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On a cold winter night, estranged siblings Sarah and Aaron Cotler arrive at an empty train station in Dombrova, Poland. With their only available ride being a determinedly silent driver, they embark on a quest to fulfill their dying grandmother's wish-to find, dig up, and bring home the bones of her favorite childhood dog, Peter.While navigating the many obstacles and colorful characters they encounter on their journey, Sarah and Aaron must come to terms with their own demons and differences, while also contending with a soicety seemingly content to let its past lay buried for good.
A pious Hasidic man (Adam Silver) living a secret double life misplaces his hat one night, which will cause his two separate lives to collide in a way he never imagined.
A Tinder-addicted bachelor seeks out relationship advice from his irascible German grandma and her quirky boyfriend, with hilarious results.
Golda Meir was a larger than life figure in Israel for nearly 50 years. Throughout her time in the public eye she presented an image of stoicism and stubbornness that earned her both devoted friends and bitter enemies. Golda explores Meir’s legacy by skillfully combining interviews with former allies and adversaries. Shortly before her death, after a televised interview ended, the cameras kept rolling, recording a candid discussion never seen until now.
Some seventy years ago, gynecologist Dr Carl Clauberg conducted sterilization experiments in Auschwitz on women and girls.Were German companies Schering and Siemens involved in these crimes? Most of the few women that survived became sterile, only some could later still bear children. Clauberg's cruel research on birth control and infertility is part of the medical canon to this day.
This year's collection of eclectic and powerful documentary shorts includes tracing memories of a beloved grandfather through stop motion animation, dating advice from an irascible German grandmother, contrasting accounts of the death of a family dog, striking photographs shot by an Israel war veteran and peace activist, and the gripping story of a Holocaust survivor whose life was saved when his parents sent him to Sweden.
Even in the midst of the mundane, life has a way of throwing us curves. In this year's superb collection of Israeli short narratives nothing is merely routine for our characters. Whether it's sitting on the bus, returning to a job after being away on vacation, attending a family gathering, riding on a train, or collecting a social security check, nothing will remain the same.