Dozens of checkpoints lie scattered throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, manned by the Israel Defense Forces. Thousands of Palestinians pass through them every day, making them one of the major meeting points between both sides in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Many different encounters...

Saturday, 10am, a group of elderly women and men carry plastic lawn chairs across the Mount Herzl National Cemetery in Jerusalem. In the shade of an old pine tree, they sit down, in a circle and discuss matters sublime and elevated. For over two decades, the "Mt. Herzl Academy” has held its...

In an increasingly global economy, where the profit margins of huge multinational coffee companies continue to rise, prices paid for coffee harvests have reached an all-time low, forcing farmers in some of the world''s poorest countries to abandon their once bountiful fields. Among the hardest...

An unprecedented, groundbreaking and voyeuristic look into military reserve life in Israel, this film was shot over a 5 year period in director and reserve soldier Yaniv Berman\'s life. A soldier in the Israeli army reserves, Alpha Company, Berman had unparalleled access and filmed the soldiers...

Anderson Sa was a drug dealer in one of Rios\' most notorious favelas (slums) until he decided in the early 90\'s to channel his leadership and charisma to a constructive cause and was one of the fathers of the socio-musical Afro-Reggae movement. Ever since Sa and his friends started recruiting...

A Documentary about the execution of The Disengagement Plan and the evacuation of 8,000 settlers from their homes at the settlements in the Gaza strip which began on August 15 th, 2005, lasting only 5 days. Eight camera crews followed closely for five full days the key figures, providing us with...

“You never fully recover from Childhood” says the physician of Laurent Roth. Roth is the director of the film and an inmate at a psychiatric hospital. He invites his entire family, parents, uncles, cousins and sister - to an experiment within the hospital walls. Using a children\'s building...

The Screaming Men\’s Choir from Oulu, North Finland is a unique phenomenon. The choir, a fruition of a crazy idea brought up during casual conversation in a pub 15 years ago, has become a popular show throughout Europe. The men in the choir do not sing, they scream. The contrast of the...

The actor Severdan Bajram, takes the role of moderator in our encounter with the residents of the Macedonian town of Shuto Orizary, or Shutka for short. The inhabitants of Shutka, the capital of the Gypsies, hold world records in the most bizarre and surreal areas possible. From a collection of...

The film takes place in Kumba Cameroon, presenting a feminist portrait of the changing Cameroonian society, by focusing on three women: a Marital Court Judge, a Policewoman and a State Prosecutor, all representing the tremendous change this African state is undergoing. The film follows three...