15th Annual Other Israel Film Festival
November 4–11, 2021
An in-depth look into Israeli and Palestinian societies
Films screening in person and virtually | Filmmaker Q+A for every film
For more info, visit otherisrael.org
Films marked with a * will only screen in person
Screening venue: Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street
Opening Night: Let It Be Morning*
Dir. Eran Kolirin
Israel/France | 2021 | 101 min | Drama
Hebrew/Arabic
Sami attends a wedding in the village where he grew up. With no warning or explanation, the village is put under military lockdown by Israeli soldiers and cut off from the outside world.
Produced by Dori Media
Thu, Nov 4, Screening 7 pm, Reception 9:30 pm
Nafas | TV Series
Director/creator: Maysaloun Hamoud | 2020
35 min x 3 episodes | Arabic
Three Palestinian students reinvent themselves in Tel Aviv in Maysaloun Hamoud’s groundbreaking debut TV series.
Fri, Nov 5, 6 pm
Short Films
Mission Hebron
Dir. Rona Segal
Israel | 2020 | 24 min | Documentary | Hebrew
Paradise
Dir. Asaf Saban
Israel | 2021 | 32 min | Drama | Hebrew/Arabic
Polygraph
Dir. Samira Saraya
Israel | 2020 | 20 min | Drama | Arabic/Hebrew
Sat, Nov 6, 2 pm
Skies Above Hebron
Dir. Paul King, Esther Hertog
Netherlands | 2020 | 55 min | Documentary
English/Arabic
Five years in the lives of three Palestinian boys living in the ancient city center of Hebron are documented.
Sat, Nov 6, 4:30 pm
Spotlight Screening: Ahed’s Knee*
Dir. Nadav Lapid
Israel | 2021 | 109 min | Drama/Comedy
Hebrew
Y, a celebrated Israeli filmmaker, arrives in a remote desert village to present a film at a local library and ends up battling against the loss of freedom in his country.
Sat, Nov 6, 7:30 pm
What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace
Dir. Ran Tal
Israel | 2020 | 85 min | Documentary
Hebrew
Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak observes his own history and the history of the State of Israel with disillusioned clarity.
Sun, Nov 7, 2 pm
Blue Box
Dir. Michal Weits
Israel | 2021 | 82 min | Documentary
Hebrew
A filmmaker explores her family’s impact on the Israel-Palestine conflict through the Jewish National Fund’s Blue Box fundraising campaign, which helped to support the purchase of land in Palestine.
Presented in collaboration with DOCNYC
Sun, Nov 7, 4:30 pm
A Reel War: Shalaal
Dir. Karnit Mandel
Israel | 2021 | 60 min | Documentary
Hebrew/Arabic
While researching footage for a documentary, an Israeli archive researcher comes across a box of tapes titled “Loot”—a lost Palestinian film archive seized by the Israeli military.
Mon, Nov 8, 6:15 pm
The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Dir. Avi Mograbi
France/Finland/Israel/Germany | 2021 | 110 min | Documentary
Hebrew/English
Through the testimonies of the soldiers who have implemented the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, the inner workings of colonialist occupation are explored.
Mon, Nov 8, 8 pm
Cinema Sabaya*
Dir. Orit Fouks Rotem
Israel | 2021 | 92 min | Drama
Hebrew/Arabic
Nine women, Arab and Jewish, take part in a video workshop to learn how to document their lives, hosted by a young film director named Rona.
Tue, Nov 9, 6 pm
Sneak Preview: With No Land
Dir. Aalam-Warqe Davidian, Kobi Davidian
Israel | 82 min | 2021 | Documentary
Amharic/Hebrew/English
Firsthand testimonies and unique archive footage tell the history of the Jewish Ethiopian community and the efforts made to bring them to Israel.
Tue, Nov 9, 8:15 pm
Sneak Preview: The Fourth Window
Dir. Yair Qedar
Israel | 2020 | 88 min | Documentary
English/Hebrew
Through a tapestry of biographical passages, literature, and conversations with significant people in his life, author Amos Oz tells his last story.
Wed, Nov 10, 6 pm
And I Was There
Dir. Eran Paz
Israel | 2020 | 65 min | Documentary
Hebrew
A former Israeli soldier confronts his past using footage he filmed during his time in the army.
Wed, Nov 10, 8:30 pm
Closing Night: 200 Meters
Dir. Ameen Nayfeh
Palestine/Jordan/Qatar | 2020 | 96 min | Drama
Arabic/Hebrew/English
A 200-meter distance becomes a 200-kilometer odyssey when a Palestinian man, desperate to see his son after an accident, attempts to smuggle himself over the Israeli border wall.
Thu, Nov 11; reception 6 pm, screening 7 pm
About the Festival
The Other Israel Film Festival, founded in 2007, presents cinema that inspires conversation and takes an in-depth look into Israeli and Palestinian societies and underrepresented populations in Israel. Other Israel presents dramatic and documentary films, as well as panels and events about history, culture, and identity. Learn more at otherisrael.org.
