It should have been a wonderful evening. Stephan and Elisabeth have invited their family and friends over for dinner, but as soon as Thomas announces that he and his pregnant girlfriend Anna are planning to name their unborn son Adolf, things get out of hand. As the evening escalates, secrets are...

A film about a group of young Israelis that came to America to make some easy money and found themselves working as ice cream truck drivers in North Carolina. Without even knowing the language ,they become the kings of the southern neighborhoods. See America through the ice cream truck window.

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A documentary that deals with the generation gap between the young Israeli travelers in India and the conformities of society in Israel today. The film also takes a look at the new Israeli sub-culture that has developed in India as a result of this gap. We see that for the young Israelis, India i...

The son of a Polish emigrant provides perverse commentary over vintage footage from a nostalgic 1968 ball of emigrants, organized in the Israeli city of Ashkelon. Directed by Tel Aviv University graduate Jonathan Rozenbaum, this joking, autobiographical short film captures a bygone era with a str...

From director Nisan Katz, 'I Am a Mountain Jew' tells the untold story of the descendants of Jews who lived in the mountains of the Caucasus. The film follows a group of these young mountain Jews who immigrated to Israel many years ago and are now embarking on a journey to the caucuses to explore...

When Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion, Jewish Canadian comedians and creators of the award-winning Yiddish series “YidLife Crisis”, travel to Poland in search of their Yiddish roots and Ashkenazi culture, they end up finding a unique Jewish community built by Poles looking to face their own complex r...

Little Jerusalem: that is how the locals refer to the town of Pitigliano in southern Tuscany, because of its striking resemblance to Israel’s ancient city. Through the medieval stone walls, the fascinating story of 400 years of harmonic co-existence between Jews and Christians is told for the fir...

Since the renewed Intifada began in 2000, there have been over 75 Palestinian suicide bombings. This is the story of one, the bombing of Bus 32 in Jerusalem in June 2002. The film connects the stories of a group of ordinary Israelis - Jews and Arabs. Each of them holds a clue to someone who died ...

In this feature-length drama from director Mushon Salmona, a young man named Ra-ed is discharged from the Israeli Army and makes plans to save his family's herd of sheep by opening a roadside restaurant in the middle of the Bedouin desert.

A film by Mushon Salmona
Israel, 2014
Drama, Israeli Cul...

In this hilarious and dramatic short film from writer-director Alexei Slater, family ties are tested when Bar Mitzvah boy Brian Silver becomes obsessed with Woody Allen, and his mother Judith goes to great lengths to make sure the big day goes smoothly.

Directed by Alexei Slater
USA, 2017
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This feature documentary looks at new evidence that suggests the majority of the Jewish people may not have been exiled following the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Travelling from Galilee to Jerusalem and the catacombs of Rome, the film asks us to rethink our ideas about an event that has played a ...

Tzvi is a police detective in 1950's Tel Aviv, responsible for interrogating “kapos” – Jews accused of assisting the Nazis during the Holocaust. Tzvi investigates the case of Yehiel Ingster, suspected of having been an extremely cruel and sadistic kapo. But when doubts arise as Tzvi begins to int...

Sigmund Freud: revolutionary genius far ahead of his time, or greedy, devious, charlatan? Dead since 1939, yet still considered to be "more alive than dead", Freud and the highlights of his prolific legacy are analyzed in this eye-opening "animated" documentary from Israeli filmmaker Tzaki Schiff...

Award-winning documentarian Garry Beitel explores the relationship between Hassidic Jews in Montreal’s Outremont district and their predominantly French-Québécois neighbours, with street-level insights into the diversity and complexity of Canada’s second largest city.

Directed by Garry Beitel
Ca...

When Clara Greenspan left Montreal for Warsaw in June of 1938, she could never have foreseen that her destiny would soon become intertwined with the events unfolding in Europe. Set in Canada, Poland, Russia, and Germany, this award-winning documentary from filmmaker Garry Beitel reveals the histo...

A secular young concert pianist Naomi (Ania Bukstein, Game of Thrones), moves to present-day Jerusalem and finds herself persecuted by groups of local religious fanatics. Faced with escalating isolation and violence, she must learn to use music as a bridge over towering religious barriers.

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From the award-winning creators of "Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women" comes the new film SHEKINAH RISING! Four years later, we return to these hermetically sealed communities in Quebec, New York, Paris, London and more and go deeper into the hidden world of Hasidic life, in a rare opp...

After spending time traveling in Europe, Daniel returns to a small Israeli village, where he learns that his childhood romantic partner has become paralyzed. This remarkable Israeli feature deals with the conflict between preserving religious traditions, and the freedom to dictate your own fate.
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Enjoy a dynamic and kaleidoscopic portrait of the Canadian hip-hop artist and producer 'Socalled' (Josh Dolgin), a multi-disciplinary musician whose unique blend of klezmer, rap, and funk is blasting through the boundaries that separate music of different cultures and generations.

Directed by Ga...

Ira Glasser is one of America’s unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As the leader of the American Civil Liberties Union for 23 years, he transformed the organization from a small, “mom- and-pop” operation on the verge of bankruptcy into a civil liberties juggernaut with offices in eve...

Spend a year in the life of Schwartz’s Deli, the unique 75-year-old landmark located on Montreal’s historic "Main" St. Laurent Boulevard. Famous worldwide for its smoked meat sandwiches, Schwartz’s Deli is home to a fascinating cast of characters - from the family founders, operators, and employe...