DOCUMENTARY FILMS

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

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DOCUMENTARY FILMS
  • Out Loud

    Movie

    This documentary film follows Omar, Muhammad, and Yazan—three 12-year-old boys from Lod, an Israeli-Arab city just minutes from Tel Aviv—as they face pivotal challenges in their final year of elementary school. Omar struggles with his father’s mental illness, Yazan with the consequences of his vi...

  • My Herzl

    In this intimate and surprising documentary, two brothers-in-law - one a filmmaker, the other a collector of Theodor Herzl's memorabilia - explore the legacy of Herzl's life and career.

    Year: 2013
    Languages: English & Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Eli Tal-El
    Producers: Tal-El Productions &...

  • Lieber-Man

    The meteoric rise of Avigdor Lieberman was the first sign of a new era in the state of Israel and with it, the fall of "the old elites," the right wing trend, and the emergence of "the second Israel" as the dominant political force. But Lieberman himself, who immigrated at the age of 20 without a...

  • 30 Kilometers Per Hour

    A 29-year-old Israeli decides to fulfill a childhood dream to drive across Israel on an electric toy car. With the hope of understanding what he wants to do with his life, the young man goes on this journey to meet people who help him do just that.

    Year: 2018
    Languages: English & Hebrew, English...

  • The Forgotten Ones

    This documentary film sheds light, for the first time, on the little-known Holocaust of the Jews of former Yugoslavia, where 85% of the Jewish community was exterminated despite having faced little discrimination before the war. Through the eyes of Stella, an Israeli born in Yugoslavia, the film ...

  • The Chaos Within

    Movie

    This autobiographical documentary follows Yannai, whose mother—Holocaust survivor Faiga Ashlag—believed he was destined to be the Messiah and spread the secrets of Kabbalah. Instead, at 14, he fled to the streets of Tel Aviv, descending into heroin addiction. Filmed over more than a decade, the s...

  • In Between

    Movie

    This documentary film follows Dana and Amit, who met at 25, married, and had two children. But soon after their second child was born, Amit embraced an ultra-Orthodox lifestyle while Dana remained secular. Deeply in love yet divided by faith, they face the challenge of bridging their growing diff...

  • Hotline

    Movie

    This documentary film takes viewers inside the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, a small but determined Tel Aviv–based NGO working tirelessly to defend the rights of undocumented people. Mostly led by women, the activists provide legal aid, navigate government bureaucracy, and spearhead public c...

  • Bronca

    Movie

    This documentary follows journalist Shlomo Slutzky as he pursues justice for his cousin, Dr. Samuel Slutzky, murdered during Argentina’s 1970s dictatorship.
    The prime suspect, Aníbal Gauto, accused of kidnapping, torture, murder, and the theft of babies, has been wanted by INTERPOL for 15 years....

  • Remembering Marrakech

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    This documentary film tells the story of the Jewish Mellah (quarter) in Marrakech—one of Morocco’s oldest. Through a collage of short documentaries created by students from Sapir College in Israel and MU6P University in Morocco, the film explores the Mellah’s rich past, its fragile present, and u...

  • The Banker's Trial

    Movie

    This documentary film follows five penniless citizens who dared to challenge Israel’s most powerful financial figures—and won. It begins when attorney Barak Cohen’s girlfriend receives an illegal repossession order, sparking his public campaign against the banking establishment. Soon, he and his ...

  • Once Upon A Boy

    Movie

    This documentary film tells the moving story of Ron, a bright and lively boy whose body is slowly limited by cerebral palsy, even as he watches his identical twin run freely with their brother. The film follows the family’s daily struggles and unwavering efforts to raise three children who embrac...

  • The Journey of Vaan Nguyen

    The Vietnam War was traumatic, and shook the consciousness of the West. Millions of Vietnamese people fled their homes to the cruel sea to save their lives. The “boat people” who survived the journey and were given asylum in new lands, can now recount their ordeal. Decades later, some still have ...

  • That Orchestra with the Broken Instruments

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    This documentary film follows an extraordinary orchestra of 100 musicians—professional and amateur, young and old—who come together in Jerusalem for four days of rehearsals ahead of a one-time concert at the Mekudeshet festival. With broken instruments, different languages, and endless challenges...

  • Tunnel of Hope

    The painful memories and hopeful reflections of three generations of Jews tragically affected by the Holocaust, merge into one incredible narrative of perseverance and survival. In 1943, 250 Jewish slave workers successfully escaped from a Nazi labor camp in Novogrudok, Belarus, via a tunnel they...

  • Shai K.

    Movie

    This documentary film tells the untold story of Shaike Ophir, one of Israel’s greatest actors, often hailed as the “Israeli Charlie Chaplin.” A performer who collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock and Marcel Marceau, Ophir became a beloved star at home, yet few knew the man behind the thousand faces....

  • The Other City

    Movie

    This documentary film follows Livi, a photography student who, over the course of 12 years, documents her four closest friends—young artists in downtown Haifa, far from the Tel Aviv art scene. With intimacy and love, the film traces their pursuit of artistic dreams while grappling with economic h...

  • Razzouk Tattoo

    After becoming the sole heir of a 700-year-old dynasty of Christian tattoo artists from the Old City of Jerusalem who has tattooed pilgrims for hundreds of years with ancient olive wood stencils, Wassim Razzouk discovers an old book that implies that not all the stencils belonging to his family w...

  • Arik Lavie - Why Didn't You Say So?

    Yael Lavie, the daughter of Arik Lavie, one of Israel's most celebrated national singers, explores his turbulent childhood in Germany, the abandonment of his mother during the rise of the Nazis and his tortured relationship with women and his country.

    Year: 2017
    Language: Hebrew, English & Hebre...

  • Perón and the Jews

    Movie

    In this documentary film, Israeli-Argentinian filmmaker Shlomo Slutzky embarks on a personal journey to confront accusations against his late father, labeled a “Gorilla” in 1950s Argentina for alleged pro-military and anti-democratic views during the Perón regime. Through conversations with his f...

  • Israel Inside

    Explore the positive characteristics of Israeli society from a humanistic, psychological, and emotional perspective. This insightful and uplifting documentary sidesteps the usual conversation of politics, conflict and violence, and tells the story of the Israeli people – whose resilience has prop...

  • Our Natural Right

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    This documentary film revisits the historic hall in Tel Aviv where Israel’s Declaration of Independence was signed. Over seventy years later, the grandchildren of the original signatories gather to reflect on the legacy of their forebears and debate the unresolved questions that continue to shape...

  • My Hero Brother

    Movie

    This documentary film follows a group of extraordinary young people with Down syndrome as they embark on a demanding trek through the Indian Himalayas with their brothers and sisters. Along the journey, old family tensions surface and the complexities of growing up alongside a sibling with specia...

  • Muranow

    Movie

    This haunting documentary film explores Warsaw’s Muranow neighborhood, once the site of the largest Jewish ghetto during World War II. Beneath its spacious streets and green courtyards lie the ruins of buildings and the unremoved remains of thousands of Jews buried under the rubble. The new neigh...