Vision Circle


For the first time the rainbow family is gathering in vadiram Jordan. It is a chance for people from the western world to meet and share with local desert nomad people . Talking circle is a basic structure for rainbow people to speak interact and share mutual visions. We were very lucky to have a chance to view heavy rain and a flood at the wild nature surrounding's of Vadi Ram.

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                 Zohar Kaniel

Peeping On The Lord


I welcome you to enter the separated orthodox beach in tel Aviv. During weekdays the beach is reserved for the orthodox society. During the nights young and new age people come to practice meditation marathons from sunset to sun rise. What is the secret of this beach that attracts towards it people that are seeking god? The film shows a variety of the Israeli society that is seeking salvation and inner peace in a country that is in a constant conflict.

DIRECTOR:Zohar Kaniel EDITOR: noam knoler VIDEOGRAPHER: kobi paz & Zohar Kaniel

Flesh Killing Me Softly


Yevgeni and Benny two new immigrants the first from Russia the second from Ethiopia live as homeless near the old bus station in Tel Aviv. In their mid twenties they share a similar destiny the two are escaping from society infavour to life as heroine junkies.

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                 Zohar Kaniel

And then I Hid Behind the Piano


40 years since he founded the studio for acting continues Mr. Nisan Nativ to manage and teach in the studio. The film focuses on Nisan Nativ as an individual and the famous Scholl for acting he founded, and deals with the question what kind of people decide to be actors. What is hid? Behind the human actor ,actor human, total actor Nisan Nativ.

DIRECTOR:Zohar Kaniel EDITOR: noam knoller  VIDEOGRAPHER: Zohar Kaniel COMPOSER: Niv Golan SOUND DESIGN:  Niv Golan SCRIPT: Zohar Kaniel   PRODUCER: Zohar Kaniel

Where Is Your God


Far from the mainstream society, in an isolated forest, Shimon and Or Pureheart art getting married. They escape society, seeking inner peace, chanting and singing praises for the Messiah Their marriage is a unique glimpse into the new Jewish paganism.

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                 Zohar Kaniel

Wet Wedding


Only in Israel you can see young married couples jumping into the swimming poll all dressed up for their underwater weeding kiss. I decided to invent a new job for the hot sumer nights.

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                 Zohar Kaniel

Ale Yarok In Gosh Hashiss


One month before the Israeli disengagement from Gaza, the green-leaf party decides to get involved and starts a campaign against violence, there aim is to cause the police not to in-force cannabis as dangerous drug during the with drawl from Gaza. The anti violence intions clash with the fantatic turn to be a big emotional discourse between people of different ideas and dreams. Broadcasted on c.n.n.l

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                 Zohar Kaniel

Adon Olam


At a wealthy bar miztva ceremony in an Orthodox synagogue close to Telaviv, due to Saturday I am not allowed to film inside the shrine. The band is singing old biblical texts combined with modern poplistic melodies I am filming from a small cabin with a peep hole for my cameras lens.

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                 Zohar Kaniel


We Don't Screw Them


Artists were fascinated by prostitution since the beginning of history, but collective moral tells us to stay away from them. In capitalist, liberal, western society, we are taught to market almost every part of our mind, body and soul, but Hardly any of us will dare to cross the red line demarking money and sex. In a small bordhel in wedding berlin art fans mingel with working girls.

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                 Zohar Kaniel

Artemis


Prostitution has been legalized in Germany since 2002. FKK free body culter is the root to this huge postmodern Harem,. The women in the house pic up the men and the price is a matter of bargaining. We are intersted further investigate the conection between emotion's and what is defined as love.

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                 Zohar Kaniel

German Leader


The beauty contest here is not only for the young and beautiful, the candidates must have a fascination for leather. Porn stars came all the way from America to give honor for the contest. This film shows how main stream gay fetish has become in Berlin, and how big is the crowd that is interested at what the straight world might call is peculiar or mad.

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                 Zohar Kaniel