“Zaya” is based on a true story that took place in Morocco. The film tells the tragic story of the love and fate of a Jewish Girl, Zaya, who grew up under the strict Berber tribal tradition in the beautiful Moroccan Mountains.

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An unemployed man breaks in to a party member’s apartment, stumbles on evidence of corruption, and eventually ends up on top of the party.

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The Ida family is celebrating Israel’s 40th independence Day. Around the barbeque, a story of two generations unfolds taking us from Iraq, where the parents knew their first loves and losses, to New York where their children get entangled in an awkward murder. The strings of this strange encounter lead back to the Mediterranean port city of Ashdod where the family is trying to come to terms with its past and carve its way into the future.

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The story of the special relationship between a grandfather and his grandchild as their family falls apart. Set in the Jewish Diaspora in Tunisia in the 1950s.

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Based on a true story, Braids tells the tale of So’ad, 14 year old Jewish girl imprisoned by the Iraqi government in 1947 for her participation in the Zionist movement. This feature film illuminates a complex and sensitive period of Jewish life in Iraq when Jews felt their security threatened as antisemitism surfaced with the growth of Zionism. Jailed for 3 years, So’ad joined other political prisoners in a campaign of civil disobedience until Iraq opened its gates in 1950 and allowed Jews to emigrate to Israel.

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The film tells the story of a family of Egyptian immigrants that settle in 1947 Tel Aviv. The family consists of a widowed wife (played by Gila Almagor) and her four children. The plot centers on the firstborn, Sammy, his transition from a shy 15 year old to a working man and an activist in the “Haganah”, and the romantic attachment he develops with a 25 year old Russian immigrant librarian (Michal Bat Adam). The movie is a vivid and very credible description of Egyptian-Jewish families on the eve of the declaration of the state of Israel.

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Vocalist Yehoram Gaon performs his Ladino songs against the historical background of Sephardic culture.

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Belleville, the 70’s. Just arrived on shore from Israel with his wife Mireille and both his kids,Felix dreams of success. By selling the past to build some future, this secondhand goodsdealer with a big heart and a passion for horse races enables his family to settle in, little by little . His meeting Serge, a local mafia boss who shares the same roots as Felix, will be a turning point in his life. The choices that he makes will shatter his son’s childhood. Michel, who’s just 11 years old and who always thought his dad was a hero will grow up fast, too fast…

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