Israel
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BERLINALE 2010: Gender apartheid
At the Berlinale the documentary "Black Bus" is one Israeli powerful testimony on the repressive nature of Israel.
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Direct action
In her new film former activist Simone Bitton delves into the Imindset of young activists today. The foreign activists are alone in the front line, protected by their non-Palestinian nationality, yet in many ways it seems that they are not really prepared for what they are required to do.
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Chronicle of a Kidnap
Karnit Goldwasser is the young wife of Ehud Goldwasser, one of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah in 2006, an action that launched the second Lebanon war. Through interviews and vérité footage shot over roughly 18 months, Nirit Kedar crafts a complex story about one woman’s dogged determination to find out whether her husband is…
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FROM ISRAEL WITH LOVE
What kind of documentaries are produced in the Middle-East? We look into "A History of Israeli Cinema", the latest of the film festivals held in Tel Aviv, and the forthcoming films pitched at CoPro.
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Film about the Israeli kibbutz
The Kibbutz idea was born in the early 20th century. Those who lived together in the Kibbutz shared the ideology of building a new society by replacing the traditional family with a collective one.
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DOC-COOPERATION IN THE MIDDLE-EAST: EU-Supported Project Suspended
A new training project, Greenhouse, which aims to bring documentary filmmakers in the Middle East together to form a common regional film community has so far done the opposite: widened the gaps and sparked a conflict rather than dialogue
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Alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict
US-Jewish filmmaker BZ Goldberg, and co-directors Justine Shapiro and Carlos Bolado, view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a children's perspective in Oscar-nominated "Promises". This gives the film a sadly contemporary relevance in the light of the latest developments in Gaza where three 14-year-olds attacked a Jewish settlement in desperation, already feeling a responsibility to fight.
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AVI MOGRABI: In Between Genres
Avi Mograbi lives in Israel and has worked in the film business for more than twenty years. He has earned his living as an assistant director in feature films and commercials.
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A journey into a human culture
If you believe that a prime documentary film should take you to visit places and cultures you can’t go to by yourself – then this film qualifies in a double sense.