Yamna’s Blessing
Yamna is an 82-year-old miracle-worker and righteous woman from Sderot, Israel. The film depicts her unique character and rituals, her Eastern culture and her effort to bequeath her mystical power to the next generation Yamna’s story is told through the people who come to her for help as we are offered a glimpse into some of her secrets. Yehudit, 40, whose biological clock is running out, hopes that Yamna can help her become pregnant after conventional fertilization treatments have failed. Dudu, Yamna’s grandson, asks her for help with finding success in the music industry. Yamna’s daughter, Shula, has the technical know-how of her mother but is still searching for the special spark she needs to honor her birthright and become a righteous woman.
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An action-packed necromantic animated stop-motion love triangle involving a Rocker Boy, a Gothic Girl, and his dead ex-girlfriend set in the middle of a zombie apocalypse during an alien invasion!
When Tom lost his girlfriend BB to a tragic accident on prom night, the police suspected him, his family shunned him, his friends blamed him—or they would have, if he’d had any. Now he writes death metal love songs by BB’s grave – until his restless solitude is shattered when space aliens invade Earth and turn the dead into an army of zombie killers. Battling to save BB from becoming a puppet to alien masters and his own desire to resurrect his lost love, Tom has to dodge bullets, legions of zombies, aliens, death-rays, and global apocalypse. This highly original festival-award-winning film is the first of its kind to feature the animation of puppets-and-hands in the same style that child-sized toy puppeteers have done in toy commercials over the past two decades.Related Videos
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Tom's doctor at the Eating Disorder Clinic where she is committed says that she's getting better. The thought of getting healthy and heavy scares her. It looks like it is going to be the worst day of her life. And then Tom meets Neil, a socially awkward tuba player. Together they try to escape from their lives and all that is considered socially acceptable.
Don't Forget Me is a dark yet heartwarming indie comedy about the need to be out of your mind in order to fall madly in love. Presented in Hebrew language, with optional English subtitles. WINNER, BEST FILM, Tarkovsky International Film Festival 2017, Russia WINNER, BEST FILM, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS, Torino International Film Festival 2017, Italy WINNER, CNC AWARD, Jerusalem Film Festival 2017The House on Fin Street
This in-your-face dark drama follows Dina, a young girl from a small town in Israel who cleans toilets for a living. She falls in love with a man and moves with him to the big city. Little does she know that he’s a pimp who recruits girls for the sex industry.
With its beautiful cinematography and extremely difficult human situations, this unsettling arthouse gem of a film exposes the nitty-gritty ugly side of Tel Aviv, and the sex and drug trade that infests its streets. Hebrew with English hardcoded subtitles.French Blood 02 – Mr. Rabbit
The second part of the French Blood Trilogy. Heads will be chopped! Scissors will cut flesh! Throats will be slashed! The FRENCH BLOOD series is an anthology of super-stylized French Independent Horror films that are not for the faint of heart. Mr. Rabbit - the second part of this series - delivers on its promise to be "twice as bloody" as part 1 (Mr. Pig- which can be found here: vimeo.com/ondemand/frenchblood) . Deeply disturbing and horrific, in the best way!
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Asura Girl
A live-action movie based on the popular animation series "Blood C" by Production I.G and CLAMP. Set in Japan before World War II, a captain of the fascist Special Political Police (the "SPP") was murdered in a small village. During a brutal investigation conducted by the SPP, tensions between the SPP and villagers grow, and soon the conflict leads to violence – and the sudden appearance of the mysterious, sword-wielding “Asura Girl”!
Directed by: OKU SHUTARO Starring: KAEDE AONO, RYUNOSUKE MATSUMURA, ARATA FURUTA, KANON MIYAHARA Japanese Language, with optional English subtitles. 2022, Japan.After Munich
At the Munich Olympics in 1972, A Palestinian terrorist group stormed the Israeli athletes’ quarters. The world watched as eleven hostages were taken and later killed. Four women were impacted by that day. This is their story.
The film unfolds in several languages: German, Hebrew and English. All non-English dialog is subtitled.Kosher Beach
The beautiful coastline of Tel Aviv draws devoted beachgoers eager to find peace and relaxation in the Mediterranean. Among these, are residents of Bnei Brak, a closed orthodox suburb who frequent a gender-segregated stretch of seaside closed off to the neighboring gay beaches by a modesty fence. Kainer’s insightful and often humorous film explores the importance of this kosher beach, even defying the wishes of rabbis fearful of the beach's "immorality."
Hebrew Language with optional English subtitles.Killer BBQ
A local landmark BBQ stand becomes the focus of a dogged investigation by the tenacious new female deputy when she realizes that multiple people have gone missing from the small town. She teams up with one of the town locals whose family disappeared 30 years before; and it becomes quickly evident that they might not be able to trust anyone else in town as bloody mayhem ensues.
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Through short stories linked together by a bloody red thread, a collective of 30 French directors is experimenting with a new approach to the anthology of horror and fantasy. A young geek addicted to horror films is undressed by a pervert zombie, a group of friends are stabbed with a machete by a couple of degenerates, and an old bestselling author is found dead in his mansion, while a deranged killer roams the area.
Mr. PIG is the first part of this much discussed, highly-anticipated and hyper-stylized contemporary film noir series, FRENCH BLOOD, which offers up a showcase of perfect French Horror - bloody, gritty, unforgiving but oh-so-stylized! The film is presented in it's original French version, but included in the package is also a version that includes English language subtitles.Anthrax
Anthrax is a found footage mystery that tells the story of Israeli soldiers who volunteered to take part in an anthrax vaccine experiment during their military service. Seven years later they discover the vaccine has disastrous side effects. They set out to expose the truth and save their own lives. The film confronts a real scandal by combining it with fictional dramatized narratives, using documentary aesthetics and blurring the line separating between reality and fiction. A conspiracy thriller, based (mostly) on a true story.
Israel, 2017. Hebrew language. Presented in it's original native format and includes an optional English language subtitle track. The bonus materials include the Hebrew language version with hard-coded English subtitles.
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