Art

15 Corners of the World

This mesmerizing audio-visual odyssey offers a portrait of a remarkable artist, legendary Polish sound engineer Eugeniusz Rudnik, and of Polish Radio Studio, which gave birth to the revolutionary sounds of electro-acoustic music.

17 Beginnings of Talia

Actress Talia Shapira was a colorful figure, hilarious and uninhibited. She left dozens of films and hundreds of notebooks behind when she died, and so much more besides. Twenty-five years later, her son, director Yoni Bentovim, tries to come to grips with that vast legacy.

A Song of Loves - R. David Buzaglo

The story of Rabbi David Buzaglo, Moroccan Jewry's greatest liturgical poet of the twentieth century. Upon immigrating to Israel in the 1960s, he became a cultural sensation overnight, reinvigorating the shattered North African communities here and breathing new life into Israel's liturgical tradition.

Abandoned Goods

Only 5,500 works of art have survived from over 100,000 works created after World War II by patients at the art therapy studio of a psychiatric hospital south of London. Now that the works have been rediscovered, they are earning what the creators themselves never achieved: instead of being seen through the lens of therapy, they are being assessed for their artistic value.

Arab Movie

While wars were being waged on the frontiers, we sat at home every Friday evening to greet the Sabbath with the Arab Movie of the Week. “Arab Movie” takes us back to the stars and the songs, the twisted plots, and the fleeting moment when we shared the same cultural heroes as everyone else in the Middle East.

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin, 1979-1989

This is the story of the wild, bizarre, sexy days of a divided 1980s Berlin, when the city was a hotbed of creativity, home to musicians, artists, anarchists, and dreamers from around the world. This is a frenetic mosaic that combines unique archival footage with dramatizations.

Banksy Does New York

Banksy, that mysterious British street artist, ruled the streets of New York for a month. A new piece of protest art popped up every morning, and the public, made up mainly of eager "Banksy hunters," cooperated as if it was following a well-rehearsed script.

Chekhov's 'Everyman'

The film follows 81-year-old acclaimed actor Albert Cohen as he attempts to direct the play “Chekhov’s Little People” and stage it in his home.

Cinema: A Public Affair

Ten years ago, the building that housed the Moscow Film Museum was sold, its vast collection left homeless. The staff, headed by fascinating historian and intellectual Naum Kleiman, now struggles to keep his vision alive by continuing to use film as a tool to create an enlightened civil society.

Clockwork Doll - Dahlia Ravikovitch

The poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch reveals her intricate life story - a story told here through conversations with people who knew Ravikovitch intimately and through rare archive material.

Cobain: Montage of Heck

A raw and visceral journey through Kurt Cobain’s life and his career with Nirvana through the lens of his home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, and journals.

Concrete Love

Gottfried Böhm may be 93, but he is still the "Boss." He's the head of a multigenerational architectural firm considered one the most prestigious in the world. His three son are successful architects in their own right, but they still seek ways to extricate themselves from their father's shadow.

Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning

Photographer Dorothea Lange was one of the first artists to give a face and a voice to marginalized America, crushed by the Great Depression. She was selecting works for a retrospective exhibition, just days before she died, when her documentarian granddaughter attempted to uncover what motivated Lange's work.

Elgin Park

Michael Paul Smith built the miniature city of Elgin Park as a refuge from his difficult life. To his amazement, millions found his strange utopia appealing.

Fresh Dressed

Hip Hop proved to America that you don't have to sound, move, or even look like a supermodel to make it big in the fashion world. Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Nas Jones and others tell the story of a fashion revolution that grew out of the protest music of inner city streets.

Heaven Adores You

When the successful and highly acclaimed musician Elliott Smith was found dead at the age of 34, no one who knew him was really surprised. His musical legacy reveals the emotional hardships that this popular, charismatic man tried to hide, masking his anguish with heavy drug use.

Hip Hop-eration

The last thing that the members of a seniors’ club in New Zealand ever dreamed they’d be doing was getting on stage in Las Vegas to take part in an international hip hop competition. But as one 94-year-old dancer explains, “Since I’ve become a hip hopper, it’s kept me off the streets, looking for fun.”

Hockney

David Hockney still seems like a passionate youngster. The 77-year-old acclaimed artist never ceases to create, exploring new perspectives on reality. Personal archive material and candid conversations create a loving portrait.

How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy

Back in the 1960s, Richard Leacock changed the face of documentary film. While cooking dinner for friend and fellow filmmaker Les Blank, he tries to unravel the secret behind what makes a film riveting.

Keep On Keepin' On

This award-winning film about the deep friendship between trumpet legend Clark Terry, 93 (who taught such musical icons as Miles Davis and Quincy Jones), and his blind student, a 23-year-old pianist. The love they share for each other and for music allows them both to cling to life.

Live Fast Draw Yung

Yung Lenox is a seven-year-old white kid with glasses. He is also a superstar in the American rap scene. He draws portraits of famous rappers, and they ask him for his autograph at the opening of his "one-boy show".

Matti Caspi - Confession

What lies behind the mask that Matti Caspi wears? This film confessional is the story of a gifted child with polio, raised on a kibbutz by an unloving family. It tells of his rise to stardom in a military ensemble, a string of hits, fame, and fortune, followed by a downward spiral to despair and a slow return to center stage.

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

How did James Brown go from being a poor shoeshine boy, who had to steal to eat, to a successful musician and multimillionaire, a hero to many and a civil rights icon? How did he become the man whose music and ideas still resonate across the United States?

Once Upon a Time There Was a King

Nissim Aloni was a king of the Hebrew theater. The playwright and director brought magic, balloons, fireworks and imagination to the stage. But in a populist and mundane reality, Aloni was left a king without a country - without an audience, without critics, without theater managers to share his dreams.

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off

"Tarzan in Istanbul", "The Izmir Exorcist" and "Islamic Rambo" were among the thousands of films the Turkish industry produced in a "cut and paste" method during the 1960s and '70s. In the 60s/70s Turkey was home to one of the world's biggest film industries. Soon the filmmakers ran out of topics and they began copying movies from all over the world. Name any Western hit film, there's a Turkish version to it.

Seymour: An Introduction

Seymour Bernstein, a talented pianist, retired from the concert circuit at the height of a successful international career, in order to devote himself to teaching music. He sees this as his true calling and true artistic identity. It makes the world a brighter, more enjoyable place.

Some Kind Of Love

After spending all their adult lives on what seems like different planets, an elderly brother and sister move in together and share a decaying family mansion. The camera exposes the tension and anger that exists between the two, but also a very touching kind of love.

The 100 Years Show

At 100, Carmen Herrera is still painting, just as she has been doing for the past 70 years. After finally being "discovered", collectors and museums now bid for her work. "Success" She smiles and says, "means I can hire carers instead of going to a nursing home".

The Awakener: The Story of YH Brenner

The murder, life and work of mysterious author Y.H. Brenner, the sharp critic of his generation, a man of ambiguous sexuality who had all the features of a angry prophet. This film tells his story through animated sequences, conversations with his fans and researchers, selections from his work, and period stills.

The Infinite Happiness

A bizarre-looking building on the outskirts of Copenhagen is home to 500 people. Some of them love it and even write poems about it, while others just want to escape. This sweet and sour collection of personal stories focuses on the daily lives of ordinary people living in a very unusual building.

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki is creating what might be his last animation film. He manages the legendary Studio Ghibli in unorthodox ways, as a kingdom of dedication, humor and creativity.

Time and Place, a Talk with My Mom

A few photos, that's all that was left of the stormy family life at Martijn Veldhoen's house: a philandering, narcissistic father and a mother who was to raise her four children by herself. He reconstructs their story using spectacular visual techniques.

What Now? Remind Me

Portuguese filmmaker Joaquim Pinto's loving relationship and almost tranquil routine is overshadowed by HIV and HCV. His self-awareness drives him to examine life, intimacy, love and art in a film that can only leave audiences enamored.