Taking the best from La Vie En Rose and Amelie, renowned comic book artist Joann Sfar’s Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a completely original take on one of France’s greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Jewish singer-songwriter, Serge Gainsbourg (Eric Elmosnino).

Born Lucien Ginsburg t...

An Israeli woman (Ronit Elkabetz) seeking to finalize a divorce (gett) from her estranged husband finds herself effectively put on trial by her country’s religious marriage laws, in this powerhouse courtroom drama from sibling directors Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz.

In Israel, there is neither civ...

Erez (Omer Perelman Striks, The New Black), a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp held in a boarding school, where the one to win the competition gets a ticket to the Olympics. There he meets the beautiful and talented Nevo, who awakens subconscious d...

A young Russian Jewish immigrant in Brighton Beach, caught up in the tight constraints of his community, develops a close friendship with his grandfather’s new neighbors, two elderly closeted gay men who open his imagination to the possibilities of love and the realities of loss — and explores th...

Three siblings return to their family home in Los Angeles to reconcile over their mother's untimely death, but find themselves torn between mourning and greed.

Between meeting with the Rabbi, funeral preparations, and sitting Shiva, Kate (Jennifer Levinson) has no time to process Mom’s absence. ...

Co-Starring Rutger Hauer! | This lavish romantic drama charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-WWII Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. Ada, the shy but sensual farm girl, Marjorie, who dreams of a big family, and Esther, a Holocaust survivor who ...

Winner of 4 Israeli Academy Awards, HERE WE ARE is a heartwarming father-son story from acclaimed director Nir Bergman (creator of the original "In Treatment").

Aharon (Shai Avivi, "Losing Alice", "One Week and a Day") has devoted his life to raising his son Uri (Noam Imber). They live together ...

Reut (Ania Bukstein, A Quiet Heart, Game of Thrones), a young prosecutor, takes over a sexual assault case based on the sole testimony of Efrat - a rebellious yet fragile victim, who lives with her wild female partner. Reut is reluctant, but as the trial progresses and Efrat collapses, Reut learn...

In 1982, amid the Lebanese Civil War, Israeli pilot Yoni (Stephen Dorff) is shot down over Beirut and is taken prisoner by inhabitants of a Palestinian refugee camp. Among the captors is ten-year-old Fahed, whose father obsessively tends to his prized, but sickly olive tree, refusing to replant i...

Acclaimed Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox's moving and empathetic sequel to his 2002 classic "Yossi & Jagger" finds Yossi (Ohad Knoller, SRUGIM) leading a sad existence after losing his partner Jagger on the battlefield. A chance encounter with a middle-aged woman linked to his past shakes up his oth...

90-year-old Frau Stern is in remarkable shape for a woman her age. Her physical health is excellent, her daughter and granddaughter are doting on her, her hairdresser supplies her with recreational drugs and she is surrounded by friends who are still in their 20s. But the Holocaust survivor from ...

This Cannes Film Festival favorite tells the story of an Algerian black marketeer (played by Tahar Rahim, breakout star of Academy Award-nominated film A PROPHET ) in Nazi-occupied France is arrested and agrees to spy on a local mosque, but he joins the Resistance after finding his loyalties torn...

Award-winning filmmaker Michal Vinik (Valeria Is Getting Married, Working Woman) tells the story of 17-year-old Naama, who spends most of her free time drinking and partying in the hopes of escaping from her parents' constant bickering, worsened by the recent disappearance of her AWOL soldier sis...

Parisian drug dealer Alex finds hope for a new start when his cousin offers him a job in Israel. Now he must make the final score, while balancing a new romance with Jeanne (Adèle Haenel, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire") a past lover, a lifelong friendship and the addiction of his brother (actor/fil...

Having survived the camps, 42-year old Aldo lives a solitary life as a doctor in Budapest. 16-year old Klara lives reluctantly with her great-aunt, holding on to hope that her father and mother will return. She meets Aldo, and soon the two of them find something in each other that has long been a...

MY NAME IS SARA tells the true life story of Sara Goralnik, a 13-year-old Polish Jew whose entire family was killed by Nazis in September 1942. After a grueling escape to the Ukrainian countryside, Sara steals her Christian best friend’s identity and finds refuge in a small village, where she is ...

When retired 68 year-old Meir discovers that his 30 years of planning the annual village celebration have been summarily discarded and the job has been given to inexperienced local teens instead, the ground beneath his feet begins to give way. In his effort to restore a sense of meaning and vital...

Featuring the final performance of Emmy Award-winner Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Pixar’s UP), TIGER WITHIN presents an unlikely friendship between a homeless teen (newcomer Margot Josefsohn) and a Holocaust survivor which sparks larger questions of fear, love, forgiveness, healing, and r...

Winner of Five Israeli Academy Awards including BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR! | Yitzhak runs the turkey farm his father built after they emigrated from Iran to Israel. He hopes his 13-year-old son, Moti, will continue the proud family tradition, but his passion lies in fixing up cars. This rejection ...

Watch Now Exclusively on ChaiFlicks! | American radio host Martin Goldsmith never knew what happened to his parents before they escaped from Germany in 1941. Both were talented musicians, but after the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in 1935 they were only able to perform as members of the Jewish Cul...

Four men whose combined intellect does not reach into the triple digits decide to steal a safe full of foreign currency - not from a local bank, but from the police station. Based on a real-life incident, the screenplay for this slapstick comedy-drama was co-written by policeman / playwright Haim...