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A 147-minute feature documentary tracing the events of 1948 and their enduring impact, told through personal testimonies and archival material. Director: Neta Shoshani.

A 120-minute feature documentary exploring identity and the blurred lines between self and other. Winner, Best Cinematography — DocAviv 2022. Director: Tomer Heymann.

Filipino transgender workers who care for elderly ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in Jerusalem — navigating two worlds with grace and tenderness. 88 minutes, transferred to 35mm. Winner, Best Cinematography — Documentary Filmmakers Forum; Golden Lens Award — Israeli Film & Television Workers Union. Director: Tomer Heymann.

A 110-minute portrait of Ohad Naharin, the visionary Israeli choreographer who revolutionized contemporary dance and developed the Gaga movement language. Director: Tomer Heymann.

A 45-minute documentary about post-trauma — what remains after the battle ends. Broadcast in prime time on Channel 10, 2018. Director: Itai Raziel.

Nir Gaz is an Israeli millionaire and honorary consul of Malawi who runs a shelter for human trafficking survivors in Africa. An intimate portrait of an unlikely humanitarian. Director: Efrat Lachter.

Saar Maoz — HIV-positive, gay, expelled from his kibbutz — has lived in London for 25 years. Now he attempts to reconcile with his family in Israel. 78 minutes. Winner, Teddy Award (Best Documentary) — Berlinale 2016. Director: Barak Heymann & Tomer Heymann.

A documentary examining the bonds of marriage — the ties that bind, and the ones that break.

A documentary portrait of Ohad Naharin — one of Israel's most celebrated cultural figures — seen through the lens of his art, his body, and his gaze. Director: Tomer Heymann.

Soldiers who fought in the 1967 Six-Day War speak on tape — testimonies recorded by Amos Oz and censored for decades, now heard for the first time. 90 minutes. Director: Mor Loushy.

A documentary about the military governor who oversaw Israel's military rule of its Arab citizens — a chapter of history rarely examined on film. Winner, Best Documentary — Jerusalem Film Festival 2024. Director: Danel El-Plag.

On the eve of Eid al-Adha in 1956, Border Police soldiers shot and killed 47 Arab civilian workers returning home in Kafr Qasim. Three interwoven perspectives on an act that became a legal landmark. Premiered at DocAviv 2024. Director: Ayelet Heller.

A 50-minute documentary portrait of a startup that defies every rule of business — and somehow survives. Winner, Best Debut Film — DocAviv 2009. Director: Regev Contes.

Muhammad "Misha" Al-Sheikh, a 13-year-old Palestinian pianist from Ramallah, travels to Jerusalem to study with a Jewish teacher. A story of music, borders, and the desire to cross them. 60 minutes. Director: Avida Livni.

After a terror attack at Maariv Junction, Druze police officer Selim Berkhat is found dead. A decade later, his brother investigates whether the truth was concealed. Jerusalem Film Festival Official Selection 2018. Director: Ramy A. Katz.

The story of Aulcie Perry, the American basketball player who became a legend at Maccabi Tel Aviv and found a second home — and a new faith — in Israel. 75 minutes. Director: Danny Menkin.

In 1941, a case of mistaken identity at a bus station in Bat Yam triggers a prisoner exchange between Germany and Britain in the shadow of the Holocaust. 50 minutes. Director: Avida Livni.

The 1948 capture of the Arab village of Deir Yassin — now the site of Kfar Shaul psychiatric hospital — told through the first on-film testimonies of Irgun and Lehi fighters. 60 minutes. Director: Neta Shoshani.

An intimate travel diary with Aviv Gefen — 80 minutes, transferred to 35mm. A portrait of one of Israel's most iconic rock musicians, on the road and in the quiet moments between stages. Director: Tomer Heymann.

Idan Raichel in Ethiopia — a 50-minute documentary following the Israeli musician's journey to the roots of his music, the people who inspired him, and the country that changed him. Director: Tomer Heymann.

Moran Sarf, a brain researcher who completed three academic degrees with honors by age 24, made the prestigious "40 Under 40" list of the world's leading professors — after launching his career, of all things, as a hacker. Today, Moran is working on connecting the brain directly to an electronic chip, even as he warns of the consequences of his own research. Director: Neta Shoshani.