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Ido
Twenty-one year old Ido has left the rock band he was part of to become a "Khozer Bitshuva" (returnee to the faith). This award-winning documentary follows Ido for a year as he delves deeper into religion and moves further away from his friends and family. Totally happy and well adjusted in his new life - it is his family and friends who try unsuccessfully to come to terms with this dramatic change.
28 min., 1998, Dir: Gilaad Goldschmidt
Jury Award, Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival Festival
Fragments of A Dream
A futuristic drama in which a religious-Zionist family residing in the West Bank faces their worst nightmare - eviction from their homes as part of a peace agreement with their Arab neighbors. Faith, interpersonal relationships, government loyalties, and attitudes towards the Israeli Defense Forces are all issues that are put to the test in this very compelling dramatization.
19 min., 1996, Dir: Yaacov Friedland
Pintele Yid
Grandpa Chaim arrives in Israel to celebrate his grandson Michael’s Bar Mitzvah on Kibbutz Tirat Zvi. Devoutly Orthodox, Cahim is an African-American convert to Judaism. As told by Chaim’s son Danny, this unique family’s odyssey to Orthodox Judaism was not a totally smooth ride. Yet, the warmth with which the entire kibbutz celebrates Michael’s Bar Mitzvah assures that the next generation will not encounter the same difficulties experienced by their father and grandfather.
25 min., 1996, Dir: Danny Bibens
Purim
After a chance meeting at a Jerusalem mall, Oded and Ruti begin to date. Torn between his religious convictions and his attraction to Ruti, Oded struggles to come to terms with this new relationship. After deciding that her more laissez-faire attitude towards religion is not quite for him, Oded breaks up with her on Purim night. Four years later we meet them again, under very different circumstances. As with Purim costumes and disguises, we realize that when it comes to personalities and relationships there is always "more to it than meets the eye."
26 min., 1998, Dir: Gilaad Goldschmidt
I Thee Wed
After 30 years of marriage, the filmmakers father decided to become an Orthodox Jew. The only problem is that her mother decided not to go along with this new lifestyle. What follows is a heartwarming documentary about the difficulties that Dad’s new lifestyle has brought to bear upon the family. Why then didn’t they divorce? Does "Love Conquers All"?
16 min., 1996, Dir: Anat Maskens |
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