History came to bathe in a public swimming pool in Kosice, Slovakia. The director creates an ingenious audiovisual collage of life in twentieth century Central Europe through several stories, which unfold from the time the pool was built in 1936 until 2002. Kerekes’ grandmother’s life story and...

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...

Being an orthodox Jewish woman in the 21st century is no easy task. Women are traditionally deprived from the public arena, no matter how educated they are. Hadar, an actress and playwright, defies the conventions while trying to remain orthodox. (Hebrew, English subtitles)
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More than 60 babies were killed during the last Intifada in Israel and in the Palestinian Authority territories. “My daughter was born on the day the Intifada set off. When she turned 6 month an Israeli baby was shot in the head, a month later a Palestinian baby was shot. This for me was...

This is the story of eight devout Israeli Arab widows, all unskilled at labor, who decided one day to change their fate and to jointly open a startup - a plant for high quality pickles. As widows with no income, they are condemned to stay at home alone and raise their children on a meager social...

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...

Marie spent most of her life behind bars after being convicted for drug offenses. Maggie, an Irish nomad is serving time for use of Crack and robbery. Seline & Natasha are French sisters sentenced for 18 years on smuggling drugs. Sam attempted to burn her husband and stabbed her brother. Theresa...

Shahar is an unemployed filmmaker. His father, Sleiman, a strict 82 year old Yemenite, is unhappy with Shahar\'s life style. The golden age of Sleimans life was his service in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army during WWII, of which he constantly bragged to his sons. As an incentive for his...

In 2004, Filmmaker Uri Rosenwaks, came to Rahat, a Bedouin town down in Israel\'s Negev Dessert, to teach a group of Black Bedouin women a class in filmmaking.
Rahat is by no means an ordinary place. It is afflicted with pessimism, unemployment, poverty and violence. It is partially...

These dialogues of the dark begin and end in modern day Istanbul. Predominantly rural traditions of retaliation and prearranged marriage have moved with the people into the city. In the suburbs of the modern metropolis they take on new forms and meanings. Girls who resist prearranged marriage...