9 Star Hotel (2007)

Documentarians Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg traveled to Israel to interview Palestinian and Israeli kids ages 11 to 13, assembling their views on living in a society afflicted with violence, separatism and religious and political extremism. This 2002 Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary culminates in an astonishing day in which two Israeli children meet Palestinian youngsters at a refugee camp.

1976년 6월 27일, 프랑스 항공기를 납치한 팔레스타인인과 혁명분파 독일인은 이스라엘 정부에 52명의 테러리스트 석방을 요구한다. 이스라엘에서 4,000km 떨어진 우간다의 엔테베 공항에 억류된 239명의 인질, 이들을 구출하기 위한 7일간의 구출 작전이 펼쳐진다.

초인적인 힘과 탈월학 전략, 불도저 같은 추진력으로 이스라엘 최고의 첩보원으로 이름을 날리던 조한 드빌은 팔레스타인 테러리스트, 팬텀과의 끊임없는 대결에 싫증을 느끼고 자신의 진정한 꿈을 찾아 떠나기로 결심한다. 팬텀과의 대결 도중 죽음으로 위장한 그는 자신의 꿈인 헤어드레서가 되기위해 미국으로 향한다. 대형 미용실에 취직을 시도하지만 번번히 실패하던 조한은 팔레스타인 출신 미녀 달리아가 운영하는 미용실에 직장을 얻게 된다. 그동안 손님이 없던 이 미용실은 조한의특별 서비스와 빼어난 기술로 손님이 급증한다. 한편, 팔레스타인 출신 택시 운전사가 조한을 알아보고 미용실을 폭파하려다가 실패한 후, 마침 뉴욕에 있던 팬텀에게 조한이 뉴욕에 있음을 알린다. 이제 조한은 팬텀과의 피할 수 없는 대결에 다시 휘말리게 되는데…

한적한 해변에 리조트가 문을 연다. 그곳의 진짜 손님은 지옥에서 벗어나려는 에티오피아 난민들. 목숨을 건 비밀 요원들의 구출 작전이 시작된다. 실화에 기반한 이야기.

전 세계의 이목이 집중된 1972년 뮌헨올림픽. 모두가 스포츠의 환희와 감동에 열광하는 가운데 끔찍한 인질 사건이 발생한다. 이 사건은 전 세계에 TV로 생중계가 되고, 팔레스타인 무장 조직 ‘검은 9월단’은 인질로 잡았던 이스라엘 선수단 11명을 살해한다. 전 세계는 엄청난 충격과 혼란에 휩싸이고, 팔레스타인은 이제 세계가 그들의 목소리로 귀기울이게 되었다고 자축한다. 하지만, 팔레스타인에 대한 보복을 결심한 이스라엘은 ‘검은 9월단’이 했던 것처럼 세계인의 이목을 끌 수 있는 비밀 공작을 준비하게 되고…. 이스라엘 정보기관 ‘모사드’는 최정예 요원들을 소집, 기록조차 없는 비밀 조직을 만들고 ‘검은 9월단’에 대한 복수를 명령한다. 조국애가 깊은 ‘모사드’ 출신 비밀 요원 ‘애브너(에릭 바나)’를 리더로 도주, 폭발물, 문서위조, 뒷처리를 담당하는 전문가들로 암살팀을 구성한다. 뮌헨 사건의 배후 인물로 지목된 팔레스타인인은 모두 11명. 이스라엘 비밀 요원들은 이들을 한 명씩 찾아내 치밀한 복수를 시작한다. 하지만 그들은 목표물을 제거할수록 조국의 임무와 복수의 정당성 사이에서 고민하기 시작하고, 살인에 대한 죄책감을 느낀다. 동시에 자신들 또한 누군지 모르는 암살팀의 표적으로 쫓기게 되는 아이러니한 상황에 빠져든다. 애브너와 비밀 요원들은 점점 더 큰 두려움과 죄책감에 사로잡혀가는데….

아도니아(Adonijah: 죠지 샌더스 분)는 시바의 여왕(Sheba: 지나 롤로브리지다 분)을 찾아가 함께 솔로몬(Solomon: 율 브린너 분)에 대적할 것을 권유하며 마침내 시바의 여왕은 솔로몬의 지혜를 실험하고 그를 유혹하여 부족들에게서 신임을 잃게하기 위해 이스라엘을 방문한다. 하지만 시바의 여왕은 솔로몬의 지혜와 용기에 감탄하여 사랑에 빠지게 된다. 그로인해 솔로몬과 시바의 여왕은 국정에 소홀하게 되고 백성들의 원성과 타부족의 이간책에 의해 궁지에 몰리게 된다. 그러던 중 형 아도니아에 의해 암살될 위기에 처하며 마침내 전쟁을 일으키게 된다. 첫번째의 싸움에서 아도니아에게 참패를 당하게 되고 백성들은 도탄에 빠지며 형 아도니아가 궁궐을 점령하여 시바의 여왕을 백성들의 신판에 맡겨 돌을 던지도록 명령한다. 그 때 솔로몬은 이집트군을 맞아 대승리를 하고 궁으로 귀환하던 중 시바의 여왕이 돌에 맞아 광장에 쓰러져 있음을 발견한다. 솔로몬이 시바의 여왕에게 다가 서려는 순간 아도니아의 공격을 받게 되고 결투 끝에 형을 살해하게 된다. 또한 시바의 여왕은 이스라엘의 신전 앞에 깊이 사죄하고 용서를 빌며 본국으로 돌아가 자신의 백성들을 위해 힘쓸 것을 맹세한다. 그 순간 신의 계시가 내려져 이스라엘의 옛 영광이 찾아들고 시바의 여왕은 솔로몬의 아들을 잉태하였음을 고백하고 자신의 나라의 후계자로서 임명하여 서로의 우의를 다질 것을 맹세한다. 이로서 솔로몬과 시바의 여왕은 영원한 사랑을 간직하고 서로의 갈길로 나가게 된다

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.

신나는 여름 방학을 보내기 위해 절친인 ‘레이첼’과 이스라엘 텔아비브로 여행을 계획한 ‘사라’. 딸의 여행을 기념해 아빠는 구글 글래스까지 선물한다. 사라와 레이첼은 기내에서 만난 여행 전문가이자 인류학과 고대 문명에 관심 많은 훈남 ‘케빈’의 조언으로 즉흥적으로 여행 경로를 바꿔 함께 예루살렘을 가게 된다. 여행 기간 중 예루살렘 곳곳에서 미스터리한 사건 사고가 발생하게 되지만 사라와 레이첼은 아랑곳하지 않고 관광객으로 일탈과 광란의 밤을 즐긴다. 그러던 중 예루살렘에 관련된 미신과 다크 엔젤, 네피림, 언데드 등의 전설을 파헤치던 케빈이 ‘속죄일’이 끝나기 전 예루살렘을 떠나야 한다고 종말론을 주장 하다가 ‘예루살렘 증후군’으로 의심받아 격리되는 사건이 발생한다. 불길한 나날 속에 드디어 사라와 레이첼이 이스라엘에서 텔아비브로 가기 하루 전날이자 속죄일 밤, 갑작스러운 폭격과 함께 예루살렘 구도시의 문들이 하나씩 통제되며 격리되기 시작한다. 순식간에 도시는 악령에 씌인 좀비들의 공격으로 인해 아비규환이 되고 한 치 앞도 예측할 수 없는 죽음이 서바이벌 사투가 벌어지는데!

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.

An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.

Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country, during which Axel challenges Eyal's values.

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.

캐나다에서 온 여의사 클로이는 낮에는 팔레스타인 난민캠프 임시 진료소에서 일하고, 밤에는 예루살렘의 아파트에서 생활한다. 같은 아파트에 사는 이스라엘 여군인 에바와는 절친한 사이다. 매일 검문소를 지나면서, 임시 진료소 환자인 랑드와 친구가 된 클로이는 랑드의 가족들과도 많은 시간을 보낸다. 우연한 기회에 전쟁의 비인간성과 참상을 보고, 두 나라 친구들에게 도움이 되고자 최선을 다하지만 랑드와 에바에게 클로이는 그저 이방인일 뿐이다. 클로이는 이 모든걸 건 위험한 결심을 하면서, 비극적인 사건속으로 휘말리게 된다.

Two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.

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.

Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a single 8th Air Force B-17 crew from training through a series of missions over Europe.

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.

A girl has to decide who to marry: a poor country boy or a rich nightclub owner.

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.

A filmmaker returns to Normandy thirty years after a working on a movie based on a local homicide and tries to find the actors who worked on the project.

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").

The subject of this historical drama is a splintering Berlin in the years of 1948 and 1949. Played against the backdrop of social upheaval, the characters in the drama come to epitomize the best and worst of each pole of the political sphere. A 17-year-old hoodlum by the name of Gladow works hand-in-glove with a local white-collar criminal to rob and pillage every day and night, defying capture. While he and his gang of thugs are terrorizing the people of Berlin, the Soviets are trying to make the blockade of their region of control impermeable. The future casts long shadows over the drama, as Berlin's problems take the shape of times to come.

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.