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I Saw Giraffes in India
"The Giraffes", a wild Israeli folk-rock band, go on a magical musical tour across India with an intended climax show in Goa. But the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai take the journey off-track and send the band on a search for the thousands of Israeli backpackers who fled Goa in fear of another att...
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Hummus Curry
For many years now, traveling to India has been a rite of passage in Israeli life. "Hummus Curry" offers an intimate, funny and never-seen-before look into the lives of the local Indians living in a small village packed with Israeli tourists.
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A13901
Two Holocaust survivors live in a tiny apartment. The film portrays the daily routine of a day in their lives, getting up and dressing up. Every little action takes an eternity, creating a flex in time.
Year: 2017
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Tal Haim Yoffe
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Before My Feet Touch the Ground
Summer 2011: 25-year-old Daphni Leef moves into a tent in the center of Tel Aviv to protest the cost of housing. Within a few days she becomes a leader and a face for the largest protest movement in the history of Israel. The film depicts the challenges a person at the forefront of a struggle mus...
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The Hebrew Superhero
This film explores the image of the Israeli hero in the world of comics — from the first comics hero created in 1936 until today. Israeli comics, after decades on the sidelines of the country’s culture, have become more and more popular. They have also grown increasingly important in shedding lig...
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Clementine
A fascinating investigation that mirrors the development of Israel itself. Shaking his own family tree in this beautifully-crafted documentary, Tal Yoffe discovers a pioneering kibbutznik filmmaker, a Czarist army officer, a Nazi-trained blacksmith, several war heroes, and a much-missed father.
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Last Journey Into Silence
Filmed at the Shaar Menashe Hospital in Israel, this heartbreaking documentary examines the plight of elderly Holocaust survivors whose war-time experiences have left them unable to find inner peace.
Year: 2001
Languages: Yiddish & Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Shosh Shlam
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Carnal
All he wanted was to provide some years of decent life for farm animals no longer deemed "profitable" — an "animal pension." But it turned out more expensive than he thought.
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Year: 2019
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The Last Fisherman in the Sea of Galilee
An intimate and spiritual encounter of a Japanese director and a member of the Makuya community, which believes in both the Old and New Testament, as he follows an Israeli fisherman in the Sea of Galilee. The director has had only one question since his childhood: Why did Jesus choose his first d...
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The Legacy - Ben Zion Netanyahu
A first glimpse into the life of Benzion Netanyahu, father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as a Zionist, an intellectual, and a world-renowned historian. The documentary was filmed just before Benzion died at the age of 102.
Year: 2012
Languages: English and Hebrew, English subtitles
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Conclusive Evidence
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Israel's forensic investigation unit, the men and women in white coveralls who walk around crime scenes like ghosts.
This program may contain graphic images. Viewer discretion is advised.
Year: 2016
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Nati Adler
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The Binding of Yitzchak
Did Yigal Amir know that during Israel’s Security Agency's initial interrogation, on the night he assassinated Yitzhak Rabin, he was almost killed by an agent charged with protecting him? It's the first time this story has been told.
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Next Generation
This documentary tells the story of heroic people who rescued the entire Jewish population of Bulgaria during World War II. It isn't a historical film, but rather an emotional journey of the local survivors' direct descendants, who are looking for their family roots and long-lost ties with their ...
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Married to the Marimba - A Street Performer's Life
Documentary about an American-born Jewish street performer named Alex Jacobowitz who plays the Marimba on the streets of Germany dressed obviously as an Orthodox Jew. The film was made over a period of approximately 14 years, and follows Alex through Europe to South Africa, Australia, and the Uni...
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The Stand-Up Comedians
Get to know Israel's leading female comedians, as they work on their gigs and provide moving and amusing interviews about the hardships of breaking into an industry ruled predominantly by men.
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Death in the Terminal
After the controversial 2015 terrorist attack in Beersheba’s bus station, Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudry set out to tell the story of the people caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Their testimonies are incorporated into security camera footage to present a surprising and complex picture th...
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Rafting to Bombay
While filming his father revisiting his childhood city of Mumbai, Israeli director Erez Laufer finds himself caught in the worst terror attack in the city's history.
Year: 2009
Languages: English & Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Erez Laufer
Producer: Erez Laufer
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Sabena Hijacking
From the writer of "Fauda" comes this intense docu-drama based on the events of May 8, 1972, when four hijackers from the Palestinian organization "Black September" took control of a Sabena commercial airliner from Brussels to Tel Aviv.
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Why I Moved to Israel - Aliyah Story
In this short film, Noam Leibman answers the classic question that every Oleh Chadash is asked: "Why did you make aliyah?".
Year: 2022
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17 Seconds
A coming of age drama that follows four outstanding adolescent athletes living at Israel's national sports academy.
This program may contain strong language, nudity, and/or violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Year: 2018
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Alon Marom
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Long Live King David
Is the Biblical story of David's Kingdom indeed true? This question divides the academic world. Typical of the Holy Land, this academic argument has come to involve politics, religion, and many emotions. The film sets out on a journey to find the answer, and reveals unexpected findings about the ...
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Sustainable Nation
In a world where water is everything, three Israeli innovators are applying water technology to an increasingly thirsty planet.
Year: 2019
Languages: English & Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Micah Smith
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By the Grace of Heaven
During Passover, and under the auspices of the coronavirus' eruption, the capital of Israel's ultra-Orthodox community — Bnei Brak — pays an especially high price.
Year: 2020
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Directors: Yariv Mozer, Sigal Rosh
Producers: Ronen Manelis, Sigal Rosh
Writer: Yari...