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The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival

Please be aware – the screening at 27/10/2025 is NOT in Tel-Aviv Cinematheque.

Tamara De Lempicka was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century- a mother, a feminist, a style icon and a proud bisexual woman who celebrated her sexuality. Lempicka fled the war and became a symbol because of her artistic view. She embodied the spirit of Art Deco and painted high society women from a feminine perspective, erotic and daring and full of passion. Encouraged by her grandmother, young Tamara was discovered as a shining talent when she combined cubism, classicism and surrealism in order to reinvent the female form- not as a sexual object, but as a heroine.

In her fascinating documentary, director Julie Rubio dives into the colorful biography of De Lempicka and uncovers her unusual life with never before seen home movies. The result is a thrilling movie about a fascinating artist and woman.

In association with the Polish Institute Tel Aviv

Darklands: Are you ready to go deep?

Every year thousands of visitors pilgrim to Antwerp for the world’s biggest Fetish Festival. Through the eyes of Jeroen and his straight sister Nathalie, the masterminds behind the festival “Darklands” offers an unprecedented look on the journey that challenges the conservative social taboo and leaves the audience with dropped jaws.

The film handles delicate subjects in a tender but unrelenting way such as sexual identity and fetishism. Director Roland Javornik manages to crack the seductive magic behind the annual festival.

In association with PrideTV

Nicola

Nicolas is a divorced Argentinian baker who lives with his three children in a small Bolivian town in the heart of the wild surrounded by forests, waterfalls and lakes.

This ideal environment is clashing with the burden of life and the responsibility of raising children, earning money and the physical and emotional need to be who you are in a community that might not accept you.

Filmmaker Pablo Terrazas documents Nicolas’ life until the moment he decides the reveal a deep secret and start a journey of self-healing and discovery.

In association with the Instituto Cervantes

That’s Gila, That’s Me

Alon Weinstock’s documentary film has a cult following with fans who return annually; packing movie theatre to capacity for the sole purpose of enjoying Gila Goldstein’s zingers and being moved by the life story of one of Israel’s first trans women who was also a Tel Aviv icon-turned legend, while still live.
Gila was born in the 50’s in lower Haifa. A young soccer player in the Maccabbi Haifa who had always known that she is a woman. In her 20’s she moved to Tel Aviv and worked as a prostitute and exotic dancer. In 2003 she was proclaimed the community’s darling for her contribution and continued fight for social justice.
The film, shot between 1997 – 2010, describes the world of a woman who is, despite fleeting years and many struggles, still happy, optimistic and feeling forever young. Because Gila is the one and only and in her own radical language: “That’s Gila, That’s Me.”

In memory of Gila Goldstein (18.12.1947 – 05.02.2017)

הפרלמנט של גילה גולדשטיין ודרוררר

בסרטם הדוקומנטרי של דרור נובלמן ואלון וינשטוק “הפרלמנט של גילה ודרוררר” נחשפת הצצה נדירה ואינטימית לעולמה של גילה גולדשטיין – אייקון תרבות, חלוצה טרנסג’נדרית, ואחת הדמויות הססגוניות והנועזות שידעה ישראל. במשך שנים תיעד התסריטאי דרור נובלמן במצלמת הטלפון שלו את המפגשים הליליים הבלתי-נשכחים בבית הקפה שבו נהגה לשבת. “הפרלמנט” היה מוקד משיכה לחברותיה הטרנסיות הוותיקות, כוכבות שוליים ואורחים יוצאי דופן מכל גווני הקשת – אנשים שעלו אליה לרגל אל תוך השעות הקטנות, לחלוק סיפורים, רעיונות, שירים וצחוקים מתגלגלים.

החומר הגולמי, שנצבר לאורך שנים, נערך ביד רגישה על ידי אלון ויינשטוק לכדי סרט תוסס בן חמישים דקות, המשלב הומור פרוע, רגעים מרגשים, ושפע אנקדוטות נדירות. זהו מסמך חי וצבעוני של תרבות שוליים שהקדימה את זמנה – של נשים ואנשים שחיו באומץ ובגאווה, לעיתים תוך מאבק יומיומי, ותמיד עם חן ושנינות שאין לה תחליף.

מעבר לדיוקן של גילה עצמה – שנפטרה ב-2017 – הסרט משרטט דיוקן של קהילה. הוא מראה כיצד סביב שולחן אחד קטן נרקם פסיפס חד-פעמי של דמויות, חוויות וחברות לא שגרתית. ״הפרלמנט של גילה ודרוררר” הוא גם הומאז’ אישי וגם חגיגה קולנועית: מחווה לאישה גדולה מהחיים ולחבורה המיתולוגית שהפכה אותה לאגדה.

The First Lady

Fearing for her life, Israeli transgender pioneer Efrat Tilma fled the country as a teenager. Now in her seventies and a celebrated activist, she must fight for her freedom once again, as the country spirals into political and social regression.

Proud Jewish Boy

They said he started it all.

On November 7, 1938, a gentle looking seventeen-year-old Jewish boy, an illegal resident in France, entered the German embassy in Paris and fired three bullets at German diplomat Ernst vom Rath,

Two days later, vom Rath died of his wounds. And Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, sent the German people to take revenge on all Jews. More than a thousand synagogues were burned, hundreds of Jews were murdered or committed suicide, thousands of businesses were looted, and tens of thousands of men were sent to concentration camps.

Goebbels, the master of propaganda, called it “Kristallnacht”.

“Proud Jewish Boy” is a fascinating documentary journey following the story of the young assassin Herschel Grynszpan, the boy accused by Jews of being responsible for the pogrom that started the Holocaust and by the Germans of starting World War II.

Through new historical discoveries, rare archival materials, family members and researchers who investigated the affair, the film brings for the first time the full, yet untold story of the circumstances that led to the assassination, and the dramatic sequence of events that followed it, an unknown story that culminates in a battle of wits between Goebbels, the second most powerful man in the Nazi regime, and the “poor Jewish boy” from the infamous Leine neighborhood in Hanover , who refused to turn the other cheek.

The End of a Woman – Sarit Ahmad Shakur

The tragic story of Sarit Ahmad Shakur, an 18-year-old LGBTQ+ woman from the Druze village of Kiser al-Sami, who was murdered on June 9, 2023. The episode follows Sarit’s difficult life, her struggle for love and understanding from her family, and the bitter path that led to her tragic death. This unique episode is narrated through recordings, testimonies, experts, and friends, revealing for the first time the indictment against the suspects in the murder and serving as an indictment against the traditional and conservative society that struggles to accept the sexual identity of young people in the Arab community.