Dead End

Alienated from a society that no longer seems to have a place for them, two elderly ex-soldiers undertake a vigilante campaign against injustice and disrespect on the streets of Tel Aviv. (TIFF)

The World Chess Championship is a juicy battle, rife with passion, power and money. Boris Gelfand has spent his entire life getting ready for this moment; he was raised to become a champion since the age of six. His father devoted all his life to cultivating Boris' talent while obsessively documenting the process. The photo albums tell the father's story as much as that of the son, revealing a simple truth about a man living his own dreams through his son under the Soviet regime. Can any child, given fine Soviet education, become a genius? And is becoming a genius worth the price?

Following the disclosure of the protocols of the committees that investigated the case of the missing Yemeni children. A difficult picture unfolds of the manner in which the establishment behaved towards the Yemeni immigrants at the beginning of the establishment of the state. The film, which for the first time presents filmed testimonies from the committee, leads to the conclusion that the continued silence is almost a crime.

A series based on Yoram Kaniuk's “Eagles” and “Carcasses.” Yossi Pollak and Yehoram Gaon play a pair of elderly men, former members of the Palmach, who spend their days at Malka's café. One day, an accident occurs in front of the café where they are sitting, and it turns out that the victim is Tamara, their love from the 1940s. Tamara's death shocks the two, and they decide to take revenge. They use their skills as skilled fighters from a war that ended 60 years ago and murder dozens of young people and other characters with elegant professionalism. Dina, Tamara's daughter, begins to dig into her mother's past following her death. Her appearance brings up old tensions and a big secret that threatens the long-standing friendship between Ephraim and Moshe.

Come meet Dr. Kira Radinsky, Prof. Hussam Haik and Prof. Moran Seraf - three young and talented Israeli scientists, trailblazers in global science, who are starring in an anthology of films from yes docu. Israel, 2021.