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9 Star Hotel
An intimate look inside the lives of Palestinian construction workers who cross illegally into Israel in search of a livelihood.
Addes
This comic yet heartfelt documentary chronicles the controversial renovation of a 100-year-old Syrian synagogue in Jerusalem. When the beadle makes a unilateral decision to remove memorial plaques that have hung in the synagogue for years, the congregation takes matters into its own hands, threatening to spark a conflict of almost biblical proportions.
Aviva My Love
Aviva (Asi Levi) writes magical stories she hopes to publish, but she must also keep her family afloat even if it means sacrificing her own ambitions.
Borders
Filmmakers Nurit Kedar and Eran Riklis teamed up to make Borders, a riveting documentary that puts a human face on the neighbors who live alongside Israel's 1,171 kilometers of borders. The film deftly explores the political, cultural and geographical divisions that separate Israelis, Lebanese, Jordanians, Syrians, Egyptians and Palestinians from one another. Some of these borders are peaceful and quiet; others are fraught with fear. But the people who live and work near the borders - an Israeli soldier who "adopts" an Arab family, a Druze bride who leaves her family in the Golan to marry in Lebanon (the real-life story behind Riklis's Syrian Bride), or the Lebanese merchant importing luxury goods from Israel into Southern Lebanon we will meet again in Lebanon Dream - navigate these artificial boundaries with a combination of emotional and physical effort. Director Nurit Kedar will be in attendance.
Bubble, The
Eytan Fox (Walk on Water, Yossi and Jagger) continues his extraordinary run of sleek, chic films that define the contradictions of modern Israeli life. A trio of charming gay and straight twenty-somethings share a flat in a hip Tel Aviv district. But the carefree "bubble" they live in threatens to burst when one of them falls in love with a young Palestinian man.
Cemetery Club, The
This mesmerizing documentary profiles a vital group of octogenarians who gather weekly to discuss art, politics, philosophy and love. It�s a brilliant and witty portrait of older people who seek an understanding of the narrative of their lives.
Ezekiel's Wheels
Renowned American-born, Jerusalem-based poet Shirley Kaufman gives an electrifying reading of her new work, a contemplation of longing and the nature of true seeing. The elegiac poem ("wheels and their turnings/can the mind provide/what the eye will/never") is inspired by Kaufman's struggle with loss of sight as eye surgery left her experiencing visions like those of the exiled prophet Ezekiel.
Film Fanatic
Film Fanatic is a captivating portrait of Yehuda Grovais, an energetic Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jew who has made over 50 feature films geared toward members of his community (who are prohibited from watching mainstream movies, but watch his films on disc). Screening with Yoel, Israel and the Pashkevils.
Hot House
Filmmaker Shimon Dotan probes a startling truth: Israeli prisons are a breeding ground for the next generation of Palestinian leaders and a hotbed for terrorism.
I Am - You Are
I Am You Are presents films by Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers in the award-winning youth media program at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Preceded by Gary's Story.
Knowledge Is the Beginning
In the 1990s, conductor Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian-born writer and professor Edward Said created the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. This unusual hybrid of a concert movie and a political documentary chronicles the life of the orchestra.
Lebanon Dream
Veteran filmmaker Nurit Kedar's two documentaries Borders and Lebanon Dream explore the meaning of borders and the travails of those who cross them.
Sidewalk
When does it all begin? How do we become who we become? How did any of us survive the trials and tribulations of childhood?
Sweet Mud
One of the year's most acclaimed international dramas: A 12-year-old boy must care for his emotionally fragile mother on an Israeli kibbutz, learning poignant lessons about thwarted love and human failings. Winner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize.
Three Mothers
A tale of three beautiful triplets from Egypt, told over 60 years, as they come to terms with long-buried secrets and passions.
Touch Away, A
If you thought smartly written, superbly acted television dramas only happen on HBO, think again: A Touch Away takes a slice of contemporary Tel Aviv life and spins out a marvelous multi-family drama. The series revolves around the forbidden love between a young Russian immigrant man and his neighbor, an Orthodox Jewish girl. Eight episodes screen over two days at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.
Wasted
Nurit Kedar's Wasted is a candid look at Israeli soldiers who served in the fortress of Beaufort in Southern Lebanon before Israel's withdrawal in 2000.