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In the Dark Room
Magdalena Kopp was married to the most wanted terrorist in the world: Carlos the Jackal. Moving from a small conservative Bavarian town to the revolutionary zeitgeist of 1960s Berlin, she was attracted to the radical leftist circles of Frankfurt. This is how she came in contact with the Venezuelan “professional revolutionary” Carlos, who was fast becoming the world’s first celebrity terrorist. She trained with Palestinian freedom fighters and fought alongside their national heroes. She followed Carlos into dangerous international intrigues, in a world of nebulous secret services and shady governments, and gave birth to their daughter Rosa. By the time Magdalena realized that the political ideals were long gone, and only a hunger for power lurked behind their violent struggle, she was already too deeply involved. In the Dark Room paints the story of international terrorism on the canvas of this family drama. For some Carlos is a revolutionary, for others a murderer, but for Rosa he’s a father – one she has not seen since she was five years old and only knows through the media. While Carlos stands trial in Paris, mother and daughter take a courageous and emotional journey beyond the shadows of his myth.
State 194
In 2009, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad launched a plan to demonstrate that his people were deserving of statehood, inspiring them to change their destiny and seek UN membership. Since then, they’ve made remarkable progress, but the political quagmire–and Fayyad’s recent resignation from office–may destroy the most promising opportunity for peace in years.
The Law in These Parts
Poli’s Final Sketch
Israel “Poli” Poliakov of the legendary Israeli comedy trio, Ha’Gashash Ha’Hiver was one of Israel’s greatest actors and comedians. Five years after his passing, Poli’s family, friends and colleagues gather to share stories of his prolific career as an actor, comedian and family man. The film gives a rare glimpse into the life of the man who defined Israeli comedy by portraying so many famous and beloved characters.
Seekers
They grew up in a kibbutz in the Galilee and life seemed to be perfect. The wild partying, drugs, and constant seeking were a way to fill the growing void between them and their parents. They rebelled against the Kibbutz values they were brought up on, and longed for some other truth. When one of them found redemption and became a Breslav Hassid in front of their very eyes, the others had to decide whether they were going to join him and challenge the extreme secularity of the Kibbutz. For more than 14 years, Yishai Oren has documented the turmoil in his life and in the lives of his friends, the “Seekers”-from hunting wild boars to making pilgrimages to the tombs of Jewish saints; from Goa in India to Uman in Ukraine; between marriage and divorce; between the city and the Kibbutz.
Fringes
In this new documentary, Paula Weiman-Kelman tells three stories of spiritual innovation, focusing on young Jews in Israel, Canada, and the US. Fringes portrays extraordinary young Jews who have ventured boldly beyond traditional structures to craft unusual approaches to Jewish life. These outsiders, dwelling on the fringes of conventional Jewish society, are the authentic insiders, pioneers in a new landscape of alternative Jewish experience. These three stories – vibrant, quirky, moving – are braided together like the fringes of a tallit, to create an inspiring portrait of cutting-edge Judaism in the 21st century.
Life in the Long Run
Cancer terrifies hundreds of millions all over the world. In Israel, 10,000 people succomb to cancer every year. This is the story of struggle; cancer is like a marathon where tehre too you are all alone, with no shoulder to lean on, no psychologist to talk to, just your breaths and aching muscles and stress and loneliness. This impossible connection was made by two men. This is also the story of two families, each dealing in its own way with the common enemy of the human race.
Ameer Got His Gun
Unlike the majority of 18 year old boys in Israel, for whom army service is mandatory, Ameer is exempt from military service under the assumption that his enlistment might endanger Israel’s security. That is because Ameer, An Israeli citizen, is a Muslim Arab. And yet, Ameer decides to volunteer. He believes that his induction is the way to equality, he believes this is the way to belong to the state he lives in, the state he wants to love. Ameer is setting a voyage to civic and self definition, while carefully navigating the thin line between Jewish and Arab societies. Being an eternal optimist Ameer wishes to be both a proud Arab and enthusiastic Israeli while his only enemy is reality.
Orchestra of Exiles
In the early 1930s, Hitler began forcing Jewish musicians out of orchestras, leaving some of Europe’s most talented musicians jobless. This film tells of a brilliant young musician’s coming of age, and how he came together with some of the most famous Jews in the world to create the Palestine Orchestra (now the Israel Philharmonic).
