Belfilms was founded in 1984 by Katriel and Noemi Schory.
Belfilms is one of the leading production houses in Israel, producing drama, documentaries, feature films and commercials, for Israeli and foreign broadcasters, advertising agencies, and international co-productions.
Belfilms’ features and documentaries have been screened in the cinema and television throughout the world and at film and television leading festivals.
In 2000 Liran Atzmor and Itay Ken-tor joined the company and Katriel went on to be the head of the Israeli Film Fund.
In 2008 Liran left the company to be the commissioning editor for channel 8 - the documentary channel of Noga communication. Since then the company is run by Noemi Schory and Itay Ken-tor.
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Paris Return
Yossi Aviram
Reoven Vardi wants to go back to Israel, the country he left over 50 years ago.
He is 75 years old, recently retired, and he feels that in Paris, he has almost nothing but Pierluigi.
When I entered their apartment during my last visit, I immediately noticed that the old Chairs are gone.
I'm selling them said Reoven. I do not need chairs dragged behind me when I go to heaven.
Clearly it involved more than just selling chairs.
Pierluigi is 10 years younger than Reoven. For him Israel is not an option and he is fighting Reovens pessimism and sadness.
Paris Retour is an intimate portrait of Reoven&Pierluigi, in a moment which might reflect in a way their life story and destiny.
Haute Cuisine 'goes Kosher'
Noemi Ben-Natan Schory
13 of the worlds most renowned chefs gathered in Jerusalem challenged to adapt their culinary art to the strict demands of Kosher dietary rules. The occasion was the King David Feast, a unique and prestigious gastronomical event.
14 Israeli chefs and over a 100 assistants were recruited to help the stars of the international cuisine. The teams slaved in the kitchen to create a 12 course meal, all from kosher ingredients.
In addition to their professionalism and constant strive for perfection, the chefs needed to use a lot of imagination to overcome the Kosher restrictions but still maintain their level of art work.
The film uses 3 teams to follow the meticulous preparations, discussions over the menu and the drama which occurs in the kitchen while the 350 guests are already in their seats.
Pinkas' Dream
Ruth Valk
Pinkas Goren is a 75- year- old farmer from the village of Rehov in the Beit Shean Valley. One morning he wakes up from a dream about his sister Simcha, who is married to a Muslim and lives in Kurdistan.
After his dream and despite his sons protests, Pinkas sets off on a dangerous journey back to the village, where he was born, hoping to learn what happened to his sister, whom he has not seen for more than 50 years.
He finds his sister living in the remote Kurdish hills, surrounded by a large family, and decides to bring them all to Israel. Now he has to contend with his own shattered dream and some very surprising revelations.
Purple Lawns
Dina Zvi-Riklis
Based on a story by Savion Liebrecht.
Yael is a dancer and a teacher of movement at an ultra-orthodox school in Bnei Brak, and Shlomit is a painter and graphic artist.
The two young women, friends since childhood, share a spacious apartment in the heart of Tel Aviv. Their high rent forces them to take in a third flatmate, Malka, a mysterious ultra-orthodox woman, who becomes part of their lives.
Her strange insistence on living with two secular women touches Yael's heart and arouses Shlomit's suspicions. Yael, who grew up motherless, is drawn to Malka, who appears to be calm and in control. Shlomit is jealous of the relationship that forms between the two and begins to trail Malka. Slowly, with many suspenseful moments and various twists and turns, Malka's secret is discovered. The orthodox woman's wretched fate moves both young women and they become determined to help her.
Slaves of the Sword
Paul Jenkins, Ruth Walk, Itay Ken Tor
Moshe Dayan, Itzhak Rabin and Ariel Sharon, three generals who spent most of their grown life in the military and defense industry. Three generals turned statesmen. Have they ever stopped being military men? How was their point of view affected by their military experience? And why were they chosen by the Israeli public to head the political leadership through the historical turning points which occurred in the last three decades?
Golda Meir and Menahem Begin could have presented an alternative to the Israeli leadership. They were both civilians with completely different backgrounds from the Israeli born Sabra. Both of them represented agendas which could have become a real, more civilian alternative. Why havent they seized the opportunity to present a new, different approach? Why did they find themselves falling into the old patterns, relying on the military men only to find themselves victims to the decisions of the generals surrounding them?
Slaves of the Sword is a 5 part documentary series, a series about military thinking which defined Israels character.
The Inner Tour
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Filmed just a few months before the Middle East violent clashes of the year 2000 erupted, The Inner Tour is an unusual road movie which portrays the story of a group of Palestinians, who join a three day sight-seeing bus tour through the state of Israel. Out of this simple story about a group of people on a tour, a dramatic unfinished journey erups and visits reaches
the deepest roots of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, one of the most painful national conflicts of our time.
The youngest of this eclectic group is 2 years old. The oldest is 80. They come from different cities villages and refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza strip, Jordan and Tunisia, and have very different backgrounds.
Yet one thing seems to unite them all, the place whice they are now visiting as tourists-Israel. whether on a beach, in an archeological site, a historical museum or a nightclub, the films protagonists see and experien the country in a different way than anyone else would.
And through these eyes looking out of the bus windows, a new, unique and strange portrait of Israel is created.
Yad Vashem
Reuven Hecker, Ayelet Heler, Noemi Schory
Belfilms has produced over a 100 short films that are a part of the new Yad Vashem installation.
The films are based on a vast and unique research that was conducted by a team of researchers from the museum for more than ten years.
60 witnesses were filmed for this project which presents a vast array of subjects related to Jewish life before the Holocaust, during the Holocaust and the three years between the end of WWII and the foundation of the state of Israel.
The films show the different Jewish communities from Salonika and North Africa to Holland, Russia and Poland. There is also extensive use of archive material which was gathered by the museum team which made sure of meticulous historical accuracy.
Noemi Schory
An Israeli independent producer and director. Noemi has produced and directed more than 50 documentaries, television fiction and factual programs for Israel as well as for the international market. Since 2007 she is the head of Film Studies Beit Berl College of Art and the president of Input international, dedicated to promote excellence and innovation in television. Noemi was previously a deputy director television at the 2nd channel authority, Israel.
Itay Ken-tor
An Israeli independent producer and director. Itay graduated Tel Aviv university film School and joined Belfilms at 2000. He has produced and directed more than 20 documentaries, documentary series and T.V programs for Israel as well as international market. Since 2008 he is the manager of Belfilms along with Noemi Schory. He also teaches cinema at a high school and the Open University and a board member of the of the Israeli film academy.
Alona Schory
Producer and editor. Studied psychology at the Open University and editing at Jump Cut. Alona started to work at Belfilms in 2003 as a researcher on the Yad Vashem project. Since then she has worked as production assistant, production coordinator and line producer on a number of documentaries and television shows produced by Belfilms.
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