9 Star Hotel (2007)

Promises trata del viaje de Goldberg a través de las comunidades palestinas, los asentamientos en la Orilla Occidental y los conocidos barrios de Jerusalén. Allí conoce y pone en contacto a niños palestinos e israelíes de edades comprendidas entre los nueve y los trece años. Aclamado documental rodado en los años 1997, 1998 y 2000 durante un tiempo de relativa calma, después de la firma de los acuerdos de Oslo y antes de la última intifada. Codirigido por la sudafricana Justine Shapiro, el estadounidense B.Z. Goldberg y el mexicano Carlos Bolado.

El 27 de junio de 1976 un avión procedente de Tel Aviv es secuestrado. Los terroristas piden la liberación de los presos palestinos en Israel, con la amenaza de asesinar a los pasajeros del avión, convertido en rehenes. El avión aterrizó en Entebbe, Uganda, donde tuvo lugar una de las operaciones de rescate más impactantes de la historia reciente.

Zohan, un peculiar y muy competente agente israelí de los servicios secretos del Mossad, finge su muerte para poder trasladarse de Israel a Nueva York y cumplir allí el sueño de su vida: convertirse en peluquero y estilista. Aunque Zohan se ha propuesto olvidar su peligrosa vida como agente de la lucha antiterrorista, pronto se da cuenta de que no es tan sencillo.

Sudán. Principios de los 80. Un equipo de agente especiales, liderado por Ari Levinson, estará al frente de una arriesgada misión en el país africano. Rescatar y trasladar a miles de refugiados judíos desde Sudán a Israel. Para no levantar sospechas, Kidron establecerá la base de la operación en un pequeño pueblo turístico de la costa. El enclave perfecto para la huida. Sin embargo, las autoridades de la zona no tardarán en sospechar del equipo formado por los cinco agentes americanos y la vuelta a casa será más ardua de lo que jamás llegaron a imaginar.

Basada en hechos reales. Tras el asesinato de varios atletas israelíes por el grupo terrorista "Septiembre negro" en los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich de 1972, un agente especial del Mossad tuvo que ejecutar una misión altamente secreta: asesinar a los responsables.

Drama histórico sobre el famoso relato bíblico, en el que el Rey David tiene una visión en la que Dios le comunica que su joven hijo Salomón le sucederá en el trono, lo que provoca los celos de su otro hijo: Adonijah.

In Israel, a joint French-Israeli scientific mission is set to unearth the secrets of the hill of Kiryath-Jearim (or Kiryat Ya’arim), converted to the site of a Catholic convent, where, according to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant was kept for at least twenty years before being brought to Jerusalem by King David, father of King Solomon, who would eventually build the Holy of Holies inside the First Temple to house it.

Durante el Yom Kipur, dos jóvenes americanas visitan Jerusalén de la mano de un atractivo estudiante de antropología. El momento no podía ser más desacertado: las vacaciones y las fiestas desembocarán en un apocalipsis bíblico y el trío deberá encontrar la manera de salir de una ciudad santa convertida en un auténtico infierno.

An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, remembered for having ordered, according to the Gospel of Matthew, the murder of all male infants born in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus, an unproven event that is not mentioned by Titus Flavius Josephus, the main historian of that period.

Oriente Medio es un polvorín a punto de estallar. Israelíes y palestinos viven en estado permanente de guerra, aunque hay indicios de que están dispuestos a negociar. Un embajador norteamericano será el intermediario. (FILMAFFINITY)

Eyal es un “liquidador” profesional del Mosad, el servicio secreto israelí. Eyal espía a Pia, la nieta de Himmelman, un ex-oficial nazi que, al parecer, sigue vivo. Se hace pasar por guía profesional y aprovecha que Axel, el hermano de Pia, ha ido a Israel, para enseñarle Jerusalén y las orillas del mar Muerto. Aunque los dos hombres tienen personalidades muy diferentes, Eyal se deja conquistar por las ideas liberales y el inagotable entusiasmo del joven.

In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbulence due to the actions of the corrupt Roman governors and the internal struggles, both religious and political, between Jewish factions, events that soon lead to the uprising of the population and a cruel war that lasts several years and causes thousands of deaths, a catastrophe described in detail by the Romanized Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus.

En un campo de refugiados palestino de Cisjordania, Chloé, una joven canadiense, cuida a mujeres embarazadas. Su relación con personas que se hallan a ambos lados de los muros y puntos de control del campo, hará cambiar sus creencias y convicciones.

Cuando se prepara para entrar en el ejercito israelí, Joseph descubre que no es hijo biológico de sus padres. Al nacer, en medio de la guerra, fue intercambiado accidentalmente por Yacine, el bebé de una familia palestina que vive en los territorios ocupados de Cisjordania. El mundo se derrumba alrededor de estas dos familias. El rechazo, la duda, la pérdida de identidad, los prejuicios de raza y religión se erigen como espinosa barrera en sus vidas, y todos deberán intentar superarla a través de la comprensión, la amistad y la reconciliación en una atmósfera dominada por el miedo y el odio.

Haim-Aaron is a bright, ultra-orthodox religious scholar living in Jerusalem. His talents and devotion are envied by all. One evening, following a self-imposed fast, Haim-Aaron collapses and loses consciousness. The paramedics announce his death, but his father takes over resuscitation efforts and, beyond all expectations, Haim-Aaron comes back to life. After the accident, try as he might, Haim-Aaron remains apathetic to his studies. He feels overwhelmed by a sudden awakening of his body and suspects this is God testing him. He wonders if he should stray from the prescribed path and find a way to rekindle his faith... The title means "Rectify" in Hebrew; nevertheless the movie is called Tikkun in the English-speaking world.

A short documentary about urban planning and the harmonisation of old and new building elements in Jerusalem of the 1970's, led by the architect Moshe Safdie.

Can a house be a metaphor for Arab-Jewish relations in Israel? Amos Gitai returns to the house in West Jerusalem he profiled in 1980. He interviews members of the Jewish families who live there, and he talks with the Arab family who lived in the house until 1948. They are now in East Jerusalem and pay a nearly furtive visit to the street in front of their old house. Gitai also interviews Palestinian laborers at work on renovations and excavating an old tunnel to the Holy Mount. What do people think of each other, what do they think of Israel, what do they think of co-existence? Do the current residents know the house's history?

Produced by CBN Documentaries and Biblical Productions, "In Our Hands" tells the story of the Battle of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War through the eyes of the IDF's 55th Paratrooper Brigade

Its main focus is on the plight of the Palestinians which can be seen as the most enduring residue of the modern encounter between the Arabs and the West. Edward Said traces the course of European involvement with the Near East via the Crusades to Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and the French and English entrepreneurs, adventurers and empire builders who came in his wake.

A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.

Con la actuación estelar del actor y teniente Clark Gable, el film nos ofrece una visión privilegiada del día a día en la vida de los pilotos de bombarderos B-17 estadounidenses en sus bases de Inglaterra, su preparación y entrenamiento; así como los peligros a los que deben hacer frente en las continuas misiones de bombardeo sobre la Europa ocupada.

Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

Iskyss is a strong and poetic love story based on Gunvor Galtung Haavik’s double life through 30 years. During the Cold War, she was employed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and assigned to the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. With the information she had access to in the capacity of her position as interpreter and secretary, she frequently fed the KGB secret information.

Una niña tiene que decidir con quién casarse: un pobre campesino o un rico propietario de un club nocturno.

Moody, atmospheric ghost story starring Mason as a retired tradesman who purchases an old mansion that has been vacant for 40 years because it is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a young woman who had died there. Unaware of the mansion's reputation, Mason and his wife Mullen move in and hire a young woman, Lockwood, to keep house. Soon after Lockwood's arrival, strange things begin to happen in the household, and it becomes apparent that she is possessed by the spirit of the dead girl, though Mason scoffs at the idea. On death's door and bedridden, Lockwood asks for the same doctor who treated the woman who died 40 years ago. He arrives and treats her. The next morning Lockwood is cured, and it is revealed by the police that the doctor's dead body was found in his carriage hours before the time Mason claims he arrived to see Lockwood. Convinced that not only the ghost of the girl but that of the doctor as well entered his home, Mason finally believes in the supernatural.

A loving couple struggle to fend for themselves in modern day Los Angeles, One a loner and down and out, the other a lonely but hardworking secretary. Eventually, as cracks form in their passionate relationship, they resort to robbing an aging actress for money.

En 1975, Nicolas Philibert, un joven ayudante de dirección, participó en la película de René Allio "Yo, Pierre Riviére, habiendo matado a mi madre, mi hermana y mi hermano...", inspirada en un crimen que tuvo lugar en Normandía hace 140 años. Esta película debía su singularidad al hecho de que los miembros del equipo artístico eran los propios granjeros de la región. Treinta años después de rodar aquella película, Nicolas Philibert decide reencontrarse con los actores. Algunos ya no viven y otros han emigrado, pero en un absoluto proceso de investigación, Philibert intenta recuperarlos para que nos hablen sobre su vida y nos cuenten cómo les ha afectado su participación en aquella película.

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

The story of the Dassau family, a family of artists: Frau Dassau is a composer, her husband is a writer, and their children are equally gifted as painters, poets and musicians. But unfortunately, no one wants to invest money in their art. The family is about to starve when Nicole comes up with a marvelous idea: She is going to write the "most scandalous book", the sex memoirs of a teenager. For this, she hides under the pseudonym of Eva. The book becomes an enormous success indeed, but Nicole's parents are decent people, and the public interest in their sluttish daughter begins to bother them. Things begin to get even more unpleasant when Nicole falls in love with an American publisher who'd prefer a virgin…

Four nights in Caracas. A documentary essay about chaos and civilization.

On Christmas Eve, Léa and Juliette, a couple, want to rob a supermarket that Juliette knows is empty of surveillance on this festive evening. But, as much for each of them as for Eric, the vigil who is there after all, nothing will happen as planned. Besides, shortly before leaving him alone, the store manager gave Eric a gun, just in case.

While Douglas Coupland works on a grand art project about Canada, the writer recounts his life and his musings about the various aspects of Canadian identity.

I love Vienna is a social comedy that explores the clash of cultures and values.

Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are finally released in secret, during a delicate trade-talk session between Vietnam and the United States. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command.

A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life in GDR, East Germany under Communist regime. Using a crystal for mind reading he uncovers some improprieties and moral weaknesses in the "Beautiful future" professed by VEB ("Volkseigener Betrieb" – "State Owned Holdings").

El joven y carismático Werner Gladow aprovecha su precaria situación tras la II Guerra Mundial para formar una banda criminal, y tratar de hacerse con el control del Berlin subterráneo.

KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows uber myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans (two of the more expert and unforgettably mercurial characters in the community) as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.