DOCUMENTARY FILMS

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

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DOCUMENTARY FILMS
  • Apples and Oranges

    Movie

    Set against the backdrop of Israel’s shifting history from the 1960s to the early 2000s, this documentary traces the rise and decline of the Kibbutz volunteer movement. From the idealism of young foreigners seeking communal life, through the cultural clashes of sex, drugs, and rock & roll within ...

  • The Monk From the Holy Land

    63-year-old Jonathan Katznelson leads a double life. In the morning he's a dentist, and in the evening he wears his robes and becomes a Buddhist monk. When his father dies, Jonathan is free to realize his dream and move to a monastery in France.

    Year: 2017
    Languages: English & Hebrew, English su...

  • A Waste of Space

    Movie

    This documentary film follows Osher, Michele, and Eitan—at-risk youth removed from their homes and raised in foster care. As they turn 18, their legal foster placement ends, and they face life on their own. A Waste of Space captures their first year of independence, as they confront past traumas ...

  • Lebanon - Borders of Blood

    Movie

    This powerful documentary explores the tragic and complex history of Lebanon—a nation shaped by endless foreign entanglements and internal divides. From Palestinian resistance and Syrian claims to Israeli wars and American failures, outside forces have long fueled the chaos. Yet it is the Lebanes...

  • There Are No Lions in Tel Aviv

    The story of the chief Rabbi of the Jewish community of Copenhagen, who would come to be known as "Rabbi Doolittle". Arriving in Tel Aviv in 1936, Max Shorenstein left his honorable position, in order to fulfill a longtime dream: to build a zoo and teach the children of Palestine-Eretz Israel, th...

  • Kishon

    A captivating documentary that brings to life the story of Ephraim Kishon — one of Israel’s most influential satirists. Over five decades, Kishon penned iconic columns and plays, sold millions of books, and earned international acclaim, including two Golden Globe wins and two Oscar nominations. Y...

  • Blind Spot

    Movie

    In the following documentary film, Blind Spot explores a topic rarely discussed—fatherhood. Even after becoming fathers, Israeli men continue to carry the cultural weight of masculinity: what they must do, what they must not, and what defines them as men. The film follows a group of fathers to ch...

  • A Land Without Borders

    Movie

    Award-winning writer Nir Baram grew up in a political household. Both his father and grandfather were members of the Knesset and Ministers in the Israeli Labor Party governments. As Baram begins to lose faith in even the possibility of a two-state solution, he decides to travel throughout the Wes...

  • A Fish Tale

    Movie

    This documentary film follows Johnny, who believes in Africa’s future and dreams of returning from Israel to bring modern fish farming to his homeland. His wife, Thérèse, sees no future there and is focused on securing a better life for their children—even if it means staying in Israel at any cos...

  • Radio Propaganda

    Movie

    The documentary film brings the story of "The Voice of Israel in Arabic," a radio station that transcended its role as a mere broadcaster. Operating in the 1940s to 1960s, it covertly utilized propaganda, psychological warfare, and encoded messages to activate agents. Unveiling this enthralling n...

  • Alone Together

    Movie

    This touching documentary film follows Ravit, a woman who spends her days cooking for Tel Aviv’s homeless and her nights hugging abandoned babies in the maternity ward—offering them the warmth and human connection they need to survive. Though she never had children of her own, Ravit dedicates her...

  • Social Workers At War

    A documentary that follows the courageous work of seven social workers since October 7 and throughout the Iron Swords War. Thrown into heartbreaking and unprecedented situations, they became first responders to national trauma—providing vital emotional support, guidance, and care to hundreds in n...

  • Days of Resilience

    This documentary film offers an intimate look into the emotional and operational responses during days of war and security crises—through the lens of Israel’s Resilience Centers. The film introduces the dedicated individuals leading these centers and reveals the vision and sense of mission behind...

  • 40 Steps

    Movie

    In this documentary film, a new municipal school—My Neighborhood—opens in South Tel Aviv to serve a diverse community, including children of African refugees. To make space, the city controversially clears part of the long-standing Orthodox school Roots. Just 40 steps apart, the two schools must ...

  • Soviet Life – Zoya Cherkassky

    "Soviet Life" is a documentary film that follows renowned artist Zoya Cherkassky—whose vivid, high-priced works reflect themes of immigration, poverty, and alienation—on a personal and artistic journey. From her studio in South Tel Aviv to her childhood home in Kyiv, the film explores her search ...

  • An Ordinary Life

    Movie

    This documentary film follows Fadhumo and Helen, two refugee women—one in Tel Aviv, the other in Berlin—bound by friendship, resilience, and a shared struggle for dignity. Facing discrimination and displacement, they become powerful social activists, fighting to uplift women like themselves. Dire...

  • Wedding Night

    Movie

    Wedding Night (Leil Clulot) is an intimate and visually poetic documentary by Rachel Elizur that delves into the most private and pivotal moment in ultra-Orthodox Jewish life—the wedding night. Through confessional audio testimonies, separated from their visual counterparts, the film explores the...

  • The Child Within Me - Yehuda Poliker

    In this musical documentary film, Yehuda Poliker—one of Israel’s musical giants—embarks on a retrospective journey through his own life. He gazes calmly into the camera: sometimes with longing, sometimes with regret, but mostly with love. He watches rare archival footage, including never-before-s...

  • Air Born

    Movie

    This documentary film revisits what it meant to grow up on an Israeli Air Force base between the euphoria of the Six-Day War and the trauma of the Yom Kippur War. For the director, son of one of Israel’s most iconic commanders, cockpits and runways were a childhood playground. But years later, th...

  • The Children of Teheran

    Movie + 1 extra

    The rescue of the Children of Teheran from the clutches of the Final Solution in Europe stands out as one of the key stories of rescue in the history of modern Zionism. This is the never-before documented story of the audacious rescue of 800 Jewish children from occupied Poland, through Tehran.

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  • The European Dream

    Movie

    A cinematic documentary that paints the journey of two grandchildren fighting to reclaim their families' looted artworks. As they navigate walls of bureaucracy and legal obstacles, they uncover a vanished world—one that ultimately eclipses the art itself.

    Production Year: 2024
    Directed By Mool...

  • The Samaritans - A Biblical People

    Movie

    On Mount Gerizim, a community of 850 Samaritans and their 3,500-year-old biblical tradition struggle to survive. Endangered by the modern life surrounding them and strict customs on marriage within their religion, they try to prevent extinction and preserve the community, the Torah, and their Hol...

  • Kafka's Last Trial

    Movie

    A real-life Kafkaesque tale brought to life through docu-animation
    Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2025 Haifa Film Festival, this cinematic adaptation of the bestselling book Kafka's Last Trial by Benjamin Balint unravels a century-old saga of betrayal, legacy, and justice. W...

  • The Three of Us

    Movie

    A documentary film about a young Orthodox couple fighting to integrate their autistic son into society. To fulfill that dream, they are willing to risk everything—questioning their relationship, their faith, and their place in the world.

    Director: Henya Brodbeker
    Producer: Avigail Sperber
    Produc...