World Affairs

Afghan Stories

Afghanistan has been at war for 24 years. The West's battle against the Taliban is only the latest of a series of conflicts the Afghans have...

After Munich

Four women revisit the moment that changed their lives forever in the wake of the 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre.

After The Silence

A suicide bomber from Jenin, blew himself up in the Arab-owned Matza Restaurant in Haifa, killing 15 people. Among the victims was Dov Chernobroda,...

An Open Door: Jewish Rescue in the Philippines

An Open Door is a feature-length documentary on the uplifting story of how a small Asian nation was able to save over 1,300 Jews as they fled...

Angel Wagenstein: Art is a Weapon

A visually stunning and provocative portrait of the great Bulgarian Jewish screenwriter, novelist, and lifelong revolutionary Angel Wagenstein....

The Art of Flight

The Art of Flight tells the story of refugees fleeing Sudan's civil war for Egypt and one journalist's struggle to get their story told. This......

Balseros

In the summer of 1994, a team of public television reporters filmed and interviewed seven Cubans a few days before their risky venture of setting...

Beautiful Tree, Severed Roots

Filmmaker Kenny Mann documents her parent's extraordinary lives and achievements in Africa as Jewish refugee immigrants to Kenya during World...

A Bitter Taste of Freedom

The ultimate film about Anna Politkovksaya, Russian journalist killed in 2006.

Building Babel

'Building Babel' follows a year in the life and work of Sharif El-Gamal, the developer behind New Yorkâ€™s â€˜Ground Zero Mosqueâ€™....

The Carbon Rush

The Carbon Rush focuses on the suffering caused by carbon trading around the world and the failure of global carbon markets to stop climate change....

Confrontation at Concordia

On September 9th, 2002, at Montreal's Concordia University, student union activists staged a violent protest to stop former Israeli Prime Minister...

Dubai: A City of Dreams

Dubai is a city of dreams. Some dreams come true. Some don't.

Farewell Israel: Bush, Iran, and the Revolt of Islam

"Farewell Israel: Bush, Iran and The Revolt of Islam" reaches the unavoidable conclusion that Western and Israeli misunderstanding of Islam is...

The First Movie

An innovative magical documentary filmed in Iraq about kids' imaginations, storytelling and film making, THE FIRST MOVIE is about life when the...

Freedom Fighters of NILI

Freedom Fighters of NILI tells the forgotten story of a Jewish espionage network that changed history by assisting the British liberate Palestine...

Heart of Fire

After spending the first ten years of her life in a Catholic orphanage, the young and fiery Awet excitedly learns that she is soon to be reunited...

In the Name of the Temple

The ascent of religious Zionism in Israel and its concrete impact on peace efforts with Palestine.

Incident in New Baghdad

This Oscar nominated documentary short recounts one of the most notorious incidents of the Iraq War...

Iranium

Iranium is a feature-length documentary on the Iranian nuclear threat, and the ideology fueling the regime.

Israel in a Time of Terror

Terror bombing after terror bombing, day after day. A sidewalk cafe becomes as dangerous as a military outpost. A simple trip to the supermarket...

Junction

The Junction is an obscure crossroad in the Gaza Strip, separating the Israeli settlement of Nezarim from the Palestinian refugee camp of Nussierat....

The Last Survivor

Four Tragedies. Four journeys. One purpose. Survivors of genocide, from the Holocaust to Rwanda inspiring tolerance and a civic response.

Liberation

In 1979, the Shah of Iran was overthrown by the country's Islamic Revolution. Forced into exile, he settled in an isolated mansion in Cuernevaca,...

Love During Wartime

A real, modern-day tale of Romeo and Juliet. Two fated lovers, one Israeli and one Palestinian, fight against the world with their only weapon:...

The Main Suspect

When the Al Aqsa Intifada broke, some Israeli Arabs participated in violent demonstrations inside Israel. Following, twelve Arab Israelis, one...

Minustah Steals Goats

Haitians have had enough of intervention by foreign organizations that promise a lot but deliver littleâ€”including the UN.

Misha vs Moscow

Having led his country into a disastrous war against Russia, Georgian president Mikheil "Misha" Saakashvili now finds himself ostracized by his...

My Brothers and Sisters in the North

Sung-Hyung Cho was the first South Korean director allowed to film in North Korea, while accompanying residents during their everyday routines......

New Muslim Cool

NEW MUSLIM COOL takes viewers on Hamza's ride through the streets, projects and jail cells of urban America, following his spiritual journey...

Nobody Dies Here

Perma gold mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found.

North Korea: A Day in the Life

In this verite documentary the family of Hong Sun Hui, a female worker in a textile factory, takes us through an ordinary day in the country...

Our Sons

Three volunteer soldiers from the Golani Brigade were killed next to each other on the first day of the ground entry into Gaza in Operation Eitan...

Owning The Weather

The weather might be the most important thing to humankind. It affects our moods, what clothes we wear, what foods we eat and how we live.

The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres

What would you sacrifice for what you believe? A life in search of peace. Shimon Peres, the last leader of Israel's founding generation.

The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat's political legacy is one marred by controversy. To some, he was a heroic revolutionary who fought for the freedom of Palestine...

Radical Obsession

Ayatollah Khomeini envisioned Iran as a monolithic theocracy. Radical Obsession explores his everlasting impact on Iranian politics and culture...

Recognition (Hakara)

An intimate portrait of surprisingly different women in a war stricken land.

Revolucion: Five Visions

REVOLUCION: FIVE VISIONS reframes the Cuban revolution through the art of photography, focusing on the personal stories of five Cuban photographers...

Scattegories

Esther, Emmanuel, and Michal were torn away from their Israeli existence to a homeless reality in Nigeria. 5 years later Esther returns to Israel......

The Silenced Walls

15 minutes away from Parisâ€™ city center hidden in plain sight and untouched by time: the Drancy internment camp is now public housing....

Steal a Pencil for Me

1943: Holland is under Nazi occupation. In Amsterdam, Jack, an unassuming accountant, first meets Ina at a birthday party - a 20-year-old beauty...

Stranger in Zion

A young American studentâ€™s Taglit- birthright pilgrimage is in search of his Jewish identity.

Unmade in China

Unmade in China â€“ follows the experience of a Los Angeles filmmaker who finds himself in Xiamen, China trying to direct a thriller, in...

Where My Heart Beats

Swedish Journalist and former refugee, Khazar Fatemi, returns to her childhood country of Afghanistan for the first time in 20 years.

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