Israelism
When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the mistreatment of Palestinians, they battle the old guard to create a new movement opposing Israel’s occupation, and recentering Judaism itself.
Leave at Seven
When a call wakes Itay up on a calm Saturday morning, ordering him to fight in the front lines of a newly emerging war, he decides to hide the news from his girlfriend so he can spend one last normal day with her.
Gaza
This feature length investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year long conflict. The I-Unit has built up a database of thousands of videos, photos and social media posts. Where possible it has identified the posters and those who appear. The material reveals a range of illegal activities, from wanton destruction and looting to the demolition of entire neighbourhoods and murder. The film also tells the story of the war through the eyes of Palestinian journalists, human rights workers and ordinary residents of the Gaza Strip. And it exposes the complicity of Western governments – in particular the use of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as a base for British surveillance flights over Gaza.
Late Summer Blues
The time: 1970, the end of the War of Attrition. Mossi, Arah'le, Margo, Zvillich, Kobi, Naomi and Shosh – the protagonists of Late Summer Blues – live out their last summer vacation at the beach, in the streets, and on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, throwing caution to the wind as if there were no tomorrow, as if they were going to die tomorrow.
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War presents the first-hand recollections of IDF soldiers who have broken official silence to share their experiences of the war in Gaza - accounts that may raise serious questions about conduct on the ground and potential breaches of international law. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Ben Zand, the film features exclusive interviews with Israel Defense Forces (IDF), reservists and veterans - many speaking for the first time - who served during the war in Gaza. Their testimonies describe what they recall as indiscriminate bombardment, instances where Palestinian civilians were used as human shields, and an operational culture that some soldiers characterised as “no innocents in Gaza.”
Israel's Reel Extremism
An examination of Israel and its society after many months of war, seen initially through the prism of viral social media posts - and exclusive interviews with the soldiers behind them. These posts, some shared millions of times, show soldiers humiliating bound Palestinians, ransacking their homes, joking as they detonate schools and whole districts, and laughing as they launch high explosive ordnance into densely-packed areas. The award-winning team behind this Basement Films production traveled to Israel to interview some of these soldiers, who proudly defended themselves and their videos, some expressing callous disregard for Palestinians in Gaza. Through additional interviews with Israeli radical groups, politicians, and media figures, the film reveals Israeli Jewish society in the aftermath of October 7th, gripped by a vengeance and hate that puts into question any possibility for peace.
Better Dead Than Drafted
Yonatan, an ultra-Orthodox young man protesting against conscription into the IDF, offering his perspective on the yeshiva, the conscription, and socks.
Operation Jachnun
As the IDF prepares for its withdrawal from Lebanon, during a period of uncertainty and rising tensions along the northern front, the devoted officer Malkishua, his deputy, and his Arab driver, Mustafa Al Nine Eleven, who suffers from PTSD and cynophobia, set out on a mission to find a mysterious weapon that could determine the fate of the northern front. The three are sent on a complex journey that takes them beyond the boundaries of a routine military operation, through hostile territory, unclear orders, and unexpected situations. But before they can get their hands on the weapon that could change the course of the conflict, they must complete one unexpected task: find a Yemenite soldier.