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February

Dir.: Kamen Kalev
| 125 minutes

February follows three periods in the life of Peter: The first, as an eight-year old shepherd, the second when he turns 18 and joins the army, and the third, as an 82-year old man. This new film by Kamen Kalev (Games from the East) is a cinematic gem brimming with spectacular visual richness.

 

Filling Spaces

Dir.: Shachar Kantor
| 15 minutes

Within fragments of memory, pieces of interviews, and personal items, lies the story of two characters coping with loss. Filling Spaces is an interactive documentary experience using 3D scans, game design, and cinematography to explore intimacy and empathy.

 

Onsite screening

The Girl with a Bracelet

Dir.: Stéphane Demoustier
| 95 minutes

Seventeen-year-old Liz is arrested and interrogated following the tragic death of her best friend. The suspicions wreak havoc within the family but the daughter is surprisingly and disturbingly restrained. 

 

Onsite Screening

The Glorias

Dir.: Julie Taymor
| 139 minutes

An unconventional biopic of Gloria Steinem starring Julianne Moore. Director Julie Taymor (Frida) follows a series of periods in Steinem's lifetime, from her days in India, through her brilliant career in journalism in New York, until her great breakthrough as the leader of the women's protest.

 

Bernstein Foundation Grant Films

Golan Laws

Dir.: Ron Mor
| 17 minutes

A documentary following three different storylines of people working in the Golan Heights. The film focuses on the work of the land that symbolizes the connection between humans and the Golan Heights. 

 

Golda Maria

Dir.: Patrick Sobelman, Hugo Sobelman
| 115 minutes

The testimony of Golda Maria Sobelman, who was but a hair’s breadth away from death during World War II but survived to tell her story and lived until the age of 102. A mesmerizing, moving, and inspirational documentary.

 

Greener Pastures

Dir.: Matan Gugenhaim, Assaf Abiri
| 90 minutes

When an old man is admitted to a nursing home against his will, he must find a way to return to his old house. When love, cannabis, and crime enter the picture, will he be willing to risk it all?

 

Hidden

Dir.: Jafar Panahi
| 18 minutes

Jafar Panahi’s new short film follows the filmmaker, his daughter, and her theater-producer friend to a remote Kurdish village to visit a woman, a preternaturally gifted singer, whose traditional family refuses to allow her to perform publicly.

 

His Death

Dir.: Avishai Sivan
| 34 minutes
For the first time in years, secular Noah meets his Hasidic siblings in the heart of the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem. A tense gathering to disclose the recently deceased patriarch’s will.
 
 
Onsite screening

The Human Factor

Dir.: Dror Moreh
| 105 minutes

An intimate look into the Israeli Arab Peace Process from its initiation in the 1980s until today.

Inside the Pipelines

Dir.: Adva Santo
| 5 minutes
An experimental documentary film combining video and animation. The film documents the Central Bus Station and deals with loneliness, fear, identity, strangeness, and affection.
 
 

Irradiated

Dir.: Rithy Panh
| 88 minutes

The new film by Rithy Panh (The Missing Picture) is cinematic triptych that delves into the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century. Panh’s unique language creates an intense and unsettling audio-visual presentation that is both poetic and rich in imagery.

Irresistible

Dir.: Jon Stewart
| 102 minutes

The new film by popular comedian Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) is a witty political satire that takes us to the heart of the United States in which a small town becomes the focus of a heated, unbridled battle between two senior campaign strategists.

 

 

Junkerhaus

Dir.: Karen Russo
| 8 minutes

Junkerhaus is shot in the residence of Karl Junker (1850 -1912) who dedicated his life to building his house in Lemgo, Germany. Reflections, projections and changes in light form abstract shapes which animate surfaces and structures, producing a psychological portrait that offers a new appreciation of architecture as mystical and visionary experience.

 

 

Kajillionare

Dir.: Miranda July
| 106 minutes

The new film by Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know), features a pair of swindlers who have been nurturing their only daughter for 26 years while perfecting her skills for trickery and deceit. 

 

The Killing of Two Lovers

Dir.: Robert Machoian
| 84 minutes

David is doing everything to keep his family of four children united after he and his wife decide to separate. Even though there is a mutual agreement that both husband and wife can look for new love, David finds it difficult to accept his wife’s new romantic relationship. 

 

Kubrick by Kubrick

Dir.: Grégory Monro
| 73 minutes

Stanley Kubrick never liked to be interviewed or talk at length about his films. Hence the importance of Kubrick by Kubrick, a film which reveals, for the first time, rare recordings of the director and takes the viewers on a journey into the world of the cinematic genius.

 

La Llorona

Dir.: Jayro Bustamante
| 97 minutes

Thirty years after Alma and her children fall prey to a violent massacre, an indictment is filed against an aging general who was behind the atrocities. But the courts acquit him, and in the process, the spirit of the weeping woman comes to life and now walks among the living. 

 

Lapsis

Dir.: Noah Hutton
| 104 minutes

Delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. He turns to quantum cabling, a strange new corner of the gig economy, and faces a pivotal choice to either help his fellow workers or to get rich and get out. 

 

Last and First Men

Dir.: Jóhann Jóhannsson
| 70 minutes

Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.

 

Last Days of Spring

Dir.: Isabel Lamberti
| 78 minutes

Isabel Lamberti's film, recently awarded Best First Feature in San Sebastian, takes us to a small town on the outskirts of Madrid. A family must deal with the tense reality which prevails in the area ever since the land was sold, forcing the residents to leave their homes.

 

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Dir.: Alexandre O. Philippe
| 105 minutes

A documentary portrait of the brilliant American director, Willian Friedkin, that focuses on his successful film, The Exorcist. Friedkin candidly discusses the process of his work on one of the greatest films of all times, while revealing different techniques and his cinematic philosophy.

Onsite screening

Little Girl

Dir.: Sébastien Lifshitz
| 85 minutes

Ever since she was four years old, Sasha has known that she is a girl, despite having been born a boy. While the community in her hometown and the school staff fail to cope with the situation, her family supports her and leads a tenacious battle for understanding and acceptance.