Ahead of his father’s release from prison, the virtual reality of the Parkour world in which Avshalom is a super hero, starts to crack. The inevitable upcoming showdown with the man he testified against, is going to dictate his mother’s fate
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Zahara
With touching personal style and breathtaking cinematography, Director Mohammad Bakri tells the story of his 78-year-old aunt Zahara, from the times of pre-state Israel to present, leading the family with love and wisdom through the many trials of life.
Sweets
The struggle between an Israeli corporation and an Arab entrepreneur for control of the candy market serves as an allegory for Jewish-Arab relations in Israel and its status in the international community.
My Lovely Sister
The film is based on a modern Moroccan-Jewish legend and takes place in present-day Israel. It is a story of a love triangle between the primitively superstitious Rahma, her rude husband Robert, and the ghost of Rahma’s beautiful sister Mary—who died from the pain of banishment, having followed her heart and chosing to live with an Arab man. Rahma and Robert’s conscience will be tested through an emotional and passionate journey with Mary, in order to fall in love and accept one another. A political story of national fervor, this surreal legend takes place in the impoverished housing blocks of Israel’s peripheral towns.
Torn
Can one be a Catholic priest and an observant Jew at the same time?
12 years after he was ordained as a Polish Catholic priest, Romuald Waszkinel discovers that he was born to Jewish parents, and that his name was Jacob Weksler.
The film follows his amazing journey: from conducting mass in a church in Poland to life as an observant Jew in a religious kibbutz in Israel. Romuald is torn between two identities, between being Romuald Waszkinel or Jacob Weksler. He is unable to renounce either, and therefore is rejected by both religions and the state of Israel. He is required to choose.
Dolphin Boy
Morad, a teenager living in an Arab neighboorhood in Israel, had everything a teenager could want; he was socially popular, loved by his family, an athlete, and a good student. But after a cruel beating by his classmates, he becomes catatonic and withdraws from life. Instead of interring him in a mental institution, his doctor suggests dolphin-assisted therapy down in Eilat. Desperate to help his son, Morad’s father sells everything, leaves his job and family, moves to Dolphin Reef on the Red Sea, and vows not to return until the boy fully recovers. But even when Morad begins to speak again, he’s changed beyond what anyone could’ve expected. A moving film about nature’s power to heal.
Lost Paradise
And they were both naked, the man and the woman, and were not ashamed – Book of Genesis 2:25
A modern-day Adam and Eve story that explores what happens during the moment of intimacy–and what gets lost after it ends.
Ajami
Jaffa’s Ajami neighborhood is a melting pot where Jews, Muslims, and Christians mingle in one of the poorest sectors of the city. Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti’s Ajami gives voice to a cross-section of the neighborhood’s inhabitants: a young Israeli (Shahir Kabaha) fighting a criminal vendetta against his family, a Palestinian refugee (Ibrahim Frege) working illegally to finance a life-saving surgery, a Jewish police detective (Eran Naim) obsessed with finding his missing brother, and an affluent Palestinian (Scandar Copti) dreaming of a positive future with his Jewish girlfriend. But their intersecting stories leads to a dramatic collision of different worlds and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors.
There Must Be Another Way
The Israeli representatives at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest are NOA, who is considered one of the most famous Israeli singers in the world today, and Mira Awad, an Arab-Israeli singer. But their partnership sparks controversy given the timing: soon after Israel’s Gaza operation. After performing in front of the pope, Noa has no need for the Eurovision contest, and instead is using the opportunity to make a political statement, by singing side by side with Mira. Despite resistance and backlash, the two unite on shared humanitarian goals.
Oranges
A young man wakes up in the morning, opens his refrigerator, takes out a plastic bottle of orange juice, drinks from it, and then spits all the juice out. He develops a habit of stealing oranges from his neighbor’s garden. Every morning he passes by the tree and grabs a couple of oranges to eat or squeeze into juice. At the same time, his neighbor, an old man, develops his own habit: every morning he stands at his window, watches the young man stealing his oranges, and never moves an inch. But one day, the old man decides take action.
