History is written by the victors, but who decides how it’s taught to the young? Award-winning documentary Teaching Ignorance embeds itself within the deeply segregated Israeli and Palestinian (Jewish and Arab) education systems over the course of an academic year. Following several passionate ed...

What happens when a national icon meets his biggest fan? Jerusalem documentary filmmaker Eli Tal-El grew up seeing Theodor Herzl as nothing more than a static portrait on a classroom wall. But his Canadian brother-in-law, David Matlow, sees a visionary superhero—and he has a private collection of...

A single, hidden photograph unlocks a sweeping family epic of love, sacrifice, and the birth of a nation's culture.
The story begins with a wedding photograph hidden away for eighty years, capturing a fleeting moment of pure joy in 1926 Berlin. A moment later, everything changes. Spanning decades...

Deep within the Peruvian Amazon, an ancient heritage refuses to fade.
In the late 19th century, Moroccan Sephardic Jews arrived in the isolated jungle outpost of Iquitos, drawn by the roaring rubber boom. They stayed, married local indigenous women, and raised families. Generations later, their d...

An artistic blend of a feel-good dance flick and an edge-of-your-seat historical drama.
Discover the powerful true story of two 13-year-old stage prodigies: Lea Deutsch—celebrated as the "Croatian Shirley Temple"—and her dazzling dancing partner, Daria Gasteiger. Together, they sell out majestic ...

In the darkest depths of World War II, two young soulmates find a fragile reason to survive.
After miraculously surviving a shallow grave, a battered and delirious Jacob collapses into a ruined barn. He awakens to find a tin of fresh water and a mysterious savior: Leah, a young woman hiding in th...

Exiled from the Caucasus to two remote villages in the Galilee, a resilient community of 4,000 Circassians has jealously safeguarded its unique heritage for generations. Now, a profound identity crisis unfolds from within. In a groundbreaking cinematic first, Chana Calderon’s intimate documentary...

In 1970s Communist Budapest, László Polgár set out to prove a radical theory: "Geniuses are made, not born." His canvas was his three daughters; his medium was chess. Isolated from school and society, the Polgar sisters were subjected to a grueling psychological experiment that transformed them i...

An intimate portrait of Ágnes Keleti, Olympic legend and Holocaust survivor, filmed as she approached her 101st birthday. Through rare footage, diaries, animation and archives, the film celebrates her extraordinary life of resilience, courage and unwavering devotion to gymnastics.

From Mexico City to the birth of a nation. Driven by bold socialist and Zionist ideals, a group of brave Jewish Mexican youths left everything behind in the 1940s and 50s to help build the State of Israel. Through raw interviews and rare archival footage, this moving documentary follows members o...

My grandparents lived in a Bauhaus flat in Tel Aviv since immigrating in the 1930s. Though the view was of Tel Aviv, inside felt like Berlin. After my grandmother passed at 98, clearing the flat uncovered objects, letters, and secrets revealing a hidden, troubled past.

What began as sorting belo...

To forsake the religion of your parents. To abandon the traditions of your childhood. To step radically into the unknown.

Leap of Faith is the first-ever feature-length documentary to explore the profound, high-stakes phenomenon of religious conversion. The film takes an intimate, raw look at on...