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Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel

OIOD_admin — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 17:31:12 +0000

Heading Home tells the story of the underdog national baseball team, Team Israel, who is competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. Following years of defeat, Team Israel is finally ranked among the world’s best in 2017. The journey takes them from Tel Aviv to Seoul to Jerusalem as they discover the pride of representing Israel on the world’s stage.

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The Swimmer

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Erez, a rising Israeli swimming star, arrives at training camp—where the top swimmer gets a chance to compete at the Olympics. Despite being warned to avoid friendship with other competitors, he becomes enchanted with the beautiful and talented Nevo. Erez treads the waters between his lust for Nevo and his desire to win.

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Aulcie

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The story of a remarkable athlete who captured the spirit of a nation, and how he ultimately triumphed despite the odds. In the summer of 1976, Aulcie Perry was spotted by a scout for Maccabi Tel Aviv while playing basketball in Harlem, and was signed immediately. Just a year later, Perry, who took the Israeli basketball team to their first European championship, started dating supermodel Tami Ben Ami, converted to Judaism, and became one of Israel’s biggest athletes. But not all was well behind the scenes.

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The 90 Minute War

OIOD_admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:35:28 +0000

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been going on for decades, with no end in sight. Fed up with one failed deal after another, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders agree to settle things once and for all … with a soccer match. One game. One winner. Losing side has to pick up and find a new homeland. This politically-incorrect, satirical mockumentary takes a fresh and hilarious lens to the conflict. Based on the book by Itay Meirson.

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Breaking the Ice

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Why am I not a Basketball Player

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An American Citizen

OIOD_admin — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 19:26:26 +0000

A sports writer cannot choose between being objective or showing sympathy for the local basketball team and its American star. He is then asked to manage the team,and over time realizes that he must be himself, and not someone else.

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Katamon Barcelona

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The story of the establishment of the grassroots Hapoel Katamon soccer team in th 1970’s.

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Magic Samson

OIOD_admin — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 19:25:59 +0000

Dubi Gal is Samson, the shortest basketball player, who turns out to be the star of his team.

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The Locker Room

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An international documentary project that exposes the human dramas that take place in locker rooms during soccer matches around the world, while focusing on social, cultural and religious themes. Each story/location presents soccer as a way to realize a dream and escape local realities.

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