USA \ 1975

Unable to find the war he’s been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.

France \ 1959

A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

Israel / 1980

A classic Israeli film about the power of women within a man’s traditional world.

The wife of Shabtai Alfandari – a proud Sephardic man of honor in Jerusalem –  has given birth to nine daughters, but not a single son to say Kaddish after him. At night, Alfandari dreams of the longed-for son, and in his despair he even swallows his pride and turns to a local mystic who claims to summon spirits and cure barren women. In a desperate attempt to outwit fate, he marries off his eldest daughter to his loyal assistant – but soon another daughter is born.

With precise direction by Moshé Mizrahi, the film captures the Jerusalem-Sephardic atmosphere and its codes of honor, while Shaike Ophir and Zaharira Harifai deliver moving performances as Alfandari and his devoted, long-suffering wife.

USA / 1980

When a woman leads a mafia film.

The story follows a former mobster’s girlfriend who takes under her protection the young boy next door after his family is murdered in a mafia revenge hit. Gena Rowlands was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her powerful performance.

Director John Cassavetes wrote the role specifically for Gena Rowlands, aiming to portray a strong, independent, and unconventional woman — a striking contrast to the stereotypes of his time.

Chicago – USA / 2002

The most dazzling musical of all time? A tale of murder, fame, and two rival women locked in the same cell.

1920s Chicago. Roxie Hart, an ambitious young singer, is sent to jail after killing her lover. There she meets Velma Kelly, a glamorous cabaret star accused of a double murder. The two battle for the spotlight — competing for the attention of the media, the public, and the slick lawyer Billy Flynn — in a world where crime, celebrity, and showbiz blend into one glittering spectacle.

Shot on real 35mm film with warm golden filters, the film’s visual style fuses gritty realism with dazzling cabaret fantasy. Based on the 1975 Broadway musical by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb.

Winner of 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

England \ 1966

A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.

Black Notebooks – Part 1: Vivian
Israel 2021

The first part of an intimate two-part creation offering a rare glimpse into the turbulent life of one of the greatest actresses in Israeli cinema.

A man writes his life. All the conversations he has ever had are one conversation. All the people he has known are one person. All the times he has lived are one time, and his death is eternity, and therefore he scorns eternity.

A man documents his life through the objects of his love, and all these objects are one love. When a Moroccan fortune-teller predicts the death of his sister, a brother embarks on a cinematic journey to rewrite the present and the future in an attempt to save her. Their lost time is captured in intimate video diaries. Through cinema they migrate from city to city, from East to West, from fiction to documentary, from death to life, in an effort to change the prophecy. But a prophecy cannot be changed, in cinema as in life.

Winner of the Best Documentary and Best Director Awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2021.

Germany / 2011

A tribute to the legendary German choreographer Pina Bausch, one of the founders of modern dance theater.

Wim Wenders created a breathtaking cinematic homage to Pina Bausch, blending electrifying stage performances with striking scenes shot in urban landscapes. the film becomes a sensory experience, a poetic love letter to dance, to art, and to life itself.

Wenders, a close friend of Bausch, had planned to make a film with her for years. When she suddenly passed away from cancer just before filming began, he chose not to abandon the project. Instead, he transformed it into a heartfelt memorial, created together with her dancers from the Tanztheater Wuppertal.

Iran / 1994

When a great disaster strikes the village, the art of cinema arrives like a remedy for the soul.

A film crew comes to a village almost completely destroyed by an earthquake to shoot a new movie. The lead role is given to Hossein, a homeless young man who plays the husband of Tahereh — the woman he loves in real life. Although Tahereh has repeatedly rejected his marriage proposals, as filming progresses, the line between fiction and reality begins to blur. The confusion deepens as the characters share the same names as the actors themselves.

A work of meta-cinema, the fact that the village was truly destroyed by an earthquake gives the film a vivid documentary quality.

The actors play themselves, using their real names, creating an experience that invites the viewer to question what “truth” in cinema really means — and how love intertwines with art as a force for life.

France, United Kingdom / 2003

Sarah Morton, a successful British crime novelist, retreats to her publisher’s summer house in the south of France to write in peace.

Her solitude is soon disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Julie, her publisher’s young, bold, and uninhibited daughter — beautiful, free-spirited, and overtly sexual.

Between the two women unfolds a mysterious tension – a mix of jealousy, desire, curiosity, and power. As the days go by, reality begins to blur, and the story takes on a darkly erotic tone, where it becomes impossible to tell what is real and what stems from imagination.

The production was small, intimate, and almost theatrical.
Ozon worked with a very tight crew to preserve a sense of isolation and emotional proximity between the two leads – Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier – and noted that much of the tension seen on screen emerged naturally from the real energy between them during filming.

USA, United Kingdom / 2024

Sixteen years after the death of Maximus, the Roman Empire is ruled by corrupt and violent leaders.

Lucius, the nephew of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, lives a quiet life far from Rome until a Roman invasion destroys his home, kills his wife, and sends him into slavery.

In the arena, he becomes a skilled gladiator and vows to take revenge on the empire that shattered his life.

Meanwhile, a wealthy slave trader named Macrinus seeks to use him for his own political ambitions.

A story of revenge, freedom, and identity set in the heart of a brutal Rome — an epic and powerful film that rekindles the spirit of the original Gladiator.

Israel \ 2025 \ Hebrew, Hebrew & English subtitles

At the age of 30, Ella receives a mysterious suitcase with home tapes from the 1990s, which have been kept secret to this day, from the life of her mother, singer Dafna Armony. This happens while Ella is helping her mother pack up and move – another move from a chain of moves forced upon her due to a complex economic reality. Through the videotapes from the past, Ella discovers that behind her mother’s iconic figure hides a personal and painful story. For the first time, she is also exposed to the identity of her father – a mysterious figure around whom rumors have hovered throughout her life. It is a family portrait of two women who merge into one: the mother, a former legend, and the daughter, a filmmaker.

Israel \ 2025

‘Some Notes on the Current Situation’, is a film about space, time, and wars composed of 6 episodes. Each episode sheds light on a different and unique perspective of the existential, human, and spiritual conditions of the present era.

These episodes, though somewhat divorced from reality, come together to form an absurdist footnote to the current events in the known universe