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There is no society without right and wrong

Producer - Amit Breuer Synopsis There is no society without right and wrong, and there is no society without sin. But every culture has its own list of favorite sins. In Late Antiquity a group of Christian theologians drew up what came to be one of the most influential of those lists—the Seven Deadly Sins. [read more]

Exile

The Roman exile of the Jewish people

Director Amit Breuer Synopsis A two-part documentary and an interactive experience by Amythos Films and the National film board of Canada with Alegria Productions France The film Exile is an investigation into the most enduring myth in Western civilization : The Roman exile of the Jewish people. But the exile, as all serious historians agree, [read more]

	Lover Letters to the Future
	Love letters to the future is a global transmedia campaign

	Producer - Amit Breuer Synopsis Love letters to the future is a global transmedia campaign aimed to raise awareness about the rapidly expanding dangers of climate change. Supported by Greenpeace International and a group of NGOs, Love Letters to the Future is a narrative game-like experience across the web, mobile and urban spaces. The [read more]

	Introitus

	4:32, DigiBeta, 2006Director Amit Breuer Producer Jennie Punter Featuring Maestro Roberto Minczuk and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.Excerpts from a Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra performance ofRomeo and Juliet, Op. 64by Sergei Prokofiev Synopsis Just after dusk a man enters a room, closes the blinds and begins a solitary preparation. He dresses, humming to himself, and his mind fills with memories—images and [read more]

	Between two Notes

	Between two Notes A documentary about the magic of classical Arab musicThe Music With No Borders A French Canadian co production Directed byFlorence StraussProduced bySerge LalouAmit BreuerColette LoumèdeFrançois DuplatWritten byMano SiriFlorence StraussYear2006Running Time51 min 46 s or full version 84 mina French Canada co production Les Films d'IciAmythos Films Inc.National Film Board and Bel Air MediaSynopsisCairo, Alexandria, Tel-Aviv, Beirut, Damascus, [read more]

	Checkpoint

	English Title: CheckpointHebrew Title: MahssomimDocumentary, 80 min. 2003, Dig-Beta, color Directed by: Yoav Shamir Produced by: Amit Breuer - Amythos Films & Edna & Elinor Kowarsky - Eden ProductionsLanguage: Hebrew / Arabic / English English subtitles With the assistance of The New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & Television & Noga CommunicationsWorld Sales: www.firsthandfilms.comSynopsis The West Bank and Gaza Strip have been [read more]

	Junction

	Israel-France 200356 minDirector: Ilan Ziv Producers: Amit Breuer for Amythos films Serge Gordey for Point Du JourIlan Ziv for Tamouz MediaExecutive Producers-Luc Martin Gousset and Amit Breuer Based on an idea by Ilan Ziv and Elias Khuri Journalist: Amal Mougihazal Camera: Uri Ackermann/Olivier Chambord Editor: Einat Sidi Original Score: Joel Diamand PA :Sigal Rosh Coproduction of Amythos films, Point Du Jour, [read more]

	Purity

	English Title: Purity Hebrew Title: TehoraDocumentary, 63 min., 2002, digibeta, colorDirected by: Anat Zuria Produced by: Amit Breuer, Amythos FilmsLanguage: Hebrew & English subtitles / French subtitles Produced with the support of Noga Communications / 8 th Channel; The New Foundation for Cinema & Television ; Israel 10, DR and Programma Medea SynopsisA rare and special look into the world [read more]

	Sentenced To Marriage

	English Title: Sentenced to Marraige Hebrew Title: MekudeshetDocumentary, 65 min, 2004, digibeta . color (also available 60/52 min)Directed by: Anat Zuria Produced by: Amit Breuer, Amythos FilmsCo-Producers: Point Du Jour Language: Hebrew with English subtitles Also available French subtitles in 52 min version.With the support of Makor Foundation, Nik Media, Programma Medea, Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and the Fund for Jewish Documentary [read more]

	The Specialist

	120 min. Feature DocumentaryCo-Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Eyal SivanCo-Production with Momento - France, WDR - Germany,Image Creation - Belgium, BIFF - Germany, Lotus - Austria,IKON - The Netherlands, Amythos Productions - Israel,Noga Communications - Israel.• World Premiere, Official Selection Out of Competition, Berlin Film Festival 1999. SynopsisThis is a courtroom drama, which sketches the portrait of a dedicated bureaucrat, who [read more]

	All Hell Broke Loose

	199545 min.DocumentaryExecutive Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Amir FeldmanCo-Production with ICP, ADL, Ministry of Education"Tolerance Project" and Amythos. SynopsisOne year after a car bomb blew up at a bus stop in a northern Israeli town, the survivors and the family members of the victims are still dealing with the physical and emotional pain. Both young Jewish and Arab victims of the [read more]

	Baba Luba

	1995-9656 min.DocumentaryExecutive Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Julie ShlesCo-Production with Amythos, IBA - Israel, The New Foundation for Cinema and TV - Israel.• Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary Film 1995 SynopsisThis documentary follows one man's journey back to Brazil 36 years after his father abandons both him and his mother and disappears. The story unfolds in the form of [read more]

	Itgabar

	19922 X 85 min.DocumentaryCo-Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Eyal SivanCo-Production with France 3, Les Film D'ici, Amythos ProductionsSynopsisA riveting in-depth interview with the fascinating Jewish philosopher Yishiyahu Leibowitz. [read more]

	Jerusalem Borderline

	199564 min.DocumentaryCo-Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Eyal SivanCo-Production with ARTE - France, Decoupage - France & Amythos Productions.SynopsisA metaphoric look at Jerusalem through the eyes of a child. [read more]

	King David Hotel Jerusalem

	60 min.DocumentaryExecutive Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Celia LowensteinAn Amythos Co-Production with NDR/ARTE- Germany,Channel 4 - UK, IKON - The Netherlands &Noga Communications - Israel SynopsisThe film tells the history of Israel and her people using one location: The King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Every event in the history of the country has touched the hotel and these events are told [read more]

	Mendelssohn Returns to Leipzig

	Mendelssohn Returns to Leipzig199464 min.DocumentaryExecutive Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Niza GonenCo-Production with Mendelssohn Stiftung/Leipzig & Amythos ProductionsSynopsisA musical and personal journey of the Israeli Piano Trio to Leipzig, hosted by Maestro Kurt Masur, and their musical rediscovery of Mendelssohn, Leipzig and themselves. [read more]

	On The Edge of Peace

	199485 or 101 min.DocumentaryCo-Producer: Amit BreuerDirector: Ilan ZivAn Amythos co-Production with Thania Productions - Jerusalem, Tamouz Media - New York in association with Channel 4 - UK and IKON TV - The Netherlands.SynopsisThe first Israeli-Palestinian co-production. It is a unique documentary featuring both personal and emotional video diaries of 3 Palestinians and 3 Israelis who were given cameras to document [read more]

	St. Jean

	199364 min.DocumentaryExecutive Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Julie Shles• The Wolgin Award for the Best Documentary category 1993,The Jerusalem Film Festival• The Israeli Academy Award for the Best Documentary 1993• Special Mention 1993, Nyon Film Festival SynopsisThis is the story of the dreams, hope and disillusions of a group of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Ethiopia living in a temporary housing [read more]

	String Fest

	40 min.DocumentaryCo-Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Ayelet HellerCo-Production with Thirteen WNET - USA, BMG Classics - USA, SWF/ARTE, Euroarts Entertainment - Germany, and Noga Communications - Israel.SynopsisBehind the scenes look at the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra during the week-long star-studded celebration of its 60th anniversary. [read more]

	Sumud

	200147 min.DocumentaryExecutive Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Ayelet DekelCo-Production with Second Channel (Reshet) - Israel and Amythos Films. SynopsisA thirteen year follow up of four children growing up in the Dehiesha Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank. This film is an engrossing document about kids growing up under occupation.From 1987 up to 2001.The film won the best film award at [read more]

	Testimonies

	1993,52 min.DocumentaryExecutive Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Ido SelaCo-Production with Les Film D'ici - Paris and Channel 4 - UK SynopsisIntimate interviews with Israeli men doing military service during the Intifada. Shot during 1989-1991 - the years of the Palestinian Uprising - portray a powerful picture of the price a society ultimately pays for the Occupation. [read more]

	The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
	60th Gala Anniversary

	Co-Producer: Amit Breuer Director: Bob ColesCo-Production with Thirteen WNET - USA, BMG Classics - USA, SWF/ARTE, Euroarts Entertainment - Germany,and Noga Communications - Israel.SynopsisThe Gala Concert celebrating the 60th anniversary for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta with Itzhak Permaln and many others. [read more]

	Human Weapon

	France, Germany, Israel 2002DocumentaryEnglish, Arabic. English Subtitles55 minDirector: Ilan ZivCo-director: Serge GordeyProducers: Amit Breuer, Madeleine Avramoussis, Luc Gosse Martin Editor: Enat SidiCamara: Alberto Marquart, Uri Ackerman, Sam ShinOriginal Music: Eugene LevitasCo-production: Amythos/ Tamouz Media/ / Point Du Jour/ Arte/ MDRIn association with Noga Communication, Channel 8. SynopsisThe West Bank and Gaza Strip have been under Israeli Military authority since 1967.Over [read more]