Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival 2022

The extraordinary story of Dr. Mohamed Helmy, the only Arab ever to be recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. Helmy was an Egyptian doctor, who, posing as a Nazi supporter, rescued a Jewish girl disguised as a Muslim, in Nazi Berlin. 

With his gestures and facial expressions alone, mime Marcel Marceau captured audiences around the globe for decades. But the tragic background behind his work has remained hidden for a long time. The film sheds new light upon Marceau’s life and unique art form.

Orna Ben-Dor Niv’s documentary follows singer-songwriters, Yehuda Poliker and Ya’ackov Gilad’s creative journey that resulted in Ashes and Dust. Through conversations with the musicians and their family members, Ben-Dor Niv paints a raw, intimate portrait of the complex relationship between first- and second-generation Holocaust survivors.

Tomer Slutzky accompanies his father in his pursuit of Anibal Gauto – wanted by Interpol for crimes against humanity during Argentina’s 1970s dictatorship. They discover that Gauto lives in Israel and is protected by authorities. What does Israel have to hide?

Elfriede Jelinek (Nobel Prize for Literature laureate), prodigy, scandalous author, feminist, communist, language terrorist, vulnerable artist. Complimented by historical and contemporary materials, the film approaches Jelinek’s linguistic montage from a personal perspective and explores what it means to be perceived as a traitor to the fatherland.

Irwin Cotler and his team take on the cases and causes of political prisoners and human rights activists battling against the world’s most repressive regimes. Mr. Cotler is the International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and former Minister of Justice of Canada. 

Martin becomes the primary suspect in the poisoning of a fellow actor, while being chased by a mysterious organization called the Green Perfume. Together with the eccentric Claire, Martin starts his own investigation, leading to an adventure all over Europe. This is a playful and original murder mystery.

When Carmel, a religious boy, finds his best friend Ido at his house, Carmel feels things he didn't dare to admit. The Israeli Short Film Competition in Memory of Bnaya Zuckerman 2022

Shmuel takes a job as a companion to the elderly Gershom. The two men debate Jesus's humanity and the meaning of Judas Iscariot’s betrayal. Things become complicated when Shmuel falls in love with Gershom's widowed daughter-in-law. A gentle and insightful adaptation to Amos Oz’s best-selling novel.

Seymour finds a vehicle for private and public success in the form of a man-eating plant from outer space. However, its cannibalistic eating habits become insatiable and it's up to Seymour to cut it down to size. An entertaining, spine-chilling, and delightful cult hit.

1960s Belgium. Michel and his brother Charly live a happy childhood. Their father does not reveal his past.  The brothers imagine him as a great adventurer or treasure hunter…. But what is he hiding? A moving adaptation to Michel Kichka’s graphic novel. 

In a Syrian border village in the early 1980s, little Sero attends school for the first time. A new teacher arrives with the goal of making Pan-Arabic comrades out of the Kurdish children. The lessons upset and confuse Sero, whose longtime neighbors are a lovable Jewish family.