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: 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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NIF Film Club: Death in the Terminal
28 July 2020On October 18, 2015, a terrorist started shooting at the bus terminal in Be’er Sheva. Death in the Terminal is a detailed, minute-by-minute reconstruction of what happened in the crucial 18 minutes following the attack. Watch the post-film discussion with directors Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudri.
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NIF Film Club: Women in Sink
14 July 2020Women in Sink tells the story of a little hair salon in the heart of the Christian Arab community in Haifa, where director Dr. Iris Zaki goes to work as a shampoo girl. Watch the post-film discussion with Dr. Iris Zaki.
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NIF Film Club: The Kosher Beach
1 July 2020A group of Orthodox Jewish women arrive at the “Kosher Beach” in Tel Aviv from their closed off community. Here they can be free. When the beach is facing a shut down, the heroines are afraid to lose their island of freedom.
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NIF Film Club: The Gatekeepers
23 June 2020In The Gatekeepers, six former heads of Israel’s domestic secret service agency, the Shin Bet, share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions. Watch the post-film discussion with director Dror Moreh.
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