Israeli Mosaic

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  1. Children of the Sun

    Children of the Sun

    ( Doc., 70 minutes, DVD, 2007)

    Written by: Ran Tal & Ron Goldman
    Directed by: Ran Tal
    Produced by: Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait, Ran Tal – Lama Films
    Sponsored by: ITVS International, USA; Yes Docu, The Rich Foundation, Rabinovich Foundation – Cinema Project, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

     

    Born into the utopian dream of the early kibbutz movement, these "children of the sun" were destined to fulfill the hope for a new way of life. Fragments of found footage and audio create a moving collective memory.
     

     
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  3. Hessed (grace)

    Hessed (grace)

    (Doc., 80 min., DVD/BETA, 2005)

    Written & Directed by: Ilan Yagoda
    Produced by: Ilan Yagoda Productions
    Sponsored by: Israel’s Documentary Channel (Channel 8) & Cinema Project - Tel-Aviv Foundation for the arts

     
    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.

     
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  4. Nadia's Friends

    Nadia's Friends

    (Doc., 60 min., DVD/BETA, color, 2006)

    Written by: Bosmat Zaidenband & Chanoch Ze'evi
    Directed & Produced by: Chanoch Zeevi – Maya productions
    Sponsored by: The New Foundation for Cinema & Television, The 2nd Authority for Radio & Television and Avichai Foundation
    language: Hebrew with English subtitles

    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.

     
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  5. Cobwebs

    Cobwebs

    (Doc., 63 min. DVD/DigiBETA, color, 2008)

    Written & Directed by: Micha Livne
    Produced by: Zvia Keren
    Co-produced by: Channel 1 - Israel
    language: Hebrew with English subtitles

     

    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.

     
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  6. Eyes Wide Open

    Eyes Wide Open

    (Doc., 60 Min., color, DVD, 2008 )

    Written & Directed by: Paula Weiman-Kelman
    Written by: Stuart Schoffman
    Produced by: Jonathan Lopatin
    Supported by: Alan B. Slifka Foundation, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, Lopatin Family Foundation, New Israel Fund


    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.

     
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  7. Stefan Braun

    Stefan Braun

    ( Doc., 62 min., DVD/BETA, Color, 2007)

    Directed by: Itamar Alcalay
    Written by: Nir Shenhav
    Produced by: Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait – Lama Films
    Sponsored by: The New Foundation for Cinema & Israel’s Doc Channel/Channel 8
    Language: Hebrew with English subtitle

     

    Eliezer Rath and Stefan Braun's love story began in the 1950’s in the young conformist state of Israel where homosexuality was outlawed. But between the walls of Stefan Braun's colorful and successful fur salon a fascinating and complex love story unfolded.

     
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  8. One family's story spanning 40 years, five homes, four cities and three continents is at the core of Amit Goren's emotionally engaging, provocative and intimate trilogy of personal films.

    Filmed from youth through middle age, the images collected are juxtaposed at times with news and archival footage to create intricate dramatic narratives that tell a story of an uncompromising search for home, identity and belonging, that occurs against the backdrop of significant personal and public historical moments. Through his own experience as son, brother, soldier, husband, father and partner Goren films and edits in an obsessive attempt to grasp the enigmatic, often perplexing, simplicity and complexity of life.

     
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  9. A Fool's Dream

    A Fool's Dream

    ( Doc., 60 Min., 2007, DVD/DVCam, Color)

    Written & Directed by: Daniel Syrkin, Ido Bahat
    Produced by: Daniel Syrkin, Dana Eden - Donna Productions
    Language: Hebrew and Russian
    Supported by: Noga Communications – Cannel 8, Israel & Guzik Fund


    The dream of an artist and the reality of being an immigrant are beautifully brought to life in this very personal documentary. Daniel Syrkin pursues his father's dream as he explores his own journey as a filmmaker.

     
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