NIF Film Club, in partnership with the Other Israel Film Festival, brings you poignant and relevant Israeli films during these days when we have more time to catch up on films we may have missed, ones we want to see again, or completely new ones. Each week, Film Club members watch a movie at their own convenience, followed by a lively and interactive discussion with the filmmaker on Zoom.
Recordings of past Film Club discussions can be found below.
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NIF Film Club: Lemon Tree
13 January 2021Salma, a Palestinian widow, is the owner of her late father’s cherished lemon grove. She must defend her lemon tree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down. Watch the post-film discussion with director Eran Riklis.
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NIF Film Club: Mayor
30 December 2020Mayor is a real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office. Watch the post-film discussion with director David Osit.
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NIF Film Club: Ma’abarot
9 December 2020Ma’abarot tells the story of the Israeli transit camps in the 1950s. Watch the post-film discussion with director Dina Zvi-Riklis and producer Arik Bernstein.
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NIF Film Club: Aviv
18 November 2020Aviv follows famed 90s star Aviv Geffen’s rapid ascent from underground musician to mythic figure – and the last person to embrace Yitzhak Rabin moments before his tragic assassination at a peace rally. Listen to the post-film discussion with director Tomer Heymann.
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NIF Film Club: Speed Sisters
28 October 2020The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. Watch the post-film discussion with director Amber Fares.
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NIF Film Club: Before the Revolution
14 October 2020The untold story of the Israeli paradise in Iran in the 1960s and 70s. Watch the post-film discussion with director Dan Shadur.
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NIF Film Club: Fig Tree
30 September 2020A 16-year-old Jewish girl confronts the Ethiopian Civil War and faces the choice to flee to Israel. Watch the post-film discussion with Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian.
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NIF Film Club: Ajami
16 September 2020Ajami is a bold new crime drama set on the margins of an Arab ghetto in the Israeli city of Jaffa. Watch the post-film discussion with director Yaron Shani.
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NIF Film Club: The Image of Victory and The Mute’s House
25 August 2020The Image of Victory and The Mute’s House are moving films from two young, up-and-coming Israeli filmmakers. Watch the post-film discussion with directors Adi Mishnayot and Tamar Kay.
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NIF Film Club: Sharqiya
11 August 2020Kamel lives with his brother and sister-in-law at the edge of the Negev desert on land that has been in their Bedouin family since the Ottoman Empire. But since they have no paperwork to prove their ownership, their claim is disputed by the Israeli government. Watch the post-film discussion with director Ami Livne.
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