A personal journey which is an attempt to understand the place of God in our lives. On that journey filmmaker Nati Adler tries to figure out what happened to him during one sleepless night and what it means to be a person that has God in his heart.
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One on One
“My father… I never called him father in first person singular. What’s the point? Father doesn’t hear”. A touching film about a father and son’s journey in search of their dreams. The father – Peretz Rivkin, former captain of the deaf basketball team, renounced his dream of being a basketball player to support his family. His son, Dori, an up and coming filmmaker, decides to return his father to the basketball court. Along the way father and son discover that dreams change as years go by. They discover one another.
A Nation in Reserve
“A nation in Reserve” is a documentary series following a group of Israelis who once a year make the harsh transitions from civilian to military life and back. The series tells the story of members of an elite reserve unit from the moment they receive their call-ups and until they return home. Through the lives of his protagonists, the series’ director tries to trace the disappearing spirit of solidarity that once defined being an Israeli.
Poisoned
A bunch of boys, friends since elementary school, are about to go into the army. Once inside, all but one of them are counting the days until their release. One of them graduates from an officers’ course, making his buddies think he’s abandoned them for the army.
Shoulder Dancing
The film tells the story of Ruth Eshel, avant-garde dance and scholar of artistic dance in Israel, and her journey along with dozens of Ethiopian-Israeli dancers to establish an Ethiopian dance troupe in Israel.
That’s Gila, that’s Me
A fascinating documentary about the life story of Gila Goldstein, born in the 1950’s as Avraham Goldstein. From Maccabi Haifa soccer player to Tel Aviv stripper, Gila was one of Israel’s first trans-gender individuals. A Tel Aviv icon and a living legend who is admired by the LGBT community.
To Love Sophia
Coming to Israel from Moldova in the 1990’s left Sophia unstable and yearning for more. Her well-educated parents are unable to control their only daughter as she rapidly descends from sing in a rock-band to drug addict and prostitute.
Tladino
The film tells the story of the Jewish community of Salonika during the Holocaust through the story of Alberto Matarasso, a retired Haifa dock worker.
The Uzbek Trilogy
Three generations of men of Uzbek origin, a grandfather, father, and grandson, a their respective efforts to integrate into Israeli society.
Wisconsin
A dramatic documentary that follows the implementation and implications of the Wisconsin Plan in Israel.
