This year the festival goes even deeper into the people, the stories, and the work of Arabs and Jews in Israel.
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Three Palestinian women share an apartment in Tel Aviv--the stylish lawyer Laila, the more subdued lesbian Salma, and Nur, a student and Muslim. They seek ways to live in the space in between their desired modern lifestyles and pressures from their traditional communities.
(Dir. Yair Agmon, 16 min)
ANA MIN EL YAHUD 
Award-winning writer Nir Baram, son of a liberal politician, travels throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In his search for an answer to whether a two-state solution is viable, he finds surprising revelations that force him to challenge his entire belief system.
Despite having little musical talent, a group of Israeli and Palestinian women form a rock band as an excuse to meet and interact. The more time the women spend together, the more they begin to realize they're not so different.
Gush Etzion Junction, a commercial intersection, lies midway between Jerusalem and Hebron and is the entrance to one of the largest settlement blocks in the West Bank. In 2014, Ali Abu Awwad built a shack on a plot of land owned by his family near the junction to create a Palestinian Center for Nonviolence. 
This hit Israeli TV series follows Micah Alkobi, who maintains a reputation as a fair and honorable judge throughout the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva, even among the Bedouin population, who believe they might get a fair shake in his courtroom. 
Muhi, a spirited Palestinian boy, has been living in an Israeli hospital with his grandfather for seven years. He is caught between two worlds, and cared for by the very government that keeps him separated from his mother and the rest of his family. 
Financial and social realities challenge the only Palestinian zoo's very existence. Determined to revitalize the zoo, Dr. Sami ignores political obstacles and collaborates with nearby Israeli zoos to provide his people with the only zoo they may ever know.
Fleeing war, dictatorship, and religious persecution, a group of Christian women from Sudan and Eritrea seek asylum in Israel. They attempt to build new lives for themselves and their families, unsure if or when their journey will ever end.
Horror and chaos erupted at a bus terminal in Be'er Sheva on October 18, 2015. A man shot into the crowd at a bus terminal, and an Eritrean refugee seeking asylum was mistaken for the shooter.
Soon after the village of Deir Yassin was conquered in the 1948 War, the Israeli government established a mental hospital there. The filmmaker unveils the secrets of a patient, as well as those of Israel's founding fathers.
Adam can't catch a break and suffers from a series of unsuccessful business decisions--until he embarks on his riskiest venture yet: bottling "holy air" to sell to tourists.
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Isaac Zablocki
Senior Director of the Carole Zabar Film Center
Director of The Israel Film Center
Director of ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival
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