Amos Gitai Movies

  • 1970
    Metamorphosis of a Melody

    Metamorphosis of a Melody

    Metamorphosis of a Melody

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    In this film, the itinerary of Flavius Josephus at the time of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in AD 70 crosses that of Prime Minister...

    Metamorphosis of a Melody
  • 1998
    A House in Jerusalem

    A House in Jerusalem

    A House in Jerusalem

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    Can a house be a metaphor for Arab-Jewish relations in Israel? Amos Gitai returns to the house in West Jerusalem he profiled in 1980. He interviews...

    A House in Jerusalem
  • 2006
    News From Home/News From House

    News From Home/News From House

    News From Home/News From House

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    Documentary about a house and its politically divided ownership over time.

    News From Home/News From House
  • 1976
    Waves 2

    Waves 2

    Waves 2

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    After of Waves 1 (1972) Amos Gitai made another short film entitled Waves 2, in 1976 and again in Super-8.

    Waves 2
  • 1984
    Bangkok-Bahrain

    Bangkok-Bahrain

    Bangkok-Bahrain

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    Amos Gitai explores the international traffic in contract labor through parallel movements of Thai women in the sex trade and men migrating to the...

    Bangkok-Bahrain
  • 1973
    Hayam

    Hayam

    Hayam

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    1973 Gitai super8 short film

    Hayam
  • 1982
    Field Diary

    Field Diary

    Field Diary

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    The story of various journeys through the West Bank and Gaza Strip occupied territories during the months leading up to Israel's invasion of Lebanon.

    Field Diary
  • 1986
    Esther

    Esther

    Esther

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    Ahasverus, king of Persia and Media, puts aside Vashti and makes Esther his queen, choosing her among maidens in a kingdom stretching from India to...

    Esther
  • 1983
    Not Gone and Not Forgotten: A Story of Urban Redevelopment and Community Organizing in Los Angeles

    Not Gone and Not Forgotten: A Story of Urban Redevelopment and Community Organizing in Los Angeles

    Not Gone and Not Forgotten: A Story of Urban Redevelopment and Community Organizing in Los Angeles

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    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. "A chronicle of the successful protest efforts of a small Los Angeles community...

    Not Gone and Not Forgotten: A Story of Urban Redevelopment and Community Organizing in Los Angeles
  • 1980
    House

    House

    House

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    House is the story of a house in West-Jerusalem: abandoned during the 1948 war by its owner, a Palestinian doctor; requisitioned by the Israeli...

    House
  • 2018
    A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

    A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

    A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

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    Gitai pays homage to Albert Camus and explores the return to Palestinian villages while interjecting texts by Izhar Smilansky, Emile Habibi, Mahmoud...

    A Letter to a Friend in Gaza
  • 2001
    Wadi Grand Canyon, 2001

    Wadi Grand Canyon, 2001

    Wadi Grand Canyon, 2001

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    Wadi Grand Canyon, 2001
  • 1997
    War and Peace in Vesoul

    War and Peace in Vesoul

    War and Peace in Vesoul

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    In the train on the way to the Festival in Vesoul, filmmakers Amos Gitai and Elia Suleiman talk about the subjects that preoccupy them: war and peace...

    War and Peace in Vesoul
  • 1970
    Architectura

    Architectura

    Architectura

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    Architectura
  • 1994
    In the Valley of the Wupper

    In the Valley of the Wupper

    In the Valley of the Wupper

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    Following the 1992 killing of a man mistakenly believed to be Jewish, Amos Gitai interviews residents, witnesses, and legal figures in Wuppertal....

    In the Valley of the Wupper
  • 2024
    Shikun

    Shikun

    Shikun

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    A diverse cross-section of Israeli society converges in a single multi-use building, the Shikun. As people of different languages, origins and...

    Shikun
  • 1984
    Pineapple

    Pineapple

    Pineapple

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    Documentary about the process canned pineapple takes from cultivation to sale.

    Pineapple
  • 2013
    Architecture in Israel

    Architecture in Israel

    Architecture in Israel

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    What is under discussion is the actual construction of the state of Israel, its history and identity, besides the oedipal theme for an...

    Architecture in Israel
  • 1989
    Berlin-Jerusalem

    Berlin-Jerusalem

    Berlin-Jerusalem

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    Two interconnected stories in the 1930s, one set in Berlin, the other in Palestine: Mania Vilbouchevich Shohat (1880-1961), called Tania, a Russian...

    Berlin-Jerusalem
  • 2013
    Ana Arabia

    Ana Arabia

    Ana Arabia

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    Filmed in one sequence-shot of 1 hour and 25 minutes, Ana Arabia is a moment in the life of a small community of outcasts, Jews and Arabs, who live...

    Ana Arabia