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- The people of Jerusalem's criminal prosecution office take us into the impossible world of serious criminal case handling, in which expectations of fair compensation and justice are shattered by the cold-hearted barriers of criminal law. We witness the case's most intimate moments - the prosecutor's meetings with the victim, its negotiations with the defense, the tremendous excitement that precedes the court's ruling, and the disappointment or euphoria that follow it: these are the "unofficial" moments in the prosecutor's life never seen on screen - providing a first-ever, genuine look inside the Israeli criminal process, as seen from the prosecutor's point of view.
- A young Holocaust survivor who descends into crime; an Italian-Jewish engineer who wants to see a movie; a German Christian who forgives her husband's murderer because of her Buddhist faith; and a Jewish woman who carries on an affair with a Nazi and exposes members of the resistance so that she and her children may survive: their fates intersect when two bullets are fired into a queue of people waiting to see "A Man Escaped" at Tel Aviv's Cinema North in 1957.
- Kibbutz Maoz Chaim children's house, 1943. A gunshot rings out, followed by silence.11-year-old Dvor'aleh is orphaned. She was told that her mother was killed by a stray bullet during weapons training, but soon begins hearing the word "suicide" whispered among the kibbutz members. Dvora is deeply troubled: was it an accident or was it suicide? If it was suicide, how could her mother leave her alone in the world like that? Only years later does Dvora discover the truth. Journeying to the past, her son, the filmmaker, revisits the childhood of a mother with "rain in her eyes", as she described herself - a mother whose tormented life story shaped her writing and her relationship with her children and family.
- In 1955, a collection of contemporary artworks, including some made by the world's leading artists of the time, was donated to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Thousands flocked to the museum to see the new collection; but how was it exactly that Eugen Kolb, then the museum's director, managed to obtain such an impressive collection to begin with? What motivated a famous art collector such as Peggy Guggenheim to donate a collection of her greatest pieces to such a small, unknown institute? NOTHING EXPECT 34 PAINTINGS examines the relationship between Kolb and Guggenheim, addressing these questions through their correspondence.
- Artist Eli Shamir paints the view from his studio balcony - fields stretching to the horizon, ancient oak trees, and a generation of farmers that is disappearing from the vistas of the Jezreel Valley. His large oils are treasured by collectors worldwide. It was director Ben Shani's encounter with one of Shamir's works that spawned the idea of documenting the artist at work. Neither of them had any idea that everything would change as the filming progressed, as an unforeseen danger threatened to rob Shamir of his talent. Filmed over the course of ten years, A lullaby for the Valley focuses on the fascinating figure of Eli Shamir and his paintings. As time passes, like the endless fields of the valley, they are transformed before our very eyes.
- As a young promising poet marked for greatness, Yossi Sarid unintentionally found himself in politics and eventually became the leader of the Left. He was ambitious; aspiring to save those on the margins of society but was often rejected by them. His dream of serving as Education Minister came true; when it did, he chose to insist on his principles at the cost of overthrowing the government. For 50 weeks and five days, Education Minister Sarid fought with the Orthodox Shas party that demanded its education movement's debts be covered, and refused to yield even when he was called as "Evil Haman" and when the Prime Minister said he'd turned into a liability. This is the story of the eternal opposition leader who refused to compromise despite the consequences.
