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A documentary. Twenty five years after directing a film about the traces of a destroyed Jewish world, the director returns to Poland. This time, he is accompanied by Jen, his French-Israeli companion of Sephardic origin. Upon the ruins of the past, they look for signs like pieces of a puzzle that built their history, their memory, their emotions.

Director : Julien Donada

Production Year : 2023

Duration : 73

Language : English, French, Hebrew

My People

סרט תיעודי.

Director : Anna Rezan

Production Year : 2022

Duration : 92

Language : English, German, Greek

Father Language

דוקו דרמה. הסרט מעצב פורטרט של אבי הבמאי, יעקב קמחי, ז`אקו ( 86) מורה לאנגלית, יליד אלכסנדריה שבמצרים, ומתמקד בעיקר בתקופת לימודיו בבית המדרש לרבנים ספרדיים, שהתקיים באי רודוס בין השנים 1927 - 1939 ושהיה גם המוסד העצמאי האחרון של היהדות הספרדית באגן הים התיכון . תוך כדי הפלגה בנופיו המרהיבים של הים התיכון מחיפה לכיוון רודוס , משוחחים הבן ואב,מנסים להתקרב האחד לשני, מעלים זיכרונות מתקופת בית המדרש ומנסים לשחזר את עולמו של האב שנעלם - עולמה של היהדות הספרדית הים תיכונית. הסרט יוצר אנלוגיה בין העכבות הרגשיות של האב לבין היעלמותה של התרבות הספרדית והיבלעותה בתוך המודרנה האירופית והשיח...

Director : Rami Kimchi

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 49

Language : Hebrew, Italian, Ladino

Hermana

A short documentary. The origins of one of the earliest known Jewish communities in Anatolia, which was located in Ankara, date back to the 2nd century before counting. Initially formed in the Roman era, the numbers of the community increased with the Sephardic migrations in the 15th century . This documentary traces the development of the community from the Hellenistic through the Ottoman periods with particular focus on the previously untold social and economic dynamics in the 20th century through interviews with individuals who have migrated from Ankara to Istanbul and to various cities in Israel. This...

Director : Enver Arcak

Production Year : 2017

Duration : 29

Language : Ladino, Turkish

בין כרמאנשאה למיידנק

A short drama film. Bechor, at his 60's a Seferadi jew with Persian roots, works as greengrocer delivery person. When his wife tells him that Yarden (his daughter) 's school, has got ahead of demanding payment for her "Massa" to Poland, Bechor goes on a journey to raise the money .On his journey , he faces questions of Persian identity, culture and roots, which he left to be an Isreali. The film won the Audience Favorite award at the Darom Film Festival 2016. The film was screened at the Solidarity Festival in Israel 2020.

Director : עמרי נג'אד

Production Year : 2016

Duration : 24

Language : Hebrew, Persian

In Search of Ladino

A documentary film. It is a film about language, memory and identity. The Film follows Ladino speakers, their culture, their memories and hopes for the future of their mother tongue. In Search of Ladino is a forgotten landmark of Holocaust cinematography, as it is one of the earliest films to bring to the screen Ladino speaking Holocaust survivors in Israel, and it provides us with rare documentation of their testimonies and songs. The film was meant to be part of a trilogy about languages: Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino, but Perlov only managed to make the first film. Perlov avoids being didactic: he...

Director : David Perlov

Production Year : 1981

Duration : 57

Language : Hebrew, Ladino