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Eagles
Israel, 2012, 104 min.
Two senior war vets teach Israel’s young generation a lesson. “Part Notebook, part Death Wish, Eagles seems a surefire crowd-pleaser. Providing a large-caliber allegory for contemporary discontent, the provocative content and director Sabo's dry sensibility should spell art-house gold.... more
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Fill the Void
Israel, 2012, 90 min.
An 18-year-old in Tel Aviv’s Hassidic community must choose between her heart’s desire and familial duty in a drama that makes the conventions of the marriage plot feel brand new. Winner, 7 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Actress.... more
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Inch’ Allah
Canada, 2012, 101 min.
Every day young Canadian obstetrician Chloe crosses the checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah, fraternizing with locals on both sides of the border but increasingly pushed towards taking a stand of her own. A thoughtful, humane take on the Israel/Palestine divide.... more
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Jews of Egypt
Egypt, 2012, 96 min.
“An engrossing, enraging and deeply moving chronicle of the lost history of Egyptian Jews from the beginning of the 20th Century until the mid-60s… seamlessly blends the personal with the public, painting a rich, multifaceted portrait of a history that has been deliberately forgotten and tarnished.”... more
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Modest Reception
Iran, 2012, 100 min.
This perversely fascinating, blackly comic drama follows a man and a woman making their way through a war-torn, mountainous region, dispensing large sums of money in plastic bags from the back of their SUV while attaching sadistic conditions to their largesse.... more
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The Repentant
Algeria, 2012, 87 min.
A young Algerian Jihadist takes advantage of a national amnesty to leave the mountains and rejoin civil society. But the past is not so easily put aside. A beautifully made, deeply emotional drama from veteran Allouache.... more
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Sharqiya
Israel, 2012, 82 min.
A young Bedouin man fights an uphill battle for respect and recognition in contemporary Israel in this eloquent, affecting drama. Best Film, Jerusalem Film Festival.... more
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When Day Breaks
Serbia, 2012, 90 min.
Retired music professor Misha Brankov learns a life-changing secret about his past in this moving tribute to the Jews and Romani who perished in Belgrade’s notorious Sajmiste concentration camp from acclaimed director Goran Paskaljevic.... more
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When I Saw You
Palestine, 2012, 93 min.
This compassionate film about an intrepid Palestinian lad’s adventures in the wake of the Six Day War wraps the tragedy of being unable to return to ancestral lands in an extremely sympathetic package. Best Director, Abu Dhabi Film Festival.... more
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The World is Funny
Israel, 2012, 127 min.
Reality and fantasy cleverly intertwine in this ambitious, multi-strand tale about storytelling and a fractured Israeli family. A charming comedy from the director of Palm Springs favorites Aviva My Love and Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi.... more
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A World Not Ours
United Kingdom, 2012, 93 min.
A remarkably intimate glimpse inside the Ain El-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon. “A passionate, ironic, bittersweet documentary that flips storytelling and Mideast-Arab cliches on their heads while weaving an irresistible mood of amused melancholy.” Variety. Best Documentary, Abu Dhabi Film Fe... more
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Yema
Algeria, 2012, 93 min.
A Greek tragedy by way of Algeria, the film tells the tale of two brothers set at odds by their different religious and political convictions, and the mother who mourns both a real and a symbolic loss when tensions explode.... more
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