Rain in her Eyes
Image courtesy of production.
גשם בעיניים | Ron Omer | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary | 60m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Go2Films | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | Trailer | DocuShuk
Ron Omer’s loving tribute to his mother, the writer Dvora Omer.
Schocken on the Verge of Consensus
Image courtesy Schocken Institute.
שוקן, על גבול הקונצנזוס | Noemi Schory | Israel/Germany, 2020 | Hebrew/German/English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 82m | DCP | Distributor/Sales: Liran Atzmor | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | DocuShuk
The legacy of businessman and publisher Salman Schocken.
Kings of Capitol Hill
הלובי | Mor Loushy | Israel, 2020 | English | Documentary | 90m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Submarine Entertainment | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020
AIPAC and Israel choose a dangerous path.
Listening In
המאזין | Omer Sterenberg | Israel, 2019 | Arabic/Hebrew (English subtitles) | Drama short | 9m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Sam Spiegel Film & Television School | Festival marketing sample: Berlinale 2020 | Trailer
An IDF surveillance monitor overhears a stirring conversation.
‘Til Kingdom Come
עד סוף העולם | Maya Zinshtein | Israel/UK/Norway, 2020 | Hebrew/Arabic/English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 76m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: MetFilm Sales | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020
The messianic agenda influencing Israel-US relations.
With Slight Steps
בדילוגים קלים | Guy Hodes | Israel, 2020 | Hebrew (English subtitles) | Documentary short | 29m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Sam Spiegel Film & Television School | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020 | Trailer
Tirza Hodes still teaches dancing, but now in Germany.
Love, It Was Not
אהבה זאת לא היתה | Maya Sarfaty | Israel/Austria, 2020 | Hebrew/German (English subtitles) | Documentary | 86m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Cinephil | Festival marketing sample: DocAviv 2020
A tragic love affair in Auschwitz.
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Ric Burns | US, 2019 | English | Documentary | 110m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Zeitgeist Films | Festival marketing sample: New York Film Festival 2019 | Trailer
Oliver Sacks in his own words, mostly.
Bukra Fil Mishmish
בוכרא פי (א)למישמיש | Tal Michael | Israel/France, 2019 | French, Hebrew, Arabic, English (English subtitles) | Documentary | 73m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Costanza Film Distribution | Festival marketing sample: Haifa 2019 | Trailer | DocuShuk
Almost everyone loves the Frenkel brothers’ animations.
The House on Wannsee Street
La Casa de Wannsee | Poli Martinez Kaplun | Argentina, 2019 | Spanish (English subtitles) | Documentary | 70m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Poli Martinez Kaplun | Festival marketing sample: MJFF 2020 | Trailer
Poli Martinez Kaplun tells the epic story of her family’s displacement.
On Broadway
Oren Jacoby | US, 2019 | English | Documentary | 82m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Storyville | Festival marketing sample: MJFF 2020
Oren Jacoby surveys Broadway theatre history.
Creating a Character - the Moni Yakim Legacy
Image Alma Har'el
Rauzar Alexander | US, 2020 | English | Documentary | 76m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: (NA) First Run Pictures/(Elsewhere) Blake Levin | Trailer
Moni and Mona Yakim demonstrate their extraordinary mime-influenced actor training techniques.
The German Lesson
Deutschstunde | Christian Schwochow | Germany, 2019 | German (English subtitles) | Drama | 125m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Arri Media | Festival marketing sample: Zurich Film Festival 2019 | Trailer
Siggi Jeppsen rebels against his father.
Isaac
Izaokas | Jurgis Matulevicius | Lithuania, 2019 | Lithuanian/Russian (English subtitles) | Drama | 104m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Bob’s Your Uncle | Festival marketing sample: Glasgow Film Festival 2020 | Trailer
The KGB investigates the murder of a Jew during the Lietukis Garage massacre.