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Told here for the first time is the fascinating story of Nilopolis, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro where a fertile community was built by Jews from Eastern Europe in the early decades of the 20th century.

 
A film course taught in the Bedouin village of Rahat becomes a great life lesson for students and instructor alike. The tragic story of the black Bedouin unfolds thru a film class and the personal stories of the women.

 
An Israeli hospice where the average stay is a modest 14 days. Alternately inspiring and heartbreaking, this poignant verité-style doc carefully follows six families as they attempt to say goodbye to their loved ones.

The Israeli government ordered the evacuation of the Gaza Strip on August 2005 – a decision which created political and social turmoil. The evacuation was to be the most complex and sensitive mission ever undertaken by the police forces.

But this is the story of humanity in its finest hour - the story of brothers at heart.

A religious Jew and a Muslim girl were classmates. In this beautiful film we follow Chanoch as he tries to organize a class reunion 30 years later. A journey into the past which poses many questions for the future.

Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah once declared Israel to be “weaker than cobwebs”. During the Second Lebanon War, documentary filmmaker Zvia Keren visited devastated northern cities in Israel, amidst missiles, destruction and fright.

Six decades after the founding of the Jewish State, how do you build your own relationship to Israel? The film follows a wide range of American Jews, on their journeys to Israel- and the result is warm and personal film that vividly conveys joys and ambivalences.