Documentary

Nova and Beyond
Director Rick Meghiddo
United States
Runtime 37:32
Completion Date: October 24, 2024
The "Nova and Beyond" documentary provides a wide view of the massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023, as shown at an exhibition in Los Angeles. The film includes a view of abandoned objects and vehicles belonging to the victims, testimonials by survivors, a historical context of the conflict, and opinions by Yuval Noah Harari, Bernard-Henri Levy, and Thomas Friedman. More importantly, we wanted to give the viewer a sense of the visit.

CATCH THE WIND ST IVES IN THE 60S
Director diana taylor
United Kingdom
Runtime 60:00
Completion Date: June 20, 2024
In the 1960s a number of artists, writers, musicians and poets gravitated towards St Ives because of its reputation as an artists colony.
Donovan wrote his famous song Catch the Wind in St Ives.
Diana Taylor’s fascinating documentary covers the diverse cultures which existed then, often with tension between those who relied on local industries for their work and the those who came to mix with the beatniks and who the locals thought did not contribute to the town financially.

SLIDING T0 70
Director Marc Bowen Kornblatt
Israel
Runtime 01:19:30
Completion Date: August 20, 2024
A year ahead of his 70th birthday, a man begins filming himself to show how he will enter a new decade of life in style. His goal is to moonwalk with as many friends and family members that he can talk into participating in the final scene of his documentary. The Israel-Hamas War, illness, and self-doubt threaten to derail his project, but he gamely slides on.

LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
Norway
Runtime 02:50:47
Completion Date: August 20, 2024
Embark on a captivating journey where academic science meets cultural wisdom. "LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution" is a groundbreaking animated film that breathes life into a comprehensive scientific manuscript. This two-hour and fifty-minute feature is a new genre, blending the intricacies of psychotherapy research with the timeless sagacity of ancient and modern wisdom.

Missed Conceptions
Director Donna Marvin-Platt
United States
Runtime 01:28:00
Completion Date: January 13, 2024
Missed Conceptions is a feature documentary about the search and ultimate discovery of my biological father and the psychological and ethical issues around donor conception. My mother had been artificially inseminated in the early 1960s. However, it remained a secret until I was about 30 years old when I learned that I had been donor conceived. Everything was kept anonymous as clinics and parents still attempt to do today.

Dying To Live
Director Chris Atkins
Canada
Runtime 01:11:00
Completion Date: November 6, 2024
"Dying To Live" is a gripping documentary that sheds light on the Oct. 7 Massacre and the efforts of OFWI founder, Majed El Shafie, an Egyptian man determined to expose the truth about the terrorist organization Hamas to the world.

The Accidental Spy
Director Anthony Wonke
United States
Runtime 01:37:00
Completion Date:January 4, 2024
Days after 9/11, Blerim Skoro was recruited from a Manhattan prison by the CIA. For over a decade, he was America’s infidel mole, roaming the Middle East as a spy deep inside al-Qaeda.
Blerim lived in constant danger amongst terrorists, leaking intelligence to the US government in the desperate hope of getting a Green Card and a ticket back to his family in Brooklyn.

Money Maker: Saygin Yalcin E
Directors Johannes Thuermer, Martina Schuster
Germany
Runtime 29:00
Completion Date:December 13, 2023
He wanted to become a millionaire so he could help his seriously ill sister. And he did ist. Today, Saygin Yalcin owns various companies around the world. The entrepreneur, who was born in Bremen in Germany and has Turkish roots, runs his companies from Dubai and invests in numerous start-ups.
His success story started with an online fashion shop for the Middle East, which was later sold to Amazon for around $700 million. He then founded, among other things, his company sellanycar.com, which trades in used, high-quality automobiles and from which he earns millions. Saygin Yalcin also relies on medical research and supports promising companies and universities – not least to help his sister who suffers from a specific type of epilepsy.

Seruvim
Director OR LEV-ARI
Israel
Runtime 41:29
Completion Date:August 25, 2024
David, a Jerusalem student, immigrated to Israel from Colombia at the age of 16 and chose reserve studies in economics and literature, before full military service. During his studies he formulated a new concept, which led him to refuse, for ideological reasons. During the film, David confronts the army and tries to get a conscientious objection, which the army does not usually give, and sends those draft refusers to a military prison for several rounds of imprisonment if they do not serve.
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Chernobyl - A Bomb That Keeps Ticking (2024)
Director Allen Dobrovolsky
Australia
Runtime 52:00
Completion Date:April 26, 2024
A few weeks after the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl in 1986, a young scientist was sent to assess the effects of the fallout. Three decades later, he is now a world-leading contamination expert and is returning to the site to uncover some shocking ongoing issues that threaten 35 million people. Then, while he is there on the very first day of the Ukraine war, Russian tanks roll in, capture the plant, march away 170 of the plant's staff, who have never been seen or heard from since, and dig themselves an early grave.

One Frank...
Director Alena Jaworowska (Suranova)
Serbia
Runtime 38:12
Completion Date:June 30, 2024
The war, the disaster, the shock… In the period ahead historians will describe these events in details, give an appraisal of them, determine the causes and the consequences… But how does a common person survive? He’s lost his home, he has nowhere to go back, there is no one waiting for him in this big world. The barrel-organ, the road and the loneliness… Here’s the first-person account.

Where does the hate come from?
Directors Martin Steimann, Leonie Palm
Germany
Runtime 01:12:00
Completion Date:April 1, 2023
German students with a migration background meet up with two Israeli groups—Jewish and Arab-Israeli—in Hamburg. Through a theatre project, they delve into the roots of hatred. The Germans, grappling with discrimination and a sense of exclusion from German society, aspire to be a bridge between the two Israeli groups amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Uncertain whether the bridge can withstand the weight of the conflict, their journey delves into the complexities of dialogue, compelling the students to confront their personal biases.

Forgotten Shores
Director Nadine Rhian Ibrahim
United Kingdom
Runtime 21:00
Completion Date:October 31, 2023
"Forgotten Shores" is a compelling documentary that delves into the lives of a remarkably diverse community residing on one of the world's most secluded islands. This thought-provoking exploration unveils the unique challenges, triumphs, and cultural richness of a population often overlooked by the global lens.

SOULS IN THE MUD
Director Ettore Zito
Italy
Runtime 54:00
Completion Date:
The Docufilm "Anime nel fango" is the film version of the book written by Luca Giacomoni and was produced to help raise funds for the victims of the May 2023 flood
The flood will always be remembered, not only for its drama, but for two fundamental aspects...
In those days the anger and despair of those who lost in one night all they had, they did not take over the will to roll up their sleeves, the tears were
immediately replaced by work to save the salvageable and the cries of suffocated pain to the song of "Romagna mia".

Won Soen - Road to Completeness
Director Maciej Szczukowski
Sweden
Runtime 24:48
Completion Date:July 11, 2024
A documentary telling a story of a young man named Won Soen. After he has decided to break the cycle of self-destruction and a path to addiction, he has started to look for ways to avoid the noise and chaos around him. As well as to manage the stress of a very demanding job, which happens to also be his passion. What turned out to work for him is considered extreme by many others. But it is definitely a step on the road to completness.

America's Woman
Director Marcelle Abela
Malta
Runtime 01:13:11
Completion Date:July 22, 2024
Does America's future depend on its past? Will America survive? The feature-length documentary AMERICA'S WOMAN revolves around the mysterious woman, overlooked by historians, who had a profound influence on George Washington, his vision for America, and its independence - a vision that could deeply influence the nation's need for healing and unity. A journey into the heart of America's past and future, it is also the first film to explore this relationship in depth.

Unification Orah
Director gyumin GIM
Korea
Runtime 01:17:11
Completion Date:June 30, 2024
The documentary film "TONGIL ORAH" is based on an unfinished essay by North Korean defector Kim Bobin. Born in 1982 in Saebyul-gun, North Korea, as the fourth daughter in a family of six, Kim Bobin escaped North Korea during the famine. She initially went to China but fell victim to human trafficking, was later arrested by Chinese authorities, and forcibly repatriated to North Korea. After enduring three years in a brutal re-education camp, Chongori Concentration Camp, she escaped again and arrived in South Korea in 2012.

The Mighty Midland and the Towns It Built
Director Robert Adriel
Runtime 01:02:08
Completion Date:
The Colorado Midland Railway was the first standard gauge railroad to pierce the Rockies and the towns along the Ute Pass that were developed when the train rolled through. The triumph and tragedy of this amazing line which spanned almost six decades, and the unique characters that started the towns along the line, from Cascade to Divide, as well as the Midland Terminal Line which serviced Cripple Creek Colorado

Deep State Gangsters
Director Frank X Panico
United States
Runtime 01:59:02
Completion Date:July 7, 2024
“Deep State Gangsters” is a full-length feature documentary that exposes the abuse of state power by the United States national security establishment, also known as the “Deep State.” This unique cinematic experience pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world. It features a captivating cast of characters and unveils a bureaucratic machine that destroys dissent to preserve its power.

Sholem Soul Goal
Director Devora Benchimol
United States
Runtime 01:00:00
Completion Date:November 7, 2023
Sholem, son of Rabbi Yosef and Devora Benchimol from Sunny Isles, was only 17 years old at the time of his passing. He dreamed of playing professional soccer while proudly wearing his kippah, embracing his Judaism. After the accident, he spent three days in the hospital, while thousands of people across six continents prayed for his life. Not even the pandemic could prevent the entire world from bidding him farewell like a king on the day of his burial: 600 people filled the cemetery, and over 5,000 joined his farewell through Zoom.

The Joy of Jesus
Director Holger Klussmann
Germany
Runtime 21:04
Completion Date:
The movie begins with a meditation on Jesus. Then some people talk about their personal experience with Christ and at the end Jesus is quoted from heaven in his own words:
"In heaven I exercise the office of the intercessor of men before the divine Father. I let all the blessed enjoy the true sight of my glorified humanity, which gives them inexplicable joy. This joy is forever new, because they always understand anew the greatness of this love."

The narrow gate
Director SHIDA QI
China
Runtime 38:25
Completion Date: February 14, 2024
In Shanghai, China, there is a place called Chedun. I met a man named Xiao long. He is different from other homeless people. He has a goal. He wants to go home, but he can only save money for the ticket by selling blood.

88 My Love
Director Yana Riahi
Israel
Runtime 33:10
Completion Date: November 1, 2023
Under a new management 88FM became a playlist-based radio station and lost its uniqueness. But the loyal listeners didn't give up and went out to the unique struggle for pluralism and music.

Muito Amor - Jews and Judaism in Amazonia
Director Malka Shabtay
Israel
Runtime 01:01:15
Completion Date: October 12, 2023
An Israeli Anthropologist traveling throughout Amazonia to meet the descendants of the Moroccan Jews who immigrated to this region since 1810. Together they are sharing their unique story of resilience and persistence in this special part of the world, as well as their daily lives and their deep feelings towards their Jewish origins, which sometimes still exist only in their hearts.