Recommended David Shem-Tov 24/02/2020 Recommended David Shem-Tov 24/02/2020

The Viewing Booth

Ra’anan Alexandrowicz | Israel/US, 2019 | English | Documentary | 71m | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Ro*co Films | Festival marketing sample: Berlinale 2020 | Trailer

Does activist filmmaking help change minds, asks Ra’anan Alexandrowicz.

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This is Not a Movie
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 30/11/2019 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 30/11/2019

This is Not a Movie

Yung Chang | Canada/Germany, 2019 | English/Arabic (English subtitles) | Documentary | 106m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Blue Ice Docs | Festival marketing sample: IDFA 2019

Profile of controversial British journalist Robert Fisk.

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