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The Maaleh School of Film and Television is situated in the heart of Jerusalem.  It is a boutique film school devoted to exploring the intersection of Judaism, Israeli identity and modern life. Maaleh films are screened at film festivals worldwide and have won many awards, including a BAFTA for best student film in 2022.  

Maaleh – Bringing Jewish Film to the World for Three Decades

 

Most Maaleh students are engaged in a rigorous, four-year curriculum in directing and producing. Their graduating fiction and documentary films are then distributed for festival screenings around the world. Other students study in our two-year scriptwriting program, and there is a two-year extension filmmaking program for ultra-Orthodox women. 

Maaleh graduates are leading the way in the Israeli film and television industry, writing, directing and producing in TV series like"Srugim", "Shtissel", "Shababnikim" and in feature and documentary films.  Maaleh also uses film to enrich the lives of some of Israel’s most marginalized populations, creating a first-of-its-kind VideoTherapy Program for at-risk youth, terror victims and adults with special needs. In the last three years, the VideoTherapy program has welcomed participants who have lost their loved ones in the October 7 atrocities and in the following war. 

Maaleh’s unique, cutting-edge films build bridges across all sectors of the Jewish world, fostering deeper understanding and dialogue between religious and secular Jews.  Many Jewish organizations and educational institutions across the globe have discovered Maaleh as a priceless teaching resource. Hundreds of Birthright students, Federation mission participants, and community members from North America, Europe and Asia come to Maaleh each year to take part in specially designed programs.   In the classroom and in the community, the films are a catalyst for discussing deep issues of Jewish and Israeli identity.  And they have become a powerful way to inspire young Jews disconnected from their heritage. .