Welcome to Ruth Diskin Films Online Catalogue!
Ruth Diskin Films continues to offer a wide, in depth view, of one of the most compelling
places on earth - a kaleidoscope of Israeli society, as well as films with strong Jewish
content, made by leading documentary filmmakers world-wide.
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The Beetle was just licensed by PBS. First transmission: July, 2010.
Penn University has just purchased 25 of our titles, amongst: Skate to Survive, I'm a Civil War - the Life of Chaim Gouri, Just Like Home, Black Over White and I Sleep but My Heart is Awake.
Seven of our titles have been selected for the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, to take place in April. The titles are as follows: Ida's Dance Club, Nikita Kino, Lone Samaritan, The Worst Company in the World, Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared, Dubak – a Palestinian Jew and Point of View.
Ruth Diskin to attend the Berlinale and the EFM from Thursday, Feb 11 until Monday Feb 15
The Beetle was recently bought by the Public TV of Taiwan. First transmission: April, 2010
Arizona State University Library has just put in a purchase for almost our entitle catalogue. Among them: Ida's Dance Club, Children of the Sun, Lone Samaritan, Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared, Who Killed Walter Benjamin, The Fire Within, Skate to Survive, to name a few.
Amos Oz was just licensed by the History Channel of Spain. First transmission: May, 2010
The Beetle to open the Athens Jewish Film Festival on February 20th, 2010.
Ruth Diskin is proud to be the exclusive distributor of the ground breaking mini-series Fence, Wall, Border by Eli Cohen and Etty Wieseltier, for educational/institutional use, as well as for DVD sales.
Coming soon to the Ruth Diskin Films Catalouge are the following distinguished titles by non-Israeli filmmakers: Nikita Kino by Vivian Ostrovsky from France, and New Homes by Radames Vieira from Brazil.
The Worst Company in the World has been selected for the Competitive Section of Docudays Human Rights International Film Festival, to take place in Kyiv between March 28 and April 1, 2010.
Newest addition to Ruth Diskin Films: Just Like Home which tells the story of a Moscow's Jewish Orphanage-Home to children who were abused, neglected, and abandoned by the people closest to them.
Lone Samaritan is scheduled to be shown at Fipa-Biarritz International Film Festival on January 27 at 15:15 at the Cinema Le Royal. For updated information about the Upcoming Screening check: www.fipa.tm.fr
Our titles will be shown in no less than 30 Jewish Film Festivals taking place in the next three months, amongst: NY Jewish Film Festival, NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, San Diego JFF, Tucson JFF, Seattle JFF, Kansas City JFF, Pioneer Valley JFF, Philadelphia JFF, Denver JFF, Athens JFF, Contra Costa JFF, to name a few.
Ruth Diskin Film's Online DVD Store is open! You are now invited to purchase most of our distinguished films on DVD for home/private use only. We strive to get the best films produced in Israel annually, a well as superb documentaries by leading filmmakers around the world.
The Worst Company in the World and The Volunteers have just been licensed by YLE-Finland. First Transmission: May, 2010.
The Last Fighters will be aired on TVP, Poland on January 27th, 2010, marking International Holocaust Day.
The Worst Company in the World has been selected for the Competitive Section of the International Krakow Documentary Film Festival, to take place in May, 2010 in Poland.
Chronicle of a Kidnap and Point of View have been selected for the New York Jewish Film Festival, to take place in January, 2010 at Lincoln Center.
Three of our titles have been selected for the Annual Conference of the Association of Jewish Studies, to take place on December 20th in LA. The selected films are: Dubak – a Palestinian Jew, Gut Shabbes Vietnam and Paying for Justice.
Six of our titles have been selected for the San Diego Jewish Film Festival, to take place in February, 2010. The selected films are : The Name My Mother Gave Me, All I've Got, Gut Shabbes Vietnam, Deadly Honour, Mortgage and Shred of Hope.
For the first time, the India International Women's Film Festival will be hosting a tribute to a film distributor - and they have selected Ruth Diskin Films Ltd. http://www.iiwff.org/index.
Taking part in this exceptional series are the following films: Hothouse, The Name My Mother Gave Me, Ida's Dance Club, Por El Flamenco and The Worst Company in the World. The festival will be running from the 12-15 of December and will take place in New Delhi.
In addition, our film Deadly Honour has been accepted into the international competition and will be screened as part of the Cinema World section.
Kafkaesque Story has been selected for the prestigious central pitch in IDFA. Filmmaker Sagi Bronstein, Researcher Ofer Aderet, Co-producer Christian Drewing from Eikon Germany and Commissioning Editor Martina Zöllner from SWR to pitch the Project on Monday, November 23 in Amsterdam.
Seven of our titles have been selected for Docs for Sale selective Market, and will be available for buyers/festivals' programmers and commissioning editors at the videotheque between November 19-29, 2009. The titles are as follows: Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared, Ida's Dance Club, The Worst Company in the World, Lone Samaritan, Deadly Honour, Hothouse & The Volunteers.
The Beetle has just been licensed by Planete, France. First transmission: April, 2010.
The University of Maryland has just purchased 20 of our titles for educational use, among: The Name My Mother Gave Me, Refugees, Por El Flamenco, Black Over White, Dancing Alfonso, Another Land, et al.
October
Ruth Diskin Films is proud to announce that Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared has been selected for the official Competition of IDFA, to take place between November 19-29, 2009.
Chronicle of a Kidnap and The Beetle have been selected for the Competitive Section of DMZ Int'l Documentary Film Festival, to take place in Korea between October 20-26, 2009.
Three of our titles have been selected for the Official Competition of GZ Int'l DOC Film Festival, to take place in China in December, 2009. The titles are as follows: The Worst Company in the World, Por El Flamenco and The Beetle.
The following five of titles have been selected for the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival: Duback –a Palestinian Jew, The Tree of Life, The Third is On Its Way, Lady Kul El Arab and the award-winning TV Series A Touch Away.
The following four newly-released documentaries have recently acquired by Ruth Diskin Films: Lone Samaritan, Ida's Dance Club, Hot House and Sayed Kashua – Forever Scared.
The ground braking mini series A Touch Away will be shown once again at the Koffler Art Centre in Toronto on October 15th and 17th, in the presence of Executive Producer Zafrir Kochanovsky.
Seven of our titles have been selected for Dok Leipzig selective Market, and will be available for buyers/festivals' programmers and commissioning editors at the videotheque between October 26-November 1, 2009. The titles are as follows: Deadly Honour, Duback –a Palestinian Jew, Refugees, The Name My Mother Gave Me, Por El Flamenco, The Beetle and The Worst Company in the World.
