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- DirectorThomas GilouStarsRichard AnconinaRichard BohringerAmira CasarThe sentimental and comedic adventures of Eddie, a non-Jew trying to pass as Jewish though totally ignorant of Jewish traditions, as he works in a Jewish community.
- DirectorAlexandre ArcadyStarsRoger HaninMarthe VillalongaMichel AuclairPaul Narboni remembers his happy childhood in Algeria before leaving the country in 1954. With his family, he then arrives in Marseille before reaching Paris. His father Albert, a grocer, will have to adapt to this new country.
- DirectorAlexandre ArcadyStarsRoger HaninClio GoldsmithBernard GiraudeauWith the help of his binoculars, commissioner Duche monitors from his car the reception at the villa of Raymond Bettoun, the head of the clan of Jewish Pied-Noir.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsVincent ElbazIsabelle CarréFrançois-Xavier DemaisonEver heard your mother say, "Be careful, honey, when you marry, you also marry the family"? When Alain married Nathalie, he wasn't quite aware of the extra baggage that came along in the happy-ever-after equation: her family. Saturday night means dinner at his brother-in-law's, but Alain has reached his limit. He's sick of his brother-in-law's life advice, sick of his niece's soporific pretentious pre-dinner singing recitals, sick of watching an old wedding video for the millionth time, and definitely sick of his sister-in-law, on the verge of a psychotic break-down due to her ticking clock. But he hasn't seen the worst of it yet... until he realizes that perhaps there's some affection beneath the insufferable hysteria - one might even say love.
- DirectorHanna Azoulay HasfariStarsRita ShukrunEsti YerushalmiHanna Azoulay HasfariGrandma Zohara occupies a special role within the Moroccan community within Israel. By cradling an object brought to her by her clients, Grandma Zohara gains access to the family's past through her dreams. This allows her to advise families on future decisions. Lately, however, Grandma Zohara is tiring and begins searching for someone to take over this role. She discovers that the only other person endowed with the power of dreaming is her daughter, Simone, who has different plans for her future. With support of Simone's sister, Fanny, who arrives unexpectedly from Paris, Simon gathers the strength to resist her mother's pressure and to pursue her own desire. Together the sisters wage battle for Simone's independence and creativity.
- DirectorJoe BalassA visual memoir of one family's life in Iraq before escaping to a new home in Canada in the fall of 1970. Featuring a never-before-seen collection of archival images, home movies, and family photographs from Baghdad, the film pulls back the curtain on Iraq's once-thriving Jewish community, its perilous final years, and its remarkable ability to find solace in the shadow of fear.
- DirectorDan ShadurStarsErvand AbrahamianShaul BakhashZahra EshraghiA documentary thriller describing the last days of the Israeli community in Tehran, on the eve of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The director, whose family was in Tehran at the time, uses rare archive materials to illustrate how thousands of Israelis, who enjoyed unusual affinity with the Shah's regime, wake up one morning to find their paradise vanished.
- DirectorNissim DayanStarsDaniel GadYasmin AyunTawfeek BarhomBetween the years 1950-51 close to 130 thousand Jews left Iraq. The most ancient community in the world ceased to exist.
- DirectorLorraine LévyStarsEmmanuelle DevosPascal ElbéJules SitrukTwo young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
- DirectorAmos CarlenAline RobichaudShadows of Freedom tells the virtually unknown story of the Jewish/French resistance in Algiers that had a significant impact on WWII.
- DirectorNabil AyouchStarsMaryam TouzaniArieh WorthalterAmine EnnajiThe streets of Casablanca provide the centerpiece for five separate narratives that all collide into one.
- DirectorDante DesartheStarsClément SibonyRona HartnerIsaac SharryFueled by klezmer and set in the Paris night world, an intelligent yet hilarious screwball comedy. Jonah, a young musician and father to a newborn son, learns at the last minute that he must rush to bury the foreskin of son.
- DirectorDoron TsabariRino ZrorSoccer mania hits Beit She'an, a small working-class Israeli town near the Jordanian border, when the local team prepares for their last crucial game of the season, against the rich, national champions from Haifa, exacerbating conflicts between rich and poor, small town and big city, and minorities and the ruling class.
- DirectorRuth BeharStarsRuth BeharElizabeth PeñaA personal journey about the search for identity and memory among Sephardic Jews with roots in Cuba.
- DirectorJeanine MeerapfelStarsÁngela MolinaHerbert KnaupDimitris KatalifosAnna is the Jewish daughter of a Spanish mother and a Greek father. She has returned to her family's house in Greece after many of her friends and family members have died over the years. Although she came back to the house in order to sell it, things begin to take a different direction: The house itself, the furniture and other equipment in it seem to become alive for Anna, recalling images of her past, her beloved parents and her friend Max, who once gave her shelter from the raging policemen when she took part as a photo journalist in a political demonstration in Berlin. Anna changes her mind: When some rich, ignorant American couple wondering about if they should buy the house asks for the swimming pool (while the Mediterranean is half a mile away), she simply doubles the charge, and finally puts the "For sale" plate into the garbage can. In the meantime, she has had a little love affair with a young man from the village, found a girlfriend from her childhood days, swum in the sea, and found a way to live in peace with her melancholic memories.
- DirectorMarco CarmelStarsRichard BerryYaël AbecassisGad ElmalehArriving in France from Israel in 1968, the Maimons join scores of other Algerian and Tunisian Jewish families in Paris' burgeoning Belleville district. Good-hearted Felix (Gad Elmaleh) reluctantly begins a life of crime to provide for his wife Mireille (Yael Abecassis) and sons, until he meets Sephardi gangster Serge (Richard Berry), from the same village as Mireille. Serge treats the Maïmons as kin, but has bigger plans for Felix's criminal career.
- DirectorGuita SchyfterStarsClaudette MailléMaya MishalskaAngélica AragónTwo Mexican Jewish girls of come of age in Mexico City during the 1960s.
- DirectorNissim NotrikaStarsReymonde AmsellemYehezkel LazarovEdna BliliousThe 1960's, a Sephardic old neighborhood in Jerusalem. Micha, 6, timid and silent tells the story of his broken family. Sami, the father, a reckless "easy go lucky" womanizer spends his days in total idleness. Malka, his wife, carries all the family responsibilities on her own. She is aware of her husband's affairs but her love for him is deep and she represses the situation with total forgiveness. She will do anything to keep her family together. Malka turns to the aid of Rabbis, amulets and so called witches to bring Sami back to her but nothing helps, on the contrary. Sami leaves his family after his lover, Dina, bails him out of jail. When Malka and the children learn that Dina is pregnant they ban their father completely and end all contact with him until his death 36 years later.
- StarsRalph BenmerguiMorroccan/Canadian Jewish journalist visits Israel on its 50th anniversary.
- StarsBernard CampanMarie-France PisierJocelyn QuivrinThe story of the illegal immigrant Yehuda Halevi ship that brought immigrants to Israel from Morocco in 1947. On her way to Israel stopped in France to collect holocaust survivors.
- DirectorAlan BerlinerStarsAlan BerlinerAlain BerlinerAllen BerlinerIn The Sweetest Sound, Alan Berliner (the filmmaker from New York) is tired of being mistaken for people who might share his name and decides to rid himself of the dreaded Same Name Syndrome (In HD).
- DirectorRonit ElkabetzShlomi ElkabetzStarsRonit ElkabetzSimon AbkarianGilbert MelkiThe story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.
- DirectorShmuel HasfariStarsGila AlmagorRonit ElkabetzEti AdarA Westernized teenager struggles to come to terms with the white magic practiced by members of her family.
- DirectorAlexandre ArcadyStarsGérard DarmonOlivia BonamyJean BenguiguiMariage Mixte
- DirectorJean ValèreStarsRoger HaninGérard DarmonMagali RenoirAimé Prado, pied-noir based in Marseille, is a very renowned restaurateur. He befriends Julien, a marginal man wanted for the accidental death of a racist cafe owner.