Childhood photographs from the family album of Nurit Aviv bring back memories and thoughts that lead her to meet with researchers in the neurosciences. She weaves associative links between her own biographical stories and descriptions of the scientists’ research. They discussed issues relating to some of her earlier films: memory, bilingualism, reading, neuro-sight, smell, traces the experience.
The film tells the story of Levin at his journey through personal conversations with people close to him – his three wives, four children and his brother. Complex personality of the creator is committed above all to his work reflected complex relationships but also full of love.
“Jaffa Gate is in our Hands” read the newspaper headlines in the 2005. Greek Patriarch Irineos was charged with selling church property to the settlers. He denied it and claimed false accusation. For the first time in 2000 – years of the Greek Orthodox Church was ousted as chairman and imprisoned in his room for 11 years. Director Danae Elon revealing, firsthand testimony, what happened to the deposed patriarch and manages to provide a rare glimpse into the depths of the Church’s conduct. The story revealed a mysterious, disturbing impulses and even funny at times. The story of a world withdrawn and selling in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Director Ohad Milstein for the first times turns the camera into his house. His wife Rachel, the daughter of a Swiss bishop, becomes pregnant, with identical twins. The 23rd week of pregnancy, it turns out that one of the embryos died. According to doctors, the rare cases where the fetus survives does not die immediately after his brother, there is almost certain probability of severe brain damage and disability. Doctors recommend the couple unanimously to terminate the pregnancy. The couple are facing a dilemma fateful: Stop pregnancy and abort the survivor? She clings to the belief and intuition maternal alone, combats Rachel in front of all those around her, the right of the fetus living, damaged or perfect as it is, go out into the world.
Elad, filmmaker, struggling. His dilemma – whether to continue in the reserves. Wahib, an Israeli Arab, who raised Elad as a teenager, will be his compass on his journey, as a friend and as a pain shield. Will he choose a different way?
James is a boy with his future ahead of him, who suffers from clinical depression. After every treatment can not help him, he decides to travel to the Amazon following a shaman who can cure depression with Haiooskh ceremony, a traditional religious ceremony that has been occuring for centuries. James had to leave everything and go out on a quest to save his life.
A dynamic and vibrant city on the Mediterranean, Tel Aviv is also a unique social and artistic experiment. But what does it mean to be an artist in this city? In this beautiful documentary we Tel Aviv is presented through leading Israeli artists in various fields. They reveal the influence Tel Aviv has had on their creations, and attempt to decipher the extraordinary creative energy of the city and its international recognition. Interweaving wonderful archival footage, with personal testimonies of prominent artists such as Etgar Keret, Menashe Kadishmann and Idan Reichel, Tel Aviv Live offers a panorama of contemporary Israeli life.
Minorities make up 20% of the Israel’s population, with the Jewish majority referring to them collectively as “Arabs”. Many in Israel, and around the world, believe this minority to be hostile to the State of Israel. But there are Arabs who see Israel as a worthy place. In this in-depth documentary, we get a peek at individuals within various minority groups who feel connected, and who see their future in Israel. Exploring Christian, Muslim, Druze and Bedouin communities, My Home offers these minorities the chance to speak for themselves and to confirm their place within the modern State of Israel.
