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Klondike International Films Klondike Ukraine, Turkey 2022, 100 min Director: Maryna Er Gorbach Language & Subtitles: Ukranian, Russian, Chechen, German; subtitles in Hebrew and English Writer: Maryna er Gorbach Producers: Svyatoslav Bulakovskiy, Mehmet Bahadir Er, Maryna er Gorbach Cast: Oxana Cherkashyna, Sergiy Shadrin, Oleg Scherbina, Oleg Shevchuk, Artur Aramyan, Evgenij Efremov Production: Festivals: Sundance Film Fstival (Winner, World Dramatic Directing Award), Berlin (2nd Prize, Audience Award; Winner, Ecumenical Jury Prize Award), Seattle International Film Festival (Grand Jury Prize), Sarajevo Film Festival (Heart of Sarajevo Best Director), Fribourg Film Festival (Grand Prix Winner, Critics Best Film Winner, Young Jury Special Mention Prize Winner), Istanbul Film Festival / National Competition (Best Film, Best Cinematographer), Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine (Best İnternational Film, SIGNIS Best Film), goEast Wiesbaden Film Festival (3Sat Broadcasting Award), South East European Film Festival (Outstanding Acting Achievement), NEISSE–NYSA–NISA FILM FESTIVAL (Jury Special Prize), Film Festival Freistadt (Jury Special Prize), Film by the Sea (International Youth Jury Award), Heimat Europa Film Festival (Best Film), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival Screenings: Sat. 8.12 | 19:30 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Mon. 5.12 | 21:00 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Summer 2014 – the war in Ukraine has already begun. After Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula and invaded two districts in the east of the country, residents of one Ukrainian village near the border are subjected to incessant bombing. Irka, a woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy, is trapped in the shelling area alongside her husband Tulik. Although their home was damaged during the war, Irka refuses to evacuate, while Tulik refuses to join the pro-Russian separatist forces despite heavy pressure from his brother. The crash of a Malaysian plane near the village increases the tensions between the residents, and intensifies the conflicts between Irka and Tulik. The couple is forced to face the difficult and poignant questions that arise from the destructive war outside within their home. 8.12.22 | Festival's Award Ceremony and a special screening of Klondike

Kashmir: Journey to Freedom Udi Aloni's Tribute Kashmir: Journey to Freedom USA, Israel, 2009, 72 min Director: Udi Aloni Language & Subtitles: English, Arabic, Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producers: DIG THE MOVIE LLC-New York, Sarah Kamens, Udi Aloni, Rafi Cohen Associate Producers: Altaf Khan, Naseer Ahmed Editor Kinneret Hay-Gillor Production: Festivals: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto, Berlin International Film Festival Screenings: Mon. 5.12 | 20:15 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Tickets Once described by Mahatma Gandhi as “a pillar of light in a subcontinent lost in darkness,” Kashmir has become a land of terror and despair, its people suffering under the strain of constant violence and human rights violations. This film tells the story of a new generation of young Muslim Kashmiris who, after years of armed resistance, decided to lay down their arms and start a nonviolent resistance movement in the hope of finally achieving peace and independence. They strive for a renaissance of the Kashmiri tradition of religious and ethnic coexistence, inspired by Sufi culture and the spirit and history of Kashmir. In a rare look at the region, Udi Aloni filmed his protagonists as they launched their new struggle. Finally refused re-entry by the Indian government, Aloni was forced to tell the rest of this story far from the land and people he had come to admire creation, a feast for the senses which capable of restoring our faith in the human spirit. After the Screening there will be a Zoom Conversation with Hillel Cohen and Kashmiri Altaf Khan, one of the film's protagonists who isn't in custody yet

NAFKOT - YEARNING Israeli Films NAFKOT - YEARNING Israel, 2022, 70 min Director: Malka Shabtay Language & Subtitles: Amharic and English; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producer: Malka Shabtay Editing: Miri Laufer Camera: Noemie & Sylvain Biegeleisen On Line: Avi Levy Sound: Nir Gavish Music: Sefi Zisling Production: Festivals: BELIFF - Be Epic! Film Fest LONDON
American Jewish Film Festival 2022 - Best Documentary and Best Israeli Film Paris Women Film Festival - Best Producer Award Cannes World Film Festival - Best Jewish Film Award, Best Documentary Award Screenings: Sun. 4.12 | 17:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Tickets 
An Israeli anthropologist travels to meet a hidden Jewish community in northern Ethiopia. Together with the members of the community, they tell the story of their survival against all odds. They arrive at the first hidden synagogue of the community and get to participate in the holy red heifer ritual that has been preserved since the days of the First Temple. 4.12.22 | Israeli Premiere and Conversation with the Filmmakers

Even If You Shoot Me Special Event Even If You Shoot Me Hebron, 2022, 20 min Director: Suzan Jaber Language & Subtitles: Arabic; subtitles in Hebrew and English Filmed by Suzan Jaber Edited by B’Tselem’s Video Department Produced by B’Tselem – the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Production: Festivals: TBA Screenings: Sat. 3.12 | 17:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Tickets Suzan Jaber is an event photographer, but living in the heart of Hebron has driven her to document what goes on outside her window. Between Israeli settlers threatening Palestinians and soldiers raiding homes, her hand-held camera also captures a dream of another future. The screening will be followed by a talk with creator and main subject Suzan Jaber. 3.12.22 | The screening will be followed by a talk with creator and main subject Suzan Jaber

חזרה לדף הקודם Short Films Competition Cluster 1 Tue 6.12 | 16:00 | Cinematheque 2 The committee Israeli Shorts: Feature Lev Brodinsky; Israel, 2022, 4 min The year is 1994. A family of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, who currently live in a government built caravan site for immigrants, arrive at an admission committee to a community village, with hopes of bettering their lives. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/0 Scorpion Ascent Israeli Shorts: Feature Yaniv Linton; Israel, 2022, 30 min Sharp ridges. Deep canyons. Steep ascents. Extreme desert sceneries are as wide as the generation gap between a grandfather and his grandson, stuck alone in the infinite desert. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/1 Nabut Israeli Shorts: Feature Ido Chen & Ilan Bar; Israel, 2022, 29 min Nabut, lives in a cave together with his dog Bastian, staying as far away as possible from human culture, of which he committed grave injustices as a soldier. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/1 a dead sea Israeli Shorts: Feature Nahd Bashir; Israel, 2021, 12:22 min Kamel, a Palestinian man in his 50s, suffers from autism and travels with his paralyzed sister to the Dead Sea to receive medical treatment in seawater in the hopes it will treat the psoriasis that has spread through his body. Tickets for Cluster 1 1/0 קצרים 2 Cluster 2 Tue. 6.12 | 18:00 | Cinematheque 2 Living Land Israeli Shorts: Documentary Einat Weizman; Israel, 2020, 12 min The film presents the continous struggle of a small village to protect its lands against powerful colonial forces. The inhabitants of Al-Araqib sit on the lands that were purchased by their ancestors in the northern Naqab. Despite that, the State of Israel defines them as invaders and wages a decades long war of attrition against the villagers, in the attempt to expel them as part of the process of Judaisation and forestation of the Naqab. The film is part of an ongoing artistic collaboration between Aziz A-Turi from Al-Araqib, and Einat Weizman. The film was first presented in the exibition "Dissensus" at Tel Aviv Museum. Tickets for Cluster 2 1/0 Umm al-Hiran Israeli Shorts: Documentary Ruqayah Abu al-Qian & Ayshah Abu al-Qian; Israel, 2022, 11:30 min Ruqaya and Ayshah document their lives and forced expulsion from their home in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran. Their cameras capture their daily lives in a village with no connection to water and electricity supply. Tickets for Cluster 2 1/0 Corridors Israeli Shorts: Documentary Karmit Zilberman; Israel, 2021, 20:17 min The story of refugees stuck between walls and doors. Faiz, Sadiq and Nabila are part of thousands of refugees who fled in 2015 from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other war-torn countries to a place of safety. Tickets for Cluster 2 1/0 Father Tongue Israeli Shorts: Feature Ivgeny Gashinsky; Israel, 2022, 18 min A non-functional relationship between a deaf child and his hard-working father, who struggles to accept his son's deafness. Tickets for Cluster 2 1/1 Teeth Israeli Shorts: Feature Alma Ganihar; Israel, 2022, 18 min Lily, 25, suffers from intense toothache. the dentist tells her she must extract all her teeth and replace them with implants. There's nothing she wants more than that but in order to get the money for the dental care, she must face her traumatic past. Tickets for Cluster 2 1/1

WHY IS WE AMERICANS? Tribute to Udi Aloni WHY IS WE AMERICANS? USA, 2020, 101 min Director: Ayana Stafford-Morris, Udi Aloni Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Festivals: American Black Film Festival – Official Selection Accolade Global Film Competition – Award of Excellence Black Harvest Film Festival – Official Selection Lighthouse International Film Festival Pan African Film Festival – Official Selection Israeli Premiere This film is an in-depth, cinematic exploration of Newark’s legendary Baraka family and its patriarch, Amiri Baraka, one of the most prodigious African American poet/playwright/activists of our time. From the Newark Rebellion of 1967 to current day, the city’s narrative has been one of revolution with each generation picking up where the previous had left off. WHY IS WE AMERICANS? weighs in on Newark’s struggle against oppression through the personal triumphs and tragedies of the Baraka family — from Amiri’s civil rights leadership and ultimate lodestar e artistic marginalization, to the horrific murder of his sister, Kimako, through the homicide of daughter Shani (one of the first openly gay black activists) to the historic election of Ras Baraka as mayor of Newark, NJ…and through it all, it is the matriarch, Amina Baraka, this kaleidoscopic family saga is framed by on-camera interviews with Ms. Lauryn Hill After the Screening there will be a Q&A with the philosopher Slavoj Žižek via Zoom. Amal's Photo Credit: Ilan Besor Firas's Photo Credit: Angie Assal Screenings: Sun. 4.12 | 19:30 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets

My Terrorist Yulie Cohen's Tribute My Terrorist Israel, 2002, 56 min Director: Yulie Cohen Language & Subtitles: Hebrew; subtitles in English and Hebrew Yulie Cohen Production: Festivals: My Terrorist won a special jury award at the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2002, was nominated for the Silver Wolf Award at IDFA, and won the Ilaria Alpi Journalistic Television Award in 2004. It was broadcast in more than 20 countries, translated into 20 languages. The film was screened in more than 150 Film festival an d universities including Harvard, Yale, Rutgers, UC Davis, USC, Duke and many others. Screenings: Fri. 9.12 | 15:30 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Tickets In 1978, filmmaker Yulie Cohen was wounded in a terrorist attack by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. A stewardess for the Israeli airline El Al, she was attacked along with other crewmembers when getting off the bus to the hotel in London. In a remarkable twist of faith, twenty-three years later Cohen began questioning the causes of violence between Israelis and Palestinians and started to consider helping release the man who almost killed her, Fahad Mihyi. From the time she was a young girl, Cohen considered herself a staunch Israeli nationalist. Growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Israel (where her neighbors included future Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Arik Sharon, and military hero Moshe Dayan), she patriotically served in the military. After working as an Israel coordinator on a film shoot and visiting the occupied territories, Cohen came to realize that both Israelis and Palestinians played a role in perpetuating the cycle of hostility and bloodshed. It was her goal to stand up as a survivor and call for reconciliation on each side. An inspiring story of forgiveness, Cohen's poignant documentary is a moving testimony of human compassion and a call for peace. Screening and a Conversation with Yulie Cohen, Dr. Dan Geva and Prof. Nava Levit-Binnun

Salute International Films Salute Australia, 2008, 120 min Director: Matt Norman Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Producers: Matt Norman Production: Festivals: Sydney (Audience Award) Screenings: Thur. 7.12 | 17:30 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Tickets One moment at the height of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City was engraved in the history of the Olympic Games. Two of the winners of the 200-meter race decided to raise their fists on the podium, in salute and tribute to black power. The consequences came shortly: Tommy Smith and John Carlos, the Olympic winners, were expelled from the United States team and suffered abuse, threats and humiliation upon their return to their country. The third athlete on the podium, the white Australian medalist Peter Norman, was also reprimanded by the authorities of his country for his support of Smith and Carlos. Director Matt Norman, Peter's nephew, dives deep into that Olympic moment and reveals for the first time the full story of that resounding historical event.

Ithaka International Films Ithaka Australia, Great Britain, 2021, 106 min Director: Ben Lawrence Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Producers: Adrian Devant, Gabriel Shipton Production: Festivals: Sydney, Sheffield DocFest, Capricorn (Winner, Best Documentary & Best Director), DocEdge Film Festival (Winner, Best International Director), Berlin Human Rights Film Festival (Opening Night Film), Walkley Awards Screenings: Thur. 1.12 | 18:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Sat. 10.12 | 14:15 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets John Shipton is a 76-year-old retired builder, a polite and modest man who shies away from the limelight. However, Shipton is also father to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and the world's most famous political prisoner. Assange is now awaiting extradition to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison. As the controversial journalist's health deteriorates and time runs out, Shipton and the rest of the family fight for his release. The film combines historical archive footage with personal behind-the-scenes footage that together compose the story of an uncompromising family struggle and the heavy price paid by people who go against the system.

WHY IS WE AMERICANS? Udi Aloni's Tribute WHY IS WE AMERICANS? USA, 2020, 101 min Director: Udi Aloni Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew CO-DIRECTOR/CO-PRODUCER: Ayana Stafford-Morris LEAD CAST: Amiri Baraka, Ras Baraka, Amina Baraka, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Amandla Baraka, Cory Booker, Amiri Baraka Jr., Roxanne Shanté, Maya Angelou CREW: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Amnon Zalait; EDITOR: Yuval Shapira; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ms. Lauryn Hill, Oren Moverman, Idith Meshulam, Jon Rubinstein, Kiburi Tucker, Randall Wallace, Moshe Edery, David Silber; CONSULTING EDITOR: Jay Rabinowitz; CO-PRODUCERS: Melina Torres, Shimon Azulay; THEME SONG BY: Ras Baraka, Jerry Wonda; ORIGINAL SCORE: Randall Wallace; ORIGINAL MUSIC: Ms. Lauryn Hill, Ray Angry Production: Festivals: American Black Film Festival – Official Selection Accolade Global Film Competition – Award of Excellence Black Harvest Film Festival – Official Selection Lighthouse International Film Festival Pan African Film Festival – Official Selection Screenings: Sun. 4.12 | 19:30 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Tickets After the Screening there will be a Q&A with the philosopher Slavoj Žižek via Zoom. This film is an in-depth, cinematic exploration of Newark’s legendary Baraka family and its patriarch, Amiri Baraka, one of the most prodigious African American poet/playwright/activists of our time. From the Newark Rebellion of 1967 to current day, the city’s narrative has been one of revolution with each generation picking up where the previous had left off. WHY IS WE AMERICANS? weighs in on Newark’s struggle against oppression through the personal triumphs and tragedies of the Baraka family — from Amiri’s civil rights leadership and ultimate lodestar e artistic marginalization, to the horrific murder of his sister, Kimako, through the homicide of daughter Shani (one of the first openly gay black activists) to the historic election of Ras Baraka as mayor of Newark, NJ…and through it all, it is the matriarch, Amina Baraka, this kaleidoscopic family saga is framed by on-camera interviews with Ms. Lauryn Hill After the Screening there will be a Q&A with the philosopher Slavoj Žižek via Zoom.

Semret International Films Semret Switzerland, 2022, 85 min Director: Caterina Mona Language & Subtitles: Italian, Swiss German, Tigrigna; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producer: Cinédokké Sagl Cast: Lula Mebrahtu, Tedros "Teddy" Teclebrhan, Hermela Tekleab, Fanuel Mengstab, Jocelyn Papp, Mona Petri, Manuela Biedermann Production: Festivals: Locarno (Le Film Français Award) Screenings: Tue. 6.12 | 16:00 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Fri. 9.12 | 20:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Semret is an Eritrean immigrant who lives and works in Switzerland. She works around the clock at the hospital to fulfill her dream of becoming a midwife, raising her daughter Joe alone. For Semret, the hard work is a necessary price to ensure a better life for Joe, a life that is not contingent upon the heavy price that Semret paid in her past. But when Semret faces accusations at her workplace, she has no choice but to go into battle to protect her new life. As her young daughter Joe pressures her to talk about her origins and past, Semret is forced to look into her own dark history.

The Ants and the Grasshopper International Films The Ants and the Grasshopper United States, Great Britain, Malawi, 2021, 74 min Director: Raj Patel, Zak Piper Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Producers: Raj Patel, Zak Piper, Rachel Wexler, Peter Mazunda Executive Producers: Julie Goldman, Gordon Quinn, Cynthia Kane, Steve James Production: Festivals: Sheffield DocFest, Berlin Human Rights Film Festival, Mountain Film (Winner – Moving Mountain Award), Wild & Scenic (Jury Award), Middlebury (Winner) Screenings: Fri. 2.12 | 12:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Tickets Anita Chitaya, a social activist from Malawi East Africa, is fighting to achieve gender equality in her country and to find solutions to the harms of the climate crisis. To promote the change, she travels to the United States in an effort to convince farmers that the climate crisis is real, and that its consequences are destructive. Anita's journey from Malawi to California and from there to the White House brings her up close and personal with the gaps and controversies of the United States – from the gap between the big cities and the peripheral towns to the divisions between race, class and gender. Her insights into the global reality allow the film to weave together the climate crisis, gender and racial inequality, the gaps between the rich and the poor, and the struggles of organizations and groups from around the world to save the planet. 2.12.22 | Screening and Coversation with 'Mazon' Group