Philippe Bellaiche

No one knows his real name; he is only known as Mr. Shoshani. He was an eternal nomad, a mad genius, who attracted disciples such as Nobel Prize winner Eli Weisel and renowned philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Mr. Shoshani is one of the unsolved riddles of the 20th century, he is among the 10 most mysterious people of all time.

Una explicación exhaustiva de cómo ocurre y qué consecuencias provoca la ocupación militar de un territorio invadido, utilizando como ejemplo paradigmático la historia reciente de Israel y de los territorios palestinos, Cisjordania y la Franja de Gaza, desde 1967, cuando tuvo lugar la guerra de los Seis Días, hasta la actualidad; un relato del cineasta Avi Mograbi enriquecido por los testimonios de veteranos del ejército israelí.

In His Image focuses on reproduction after death in Israel, where posthumously harvesting sperm is legal. The film follows the bereaved parents of three sons who died during military service. Using semen collected just before, or shortly after, their sons' death, they hope to have them live on in a posthumous grandchild. But can new life cure their grief?

Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli lawyer, defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from nonviolent demonstrators to armed militants. As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, she’s more than an attorney, she’s an ally. «Advocate» follows Tsemel in real time, including the trial of a 13-year-old boy — her youngest client to date.

Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli lawyer, defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from nonviolent demonstrators to armed militants. As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, she’s more than an attorney, she’s an ally. «Advocate» follows Tsemel in real time, including the trial of a 13-year-old boy — her youngest client to date.

Lea Tsemel, a Jewish-Israeli lawyer, defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from nonviolent demonstrators to armed militants. As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, she’s more than an attorney, she’s an ally. «Advocate» follows Tsemel in real time, including the trial of a 13-year-old boy — her youngest client to date.

A multi-generational journey exploring the archives of the director's grandfather Ephraim Erde, an official Zionist photographer from the 30s, confronted with the director's current vision in an attempt to create an utopia of her own.

Avi Mograbi acude al encuentro de solicitantes de asilo africanos, en un campo en el medio del desierto del Néguev, en el que han sido confinados por el estado de Israel. Juntos, utilizando técnicas del Teatro del Oprimido, ponen en cuestión la condición de los refugiados en Israel. ¿Son sus trágicas historias diferentes a la de la abuela de Mograbi, que huyó de los nazis? ¿Qué lleva a hombres y mujeres a abandonar todo y avanzar hacia lo desconocido? ¿Por qué Israel, tierra de refugiados, se niega a tener en cuenta la situación de los exiliados, a quienes la guerra, la miseria y el maltrato lanzan a la carretera? ¿Puede el teatro participar del cambio social y tender puentes entre las personas?

In the nearly 50 years since Israel's decisive victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have established expanding communities in the occupied territories of the West Bank. Frequently coming into direct conflict with the region's Palestinian inhabitants, and facing the condemnation of the international community, the settlers have been viewed by some as the righteous vanguard of modern Zionism and by others as overzealous squatters who are the greatest impediment to the possibility of peace in the region.

Fantasizes an 'Old' Middle East, wherein communities were not divided along ethnic and religious lines; a Middle East in which even metaphorical borders had no place

Since 9/11, the Israeli arms industries are doing bigger business than ever before. Large Israeli companies develop and test the vessels of future warfare, which is then sold worldwide by private Israeli agents, who manipulate a network of Israeli politicians and army commanders, while Israeli theoreticians explain to various foreign countries how to defeat civil and para-military resistance. All based on the extensive Israeli experience.The film reveals The Lab, which has transformed the Israeli military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank from a burden to a marketable, highly profitable, national asset.

En un apartamento en el tercer piso de un edificio estilo Bauhaus de Tel Aviv era donde vivían los abuelos del cineasta Arnon Goldfinger desde que emigraron a Palestina en 1930 huyendo de la Alemania nazi. Cuando la abuela falleció a los 98 años, la familia acudió a limpiar lo que quedaba en el apartamento; objetos, fotografías, cartas y documentos que no esperaban y que revelaban las huellas de un pasado turbulento y desconocido.La película, que comienza con el vaciado de un piso se convierte en una aventura fascinante, en la que entran en juego inesperados intereses nacionales, una amistad que cruza las líneas enemigas, y las emociones de la familia profundamente reprimidas. Incluso revela algunos secretos que, probablemente, deberían haber permanecido ocultos.

A former Israeli soldier participated in a mission of retribution in which two Palestinian policemen were killed. He seeks forgiveness for what he did. His girlfriend does not think it is so simple and raises questions that he is not yet able to cope with. The soldier willingly testifies before the camera as long as his identity is not revealed. The filmmaker, while seeking a solution to protect the identity of the soldier, questions his own political and artistic conduct.

Route 181 is the epic record of a road trip undertaken in the summer of 2002 by two filmmakers, one Palestinian and one Israeli, along sections of what had been designated as the border between Israel and Palestine by U.N. Resolution 181 in 1947.

Occupied Palestine: A serene landscape now pockmarked by military checkpoints. When a Palestinian film crew decides to avert a closed checkpoint by taking a remote side road, the political landscape unravels, and the passengers are slowly taken apart by the mundane brutality of military occupation.

Taqasim, shot in the streets of Cairo, is a voyage to the hidden treasures of Arabic music and to the participation of Jewish musicians. With stylishly shot music and unforgettable back-ally jams played by Felix Mizrachi, Zehava Ben, Abraham Salman and others, this film brings classical Arabic music raw and captivating.