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Despite the small number of Israeli (and international) films that deal with the ethical and human questions of the occupation in the West Bank, narrative and documentary films about human stories that take place beyond the green line, in Gaza and in East Jerusalem continue to be at the center of the festival program. חזרה לדף הקודם Occupation & Apartheid Despite the small number of Israeli (and international) films that deal with the ethical and human questions of the occupation in the West Bank, narrative and documentary films about human stories that take place beyond the green line, in Gaza and in East Jerusalem continue to be at the center of the festival program. To mark Solidarity Festival's 10th anniversary, we will showcase local and international films that, despite everything, dared to face questions of oppression and apartheid, rebellion and defiance, reconciliation and recovery.

Last Flight Home International Films Last Flight Home United States, 2022, 101 min Director: Ondi Timoner Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Producers: Ondi Timoner, David Turner Production: Festivals: Sundance, Telluride, Woodstock (Best Documentary Feature), BFI London, Los Angeles Screenings: Sat. 3.12 | 11:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Sat. 10.12 | 15:45 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets After a long life and dealing with serious illness, Eli Timoner decides to end his life by medical means. Timoner is a husband, father and successful businessman, and his decision to end his life generates emotional and thought-provoking reactions from the people close to him. The loving and supportive family accompanies the dying father in the few days he has left until the end of his life. Award-winning director Ondi Timoner intimately reveals her family's intimate and heartbreaking journey towards closure. Eli and his family members courageously and humorously formulate a surprising and moving guide to the inevitable process of separation. They show the grace that can spring forth even in the face of death and demonstrate how we can live even as we are about to die. 3.12.22 | Screening and Conversation with Anat Maor and 'Lilach' Association

Kashmir: Journey to Freedom Tribute to Udi Aloni Kashmir: Journey to Freedom USA, Israel, 2009, 72 min Director: Udi Aloni Language & Subtitles: English, Arabic, Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew and English Festivals: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto, Berlin International Film Festival 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 Amal's Photo Credit: Ilan Besor Firas's Photo Credit: Angie Assal Screenings: Mon. 5.12 | 20:15 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets

ART/Violence Udi Aloni's Tribute ART/Violence Israel, 2013, 75 min Director: Udi Aloni, Batoul Taleb, Mariam Abu Khaled Language & Subtitles: English, Arabic, Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew and English A film by: Batoul Taleb, Mariam Abu-Khaled & Udi Aloni Editor and Co-director: Adi Golan – Bikhnafo Cinematographer: Amnon Zlait Executive Producers: Andrew Karsch, Benny Korman & Alex Halpern Producers: Udi Aloni, Batoul Taleb, Tamer Nafar & Aviva Zimmerman Music: DAM (Tamer Nafar, Suhell Nafar & Mahmoud Jreri) & Shadia Mansour Associate Editor: Anmar Faour Assistant Camera: Eilon Kotler Animator: Eilona Givon Also Featuring: Milay Mer, Saleh Bakri, Amer Hlehel & Adi Khalifa Production: Festivals: Cinema Fairbindet Prize – Berlinale 2013 Prize of Juliano – Cinema South Festival, Israel 2013 “Open Eyes Award” – MedFilm Festival, Rome 2013 Screenings: Tue. 6.12 | 20:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Tickets On April 4, 2011, militant artist Juliano Mer-Khamis was assassinated in front of the Freedom Theatre which he founded in the Jenin Refugee Camp. Art/Violence follows two of his students from Jenin as they redefine their identity as artists and women after his death. Facing military occupation and societal oppression, they surround themselves with a group of young and radical Palestinian artists armed with fidelity to art, sisterhood and Palestine. Screening and Conversation with Udi Aloni, Rami Younes and Tamer Nafar who would also Perform

Radical Grace: a Tribute to Udi Aloni | Solidarity 2022 Tribute to Udi Aloni's Documentary Films edited by Slavoj Žižek Radical Grace "Aloni's secular theology is definitely one of the most fascinating innovations of our time." -Slavoj Žižek Tribute's Films & Events Amal Murkus & Firas Zreik Live a Tribute to Udi Aloni Opening Night: Amal Murkus & Firas Zreik Live After the Concert, we will screen parts of Udi Aloni’s film ‘Left’ and have a coversation with Amal Murkus, Firas Zreik and Udi Aloni Information Tickets Local Angel Moved by the destruction on Sept. 11 Aloni returned to Israel/ Palestine to grapple with the concepts of sacrifice and the sacred embedded in the history of a much more ancient edifice - the Temple Mount. The heart of the film is Udi's effort to understand the theological-political background he inherited from his mother, Shulamit Aloni. After the Screening there will be a Conversation with PM Aida Touma-Suleiman and Dr. Ayelet Maoz Information Tickets ART/Violence Art/Violence follows two of his students from Jenin as they redefine their identity as artists and women after his death. Facing military occupation and societal oppression, they surround themselves with a group of young and radical Palestinian artists armed with fidelity to art, sisterhood and Palestine. After the Screening there will be a Conversation with Udi Aloni, Rami Younes and Tamer Nafar who would also Perform Information Tickets WHY IS WE AMERICANS? 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. Israeli Premiere. After the Screening there will be a Q&A with the philosopher Slavoj Žižek via Zoom. Information Tickets Kashmir: Journey to Freedom 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 Information Tickets Amal's Photo Credit: Ilan Besor Firas's Photo Credit: Angie Assal

חזרה לדף הקודם Sport & Human Rights Often the biggest drama in football happens neither on the pitch nor during the ninety minutes of the game itself. The films of this year's festival deal with the power of the most beloved game in the world, and the power of sports in general, and of athletes, to bring about social and personal change. Soccer teams from distant countries, record-breaking runners, and fearless fans – all harness the sparkling hope of sports for a better and more just future.

My Brother Yulie Cohen's Tribute My Brother Israel, 2007, 56 min Director: Yulie Cohen Language & Subtitles: Hebrew; subtitles in English and Hebrew Yulie Cohen Production: Festivals: Haifa International Film Festival Screenings: Fri. 2.12 | 12:00 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Tickets More than twenty-five years have gone by since my brother turned ultra-orthodox Jew and there is no contact between us. Our Mom and Dad are over seventy-five years old and are about to sell the house we grew up in, and I recently got divorced after twenty years of marriage. Refusing to accept that one who believes in God is not willing to reach back to his sister although secular, I am reaching out for my brother trying to reconnect. I want to have a family again; I long for unconditional love. I do have two lovable and loving daughters, but I will soon have to let them go as they are nearing the age of eighteen. 'My Brother' is a three-year journey, during which, through looking inward and outward, I find some major answers to my quest: I get to know my Jewish roots profoundly, I understand people's need to believe in God and why they fall in love with orthodoxy, and I find my own inner peace and unconditional love – no matter what. 'My Brother' takes place in the Jewish state of Israel in 2005 – 2007 where the orthodox population is growing, and violence are being fed in the name of God. Screening and a Conversation with Yulie Cohen, Rabi Bezalel Cohen and Israel Frey. Host: Attorney Nitzan Kahana

My Land Zion a Tribute to Yulie Cohen Screenings: Sat. 3.12 | 17:00 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets My Land Zion Israel, 2004, 56 min Director & Producer: Yulie Cohen Language & Subtitles: Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew Festivals: Broadcasted in the Women Film Competition of the Rehovot International Film Festival Broadcasted and Screened in many Countries, Universities and Film Festivals around the world What young woman would leave New York to have her first child in a war zone? Who would choose to give birth in a place where kids get blown up riding on school buses or sitting in cafés? Where thousands of eighteen-years-olds kill or get killed as soldiers? I am that woman. I went home to give birth to my daughters in Israel. I wanted to raise them in my land Zion, the land of my ancestors, the land that I love. Now, 16 years later, my daughters will soon be old enough to join the Army and be forced to defend a state and its myths that are tearing my homeland apart. Why do I choose to stay? On a journey through rocks and fields, and across three generations of Israelis, I encounter the myths that shaped the state and me. I confront the actions of my parents and the hopes of my daughters. I visit a Holocaust survivor and hear the doubts of her son, a historian and a parent, like me. I confront a Jewish settler whose husband was killed by a militant Palestinian and I meet a Palestinian girl who lives in Israel. It was my choice to live in the land of my ancestors and now it is my daughters' home, too. A state of myths and sacrifices, where our sons and daughters still grow up to kill or get killed. How can I stay in a state that devours its children? Screening and a Conversation with Yulie Cohen, David Zonshine and Dr. Mram Masarwa

Special Event TLV Cinematheque Children Screening: Monster Family 2 Monster Family 2 (also known as Monster Family 2: Nobody's Perfect and released as Happy Family 2 in Germany) is a 2021 German-British computer animated horror comedy film directed and produced by Holger Tappe and written by David Safier. Screenings: Sat 3/12 | 11:00 | Cinematheque 3 Tickets

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 1 Cinematheque 2 17:00 No Place for You in Our Town International Films Information Tickets 19:00 A Safe Place | Premiere Israeli Films Information Tickets 21:00 Klondike International Feature Competition Information Tickets 17:45 The Wind Blows The Border | Screening and Conversation with ׳Standing Together' Movement International Films Information Tickets 20:15 Kashmir: Journey to Freedom | After the Screening there will be a Zoom Conversation with Udi Aloni, Hillel Cohen and Altaf Khan, one of the film's protagonists Radical Grace: a Tribute to Udi Aloni Information Tickets

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 1 Cinematheque 2 Cinematheque 4 17:30 Salute International Films Information Tickets 16:00 This Is National Wake International Films Information Tickets 18:00 Local Angel | Screening and Conversation with PM Aida Touma-Suleiman and Dr. Ayelet Maoz Radical Grace: a Tribute to Udi Aloni Information Tickets 20:30 East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem | Screening and Meeting with David Broza Israeli Films Information Tickets 10:00 Young Filmmakers Competition Screening and Event Information

Paris in Harlem International Films Paris in Harlem United States, 2022, 111 min Director: Christina Kallas Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Writer: Christina Kallas Producers: Christina Kallas, Josh Mandel Cast: Vandit Bhatt, Leon Addison Brown, Ellie Foumbi, Laura Pruden, Souleymane Sy Savane Production: Festivals: Slamdance, Cinequest, Munich Screenings: Thur. 1.12 | 22:15 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Sat. 10.12 | 14:15 | Cinematheque 4 Tickets In 1926, New York City banned dancing in restaurants and bars, as part of an attempt to regulate and restrict black life. Now, just before this antiquated law is repealed, a series of characters from all parts of American society, from an academic lecturer to two outlaws, find themselves inside a bar in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, and discover how a single gunshot will forever change their lives. In the film by director Christina Callas, the story of Harlem is sometimes depicted as a surprising and rhythmic jazz song, centered on a musical, human and political drama: a straight line connects the racist law of 1926 and the tensions, violence and racism that exist in New York today.