In one corner: a Jewish lawyer; in the other: the motor magnate himself, American spirit personified. This investigative documentary revisits an incredible-yet-little-known scandal that exposed how antisemitic sentiments burned even at the heart of the United States.

A look at Israeli society throughout 2024 as it confronts the greatest trauma in its history.

The exhibition presents rare original items from the Library’s collections, revealing the ongoing dialogue between science, mysticism, philosophy, and religion in humanity’s quest to understand the world, humankind, and time.

A mysterious meteorite, a filmmaker in a midlife crisis, and an unlikely bond blur fact and fiction.

Three photographers documented the Hula wetlands in 1956, before it was drained, revealing a lost paradise.

Documents, books, diary excerpts, illustrations, and photographs from the Library’s collections reveal what unfolded beneath the surface of the vast project to drain the Hula swamps.

Over the course of a single, harrowing day, a doctor and his wife shelter four families, who form an unbreakable bond at the lowest moment of their lives.

Tamar Golan helped shape Israel’s foreign relations behind the scenes, yet was erased from history. Until now

The story of Kfar Aza’s soccer team and their struggle to survive after 7.10.

Paris, 2016. At 2am, a despairing young filmmaker meets his 93-year-old neighbor—legendary, controversial violinist Ivry Gitlis. Their unlikely bond sparks a five-year odyssey that reshapes both their lives and threatens to rewrite music history.

A guided tour and special display exploring women’s writings preserved in the Library’s collections will bring to light the hidden stories, rare manuscripts, and early editions of Jewish women writers.

A unique musical space, among rugs and pillows, where you slow down your heart rate, quiet the background noise, and dive into a conscious experience of relaxation and breathing through meditative sounds and rhythms.

The complex story of La’Isha – the magazine that both defined and reflected the lives of Israeli women.

A lyrical, geological, and deeply personal journey with an Icelandic poet who blends family memories with the slow death of glaciers around him. Sara Dosa (Fire of Love) delivers a gorgeously stylized, heart-melting love letter to things lost in time.

Through calls from Hamburg, Esther Ofarim’s story unfolds – portrait of a legendary voice that became a myth.

A cinematic journey into the world of the National Library of Israel. Through the eyes of emerging filmmakers, the series reveals the human stories unfolding within the library's walls - of staff members, researchers, collections, and rare archival treasures.

The legendary schoolteacher whose social experiment shook America to the core returns for one last stand against censorship and racism, and reflects on the heavy personal toll paid by the family of an uncompromising social justice warrior.

Through Shalom the Rhino and his caretakers, the cost of captivity is exposed amid the Gaza War.

Gil Jibli, forensic sketch artist, reconstructs the faces of loved ones erased from the world.

In the icy Belarusian winter, a family needs welding back together. A compassionate, attentive lens observes an intimate drama about humble lives clinging to small moments of human warmth and a stubborn hope that maybe everything will be alright.

The Norwegian-American author recounts her life journey from her and her husband Paul Auster's beautiful home in New York. A beautiful and sincere film about choosing a life of literature and art.

The stirring portrait of Lithuanian scholar and activist Irena Veisaitė, who lived through the Holocaust to become a symbol of reconciliation. Spoken testimonies and archives recount her remarkable survival and belated homecoming to the city nicknamed "Jerusalem of the North".

The story of “Lips”, a wedding band that brought the Moroccan language and rhythm to the forefront of the mainstream.

A thought-provoking panel on the real war being fought across the trenches of social media, a battle that may be shaping the world more than anything else, and Israel in particular.

DocuText Festival is proud to provide a platform for emerging filmmakers and invites you to discover two programs of documentary student films produced in recent years. An opportunity to see ourselves through the lens of a new generation of promising documentary storytellers.

A Display of Selected Items from Assi Dayan's Archive at the National Library of Israel

In a Mississippi town of sprawling, well-preserved estates, every guided tour carries the weight of a political struggle. Amid period dresses and colonial history, this amusing and ironic portrait of Natchez takes a good look at America’s selective memory.

Assi Dayan recounts the documentary autobiography of his life in his deep, unmistakable voice and uniquely personal style - an almost mythical drama about fathers and sons, and the State of Israel.

Gil Jibli, forensic sketch artist, reconstructs the faces of loved ones erased from the world.

Grossinger's was once the crown jewel of the Jewish resort hotels in the Catskills. During an era of discrimination and prejudice, it offered its guests a place to relax, celebrate, and feel at home, while becoming a vibrant center of Jewish cultural life. Through the story of this iconic resort, the film explores timely questions of immigration, identity, and the universal need for a place to call home.

A Forensic Sketch Workshop with the Film's Protagonist, Gil Gibli.

A Display of Selected Items from Meir Shalev's Archive at the National Library of Israel.

Through his books and personal archive, Meir Shalev tells his life story in his own voice.