DOCUMENTARY FILMS - LATEST ARRIVALS
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Bronca
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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.... -
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...
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Out Loud
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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...
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My Hero Brother
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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...
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Muranow
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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...
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Ma’abarot
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Ma’abarot is the first documentary film to thoroughly explore the story of Israel’s transit camps (1948–1952), where hundreds of thousands of immigrants from across the globe were housed on their way to becoming part of the young state. Though this period shaped Israeli society to this day, it ha...
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Little Victories
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This documentary film tells the moving story of Tamar and Michal, two friends brought together on an amateur catchball team during a turbulent time in their lives. Michal, the film’s director and a teammate, documents Tamar’s journey after losing her husband to a sudden heart attack. As Michal be...
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Kafka's Last Trial
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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... -
Leaving Paradise
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This documentary film follows Cleo, Anita, and their fifteen children as they pursue a lifelong dream of communal life in the countryside. After years of preparation, the family builds “Vila Barolo,” a self-made utopia where they live, work, and grow together. But when one daughter researches the...
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Kinneret: Sea of Life
In the most magical place in the land of Genesis, a story about a kitten who lost her mother and was left alone in the stormy jungle of life on the Sea of Galilee. An exciting cinematic drama, about the wildlife around the Sea of Galilee as never seen before. Twenty years of photography in an exc...
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In Between
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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...
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How to Say Silence
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This documentary film begins with a discovery: after her grandmother’s death, the director finds an old photograph inscribed “A week after abortion.” Knowing her grandmother could not conceive and had adopted her father, she embarks on a journey with no clear destination. Along the way, she uncov...
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Hotline
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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...
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Honorable Men - The Rise and Fall of Ehud Olmert
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Honorable Men is a gripping political thriller - style documentary by Roni Aboulafia, chronicling the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - from the nation’s highest office to serving time in Maasiyahu Prison. With unprecedented access to Olmert, the film ...
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Cinema Celebration - 50 Years of Israeli Cinema
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A unique two part documentary that encompasses 50 years of Israeli cinema through dozens of interviews with the filmmakers who created some of the most important, beloved, locally and internationally successful movies in the history of Israeli cinema.
Creators: Arik Bernstein, Noit Geva, Shai La...
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Apples and Oranges
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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 ...
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Back In Berlin
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This documentary follows Bobby, who shortly after his father’s death returns to England and uncovers an old suitcase filled with documents revealing the story his father never told — of escaping to England and the family he lost in the Holocaust. Seeking help, Bobby turns to Manuel, his German-bo...
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Egypt, A Love Song
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In this documentary film, director Iris Zaki takes her father on a journey across generations and continents to explore their shared Jewish–Arab heritage, following the extraordinary story of her grandmother, Souad Zaki. A celebrated Jewish Arabic singer in 1940s Egypt, Souad starred alongside Um...
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An Ordinary Life
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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...
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Alone Together
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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...
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Air Born
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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...
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The Artist's Daughter
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This documentary film follows the director’s deeply personal journey into an exhibition of self-portraits by a celebrated painter—the man in every image is her father, though few know it. Born out of wedlock, she has been absent from the official narratives, unseen in catalogs or exhibitions. Rec...
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A Waste of Space
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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 ...
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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...