Women and Gender

At the height of a hectic personal and professional life,a woman experiences alienating loneliness, existential doubt and an echoing emptiness.
But then one traumatic night, she discovers a new sense of godliness within her. When morning comes, she realizes there’s no turning back..

The disengagement of Israel from Gaza in 2005 is the background for the story of one women's determination in the face of hardship.  HOTHOUSE chronicles one strong woman who struggles to keep her family, her marriage
and above all - her hothouse working and flourishing.

Based on a real life survivor of honor killing this powerful documentary tells the story of young girls growing up in fear - a fear that is sealed with a code of silence and the anticipation of facing their killers.
 

A mix of first person narrative in spoken English and ASL, archival footage, verite footage, and simple re creations, this film is a remarkable and uplifting story of personal and emotional freedom told by a unique storyteller who despite her deafness secured a travel visa against the terrifying rise of the Third Reich.

 
The Kafkaesque story at the center of a national debate following the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers. A powerful film that captures the politics of finding one self in the center of media frenzy
 

 Two Palestinian Israeli women struggling to achieve equality against the men in their lives.  For the first time they take part in political activity which was until now was a male only domain; and wrestle to cross both personal and political boundaries.

The first Muslim woman to be honored as a "Righteous among the Nations" as her family hid the Jewish Kabilio family during World War II. Now it is the Jewish family's turn to help as Sarajevo goes up in flames.

The powerful heart wrenching story of one woman's battle against the Shaariya Muslim court and the State of Israel. Divorced in abstentia and loosing custody of her children, Khitam wages a crusade to get her children back and to be allowed to stay in Israel.