Amos Gitai Movies

  • 2012
    Lullaby to my Father

    Lullaby to my Father

    Lullaby to my Father

    7.52012HD

    The film intertwines historical events and intimate memories. I observe how architecture represents the transformations of society and those who give...

    Lullaby to my Father
  • 2004
    Welcome to São Paulo

    Welcome to São Paulo

    Welcome to São Paulo

    6.22004HD

    All the feature is given prestige to by the narration in Caetano Veloso's voice, that also signs one of the segments of the project. São Paulo...

    Welcome to São Paulo
  • 1973
    Paper is Fire, Fire is Paper

    Paper is Fire, Fire is Paper

    Paper is Fire, Fire is Paper

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    1973 Gitai super8 short

    Paper is Fire, Fire is Paper
  • 2003
    Alila

    Alila

    Alila

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    Life in a Tel Aviv apartment complex, an urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. Gabi, a bobbed...

    Alila
  • 1999
    Kadosh

    Kadosh

    Kadosh

    5.91999HD

    The year 2000 approaches in Jerusalem's Orthodox Mea Shearim quarter, where the women work, keep house, and have children so the men can study the...

    Kadosh
  • 2025
    Golem in Pompei

    Golem in Pompei

    Golem in Pompei

    02025HD

    The film documents Amos Gitai's play "Golem" at the ancient theater in Pompeii, combined with fictional scenes. Within the historical narrative,...

    Golem in Pompei
  • 2018
    A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

    A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

    A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

    42018HD

    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
  • 1974
    Shosh

    Shosh

    Shosh

    01974HD

    1974 Gitai super8 short film

    Shosh
  • 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
  • 2015
    Rabin, the Last Day

    Rabin, the Last Day

    Rabin, the Last Day

    4.72015HD

    Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime...

    Rabin, the Last Day
  • 1998
    Zion, auto-émancipation

    Zion, auto-émancipation

    Zion, auto-émancipation

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    Zion, auto-émancipation
  • 2001
    Wadi Grand Canyon, 2001

    Wadi Grand Canyon, 2001

    Wadi Grand Canyon, 2001

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

    War and Peace in Vesoul

    War and Peace in Vesoul

    101997HD

    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
  • 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

    01983HD

    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
  • 2025
    Why War

    Why War

    Why War

    42025HD

    In 1932, Albert Einstein was invited by the League of Nations to address a letter on any subject to any person. He chose to correspond with Sigmund...

    Why War
  • 2013
    Ana Arabia

    Ana Arabia

    Ana Arabia

    6.12013HD

    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
  • 1996
    The Arena of Murder

    The Arena of Murder

    The Arena of Murder

    71996HD

    This documentary by Amos Gitai is a personal look at the aftermath of the Rabin assassination.

    The Arena of Murder
  • 2013
    Architecture in Israel

    Architecture in Israel

    Architecture in Israel

    02013HD

    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
  • 2015
    Tsili

    Tsili

    Tsili

    5.22015HD

    Tsili is a young girl caught in the middle of World War II. After her family is taken to a concentration camp, Tsili hides in the forest, free from...

    Tsili