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Pascale, a former swimmer in the Israeli national disabled team, just wanted to make a positive documentary about her former teammates. But when they all get to the Sydney 2002 Paralympic games, things begin to get complicated... - Winner of best documentary, Paralympic Film Festival, Hungary, 2006
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Bra Boys is a film about the cultural evolution of the inner-Sydney beachside suburb
of Maroubra and the social struggle of its youth – the tattooed and much
maligned surf community known as the Bra Boys. Central to the story is the...
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20-year-old Sisai, Ethiopian immigrant in Israel,
lives with his adoptive family - the Gavros. Father Gavro returns from Ethiopia with news of Sisai's
biological father's whereabouts. Confused by the news and the fresh confrontation with his past, Sisai
does not share his family's excitement....
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Kibbutz Eshbal in the Galilee, established in 1998 as an educational center, runs a boarding school for
adolescents who have been expelled from other educational institutions. At Eshbal, Baruch, Ora, Moshe and Yael,
first-generation immigrants from Ethiopia, are counseled by Yoav and Vickie,...
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The film follows 4 young Brazilians from a village that was just recently discovered by tourists.
It shows the immense influence that the tourists have over the lives of the locals, and the difference
between the way the tourists conceive the locals and the reality that is filmed. The arrival...
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Ido, a young Israeli from a small Kibbutz, first arrived in Gulmarg, Kashmir, in Northern India in 2002. He immediately fell in love with the place and the people.
Gulmarg, whose economy relied almost solely on tourism, suffered from the longtime territorial dispute between India and...
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