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The Lost Tomb of Jesus
105 min

In 1980, a tomb was found halfway between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Inside there were ten ossuaries (small limestone coffins), six of them had inscriptions. One read "Jesus, son of Joseph". There were also two Marys, a Joseph, a Matthew and a "Judah, son of Jesus".

The discovery was shrouded in silence.

In "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" a compelling case is made that this tomb belonged to Jesus of Nazareth and his family.

Part archaeological adventure, part Biblical history, part forensic science, part theological controversy – this is a story that continues to make headlines around the world.

The executive producer of “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” is Academy award winning filmmaker, James Cameron. The producers are award winning filmmakers Felix Golubev and Ric Esther Bienstock. The director is Emmy award winning documentarian, Simcha Jacobovici.

For more information please visit http://www.jesusfamilytomb.com

Charging The Rhino
52 min

Charging The Rhino is a documentary that explores the relationship between Simcha and his late father, Joseph, who in 1941 was shot in the heart by Romanian fascists and survived. It also explores the past of his first cousin Sasha, whose trial in Communist Romania was captured on film, just before he was shot behind a Bucharest prison. The bullet didn’t miss.

Written and directed by Simcha Jacobovici and Bruce Thorson. Produced by Felix Golubev and Simcha Jacobovici. Executive Produced by Ric Esther Bienstock. Edited by Daniel Sadler. Music by David Wall.

The Exodus Decoded
90 min

Produced for The History Channel (US) and Discovery Canada, The Exodus Decoded is a unique two-hour television event that breaks new ground in both Biblical scholarship and the use of computer graphics. A companion book is being published by Key Porter in Canada and St. Martin's Press in the U.S.

Directed by Simcha Jacobovici, and produced by Simcha Jacobovici and Felix Golubev. Funding for this documentary was also provided by CTF-LFP and Rogers Cable Network Fund.

Award Highlights: 2007 Wilbur Award for Best Television Film Gold World
Medal (Religious Programs), New York Festivals International Awards Group (2006)

For more information please visit http://exodusdecoded.com

Sex Slaves / The Real Sex Traffic
90 min and 60 min available

Sex Slaves tells the remarkable story of how one woman was trafficked, sold to a series of Turkish pimps and ultimately saved. The film follows her story right through to the conviction and on-camera confession of one of her traffickers. It is the first documentary to get inside the human story of the global traffic in women from the former Soviet bloc.

Produced for CBC, PBS - Frontline, Channel 4 (UK) and Canal D and funded by the Rogers Documentary Fund (Core Funding), Telefilm and CTF-LFP, this one-hour investigative documentary is directed by Ric Esther Bienstock and produced by Bienstock and Felix Golubev. Executive Producer is Simcha Jacobovici.

Award Highlights: Emmy Award, Outstanding Investigative Journalism, New York, 2007
Overseas Press Club of America - Edward R Murrow Award, 2006
British Broadcast Award, Best Documentary Programme, U.K., 2006
Gracie Award for Outstanding Documentary, New York, 2006
Royal Television Society Educational Television Awards, UK 2006
Best of the Festival, U.N. Documentary Film Festival, 2006
Bulldog Award for Best Documentary, Televisual Magazine, U.K., 2006
Silver Award, Worldmedia Festival, Hamburg, Germany, 2006

For more information visit http://www.apltd.ca/sexslaves/index.htm

The Naked Archaeologist
26 X 30 min or 13 X 60 min versions available

Features amateur archaeologist, enthusiast and multi-award winning investigative filmmaker, Simcha Jacobovici. The Naked Archaeologist is an irreverent, entertaining and eye-opening journey into the fascinating archaeology of the ancient world. Along the way, new discoveries are made, lost treasures revealed, and ancient mysteries uncovered.

This documentary series is for Vision TV and funded by the CTF and Rogers Cable Network Fund. Series Producer is Leslie Fruman - Executive Producer is Simcha Jacobovici.

Yummy Mummy
26 x 30 min

For Life Network stars Canada's first female VJ, author and full-time mummy, Erica Ehm. The series pushes the boundaries of modern parenting and places Erica in an interactive virtual environment, a format where nothing is off limits.

Series Producers are Jennifer Horvath and Alyse Rosenberg. Co-producer is Erica Ehm. Executive Producer is Simcha Jacobovici.
Award Highlights: Gold World Medal (Religious Programs), New York Festivals International Awards Group (2006)

Impact of Terror (2004)
60 min

Impact of Terror is a film about Israeli victims of suicide bombings. This is not a film about politics, but the targeting of civilians. It's about the ripple effects that begin with the dead and the wounded, extend to the victims' families and friends, and consume Israeli society as a whole. It's about a world where buying a pizza is a life and death decision.

Betrayal! (2004)
8 x 60 min

Betrayal! is an eight-part documentary series examining treachery at its best. The first four stories are: Karl and Hana Koecher who allegedly used sex to penetrate the CIA; Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli whistle blower who is a hero of the anti-nuclear movement; Dr. Gerald Bull, the Canadian scientist whose assassination is an unsolved murder mystery and Oswald Mosley, who, during WWII, plotted a Nazi coup in the U.K.

Award Highlights: intermedia-globe Silver Award WorldMedia Festival, 2004

Tell It Like It Is (2003/04)
13 x 30 min

Tell It Like It Is is an innovative thirteen-part documentary series that embraces the basic human desire to share stories. Each episode cuts between two or three real women, telling a range of engaging personal stories.

Award Highlights: Certificate of Merit, 2003 Hugo Awards

James, Brother of Jesus (2002/03)
51 min

An ossuary, or bone box, has come to light in the possession of a private collector. The ossuary dates back to the time of Jesus. On its side is an inscription in Aramaic that reads, "James son of Joseph brother of Jesus". The film tracks three stories: First, how the ossuary came to be discovered, second, the scientific efforts to validate it and third, the historical context from which it emerged, i.e., the use of other ossuaries, a profile of James, his struggle with Peter and Paul, etc.

Award Highlights: intermedia-globe Silver Award WorldMedia Festival, 2004

The Struma (2000/01)
90 min and 46 min versions available

The Struma went down in the Black Sea on February 24, 1942 with everyone on board - nearly 800 passengers. There was one survivor. British diver Greg Buxton led an international expedition to find the Struma, on which two of his grandparents perished. Tracking the dive, this film combines underwater imagery with never before seen archival footage and on-location photography to create a news-breaking documentary that blows the lid off a sixty-year-old cover up.

Award Highlights: Best Documentary, 2002 Portland International Film Festival

Criminal Evidence (2000)
60 min and 120 min versions available

From autopsy labs in Montreal to mass graves in Guatemala, dead men tell all kinds of tales in this spotlight on renowned forensic anthropologist and best-selling crime novelist, Dr. Kathy Reichs.

Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour (2000)
3 x 60 min

This three-part special on the roots of magic follows maverick masters of illusion, Penn & Teller, to the back streets of Egypt, China and India on a wild and unpredictable journey in search of indigenous magic.

Murder at Stonehenge (2000)
60 min

The discovery of a buried body at Stonehenge reveals fascinating information about the identity of the victim, the circumstances of his death, and new theories about the nature of Stonehenge itself.

Stunt School (2000)
3 x 60 min

This three-part series looks at the Australian Stunt Academy, where a new intake of stunt wannabes are lining up to be run over, punched, kicked and set on fire in the hopes of finding fame and fortune.

Street Racing: The Need for Speed (2000)
60 min

A cinéma vérité style of exposé on the illegal drag racing subculture in North America.

O'Shea's Big Adventure (1999)
13 x 60 min

A documentary series which follows British herpetologist, Mark O'Shea, on an incredible expedition through the Americas in search of the earth's rarest and most dangerous reptiles.

Scandal! Then and Now (1999)
6 x 60 min

A film noir-style documentary series that examines scandals from the past, juxtaposing them with their modern-day counterparts and contextualizing the headlines which fuel media gossip.

Award Highlights: Silver Plaque, Chicago International Television Competition.

Frozen Hearts (1999)
60 min

Open-heart surgery performed on two girls, one Russian and one American, is the take-off point for a comparison of Western operating techniques and the Siberian practice of inducing hypothermia in patients.

Award Highlights: Bronze WorldMedal, New York Festivals. Silver Plaque, Chicago International Television Competition.

Pandemic: Case of the Killer Flu (1999)
60 min

A riveting look at the race between a young Canadian scientist and a retired San Francisco pathologist to save humanity from a constantly mutating virus.

Award Highlights: Bronze WorldMedal, New York Festivals. Best Science/Technology/Environment Documentary, Hot Docs.

Quest for the Lost Tribes (1999)
120 min

A cinematic feature documentary that follows the director on his search for the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.

Award Highlights: Silver for Documentary, Annual Jewish Video Competition. Best Feature Length Documentary Nominee, Hot Docs. Best Feature Length Documentary Nominee, 2000 Genie Awards

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies & The American Dream (1997)
120 min

A cinematic feature documentary on how the American Dream was created by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.

Award Highlights: Gold WorldMedal, New York Festivals, Best Documentary, 1998 Jerusalem Film Festival. Best History Documentary & Best Writing, Hot Docs.

A Mother's Grief (1997)
60 min

A sensitive look at mothers struggling to deal with the death of a child.

Award Highlights: Staff Education Award, First Aquarius Productions/New England Loss & Transitional Film Festival. Bronze Apple, National Educational Media Awards.

The Dancing Game (1997)
60 min

The tough and sexy world of ballroom dancing and the quest to fulfill Olympic dreams.

Award Highlights: Bronze WorldMedal, New York Festivals. 3 Nominations, including Best Sports Documentary, Gemini Awards.

The Selling of Innocents (1996)
60 min

A powerful exposé of child sex slavery in India.

Award Highlights: Outstanding Investigative Journalism, Emmy Awards. Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary, Gemini Awards. Gold Plaque, Chicago International Television Competition. Best Social Documentary, Hot Docs.

Jesus in Russia: An American Holy War (1996)
60 min

A close-up look at American evangelists as they preach, pray and heal their way across Russia.

Award Highlights: Best Picture Editing, Gemini Awards. Gold Hugo, Chicago International Television Competition.

Expulsion and Memory: Descendants of the Hidden Jews (1996)
60 min

A celebration of the survival of Judaic traditions among descendants of Jews who were converted during the Spanish Inquisition.

Award Highlights: Silver Apple, National Educational Media Network. Silver Plaque, INTERCOM. Award Highlights: Best Picture Editing, Gemini Awards. Gold Hugo, Chicago International Television Competition.

The Plague Fighters/Ebola: Inside an Outbreak (1996)
60 min

A first-hand account of the struggle to contain the 1995 Ebola virus outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire.

Award Highlights: Alfred I. DuPont Award, Columbia University. Best Science, Technology, Nature/Environment Documentary & Best Original Music Score, Gemini Awards. Gold Plaque, Chicago International Television Competition. Best Science/Technology/Environment Documentary & Best Original Sound, Hot Docs.

Northern Justice (1995)
60 min

Spotlighting the administration of southern justice among the Inuit of the Eastern Canadian Arctic.

Award Highlights: Silver UNESCI Award & Bronze WorldMedal, New York Festivals. Gold Award, WorldFest-Charleston International Film Festival. Silver Apple, National Educational Media Awards.

A Child's Grief (1995)
60 min

A moving documentary about children trying to cope with the loss of a parent or sibling.

Award Highlights: Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival. 2 Silver WorldMedals, The New York Festivals. Cable Ace Award, The National Academy of Cable Programming. Silver Screen Award, US International Film & Video Festival.

The Plague Monkeys (1994)
60 min

The first film to explore the Ebola Virus, focusing on the incident in Reston, Virginia.

Award Highlights: Outstanding Investigative Journalism, Emmy Awards. Best Directing, Gemini Awards. Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival. Gold Plague & Silver Hugo, INTERCOM

Bones of Contention (1994)
60 min

With the discovery of the Czar family remains, Russians struggle to come to terms with the ghosts of their country's past.

Award Highlights: Silver Screen Award, US International Film Festival. Bronze Plaque Award, Columbus International Film Festival. Silver Award, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Deadly Currents (1991)
120 min

A feature film documentary exploring the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Award Highlights: Best Feature Length Documentary, Genie Awards. Cable Ace Award, The National Academy of Cable Programming. Grand Prize, Visions du Réel-Nyon. Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival.

Burden On the Land (1990)
60 min

A profile of development efforts in Africa: what works, why famine occurs, and what happened after the Rock & Roll world lost interest.

Award Highlights: Silver Screen Award, US International Film & Video Festival. Silver Award, Houston International Film Festival. Red Ribbon Award, American Film and Video Festival.

AIDS in Africa (1990)
60 min

A comprehensive and compelling report on the AIDS crisis in Africa.

Award Highlights: Silver WorldMedal, New York Fesitvals. Silver Hugo & Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival. Gold Award, John Muir Medical Film Festival.

Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews (1983)
90 min

Landmark feature documentary of the pre-airlift plight of the Black Jews of Ethiopia.

Award Highlights: Best Film, The Hemis Film Festival. Certificate of Special Merit, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Certificate of Merit, San Francisco Film Festival. Red Ribbon Award, Annual American Film Festival.

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