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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

The Game of Their Lives International Films The Game of Their Lives Great Britain, 2002, 80 min Director: Daniel Gordon Language & Subtitles: English; subtitles in Hebrew Producer: Daniel Gordon Production: Festivals: Sheffield DocFest, Adelaide International Film Festival, Deauville Asian Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, Tromso International Film Festival Screenings: Thur. 8.12 | 19:00 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Tickets The North Korean soccer team arrived at the 1966 World Cup held in England without any remaining hopes, as befits a tyrannical communist country without a soccer tradition and devoid of resources. But the players of the gray team found themselves becoming stars on the field city of Middleborough, and received tremendous sympathy from the locals and the entire country. The film includes interviews with the seven living players of the national team, who came from one of the most secluded countries in the world and won an unprecedented achievement: the first Asian country to qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup in soccer. Beyond the drama of sports glory, the film reflects the ability of sports to connect people, cultures and ideologies from all sides of the field, and offer a surprisingly utopian space. 8.12.22 | Screening and Conversation about Sport & Human Rights

Solidarity Film Festival Timetable Screening Schedule 10.12 Sat 9.12 Fri 8.12 Thur 7.12 Wed 6.12 Tur 5.12 Mon 4.12 Sun 3.12 Sat 2.12 Fri 1.12 Thur Cinematheque 1 Cinematheque 2 Cinematheque 3 Cinematheque 4 11:00 TLV Cinematheque Children Screening: Monster Family 2 Screening and Event Information Tickets 15:15 The Wind Blows The Border International Films Information Tickets 17:00 My Land Zion | Screening and Conversation a Tribute to Yulie Cohen's Trilogy Information Tickets 11:00 Last Flight Home | Screening and Conversation with Anat Maor and 'Lilach' Association International Documentary Competition Information Tickets 13:30 This Is National Wake International Films Information Tickets 17:00 Even If You Shoot Me | The screening will be followed by a talk with creator and main subject Suzan Jaber Screening and Event with B'Tselem Information Tickets 19:15 The New Greatness Case | The screening will be followed by a conversation between Prof. Dan Geva and the filmmaker, Anna Shishova, followed by a panel discussion organized in collaboration with 'The Association for Civil Rights in Israel' International Documentary Competition Information Tickets 12:00 The Killing of a Journalist International Films Information Tickets 14:30 Convenience Store International Feature Competition Information Tickets 16:30 The Narrow Bridge International Films Information Tickets 18:45 Don't Touch My Holocaust Special Screening Information Tickets 20:30 Amal Murkus & Firas Zreik Live | Concert, Conversation and Screening of inserts from the feature 'Left' Radical Grace: a Tribute to Udi Aloni Information Tickets

East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem Israeli Films East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem Israel, 2014, 80 min Director: Erez Miller, Henrique Cymerman Language & Subtitles: English, Arabic, Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producer: Gidi Avivi Cinematography: Issa Freij, Ohad Milstein, Erez Miller Film Editor: Erez Miller Music: David Broza, Steve Earle Writers: Gidi Avivi, David Broza, Henrique Cymerman Production: Festivals: Woodstock Film Festival, Palm Beach International Film Festival, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Other Israel Film Festival, Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, San Diego Jewish Film Festival, Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival, Washington Jewish Film Festival, Maine Jewish Film Festival, Seattle Jewish Film Festival, Baltimore Jewish Film Festival, Chicago Jewish Film Festival, Westchester Jewish Film Festival, Festival of Tolerance (Zagreb Jewish Film Festival and Ljubljana Jewish Film Festival), Religion Today Film Festival, Jewish Motifs International Film Festival, Film Score and the Scruffy City Film and Music Festival – Best Soundtrack Award Screenings: Wed. 7.12 | 20:30 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Tickets Special Screening and a Meeting with David Broza In early 2013 Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza went to a Palestinian studio in East Jerusalem, together with American, Israeli and Palestinian musicians – including Steve Earle, Mira Awad and Muhammad Mughrabi – pursuing his years-old dream to make music a bridge-builder between Palestinians and Israelis. 8 days and 8 nights of music, food, and camaraderie produce a groundbreaking album, "East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem", and a unique story. After the Screening there will be a Meeting with David Broza

Sand Flakes Israeli Films Sand Flakes Israel, 2022, 90 min Director: Gitit Kabiri, Yahel Kabiri Language & Subtitles: Hebrew; subtitles in Hebrew Producers: Itai Tamir, Assaf Amir Production: Festivals: TBA Screenings: Fri. 2.12 | 14:00 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets Tickets David, a sensitive and creative teenager, lives in peripheral southern Israel with his ill mother, his father who gave up his dreams and his young brother. When he comes across an online writing forum, he starts publishing his family stories under the fake identity of the rich kid "Nadav", as if they were fictional. As he gets entangled in his lies, he is afraid of losing his new forum friends and being exposed by his family. The situation undermines the delicate fabric of the family. His mother, sunk deep into her illness, tries to find a way to redeem herself and her children, while his father tries to understand his place in the world. 2.12.22 | World Premiere in the presence of the filmmakers

Our Bodies are Your Battlefields International Films Our Bodies are Your Battlefields France, Argentina, 2021, 100 min Director: Isabelle Solas Language & Subtitles: French, Spanish; subtitles in Hebrew and English Producers: Michael Collin, Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala, Karl Malakunas, Marty Syjuco Production: Festivals: Sheffield DocFest, Cinéma du Réel, Queer Lisboa (Best Documentary), Chéries-Chéris Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Grand Prize) Screenings: Thur. 1.12 | 20:15 | Cinematheque 2 Tickets Sat. 10.12 | 21:00 | Cinematheque 1 Tickets As in many other countries around the world, Argentina is also in the midst of a persistent struggle for transgender rights. Violeta and Claudia are two trans women who identify as transvestites, and fight for their rights and identity. In the reality of patriarchal violence and oppression towards transmen and transwomen in Argentina, this struggle requires courage and commitment; When the number of murders and violent attacks of LGBT people soars, the struggle of Violeta and Claudia puts them in real danger. In a country torn between right and left, between wealth and poverty, between deep conservatism and a bubbling feminist wave, two fearless women aim to ignite a revolution.

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