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Marry Me However
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 09/10/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 09/10/2020

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.

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A Waste of Space
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 05/10/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 05/10/2020

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.

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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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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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Africa
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 02/07/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 02/07/2020

Africa

אפריקה | Oren Gerner | Israel, 2019 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Drama | 82m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Heretic Outreach | Festival marketing sample: Haifa International Film Festival 2019 | Trailer

Meir Gerner suffers a late life crisis.

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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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The Day After I’m Gone
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 15/05/2020 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 15/05/2020

The Day After I’m Gone

היום שאחרי לכתי | Nimrod Eldar | Israel/France, 2019 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Drama | 98m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Distributor | Festival marketing sample: Berlinale 2019 | Trailer

A vet and his daughter need to come to term with their loss.

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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.

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21 Days Inside
Recommended David Shem-Tov 08/05/2020 Recommended David Shem-Tov 08/05/2020

21 Days Inside

Zohar Wagner | Israel, 2019 | Arabic/Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | 65m | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Go2Films | Festival marketing sample: Docaviv 2019 | Clip

A Bedouin woman is accused of murdering her son.

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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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Letters
Reservedly recommended David Shem-Tov 17/04/2020 Reservedly recommended David Shem-Tov 17/04/2020

Letters

Cartas | Mario Bomheker | Argentina, 2018 | Spanish/Yiddish/Hebrew/Polish (English subtitles) | Documentary | 81m | 2K DCP | Distributor/Sales: Mario Bomheker | Trailer

Mario Bomheker seeks to uncover the fate of his Polish relatives.

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It Takes a Family
Recommended David Shem-Tov 16/02/2020 Recommended David Shem-Tov 16/02/2020

It Takes a Family

De skygger vi arver | Susanne Kovacs | Denmark, 2019 | Danish (English subtitles) | IMDB | Documentary | 59m | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Tarkovski Films | Trailer

The trauma of 2nd generation Danish Holocaust survivors.

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Those Who Remained
Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 11/11/2019 Highly recommended David Shem-Tov 11/11/2019

Those Who Remained

Akik maradtak | Barnabás Tóth | Hungary, 2019 | Hungarian (English subtitles) | Drama | 83m | 2K DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Hungarian Film Institute | Festival marketing sample: Telluride (2019) | Trailer | Streaming: UKJF

Relationship between a gynecologist and an orphan, both holocaust survivors, in 1948 Hungary.

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