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Dear Friend,
We are extremely proud to launch IsraeliDocs the main platform for distribution of Israeli documentaries. Along with the already well established IsraeliFilms, the platform hopes to become the Jewish programmer's new friend. As part of the launch, we are happy to release 3 intriguing new documentaries from the recent DocAviv, Tel-Aviv's Documentary Film Festival:
The Games They Play - an Israeli-Palestinian basketball match through the eyes of director Ram Loevy, Israel Prize Laureate.
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I'm Not Filipina |
 A Film by Anat Tel (Israel, 2010, 51 Minutes, Color, Hebrew/English/Filipino, English subtitles)
Krizel is a six year old girl of Filipino origin who was born in Israel and who is blind. Janette is a Fillipino worker who has adopted Krizel. Together they try to bridge the gaps of language and mentality in a country which one of them regards as her homeland and where the other still feels like a stranger. Operating on one of Krizel's eyes should allow her to see and would also improve their chances of remaining in Israel. Krizel doesn't want to go to the Philippines. She asks her mother, in the event of "getting new eyes", that the new eyes be blue ones. This film is about a mother and her adopted daughter and the fate that binds them ( more). |
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 A Film by Itamar Chen (Israel, 2009, 52 Minutes, Color, Hebrew/Russian, English subtitles)
DocAviv's 2010 opening film: Irena teaches third grade in an elementary school in Jerusalem's "Katamon" neighborhood; a tough area with increasing unemployment. The community consists of native-born Israelis and immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union. Some of these 8-year-olds have to go out to work after school. There are pupils who can barely read or write, and there are those who steal food from school in order to have some at home. Irena is a gentle and sensitive teacher, but also assertive and feisty, determined to secure a proper education for the kids and to give them hope for a better future. Teacher Irena documents a full academic year with Irena and her class. It shows a very human, yet almost miraculous, teacher who encourages love, compassion and the power of positive action in a place where so many have already given up. The lives of 26 children changed during the year. They were lucky to find Irena ( more). |
| The Games They Play | 
Head Director and Producer - Ram Loevy;
Directors - Ibtisam Mara'ana, Duki Dror , Yoav Shamir (Israel, 2010, 59 Minutes, Color, Multiple languages, English subtitles)
How is it that political negotiations between Israel and its neighbors often end up so miserably? Underneath the known political controversies, other reasons hide. Sports events, which combine good intentions with the striving to win, may hint at factors which often make Mid-East peace talks so futile. Tel Aviv University, with the help of an American non profit organization, hosted its third International Basketball Friendship Games.Teams from Palestine and Jordan joined hundreds of students from 14 countries who were invited to participate in the tournament and tour Israel. Israel Prize Laureate, director Ram Loevy, heads here another 3 acclaimed filmmakers in an allegory of the current Mid East twister ( more). |
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