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The Attack

Directed by Ziad Doueiri Produced by Jean Bréhat & Rachid Bouchareb Written by Doueiri & Joëlle Touma, based on the novel L’Attentat by Yasmina Khadra Released by Cohen Media Group Lebanon/France/Qatar/Belgium. 102 min. Rated R Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles With Ali Suliman, Reymonde Amsellem, Evgenia Dodina, Uri Gavriel, Karim Saleh, Dvir Benedek, Ruba […]

Aliyah

Directed by Elie Wajeman Produced by Lola Gans Written by Gaëlle Macé & Wajeman Released by Film Movement French & Hebrew with English subtitles France. 90 min. Not rated With Pio Marmaï, Adèle Haenel, Cédric Kahn, Guillaume Gouix & Sarah Le Picard Gritty Aliyah plays ironically on the meaning of the Hebrew word for “to […]

5 Broken Cameras

Produced & Directed by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi Produced by Burnat, Davidi, Christine Camdessus & Serge Gordey Released by Kino Lorber Arabic, English & Hebrew with English subtitles Israel/Palestinian Territories/France/Netherlands. 90 min. Not Rated It’s not unusual for the father of a newborn to get a camera and take a lot of photographs as […]