Francesca

Dancer Francesca Mann killed an SS officer at the entrance to the gas chambers in Auschwitz. This act of heroism was not appreciated. Rumors spread that Francesca collaborated with the Gestapo. The film revives her character and joins the myth that is gradually being built about her.

Hostages

A new series by Duki Dror and Itay Landsberg takes the viewers 50 years back in time, to kidnappings, cruel dilemmas, and hostage deals that have never been publicly discussed. Two episodes of the series will be screened.

It Happened on our Ground

Feminine personal portrait of a German aristocratic family who used their privileged position to save Jews from a concentration camp that was erected on their land. The three women are not afraid to confront the difficult past of their family.

The 1957 Transcripts

Recently exposed classified transcripts of the Kfar Qasim trial, shed new light on forgotten facts and troubling truths on deep fractures in Jewish-Arab relations in Israel. Is there hope for change? A cinematic montage that interweaves and unravels conflicting narratives, leading to profound discussions on 'manifestly unlawful order'.

The Commandant's Shadow

A visceral and transformative encounter between a Holocaust survivor and the son of Auschwitz’s commandant helps those who have grappled with history's dark shadow find a path to atonement, forgiveness, and shared hope for the next generation.

Wake Up, Grandson - Letters to my Rebellious Rabbi

Director Renen Schorr follows his grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Heller, war hero of 1948 War in Safed. A duel: faith vs. film. Safed vs. Tel- Aviv. The grandson is asked to leave film-making for religion, and carry on Rabbi’s legacy.

Water Tower Murder

An obsessive director for Israel’s first private detective uses AI animation to bring back to life a murder investigation from 1937 that exposes an international spy network.