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A story rarely told
World War II: A harrowing depiction of the Romanian Holocaust told through small town photography and the words of a local, Jewish doctor.
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Imperfect spies
Inside the Mossad reveals the former Mossad agent insider spy stories – some of them even about recent incidents. One may expect to see more in this genre, but not necessarily just from Israel.
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20th Circuit Suspects
TEHRAN: Six years in the life of an adolescent crime gang that breaks into cars in the streets of Tehran.
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Another Brick in The Wall
JERUSALEM: The Western Wall is a place of immense importance for millions of Jewish people. What role does it play in the everyday life of Israelis?
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My enemy’s enemy is my ally
Anyone who believes that it can ever be morally justifiable for a country to support a tyrannical regime – even if it serves a government’s own short-term interests - should watch Hissène Habré: Prosecuting An Embarrassing Ally.
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An intimate look at the hospital
Filmmaker Jerome le Maire spent a year hanging out in Paris’ Saint-Louis hospital getting to know the staff prior to filming Burning Out.
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Winner at IDFA: A Humanistic Portrait of a Troubled People
WINNER AT IDFA: When Nori Sharif is given a video camera by director Zaradasht Ahmed to record life in a small Iraqi town, following the US withdrawal at the end of 2011, he decides to film people who “nobody knows about.”
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Ben-Gurion: “I didn’t guide Israel, I guided myself ”
If visitors from outer space were to eye Israel the way novelist William Burroughs suggested they would view the world («After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'») there is little doubt that the Israeli manager would be David Ben-Gurion.
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Holocaust on the Curriculum
Midway through #uploading_holocaust, a group of Israeli high school students visiting a Polish concentration camp are asked to select the photograph that best symbolises their trip.