FEATURE
A Matter Of Size (2009) 92minDIR: Erez Tadmor
A touching, light-hearted comedy about a group of four 'very' overweight friends in the Israeli city of Ramle decide to start a sumo wrestling club where their size is an asset to escape from the dictatorship of diets espoused by their weight-loss group.
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A touching, light-hearted comedy about a group of four 'very' overweight friends in the Israeli city of Ramle decide to start a sumo wrestling club where their size is an asset to escape from the dictatorship of diets espoused by their weight-loss group. In the process they all experience a 'coming out' of a different kind - learning to accept themselves both in life and love. This film was nominated for 14 Israeli Academy "Ofir" awards in 2009
STARRING: Shaul Azar, Dvir Benedek, Itzik Cohen
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Adam Resurrected (2008) 106minDIR: Paul Schrader
Former Berlin magician and circus impresario Adam Stein is an enthralling, enigmatic patient at a remote Israeli rehabilitation outpost for Holocaust survivors.
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Former Berlin magician and circus impresario Adam Stein is an enthralling, enigmatic patient at a remote Israeli rehabilitation outpost for Holocaust survivors. Entertainer, clairvoyant, sophisticate and lothario, Stein veers from brilliance to eroticism, horror and madness, with flashbacks to the physical and psychological demoralization he endured under Commandant Klein in the Stellring death camp. Stein appears to have everyone stymied and overawed, but an unusual new patient seems to have the magnetic power to break him free of the grip of his relentless torment.
STARRING: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Ayelet Zurer, Dror Keren, Idan Alterman
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Bruriah (2008) 90minDIR: Avraham Kushnir
Bruriah struggles with a childhood trauma: a life of excommunication forced on her following the publication of her father's book.
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Bruriah struggles with a childhood trauma: a life of excommunication forced on her following the publication of her father's book. Her husband sees her quest as a threat to the way of life that he has created for his family. Searching for the book brings her face to face with the compromises she has made in her life, her desires, and her limitations.
STARRING: Hadar Galron, Baruch Brener, Israel (sasha) Damidov, Alon Aboutboul, Emanuel Halpirin
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For My Father (2007) 100minDIR: Dror Zahavi
Terek, a young Palestinian on a suicide mission in Tel Avis, is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate.
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Terek, a young Palestinian on a suicide mission in Tel Avis, is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in Tel Avis awaiting its repair, Terek befriends several Israelis, including the beautiful Keren, who has cut off contact with her family. With nothing to lose, Terek and Keren open up to one another and an unlikely love blooms between two individuals raised to be enemies.
STARRING: Shredy Gabarin, Hili Yalon, Shlomo Vishinsky, Rozina Kambus, Michael Moshonov, Adel Abu Riea
Moscow International Film Festival 2008: Audience Award Sofia International Film Festival 2009: Grand Prix Award for best feature film
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Jaffa (2009) 106minDIR: Keren Yedaya
This film unfolds the dramatic story of Mali, who lives with her family in Jaffa, and works with her brother and father at the family owned car repair shop.
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This film unfolds the dramatic story of Mali, who lives with her family in Jaffa, and works with her brother and father at the family owned car repair shop. Mali falls in love with Tauffik, a mechanic in the garage. Despite underlying racism and jealousy that surrounds them, their love affair grows. When Mali finds out she is pregnant, the couple decides to run away and get married abroad. On the morning of the flight, a tragic event reshapes this couple's future.
STARRING: Dana Ivgy, Moni Moshonov , Ronit Elkabetz, Mahmud Shalaby, Hussein Yassin Mahajne
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Kirot (2009) 102minDIR: Danny Lerner
Galia (Olga Kurylenko) longs to escape her life as a Tel Aviv sex worker and reunite with the young daughter she left behind in Ukraine.
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Galia (Olga Kurylenko) longs to escape her life as a Tel Aviv sex worker and reunite with the young daughter she left behind in Ukraine. With the promise of cash and the return of her passport, she is enlisted to commit murders for Tel Aviv heavies Ronnie and Michel. Across the hall lives Elinor (Ninet Tayeb), a grocery-store clerk and battered wife who dreams of fleeing her abusive husband The two forge a friendship and for a few precious hours, the two women forget their exploiters.
STARRING: Olga Kurylenko, Ninet Tayeb
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Mrs. Moscowitz & The Cats (2009) 83minDIR: Jorge Gurvich
When Yolanda Moscowitz, a retired French teacher, wakes up in a hospital geriatric ward, she is convinced there must be some mistake.
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When Yolanda Moscowitz, a retired French teacher, wakes up in a hospital geriatric ward, she is convinced there must be some mistake. While a titanium plate in her hip confines her to a wheelchair and a lengthy convalescence, Yolanda discovers a new life, new friendships, and a new love in Shaul... When the time comes for her to return home, it's the last thing she wants to do. However, she has no choice and is forced to return to her life of loneliness. One day there's a knock at her door...
STARRING: Moni Moshonov, Rita Zohar, Tiki Dayan, Idit Teperson, Shulamit Adar
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FEATURE
Seven Minutes in Heaven (2008) 94minDIR: Omri Givon
For the past year, Galia has tended not just to her own physical injuries but also to her boyfriend Oren.
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For the past year, Galia has tended not just to her own physical injuries but also to her boyfriend Oren. The event that left him in a coma and her back badly scarred is an enormous blur. Getting on the Jerusalem bus... the explosion... waking up in the hospital... most of Galia's recollections come from the reports of others. But when Oren finally passes away, never having awoken, and a familiar and treasured necklace is anonymously returned to her, Galia realizes that in order to move forward, she must reconstruct this mysterious past and, in particular, that one horrific day.
STARRING: Raymonde Amsalem, Galia Eldad Fribas, Boaz Nadav Netz, Oren Ronit Yudkevitz, Dr. Talia
Haifa International Film Festival 2008: Best Feature Film & Official Selection Tribeca International Film Festival 2009
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The Seven Days (2008) 103minDIR: Ronit Elkabets and Shlomi Elkabetz
The Ohayon's, seven brothers and two sisters, loose their brother Moris, and will not leave the house for the seven days of mourning.
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The Ohayon's, seven brothers and two sisters, loose their brother Moris, and will not leave the house for the seven days of mourning. They are forced to spend these days together, where each one of them bears a potential of destructiveness towards the family. The film describes the breakdown of the expanded family for personal independence, through the story of each of the nine family members, as well as their story as a group.
STARRING: Ronit Elkabetz, Moshe Ivgi, Alon Aboutboul, Albert Ilouz, Keren Mor, Yael Abecassis, Hana Laslo
Jerusalem Film Festival 2008: The Wolgin Award for Best Feature Film & Award for Best Actress - Hana Azulay Hasfary Award of the Israeli Film Academy: Best Supporting Actress - Evelin Hagoel & Best Cinematography - Yaron Scharf
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Zrubavel (2008) 70minDIR: Shmuel Beru
Young Itzhak aspires to be the future Spike Lee of Israel and direct successful movies, going around his neighborhood filming everyone and revealing everything.
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Young Itzhak aspires to be the future Spike Lee of Israel and direct successful movies, going around his neighborhood filming everyone and revealing everything. His family, with much optimism, emigrated from Ethiopia to Israel. They make their home in a poor neighborhood, full of crime and drugs, but still Gita, Itzhak's grandfather, successfully protects and unites the whole family, while providing his children and his children's children with a good upbringing. A surprising chain of events undermines Gita's control over his family. The conflict is ignited by the clash of generations, specifically between the Ethiopian customs cherished by Gita and his wife and the younger generation's desire to assimilate with Israeli culture.
STARRING: Meir Desai, Avinu Beru , Esther Rada, Tamar Imla, Daniel Beru
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