0
Skip to Content
Jewish Film Review
News
Programming recommendations
About
Jewish Film Review
News
Programming recommendations
About
News
Programming recommendations
About
Programming recommendations RSS
High Maintenance
Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 27/02/2021 Very highly recommended David Shem-Tov 27/02/2021

High Maintenance

Image by Rotem Azulay

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.

Read More
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

Image courtesy of production.

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.

Read More
Schocken on the Verge of Consensus
Recommended David Shem-Tov 18/09/2020 Recommended David Shem-Tov 18/09/2020

Schocken on the Verge of Consensus

Image courtesy Schocken Institute.

שוקן, על גבול הקונצנזוס | Noemi Schory | Israel/Germany, 2020 | Hebrew/German/English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 82m | DCP | Distributor/Sales: Liran Atzmor | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | DocuShuk

The legacy of businessman and publisher Salman Schocken.

Read More
Oliver Sacks:  His Own Life
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 11/09/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 11/09/2020

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.

Read More
Creating a Character - the Moni Yakim Legacy
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 20/07/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 20/07/2020

Creating a Character - the Moni Yakim Legacy

Image Alma Har'el

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.

Read More
Recommended David Shem-Tov 05/07/2020 Recommended David Shem-Tov 05/07/2020

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Alexandre O. Philippe | US, 2019 | English | Documentary | 104m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: SC Films International | Festival marketing sample: Venice 2019

William Friedkin discusses his film, The Exorcist.

Read More
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 29/06/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 29/06/2020

Henri Dauman: Looking Up

Peter Kenneth Jones | US, 2018 | English/French (English subtitles) | Documentary | 86m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: House of Film | Festival marketing sample: UKJFF 2019 | Trailer

Photojournalist Henri Dauman seeks to control his image.

Read More
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 17/06/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 17/06/2020

Conrad Veidt - My Life

Mark Rappaport | US, 2019 | English | Documentary | 61m | Festivals sales: Mark Rappaport | Festival marketing sample: TJFF 2020

Mark Rappaport imagines the testimonial of anti-Nazi activist and actor Conrad Veidt.

Read More
They Call Me Dr. Miami
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 10/06/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 10/06/2020

They Call Me Dr. Miami

Jean-Simon Chartier | Canada, 2020 | English | Documentary | 78m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Cargo Film & Releasing | Festival marketing sample: HotDocs 2020 | Trailer

A Miami plastic surgeon struggles with the contradictions in his life.

Read More
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 26/05/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 26/05/2020

My Father and Me

Nick Broomfield | United Kingdom, 2019 | English | Documentary | 97m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Lafayette Films | Festival marketing sample: UKJFF 2019 | Clip

Nick Broomfield’s loving portrait of his father, the photographer Maurice Broomfield.

Read More
Chichinette - the Accidental Spy
Recommended David Shem-Tov 25/05/2020 Recommended David Shem-Tov 25/05/2020

Chichinette - the Accidental Spy

Nicola Hens | Germany/France, 2019 | English/French (English subtitles) | Documentary | 86m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Kino Lorber | Festival marketing sample: Haifa 2019 | Trailer

Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany.

Read More
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 21/05/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 21/05/2020

Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz

Barry Avrich | Canada, 2018 | English | Documentary | 83m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Seventh Art Releasing | Festival marketing sample: AJFF 2019 | Trailer

The life of former Nuremberg prosecutor and human rights jurist Ben Ferencz.

Read More
Dear Fredy
Recommended David Shem-Tov 13/05/2020 Recommended David Shem-Tov 13/05/2020

Dear Fredy

פרדי היקר | Rubi Gat | Israel, 2017 | Hebrew/Czech/English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 74m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Docs For Education | Festival marketing sample: UKJFF 2018 | Trailer

The story of Fredy Hirsch, a gay Jewish youth sports instructor in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Read More
Dayan - the First Family
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 11/05/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 11/05/2020

Dayan - the First Family

דיין - המשפחה הראשונה | Anat Goren | Israel, 2019 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | (Episode 1:) 90m (Episode 2:) 125m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Docs for Education | Festival marketing sample: MJFF 2020 | Trailer

The troubled legacy of the Dayan family.

Read More
Older Posts

Privacy, Affiliate and Cookie Policy Opinions expressed in this website are the author's alone. This site does not accept compensation for promoting any film or festival. © Copyright 2020 Jewish Film Review. All rights reserved.