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An excerpt from the documentary I Was There in Color by Avishai Kfir. Fred Monosson filmed in color historical moments in Israel, among them the first military parade in Jerusalem, 1949 and the inauguration of the Weizman Institute (formerly Ziv Institute) in 1950. http://www.buildyourfilmsite.com/monosson/ קטע מתוך הסרט אני הייתי שם בצבע של אבישי כפיר. פרד מונוסון צילם בצבע רגעים מרגשים בהיסטוריה של מדינת ישראל. הקטע הנראה כאן הוא של המצעד הצבאי הראשון בירושלים, 1949 ושל חנוכת מכון ויצמן (המכון היה קיים קודם לכן בשם מכון זיו) ב - 1950

The opening of the documentary I Was There in Color about Fred Monosson and the rare archival footage he shot (in color!) in Palestine-Israel from the 1940's to the 1960's. Director: Avishai Kfir http://www.buildyourfilmsite.com/monosson

"I was 12 years old when I first entered the submarine, and since that moment, my life completely changed". - The "submarine is a special boarding school in Jerusalem for gifted under-privilieged children. Years later, the submarine is revisited by director Amir Gera. Watch trailer in www.doctrailers.com. Find more details in www.docmovies.com

Rivka and Yoram fulfilled their dream of getting married but they will never be able to build a home and raise a family. Yoram and Rivka are both confined to wheelchairs and have lived in institutions most of their lives. Directed by Moshe Balmas and Thomas Henke, Israel - 2002. Find more details in www.docmovies.com. Watch trailer on www.doctrailers.com

A group of urban people is embarking on an adventurous rafting journey on the rivers Biu-Biu and Futalefu in Patagonia. The dilemma between technical progress and nature is embodied in the film, since it might the last rafting journey: Two great dams are constructed on those rivers. They might bring economical progress but they will also change the landscape forever.

Inbar was born a boy, but since childhood felt a he's a girl. In this intimate documentary made by her cousin, Inbar is documented in all ups and down of finding her new identity as a woman, including her work as a prostitute and the effort to find a normative job and a boyfriend. Director: Roi Ben Ami. Find more details and director's profile in www.docmovies.com. Watch the film's trailer in www.doctrailers.com

There are many organized tours to what used to be a concentration camps, but this tour is different. An almost video-art on the Holocaust, Phantom Pain investigates the ability to absorb a memory, the ambivalent attitude towards Poland and the borders of making an artistic film about the Holocaust. Director: Bodhi Vardhan. Produced by Nimrod Ben Ya'acov and Eli Abir

A Tel Aviv restaurant owner decides to conquer Mont Blanc, the highest and most challenging of the Alps in Europe. A personal challenge, especially in the mental level. director: Ruben Bensimon. For more details and directors profile - visit www.docmovies.com Watch the film's trailer in www.doctrailers.com

I'm about to get married. My parents got divorced 20 years ago and everyone bans everyone in the family. Will I succeed in establishing a healthy family life for myself? I must first chase the monsters in my own family. Director: Amir Gilad Find more details and director's profile in www.docmovies.com. Watch film trailer in www.doctrailers.com

What makes people return year after year to the reserve duty they so hate ? - Obeying the law is not a sufficient answer, since today it's easy to get away with it. Ideology? That's the one thing people would never admit in, afraid to look pathetic in a post-modern society which they belong to. Director: Yoram Schaffer. THE FILM IS IN HEBREW AND HAS NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES. WRITE CINEMA@DOCMOVIES.COM IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WATCHING IT IN ENGLISH. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE, WE'LL TRANSLATE IT. Find more details and the director's profile in www.docmovies.com. Watch the film's trailer in www.doctrailers.com

Endless chain of letters, found in deserted houses in Zumberak, Croatia, forms the narration of this poetic film, which tells the story of villages in Croatia who were left nearly empty after most of their inhabitants left or dies. Director: Miroslav Mikuljan. Producer: Gral Film, Croatia. For more details and director's profile, go to www.docmovies.com Watch the movie's trailer in www.doctrailers.com

Mass communication creates the impression we know intimately people we never met. But to what extent is that impression correct? Cipi Karlik investigates the inter-relations between public and the media through the life of a well-know Israeli comedian. Director: Cipi Karlik. Find more details about the film and director in www.docmovies.com. Watch trailer in www.doctrailers.com

A group of 50 people embarks on what is supposed to be a spiritual journey in the Himalayas. Heavy storms surprise them and find them unprepared and even shocked. But from what seemed as a failure, a new kind of journey is born - even more spiritual than the one that was planned.

Fedja is an enlightened person, a citizen of the world and a lover of mankind. In this portrait documentary, director Tomislav Zaja follows him to a sipiritual journey in Croatia and India. Produced by Gral Film. For more details and director's profile: wwww.docmovies.com. Watch trailer for the movie in www.doctrailers.com

Being an orthodox Jewish woman in the 21st century is no easy task. Women are traditionally deprived from the public arena, no matter how educated they are. Hadar, an actress and playwright, defies the conventions while trying to remain orthodox. Director: Yoram Schaffer For full movie details: www.docmovies.com Find trailer in www.doctrailers.com

42 women set out on a jeep trek in Eastern Turkey. No men are allowed in the adventurous and challenging trip, which includes climbing high mountains and a reopening of an old blocked historical road and also some reflections about womenhood. Director: Yael Lev. For full movie details and director's profile go to www.docmovies.com. Watch trailer at www.doctrailers.com

A documentary about Oswald Rufeisen, who was born Jewish but converted to Christianity after surviving the Holocaust. The film traces his fascinating life in Europe and in a convent Israel, discovering the secret love he never truly fulfilled. Director: Amir Gera. For full movie synopsis and credits: www.docmovies.com. Watch a trailer in www.doctrailers.com

An intimate journey into the worlds of four young women working as hostesses in exclusive nightclubs in Tokyo. Documentary by Irit Sharvit and Merav Nahoum. For full details and filmmakers biography, go to www.docmovies.com. For the film's trailer - go to www.doctrailers.com

Yael, 40, a Jewish Israeli woman, went for a journey in Japan at the age of 23 and stayed there ever since. For the last 17 years, she's been living in a Japanese Buddhist temple, married to a priest, while trying to comfort between her two identities.

The documentary follows the Israeli national disabled basketball team on their way to the European championship. During the film, the players' personal stories unfold, with a rare open discussion about disability and life with an injury. Director: Yossi Rabach. For more details: www.docmovies.com

A Creative Documentary. A voyage through the sensual treasures of long passed childhood in Tel Aviv. In this film I tried to superimpose the rich and sometimes frightening imagination of a child on today’s daily scenery of the city. A documentary by Avigdor Weill. For full movie details and filmmaker's biography, go to www.docmovies.com. To watch the film's trailer - go to www.doctrailers.com

The film follows an Israeli family who eagers to create a true horse racing culture in Israel. Tikva is the mother and the owner of Junior, a horse that just recovered from a severe wound. Jaque, her brother, is the coach and Haim, Jaque's son - rides Junior and dreams about winning the first horse race season ever held in Israel. A film by Ziv Even Tzur. Full synopsis and credits can be found in www.docmovies.com

A documentary about the traditional music of Hawaii. A film by Roni Lipetz. For full synposis and filmmaker's profile visit www.docmovies.com. Find the movie trailer in www.doctrailers.com

אהרן אמיר ז"ל, מתרגם, סופר, עורך ספרותי ומשורר, היה גם מההוגים החשובים של הכנעניות וחתן פרס ישראל לתרגום. הסרט הוא אוסף של שיחות עם אדם מרתק, אותם ביצע הבמאי והצלם רוני ליפץ

A documentary about Paralympic sports and disability: Pascale, the director, used to be a swimmer in the national Israeli Paralympic team. 15 years after she retired from the team, she comes back to make a film about her former teammates. Apparently, there's no one better to do this film - she knows the people and she's one of them, but when they get to Sydney 2000 games, things start to go wrong... Winner of Paralympic Film Festival, Hungary, 2006

To-Gather is an experimental trans disciplinary media art work, which focuses on the legacy of Jewish Russian repatriation to Israel. The work reflects hopes and attitudes once shaped by the Soviet regime, and transformed by the experiential history of relocating to Israel. The interviews with Russian Israeli people also touch upon issues of ethnic identities of soviet Jews in the Soviet Union prior to emigration and finding a new home in Israel... [Full description appears in the movie's page in http://www.docmovies.com]