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- DirectorAlan ZweigStarsMarc MaronGilbert GottfriedRodney DangerfieldSurveys the history of Jewish comedy.
- DirectorAmos GuttmanStarsJonathan SagallAmi TraubBen LevinA young gay Israeli man works in his grandmother's store while dreaming of becoming a film-maker.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsTopolNorma CraneLeonard FreyIn pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
- StarsTracy-Ann ObermanRichard FerrerDovid KatzRichard Ferrer, editor of the Jewish News, launched a nationwide competition to find the ultimate Jewish mum. Women applied from all walks of Jewish life and eight super mums were chosen to go head to head.
- DirectorTal GranitSharon MaymonStarsYiftach KleinOded LeopoldHilla VidorSea, sun, island, a family on vacation. And all Yuval wants is to get the heck out of there.
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsAdir MillerOri HizkiahYehuda LeviThe complex relationship between a Jerusalem street artist and a mysterious, modern-day prophet being held prisoner in an abandoned apartment across the alleyway.
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsIzhar AshdotGali AtariNathan DattnerA group of actors goes to the Negev to film a rock Opera about David and Goliath. The budget is slim so the actors have to find solutions and defend their honor.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonUri ZoharStarsDori Ben-Ze'evArik EinsteinUri GrossA collection of skits and songs from Israeli television shows from the 1970s.
- DirectorAssaf MachnesStarsYoav RotmanInbal ErezMyrav OsofskyThe Journey of Roy, a 17-year-old Israeli teenager, trying to win the affection of a girl from his class while they both travel in Poland with their school between Holocaust memorials and death camps.
- DirectorBarry AvrichStarsDavid BianculliJohnny CarsonLarry CharlesA look at the life and work of Canadian comedy icon David Steinberg.
- DirectorHalil EfratStarsBoris GelfandViswanathan AnandIlya SmirinBoris's father has designated his son to become a world champion, He's devoted his life to Boris's talent while obsessively documenting the process. Can any child, given fine Soviet education, become a genius?
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsElissa LandiLionel BarrymoreLaurence OlivierA young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
- DirectorIlan Duran CohenStarsLaurent LucasAurélien RecoingAudrey DanaThe Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age, and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church, Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Jean Paul II - and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew, earning him both friends and enemies from both groups. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz, Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communities - and may be forced at last to choose his side.
- DirectorYuval AdlerStarsTsahi HaleviShadi Mar'iHitham OmariTells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse into the dark and fascinating world of human intelligence.
- DirectorDan ShadurStarsErvand AbrahamianShaul BakhashZahra EshraghiA documentary thriller describing the last days of the Israeli community in Tehran, on the eve of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The director, whose family was in Tehran at the time, uses rare archive materials to illustrate how thousands of Israelis, who enjoyed unusual affinity with the Shah's regime, wake up one morning to find their paradise vanished.
- DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsAgata KuleszaAgata TrzebuchowskaDawid OgrodnikA novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.
- DirectorRuben AmarLola BessisStarsLola BessisDustin Guy DefaBrooke BloomWhen a bubbly young artist moves into a couple's tiny Chinatown apartment, their already fragile balance is upset even further.
- DirectorOliver ZiegenbalgStarsMatthias SchweighöferFriedrich MückeChristian FriedelFollowing Russian immigrant narrator Wladimir as he and his friends navigate Berlin around the time of German Reunification, Russendisko holds plotlines pertaining to the lives and relationships of himself and those close to him.
- DirectorPhilippe KotlarskiAnne WeilStarsSokoJérémie LippmannVladimir FriedmanIn 1979, Carole and Jerome are 20 and go on tour in Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. They are cousins and pretend engaged. The day as tourists, they visit monuments and museums. In the evening, they part company and the group meet clandestinely refuseniks, Jews harassed by the Soviet regime for trying to leave the country. They discover an unknown world, brutal and absurd. Jerome's real motivation for this trip is Carole, but Carole is truly driven by the commitment and willingness to take risks.
- DirectorWiktoria SzymanskaStarsMichael MeschkeElisabeth Beijer MeschkeIrène JacobAt the age of five, Michael Meschke and his family escaped from Nazi Germany to Sweden. From there, after graduation, he set off around the world, traveling with his puppet ensemble for over six decades.
- DirectorEran KolirinStarsSasson GabayRonit ElkabetzSaleh BakriA band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsNeta GartyLiraz CharhiAure AtikaAs a family from India moves in to a desert neighborhood in Southern Israel in the 1960's, the family's eldest, beautiful daughter discovers friendship and romance with the lovely local French girl. The film also explores the hardships and surprises that come with the integration of multiple families from different ethnic backgrounds (from the diaspora) and their struggle with immigration and prejudice.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsDana IvgyKeren BergerYael Bar-ZoharIn Tel Aviv, six friends who are appalled by the Israeli entry in the UniverSong competition record their own song on a mobile phone, then are shocked to learn their recording is selected as Israel's entry for next year's competition.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsOhad KnollerShlomo SadanOz ZehaviThis sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds Dr. Yossi Gutmann reminiscing about his love ten years after his death. When he encounters a group of young soldiers, one of them, Tom, reignites his romantic feelings.
- DirectorSafinez BousbiaStarsRachid BerkaniAhmed BernaouiRobert CastelEl Gusto is the story of an orchestra of Muslim and Jewish musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional concert. These musicians share a passion they never lost: the soul of Algiers, Chaâbi music.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsRod SteigerGeraldine FitzgeraldBrock PetersA Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
- DirectorLloyd HandwerkerStarsNathan HandwerkerLloyd HandwerkerSol HandwerkerA Coney Island-inspired, densely-layered visually dynamic documentary portrait of the life and times of the original Nathan's Famous, created in 1916 by filmmaker Lloyd Handwerker's grandparents, Nathan and Ida Handwerker. 30 years in the making, Famous Nathan interweaves decades-spanning archival footage, family photos and home movies, an eclectic soundtrack and never-before-heard audio from Nathan: his only interview, ever as well as compelling, intimate and hilarious interviews with the dedicated band of workers, not at all shy at offering opinions, memories and the occasional tall tale.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsMatheson LangNellie Hutin BrittonMalvina LongfellowA cursed Jew lived through the Crusades, Mediaeval Italy, and dies in the Spanish Inquisition.
- DirectorAmos GuttmanStarsSmadar KilchinskyJuliano Mer-KhamisAda Valerie-TalAfter the mother's death, the siblings leave the family home and go to Tel Aviv. They both intend to start a new life. They meet the transgender Apolonia, the owner of Bar 51, who offers them help and work.
- DirectorAmos GuttmanStarsIcho AvitalShay CaponAmiram GabrielAdapted from Yoram Kaniuk's best-selling novel, this heart-rending love story unfolds during the siege of Jerusalem in 1948. A young and beautiful volunteer nurse is drawn to the enigmatic Himmo, a mortally wounded and mutilated soldier who cannot speak or move.
- In 1941, a group of the Soviet Union's most prominent Jewish writers and artists, including Solomon Mikhoels, Peretz Markish, and Sergei Eisenstein, signed an appeal to Jews throughout the world, asking them to join the Soviet people in fighting against fascism.
- DirectorLaurel GreenbergThrough intimate scenes with her father and grandmother, Greenberg depicts the struggle to balance personal needs with familial responsibility.
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsAdir MillerMaya DaganDror KerenDuring the summer of 1968 a teenage boy goes to work for a matchmaker who has survived the Holocaust - both their lives are forever altered.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsLoretta ParryPhilip NeedsJohn GregsonA little Roman Catholic boy and a little Jewish girl become best friends despite the prejudice that surrounds them.
- DirectorArnaud DesplechinStarsSummer PhoenixIan HolmFabrice DesplechinA Jewish girl in nineteenth century London, dreams of becoming a stage actress.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsPaul NewmanEva Marie SaintRalph RichardsonThe State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBarbra StreisandOmar SharifKay MedfordThe life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsBarbra StreisandJames CaanOmar SharifStory of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsZero MostelPhil SilversBuster KeatonA wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsGregory PeckDorothy McGuireJohn GarfieldA reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsGertrude BergEli MintzArlene McQuadeMolly goes to a weight reduction "milk farm" and soon finds herself leading a secret mutiny among the other women
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsGertrude BergEli MintzArlene McQuadeAfter moving into their suburban Connecticut home, Molly misses the intimacy of the Bronx and struggles to make friends.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsGertrude BergEli MintzArlene McQuadeWhen Molly dreams of vacuuming up Jake, Rosie, and Sam, Molly's friend provides some dream analysis that does not sit well with the rest of the Goldberg family.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsGertrude BergEli MintzArlene McQuadeMolly becomes a volunteer nurse's aid at the local hospital, but much to the chagrin of her family, begins bringing her patients home.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsGertrude BergEli MintzArlene McQuadeWhen chosen for a jury of an accused pickpocket. Molly convinces the other jurors that the man is innocent and they vote to acquit. When the accused later shows up at the Goldbergs' residence, Molly invites him in, sure of his innocence. When her watch goes missing, she doubts herself. Jake insists they call the police. While they're waiting, Molly tries to talk the man into admitting he took her watch. The man gives her a watch in an envelope and she rushes him out the back door as the police arrive. At the door is the garbage collector returning Molly's watch that he found in the trash. Opening the envelope, Molly finds another watch inscribed with gratitude.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsGertrude BergEli MintzArlene McQuadeWhen Rosie demonstrates a degree of singing talent, Molly is convinced that she should take voice lessons and struggles to raise the money for the instruction
- DirectorSidney BernsteinStarsTrevor HowardSidney BernsteinAlfred HitchcockIn 1945, camera crews went with the American and British armies in the nazis death camps and filmed the horror they found there. A group of directors among whom was Alfred Hichcock developed a script to present these horrors and be sure that people remember. Forty-eight years later it came out from the cave of the Imperial War Museum and was edited as forecast.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsJouko AholaTim RothAnna GourariA Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.
- DirectorMark Jonathan HarrisStarsJudi DenchLory CahnKurt FuchelThe secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsAnne BancroftMatthew BroderickHarvey FiersteinArnold is a gay man working as drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.
- CreatorAmy Sherman-PalladinoStarsRachel BrosnahanAlex BorsteinMichael ZegenAfter her husband leaves her, young mother of two Miriam "Midge" Maisel discovers that she has a talent for stand-up comedy. Could this be her calling?
- CreatorEliezer 'Laizy' ShapiraHava DivonStarsMaayan WeinstockYael SharoniOhad Knoller"Srugim" is a dramady series that deals with the life of single Modern Orthodox people from Jerusalem. The series offers a glance into the lives of intelligent and educated young people who can't find their place in the existing religious framework, which is based mostly on family. With the best of intentions, they each make choices that further complicate their lives, while holding onto the friendships that bind them together.
- DirectorJulie CohenStarsMario BataliAnne Russ FedermanRuth Bader GinsburgFour generations of a Jewish immigrant family create Russ and Daughters, a Lower East Side lox and herring emporium that survives and thrives. Produced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the store, this documentary features an extensive interview with two of the original daughters for whom the store was named, now 100 and 92 years old, and interviews with prominent enthusiasts of the store including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, chef Mario Batali, New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, and 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer. Rather than a conventional narrator, the filmmakers bring together six colorful longtime fans of the store, in their 80s and 90s, who sit around a table of fish reading the script in the style of a passover Seder.
- CreatorOri ElonYehonatan IndurskyStarsDoval'e GlickmanMichael AloniNeta RiskinA Haredi family living in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem reckons with love, loss and the doldrums of daily life.
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsJacques BarkatSchmuel BirgerRan CohenA documentary examining life in Israel twenty-five years after the birth of the state.
- DirectorDavid KiernStarsDaniella AvrahamYaakov BergYuval DavidI AM ISRAEL is an epic film which will take you on a soaring journey through the Land of the Bible, and introduce you to Jewish men and women whose very lives are a testimony to the promises of God.
- DirectorAri FolmanStarsMenashe NoyEvgenia DodinaJürgen HoltzTwo pairs of assassins are sent by a Holocaust survivor's son to bring the last Nazi for a show trial in Israel.
- DirectorRaymond Depardon
- DirectorDani MenkinStarsAlon AboutboulNaruna Kaplan de MacedoRani BlairIs That You? Is an Israeli Academy Award Wining film. Staring the renown Alon Aboutboul (London Has Fallen, Dark Knight Rises) as Ronnie, a 60 years old man looking for his old time ex girl friend from 40 years ago.
- StarsEvgenia DodinaHenry DavidTzahi GradImpossible love story between Zorik and Roha'Le.
- DirectorGábor MuraiBöske Simon was reflecting upon what happened to her during the year of 1929. An ordinary girl from Keszthely, her whole life was changed tremendously. 47 years after the blood libel trial of Tiszaeszlár, a young innocent Jewish girl made a sacrifice with her beauty for the cause of a Hungary suffering the ravages of the Trianon peace treaty. The most beautiful woman in Europe was now the embodiment of the Hungarian revisionist propaganda. "Thank you for letting me become Miss Hungary and letting me return the small national ribbon so triumphantly in this admittedly small matter..." The second world war is approaching and the hatred against Jews is increasing in Hungary. What will be the fate of Böske Simon in this cruel world?
- DirectorAlexis GranowskyStarsSolomon MikhoelsS. EpsteinMoisei GoldblatJewish Luck revolves around Menakhem Mendl (one of Sholem Aleichem's characters), a daydreaming entrepreneur who specializes in doomed strike-it-rich schemes. Despite Jewish oppression in Tsarist Russia, Mendl continues to pursue his dreams and his continued persistence transforms him from schlemiel to hero.
- DirectorJuan José JusidStarsPepe SorianoDora BaretVíctor LaplaceThe film recreates the arrival of a group of Jewish immigrants fleeing persecution in Czarist Russia established the first Hebrew colonies in the province of Entre Rios, Argentina.
- DirectorTameson DuffyStarsMarnie AltonRebecca BermanMark BloomWhen Sam proposes to Ariel she doesn't realize the lengths she'll have to go to to be accepted by the family.
- DirectorCarsten DegenhardtStarsBenjamin BergOliver BodeKonstantin BuchnerLong the flower box despite SS marching in their street, SA, and Hitler Youth want to not admit the seriousness of the situation - until eventually their lives brutally collapses.
- StarsLiev SchreiberCarl ReinerSid CaesarAcclaimed filmmaker David Grubin traces 350 years of Jewish American history, from the arrival of the first Jews in 1654 up to the present day. THE JEWISH AMERICANS tells the story of the struggle of a tiny minority to make their way into the American mainstream while, at the same time, maintaining a sense of their own identity as Jews. Focusing on the tension between identity and assimilation, THE JEWISH AMERICANS is a quintessentially American story, which other minority groups will find surprisingly familiar.
- StarsTim DownieJosh HowieJeany SparkMisadventures of Paul Green, an investigative journalist working for a small Jewish publication in the UK, The Jewish Enquirer.
- DirectorShai GalTheir target was to blow up the Muslim Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Success would have probable meant a World War. This political-detective thriller tells the story of how the members of the largest terrorist organization of Israeli Right-Wing settlers has now become a dominant power within the current Israeli government.
- DirectorJacob GoldwasserStarsDoval'e GlickmanEvelin HagoelNevo Kimchi'Laces' tells the story of a complicated relationship between an aging father and his special-needs son, whom he abandoned while he was still a young boy. Reuben's (60) kidney's are failing and his son Gadi (35), wants to donate one of his own kidney's to help save his father's life. However, the transplant committee objects to the procedure claiming that Rueben, acting as Gadi's sole legal guardian, does not have the right to authorize such an invasive procedure. Gadi, who recently lost his mother, is afraid of losing his father as well. He feels he finally has the chance to do something meaningful; to become a man and stand on his own. He's furious with the committee's decision and sets out to fight for his right to save his father's life. Through the film's portrayal of a relationship full of love, rejeuction and co-dependency, it manages to shed some light and question the importance of human life, human connection and if life is even possible without it either one of them.
- DirectorEliran MalkaStarsShuli RandYaacov CohenYoav LeviThe year is 1983 and Yaakov Cohen, the owner of a Jerusalem printing press, is tired from being pushed around. It seems that he was born on the wrong side, with the wrong family name and in a moment's decision he decides to establish a Sephardic-ultra-Orthodox list that will run to the Jerusalem municipality. He gathers two friends, and together they improvise a campaign - no means, no connections, no money, but with much rage, passion and a sense of justice.
- DirectorÉva GárdosStarsKrisztián KolovratnikRéka TenkiJános KulkaA murder mystery set in Budapest, 1936. Just as Hungary was preparing to allign itself with Hitler, a young beautiful girl is found dead and no one wants to investigate - except Gordon a crime reporter who has a gut feeling that things are not what they seem.
- DirectorPablo SolarzStarsMiguel Ángel SoláÁngela MolinaOlga BoladzAbraham Bursztein, an 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. After seven decades without any contact with him, Abraham will try to find his old friend and keep his promise to return one day.
- DirectorRuth BeckermannStarsKurt WaldheimRuth BeckermannYasser ArafatA biographical drama film about Kurt Josef Waldheim, former UN Secretary General and the controversy of his participation and role in the Nazi regime during WW II .
- DirectorMichael KantorStarsMary Ellin BarnettJamie BernsteinJerry BockEngaging, humorous, and provocative, Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy examines the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. The film showcases the work of legends such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim. Interviews with songwriters and luminaries including Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Schwartz, Harold Prince, Arthur Laurents, Charles Strouse, and Mel Brooks provide insight, alongside standout performances and archival footage.
- DirectorAnaëlle MorfStarsEstelle DarnaultAxel FernandezJoëlle SéchaudUnhappy in love, Mary Lou decides to reconnect with her religious roots by marrying a practicing Jew. In order to get married, she has to pass the Shidduch test, which will determine whether her life will be a success or failure.
- StarsPinny GniwischJoel Asa MillerDocumentary television series about Jewish spirituality, life and culture. 13 episodes contain between 2 to 4 original documentaries and in-studio segments featuring panels of Jewish educators and experts and hosted by Rabbi Pinny Gniwisch or Joel Asa Miller.
- DirectorQuincy MorrisStarsBob AderEtai BensonBrian Cheng
- DirectorJames MannThis episode of The Migrant Kitchen focuses on the impact of the Jewish deli on American food culture.
- DirectorJD EvermoreStarsWill AtkinsonJane Rule BurdineBruce ButlerA Jewish filmmaker from New York travels to the small town of Sinnaville, Mississippi for a week to shoot his graduate thesis documentary about a gay antique dealer and community theater actor causing a local and federal controversy with his gay mailbox.
- DirectorSimcha JacoboviciStuart SamuelsStarsNeal GablerR.H. ThomsonJ. HobermanThe history of the influence of Eastern European Jewish Emigre culture has had on Hollywood and the films created in its golden age.
- DirectorWanda JakubowskaStarsWanda BartównaHuguette FagetTatyana GuretskayaFemale prisoners of various ethnic background struggle to survive the hardships of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsFerdinand MarianKristina SöderbaumHeinrich GeorgeInfamous anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
- DirectorDavid BergmanJacques EhrlichHaim GouriHistorical documentary made up of footage and stills shot by the Nazis. A compilation of testimony from witnesses who appeared at the Eichmann trial provides a telling narrative.
- DirectorAlexa KarolinskiStarsRegina KarolinskiBella KatzTwo adorable elderly best friends spend their days making sumptuous Jewish meals and recalling their experiences as Holocaust survivors in this powerful family portrait.
- DirectorNigel DickIn an effort to confront her family's dark past a punk-chick from California traces her father's roots back to pre-war Berlin. Her journey takes her to Houston, Paris, Berlin, Prague and Theresientadt. During this voyage she discovers not only how she and her whole family were effected by Hitler's Final Solution but also that her family is larger than anyone imagined. She is finally able to leave a tribute to her family on the streets of Berlin and watch while her father is welcomed back to the city by the Mayor of Berlin.
- DirectorMoshé MizrahiStarsSimone SignoretMichal Bat-AdamSamy Ben-YoubMadame Rosa, an ex-prostitute of Jewish origin, lives in a dilapidated old building in Belleville. Tired and worn out by life, she looks after young children, placed in her care by the social welfare people.
- DirectorYariv MozerStarsDavid Ben-GurionBased on archive material, the film reveals the final years of Israel's founder, David Ben-Gurion. Excluded from leadership, he allowed himself a hindsight perspective on the Zionist enterprise.
- DirectorFernando Grostein AndradeStarsNoah SchnappSeu JorgeDagmara DominczykWith the help of a Brazilian chef, a 12-year-old boy who dreams of being a cook tries to find the ideal recipe to break down the cultural barriers that divide his half Israeli and half Palestinian family.
- DirectorElan GaleStarsLenny BruceRichard LewisRobin WilliamsLooking for Lenny is an in-depth, controversial documentary that uses Lenny Bruce's legacy to explore the present condition of the fear of words and expression.
- DirectorWladyslaw PasikowskiStarsIreneusz CzopJerzy SzymkiewiWojciech WalasikA Polish man who returns home after the death of his father unearths a secret about the now-deceased Jewish residents of his village.
- DirectorEphraim KishonStarsTopolGeula NuniGila AlmagorThe sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history (until that time) is about new immigrants Sallah and his family, who are left in a shack near their promised apartment and are abandoned for months. A Yemenite Jewish family that was flown to Israel during "Operation Magic Carpet" - a clandestine operation that flew 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel the year after the state was formed - is forced to move to a government settlement camp. The patriarch of the family, portrayed by Chaim Topol, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsEdna FliedelAvner HizkiyahuUri ZoharThe firm of Green, Greenberg and Greenbaum is in trouble: large quantities of jam are missing from the storage. Worse, two of the senior partners are murdered. The incompetent inspector Klein (Avner Hizkiyahu) is trying to solve the case, without much success, while the cleaning woman Aliza Mizrahi (Edna Fliedel) conducts an investigation of her own and finds the culprit.
- DirectorLeo FillerStarsRachel AttasShlomo Bar-ShavitYa'ackov BodoTopele recreates in loving detail the economically poor but culturally rich world of the "shtedtl" or small town, with its bustling marketplace, muddy duck pond, and vodka-guzzling police officer. The story centers on a nine-year-old boy who uses illegal means to obtain the object of his greatest desire-a pocketknife.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
- DirectorOrna Ben-Dor NivStarsEtti AnkriLouise AsherGedalia BesserA brother and sister arrive alone in the new country of Israel after World War II where they hope to find their lost mother. The complexities of life with colorful characters in the refugee transit camp and nearby kibbutz makes it hard to reconcile their real lives with their deeper dream of still finding the Newland.
- DirectorGuy NattivStarsHelen MirrenZed JosefHenry GoodmanFocuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel,' faced during the Yom Kippur War.
- DirectorClaus RäfleStarsMax MauffAlice DwyerRuby O. FeeWhile Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin "free of Jews" in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.