In this beguiling short film by German director Milan Carl Bath, a woman prepares to leave her flat. She seems to be following a strict plan as she, step by step, readies herself and her home for departure. THE DEPARTURE reflects on the correlation of technocratic rationality and the Holocaust.
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After his father dies in 1940 after being released from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Michael and his mother fear to be deported themselves. Based on the childhood memories of the filmmaker, NOT ALL WERE MURDERERS deals with the everyday struggle to survive as a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany...

On September 9, 2002, a scheduled appearance by former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked heated debate at Montreal's Concordia University. By the end of the day, the "Concordia riot" had made international news, from CNN to Al-Jazeera. This film documents the fallout from that eve...

In this short film from Jewish filmmaker Rebecca Feldman, a Brooklyn-based curmudgeon receives a surprise visit from a British drifter who claims to be his long lost son.

Official Selection - Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, USA Film Fest, Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival

Directed by Rebecca Fe...

An online date takes a strange turn in this short film from director Rebecca Feldman.

Directed by Rebecca Feldman
USA, 2019
Drama, Short Film, Jewish Culture
English
10 minutes

This documentary looks at some former Israeli soldiers, most under age 25, who fly to India after being discharged from the military. About 90 per-cent will use drugs during their stay, and each year some 2,000 of them will need professional help after a psychotic episode referred to as “flipping...

Preeminent UK playwright and screenwriter David Hare—whom The Washington Post referred to as “the premiere political dramatist writing in English”—writes and stars in this innovative animated feature that explores the reality of the wall separating Israel and Palestine as no film has before. Rich...

The 1972 Olympics in West Germany should have been a global sporting highlight. But the unthinkable happened early in the morning of September 5th, when Palestinian terrorists stormed the Olympic village and invaded the residential quarters of the Israeli delegation. This gripping feature-length ...

Haunted from the beginning to the very end, Still Alive (Noch Am Leben) is the story of a woman’s recollection of her mad Holocaust survivor great aunt. Through the ghetto to cradling her dying sister, Eva Nagler left her mind on the beaches of the Baltic Sea during one of the largest death march...

Discover the extraordinary life story of Carl Laemmle, the German-Jewish immigrant who founded Universal Pictures, and saved over 300 Jewish families from Nazi Germany.

"A riveting, fast-paced film that pays a long-overdue tribute to one of the cinema's more courageous risk-takers, a man who was...

In 1938, Austria had been annexed by Nazi Germany and Switzerland closed its borders for Jewish refugees, essentially forming as a death sentence for thousands. However, not all Swiss officials subscribed to this inhuman order. 'One Step to Freedom' centres on the story of Paul Grüninger, the St....

This short symphonic documentary offers a glimpse into the unique religious co-existence found along No. 5 Road in Richmond, British Columbia. Highway to Heaven takes audiences into many of the temples, mosques, and churches that call No. 5 home, revealing unity despite difference across these di...

As Seen on 60 Minutes! | The Ritchie Boys is the riveting, untold story of a group of young men who fled Nazi Germany and returned as soldiers in U.S. uniforms. They knew the psychology and the language of the enemy better than anyone. In Camp Ritchie, Maryland, they were trained in intelligence ...

Before Marv Albert and Bob Costas, there was Marty Glickman. A gifted Jewish-American athlete who was denied the chance to represent the U.S. at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he went on to become one of the most revered and influential sportscasters in history, pioneering many of the techniques, phra...

From the creator of "Shtisel"! | Nahman Ruzumni (Moshe Folkenflik, "Redemption") lives on the fringes of the ultra-orthodox community in Bnei Brak, Israel. As a "Driver," he takes beggars to wealthy homes and coaches them telling their stories in order to inspire philanthropy. For his service, he...

'Grassroots in Dry Lands' tells the story of three unconventional social workers united by a common vision that transcends the antagonisms between their countries. Nuha, from Nablus (Occupied Palestinian Territories), Talal, from East Amman (Jordan), and Amit, from Sderot (Israel) are empowering ...

Why is the Belgian Minister for Security, Jan Jambon, looking at ‘city tanks’ in Tel Aviv? Recent suicide attacks in Paris, Brussels, Nice and Berlin have greatly increased focus on civilian safety in Europe. More and more, politicians, security experts and the media refer to Israel as a model of...

In the Holocaust, a gifted Jewish physicist named Rudolph is forced to build a teleporter for the Nazis. Rudolph keeps telling his Nazi supervisor Heinz that the machine doesn’t work yet, but Heinz suspects he is hiding something. As Heinz is determined to squeeze the truth out by any means neces...

Ten people - all poets, writers, or singers - speak of the relationship between Hebrew and the language of their childhood, a language whose music still echoes in them even if they no longer remember it. In this hour-long documentary, a series of portrait-like monologues reveals the far-reaching ...

This feature documentary breaks with the sensationalistic media coverage of the Middle East by documenting the everyday lives of same-sex Palestinian-Israeli couples. Faced with the modern injustices of work visas, checkpoints, harassment and prejudices, these brave individuals resist oppression ...

When the Fascists take over his country, Martin witnesses how members of the Jewish community, and his own family, are sent to work camps. Naive enough to think his future will improve, he volunteers to go to one of these camps. After luck saves him from almost certain death, he joins up the resi...