After ending a six year relationship, a well-behaved, Jewish, OBGYN decides to turn her brain off and her body on by exploring BDSM; instances of which are popping up in the most unusual places.

After impulsively shaving off his beard and sidelocks, a young Hasidic man experiences a nightmarish transformation that leads him right back to where he started. Over the course of one painful night, Eli Eisenstein will come to realize that it’s much easier to shave your beard than to shed who you are.

Une jeune mère divorcée doit gérer sa relation avec sa mère et son frère, porteur d'une maladie mentale tout en entamant un nouvel amour. Elle tente de rapprocher son frère avec leur père sur son lit de mort.

From challah to immigration to the wandering Jew, Ma Nishma Manitoba is a mid-length documentary that explores Manitoban Jewish stories of identity and history. Filmmakers Johanna and Sara put their own experiences in local context by chatting with several Jewish Manitobans, including a rabbi, politician, artist, Israeli immigrant, and others. Archival materials, illustrations, and stop animations connect history with present-day opinions and stories, as Sara and Johanna explore what being Jewish in Manitoba means to them and others.

Danielle est en terminale et entretient une relation sexuelle tarifée avec Max, un homme marié. Aujourd’hui, elle doit rejoindre ses parents névrosés afin de participer à une Shiva, un rituel juif qui est accompli après la mort d’un proche. À son arrivée, son attitude désinvolte et son désintérêt pour les études supérieures lui valent des remarques désobligeantes de la part de certains membres de sa famille. Cette journée particulière prend une tournure inattendue lorsque Max fait son apparition avec sa femme et leur bébé pleurnicheur…

In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.

The story of Sally, a ten year old girl whose one wish is to celebrate a memorable Hanukkah despite her Grandmother Jessica’s desire to help her fit in. Or is it Sally who helps Jessica come to terms with growing up Jewish in the Bible Belt?

Moisés is a Jewish boy who dreams of eating tacos al pastor, but his mother and his religion forbid them.

Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel.

The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to the Desert (2016); Rubber Dolphin (2018); Stav (2018); After His Death (2017); Leave of Absence (2016).

À Londres, un jeune virtuose polonais d'origine juive est recueilli par la famille d'un jeune garçon du même âge. Les deux enfants se lient rapidement d'amitié. Or, la Seconde Guerre mondiale vient d'éclater. Un jour, juste avant un concert, Dovidl disparaît sans laisser de traces. Des décennies plus tard, Martin décide de rechercher son ami...

No Jewish divorce is complete without the man literally giving the woman her freedom back. With Israel having neither civil marriage nor divorce, women can get trapped. The film follows several such "chained" women together with Batya, a religious lawyer, who embarks on a struggle against the rabbinical courts.

OUTREMONT AND THE HASIDIM reveals the challenges of accommodating the “Hasidim” – or ultra-Orthodox Jews – in the affluent Montréal borough of Outremont.​Some 7,000 Hasidim live in or near this choice neighbourhood of Québec’s Francophone elite. After settling there more than 70 years ago, the Hasidim are a rapidly growing minority group which today represents about 23% of Outremont’s population.​Thanks to unprecedented access to this self-isolated community, the film lifts the veil on its practices, traditions, music and life as they had never before been seen on Canadian television, without ignoring the community’s expectations, fears. and hopes.

The story of two most uncommon people, Sam a good old southern Jewish “boy” and Rabbi Stan, a misplaced mohel. Brought together by a chance encounter at a bus stop, the two develop an incongruous friendship.

A portray of the life inside a small Jewish community in Temuco, Southern Chile, home of the oldest synagogue in the country. Narrated mainly by female voices, descendants of one of the founding families of the community, their testimony will give a gender perspective, willing to challenge their cultural heritage.

La reprise à Broadway en 2016 de la comédie musicale de William Finn, récompensée par un Tony. Elle raconte l'histoire de Marvin, un père de famille juif qui quitte sa femme et son fils pour un amant masculin au plus fort de la crise du sida dans le New York des années 1980.

En 1951, Marcus quitte son New Jersey natal pour aller étudier dans une université conservatrice de l'Ohio, où il fait face à la répression sexuelle et l'antisémitisme.

A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time.

The film follows Mrs. Sarika's departure to a Jewish retirement home. What was supposed to be a peaceful end to life, turns into the horror of the Holocaust, and she herself becomes a victim.

Documentary about Kurt Landauer, the long-time Jewish president of FC Bayern München, who led the club to its first German championship, was persecuted and forced out of office by the Nazis, and rebuilt the club after the war.