On a visit to Montreal several decades ago, a young man visited his uncles' egg distribution warehouse. In a dusty storeroom filled with clutter, he discovered stacks of matching stained-glass windows, each with a Star of David in the center. By the time the building was sold some 20 years later,...

Juliano Mer Khamis, a renowned actor in both Israel and Palestine, returns to his childhood roots in the Jenin refugee camp to film what has happened to a group of kids he directed in the Freedom Theater — an alternative education platform founded by his mother, Arna. The results provide a ground...

Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. The neurotic writer, burdened by his overbearing family, finally finds his match in Dora Diamant — and their love story transforms the ending of Kafka's story, as well as the rest of Diamant's life.

Directed...

He was a man who had everything — but who believed he had nothing. He was Peter Sellers, and this 1971 documentary remains the definitive film about the enigmatic comic actor. Intense and at times devastating, this intimate portrait was initially banned by the BBC; features contributions by Ringo...

A small village on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early 1980s: The six-year-old Kurdish boy Sero experiences his first school year in an Arab school and has to watch his small world being radically changed in the course of an absurd nationalism.

Winner | Best Film, Boston Jewish Film Festival ...

In 1957, young Holocaust survivor Tommy Blitz tries to rob the Cinema North cashier. While escaping, he kills Italian-Jewish engineer Fidia Fiatelli, standing in the ticket line. The murder shocks the young State of Israel. After a failed escape from jail, Blitz asks the forgiveness of Fiatelli’s...

Nazi officer Major Karl Plagge, used his position as a forced labor camp commander in Vilnius, Lithuania, to shelter hundreds of Jewish families.

Today, the former camp is unchanged. A group of scientists embark on a journey to uncover the secret hiding places used during the war — retracing st...

Tamara and Adam, a wild, unstable couple, are about to become parents and their life is a mess. Just before being evicted from their apartment in Tel Aviv, Tamara decides to search for their new home in Adam’s hometown Haifa. During one unforgettable day of apartment hunting, the journey to find ...

After WWII, Helene is ready to do anything to start a new life. As a young woman, she came to the exciting Berlin of the roaring 20s, wanting to become a doctor, and soon fell in love with a man named Karl. But the course of her life took a drastic, irreversible turn when the Nazis came into powe...

“Anne” is a film that aims to explore the nuances within cultural representation, in addition to the importance of why stories like Anne Frank’s continue to be told. Is it more important to accurately “be” something, or to accurately “represent” something? Is “authenticity” synonymous with percep...

A touching family comedy and festival circuit hit, streaming exclusively on ChaiFlicks.

Tamás, a generous but stubborn boxing coach, gets along well with everyone but his own son, Iván. They have not spoken since Iván moved to Israel and became religious. When Tamás' beloved wife, Zsuzsa dies un...

Angelina, the first Druze woman to attempt significant steps in the Israeli fashion world, finds herself in the middle of a complicated conflict in which the tradition and values of her society clash with her brave efforts to choose her own way in life. Lady Kul el-Arab which set out as a glamoro...

At the end of World War II, Nathan Hilu, the son of Syrian Jewish immigrants to New York, received a life-changing assignment from the U.S. Army: to guard the top Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials. This experience fueled a lifetime of artistic inspiration for Nathan, a virtually unknown ...

Over the course of two days – one in 1975 and one in 2022 – two older Jewish women bake bread in New York City. One has made challah millions of times before. For the other, her granddaughter, it’s her first time. As they bake, they both reflect on what they’re passing on to the next generation.
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Nir Baram's father was a minister in Rabin's government. The one who signed the Osslo Accords. His grandfather too was a member of the Knesset. With his lineage on his back, Nir begins to question the political education he received at home. Is the two-state solution still possible?

Now a succe...

The official protocols of Prime Minister Golda Meir’s office from the time of the 1973 Yom Kippur War are released, revealing the true nature of her performance during the war.

These documents leave no room for doubt. Despite the conventional image of “Golda” and the myth of her shortcomings dur...

Neta, a rising star in the days after the Six-Day War, finds her husband came back from the war a changed man. She oscillates between her career, her personal life, and her struggling husband, as the country becomes a euphoric musical.

Israel, 2023
Musical
Hebrew with English subtitles
114 minutes

Based on a true story, of a Romeo and Juliet in 1942 — yet she was Jewish, and he, a Catholic. Annette and Jean wanted to get married, but Jean’s parents were opposed. Annette Zelman was reported to the Gestapo by her fiancé’s father and was sent to Auschwitz.

France, 2023
Drama
French with Engl...

Set in the holy Islamic city of Mashhad in 1930’s Iran, Mashhad follows Miriam, a young Jewish ghetto girl struggling to understand why her family conceal who they are.Produced by Reboot Studios (The Anne Frank Gift Shop) and inspired by creator Sarah Solemani’s (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,...

In 1969, Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled hijacked an airplane full of civilians in Rome. This act of terrorism caught the world’s attention, turning Khaled into an icon for a new generation of Palestinian resistance.

Forty years later, Lina Makboul — a young Palestinian now living in Sweden ...