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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

No Place for You in Our Town International Films No Place for You in Our Town Bulgaria, 2022, 81 min Director: Nikolay Stefanov Language & Subtitles: Bulgarian; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producer: Ralitsa Golemanova Production: Festivals: CPH:DOX, Visions du Réel, Movies that Matter, Dok.fest Munich, Doc Cevennes, Krakow Film Festival, Sheffield DocFest, Sarajevo, Sofia Documental, Astra Screenings: Mon. 5.12 | 17:00 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Fri. 9.12 | 12:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets A documentary that follows different moments in the lives of three hooligan football fans, who will do anything to support their team in the mining town of Pernik, located far from the center - on the outskirts of Bulgaria, at the outskirts of Europe. A violent and racist fan, the leader of the group of rough diehard fans, and the only woman in the group – all experience exciting and hair-raising moments together on the bleachers. The film documents their candid confessions, and the decline of a city that was one of the most prosperous industrial centers in Bulgaria in those distant days of the twentieth century. Economic forces, social struggles, and ideological currents – all sweep the lives of the film's protagonists in the stormy bleachers. 9.12.22 | Screening and Conversation

The Wind Blows The Border International Films The Wind Blows The Border Brazil, 2022, 77 min Director: Laura Faerman, Marina Weis Language & Subtitles: Guaraní, Portuguese; subtitles in English and Hebrew Producers: Rodrigo Díaz Díaz, Luís Ludmer Production: Festivals: Hot Docs (Special Jury Prize – International Feature Documentary), It's All True International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea DMZ International Documentary Film Festival Screenings: Sat. 3.12 | 15:15 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Mon. 5.12 | 17:45 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets The border between Brazil and Paraguay stretches over 1,524 kilometers. When Luana Ruiz, a rich heiress of vast lands, covets the green lands on this border, she provokes a war against the native inhabitants. Ruiz is the embodiment of the authoritarian Brazilian President Bolsonaro's rule: in her eyes, the natives deserve only hatred and contempt. But Elenir Shimendes rises against her – a teacher, leader and social activist on behalf of the Guarni-Kaiuba people. Shimendes herself pays the price of the fight against the rich elites, but she manages to fight back and protect her community and its lands. 5.12.22 | Screening and Conversation with ׳Standing Together' Movement

Band International Films Band Iceland, 2022, 88 min Director: Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir Language & Subtitles: Icelandic; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producers: Þórdur Bragi Jónsson, Heather Millard Production: Festivals: Hot Docs, Chicago, Haugesund, Gimli Screenings: Sat. 10.12 | 17:00 | Cinematheque 4 Tickets Tickets The band at the center of this docu-fiction film is a young female group in search of elusive success. The members of the band do not go on concert tours in large stadiums, and are forced to perform in front of a limited audience in a small club. A moment before turning forty, after divorces and separations, they decide to set themselves an ultimatum: become stars within a year, or disband the band and retire from the world of music. In the field of pop, ageism towards women is a universal issue. The film follows the attempts of the three members of the failed Icelandic band to fill concert halls, and to find their own formula for combining art, femininity and career. Between failure and failure, the members of the band get into funny, strange and ridiculous situations, and learn a thing or two about music, self-love and life. 10.12.22 | Screening and Conversation about Music and Women Rights

Europe International Films Europe Germany, France, 2022, 105 min Director: Philip Scheffner Language & Subtitles: Arabic, French; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producers: Caroline Kirberg, Merle Kröger Cast: Rhim Ibrir, Thierry Cantin, Didier Cuillierier, Sadya Bekkouche, Hassane Ziani, Zoulikha Ibrir, Thomas Blanchard, Jane Resmond, Laurence Masliah, Marwane Sabri Production: Festivals: Berlin, Nyon - Visions du Réel (Special Mention) Screenings: Fri. 2.12 | 16:30 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Sat. 10.12 | 11:30 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Zohara, an immigrant from Algeria who lives in a small town in France, travels to work every day on a bus line called "Europe". By following her story, the feature film of director Philip Scheffner, who previously focused on documentaries, presents the struggles of immigrants throughout Europe, and their complex integration into a new and different reality. When Zohara recovers after a bitter struggle with scoliosis, she discovers that precisely because of her disease she was doomed to leave France. Her efforts to reverse the decision and prevent her deportation lead to unexpected plot twists.

The Narrow Bridge International Films The Narrow Bridge Australia, 2021, 80 min Director: Esther Takac Language & Subtitles: English, Arabic, Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew and Arabic Producer: Esther Takac Editors: Uri Mizrahi, Rosie Jones Production: Festivals: Melbourne Jewish International Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 42 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival The Jewish International Film Festival Screenings: Sat. 3.12 | 16:30 | Cinematheque 4 Tickets Tickets Bushra, Rami, Meital and Bassam lost close family members – their children or parents – and joined the long list of victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each of them carries with them a severe trauma, but they all choose to channel it into personal change and activism for the greater good. The four of them join the "The Parents Circle-Families Forum", an organization that brings together bereaved families from both sides of the fence in the fight to end the conflict, and for achieving a better future based on respect and equality. Their joint activity causes controversy and condemnation from all sides, but they refuse to give it up. The film charts a journey of hope amid unbearable pain, while illuminating a unique path to personal and social change. Screening and Conversation with the Film's Participants and The Parents Circle – Families Forum

Atomic Hope International Films Atomic Hope Ireland, 2022, 82 min Director: Frankie Fenton Language & Subtitles: English. subtitles in Hebrew Producers: Frankie Fenton, Kathryn Kennedy Production: Festivals: Hot Docs, Galway Screenings: Fri. 9.12 | 21:30 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Sat. 8.12 | 20:00 | Cinematheque 4 Tickets The climate crisis is getting out of hand, endangering the lives and safety of people around the world. In Europe, Asia and America, companies and governments are rushing to build wind turbines, solar panels, and hydropower facilities. But it is not certain that these solutions will suffice, and in the background, another solution is hovering – nuclear energy. Director Frankie Fenton's eye-opening documentary follows a small group of scientists and activists who are determined to prove that nuclear energy is humanity's last hope in the face of the climate crisis. Due to Cold War fears and the disasters in Chernobyl and Fukushima, they still encounter fierce opposition and are even removed from important climate conferences. The film examines the issue of using atomic energy in depth - between disaster and hope.

Solidarity Film Festival Timetable Screening Schedule 10.12 Sat 9.12 Fri 8.12 Thur 7.12 Wed 6.12 Tue 5.12 Mon 4.12 Sun 3.12 Sat 2.12 Fri 1.12 Thur Cinematheque 2 Cinematheque 3 18:00 Ithaka International Films Information Tickets 20:15 Our Bodies are Your Battlefields International Films Information Tickets 22:15 Paris in Harlem International Feature Competition Information Tickets 20:00 Opening Event: The New Greatness Case International Documentary Competition Information Tickets

Convenience Store International Films Convenience Store Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, 2022, 106 min Director: Michael Borodin Language & Subtitles: Uzbek, Russian; subtitles in Hebrew and English Writer: Michael Borodin Producer: Artem Vasilyev Cast: Zukhara Sanzysbay, Lyudmila Vasilyeva, Tolibzhon Suleimanov, Nargiz Abdullaeva, Asel Tuytubaeva, Kamila Mukhlisova, Lyubov Korolkova, Daniyar Artykbaev, Zukhra Ashurova Production: Festivals: Berlin (C.I.C.A.E. Award), Taipei Screenings: Fri. 3.12 | 14:30 | Cinematheque 4 Tickets Sat. 10.12 | 11:30 | Cinematheque 4 Tickets Deprived of ceremonious decorum, in a convenience store at the edge of Moscow, a modest wedding is held. The bride, an Uzbek migrant worker named Mukhabat, is pregnant, a pregnancy which will shake up her life and alter her destiny. For Mukhabat, the world begins and ends in that small convenience store, thousands of miles away from her homeland. She works non-stop in a crowded and dim supermarket, without fair pay and without the ability to escape. Mukhabat and the other migrant workers are subordinate to the domineering shop owner Jhanna and the corrupt Russian police. However, when Mukhabat is cornered, she embarks on a journey designed to regain her freedom and identity. The first feature film by Michael Borodin, who himself was a migrant worker in Russia in the past, offers a glimpse at the exploitation and the lack of justice and hope in contemporary Russia. 10.12.22 | Screening and Conversation with 'Kav Laoved' Organization