A documentary on the life and career of Yiddish actor Pesach Burstein and his family.
Archives
The Diva
The House on Tabenkin Street
The film follows the building process of a house, and the stories of the builders, the residents and and the people whose fate was sealed by it.
The Third One Is On Its Way
The Mystery of Aris San
The Optimists
The story of Nico Nisimov, founder of the the first Jazz band in Bulgaria. The film is about the wonderful friendships and a jazz career that was cut short by the outbreak of World War II.
The Prisoner
A sixty year old man is released from prison, only to find that his family alienated him. Alone in the world, he tries to endure his new life.
Dear Edmond
Another Land
Goren’s narrative weaves its way between two extremes – security and peace of mind, on the one hand, chaos and confusion on the other. Personal and public events in Israel, a country where separating the two is nearly impossible, are intertwined, spanning a period of six years (1992-98) during which the peace process with the Palestinians came into being and a rebuilding of Goren’s own home began.
Tuesdays at Five
Every Tuesday at five, Masha, Bentzie, Sivan, David, and Eleanor meet with the rest of the Wings theatre group to work and rehearse the play “Silver Spoon.” Following the process of working on the play the movie enables to get a glimpse into the group members’ relationships, the love affairs, the jealousies, and their doubts as actors, who, in addition to their qualities, are also mentally-challenged. Soon enough the boundaries between the play and reality become blurry, especially when real life becomes heavily influenced by the play.
