Images from the Region
Overview of films
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Bil’in My Love
Shai Carmeli Pollak | 85' | Israel | International première
Peaceful demonstration by villagers, Israelis and foreigners against the construction of the wall, that runs through the middle of this old Palestinia -
Closing Your Eyes
Robin Hunzinger | 53' | France | None
A journey to three Palestinian cities, each of which is in danger of suffocating in a different way: Nablus, Hebron and Qalqilyah. -
Dear Edmond
Amit Goren | 82' | Israel | International premiere
Family and urban history writing in one: a filmmaker fills the streets where he lives, Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, and the pregnancy of his… -
Dear Father, Quiet, We’re Shooting…
David Benchetrit | 75' | Israel | None
Pitiless self investigation of Israeli society based on testimony by conscientious objecting soldiers and citizens. They show the true face of war. -
A Declaration
Yael Bartana | 8' | Israel | European premiere
A man, a boat, an old harbour. A Personal, poetic short. -
Eight Twenty Eight
Lavi Ben Gal | 60' | Israel | World premiere
What’s left of the ideals of the kibbutz? Former kibbutz resident and Lavi Ben Gal returns with his camera and goes looking for the community… -
A Hebrew Lesson
David Ofek, Ron Rotem | 120' | Israel | International premiere
Israel, seen through the eyes of immigrants attending Hebrew lessons. Ironic and heartwarming documentary you won’t forget, by the maker of Melanoma M -
HotHouse
Shimon Dotan | 89' | Israel | European première
A penetrating look at Palestinian men and women in Israeli prisons. -
The Mall
Jonathan Ben Efrat | 12' | Israel | International premiere
An empty shopping centre in Tel Aviv provides shelter for hundreds of illegal Palestinian workers. -
Power
Ayelet Bechar | 15' | Israel | International premiere
Why is Saker, a Moslem Bedouin from Northern Israel, so eager to join the Israeli army? -
Tolya
Rodeon Brodsky | 10' | Israel | International premiere
Sensitive portrait about the power of homesickness. Tolya from Belorussia is a guest worker in Israel, but in his mind he’s back home with the… -
The Tribe
Tiffany Shlain | 17' | USA | None
The history of the Jewish people, portrayed with the aid of Barbie.