JMT Films Distribution

25/06/2025

GHETTO UPRISING – THE UNTOLD STORY by Simon Shechter and Yuval Haimovich Zuser
Production: Emanuel Shechter, Ronen Machlis Balzam, Hila Guy: Meta4 מטאפור
Metaphor Visual Storytelling / Israel

RTP Portugal

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has become a symbol of heroism around the world, but its history is often incomplete. Among the fighters in the uprising was a group that has not been honored: the Jewish Military Union (ZZW).

A documentary to watch on .

A Revolta do Gueto de Varsóvia tornou-se um símbolo de heroísmo em todo o mundo mas a sua história geralmente é incompleta. Entre os combatentes da revolta estava um grupo que não foi homenageado: a União Militar Judaica (ZZW).

▶Um documentário para ver na .

18/06/2025

The Shepherd's Keeper by Hadara Oren is a Winner at the Lighthouse International Film Festival 2025 !!
Jury's Justification:
"Set in a turbulent West Bank and unfolding in real time with persistence and attempts using a handheld camera, this film captures the daily resistance of Palestinian shepherds and the Israeli allies who stand besides them against settlers expansion.
The Shepherd's Keeper is awarded Best Documentary Feature, for timely relevance, unflinching visual exploration of urgent real-world issues, and exceptional ability to illuminate the humanity of its subjects. It deeply resonated with us, exemplifying the power of documentary storytelling."
Lighthouse International Film Festival Amir Bogen Hadara Oren

12/06/2025

A week ago Michael JM Treves from JMT Films Distribution gave a lecture on distribution
to students of cinema and television
תודה על ההזמנה ועל ההזדמנות להיפגש לפני שבוע עם הסטודנטים לקולנוע ולתת להם הרצאה ולנהל איתם שיחה על הפצת סרטים בעולם
Eyal Boers &
מסלול קולנוע וטלוויזיה - אוניברסיטת אריאל

09/06/2025

"שומר הרועים" (זוכה Docaviv דוקאביב) זכה אתמול בניו ג'רזי בפרס הסרט התעודי הטוב ביותר!
"The Shepherd's Keeper" by Hadara Oren
Best Documentary Award at Lighthouse International Film Festival !
It is a privilege to compete among high quality films. We hope for better days in our region!
We would like to thank the festival for selecting the film and for the Jury for awarding it. Thank you Amir Bogen and to all the festival team!!

NARRATIVE FEATURES JURY AWARD: Best Narrative Film: RIVER RETURNS by Masakazu Kaneko Special mention: A SIMPLE MACHINE by Mark Hoffman AUDIENCE AWARD: A SIMPLE MACHINE by Mark Hoffman DOCUMENTARY FEATURESJURY AWARD (TIE): THE SHEPHERD'S KEEPER by Hadara Oren SHUFFLE by Benjamin Flaherty AUDIENCE AWA...

07/05/2025

Barak Heymann and Ariela Alush thank you for the amazing opportunity to give a masterclass on film distribution to students of Hamidrasha Beit Berl Cinema School
It was a great experience. I am curious to discover their graduation films.Thanks!
Michael JM Treves

המדרשה - פקולטה לאמנויות המכללה האקדמית בית ברל

10/10/2024

Full house!
Encore screening of "The Good Person" a film by Eitan Anner, produced by Itay Akirav.
Thank you Helen Zukerman (tjffbosslady) Stuart Hands and TJFF Toronto Jewish Film Festival for showing our film twice in 2024!

In June in your film festival and yesterday for the High Holiday screening - an annual tradition where you play a film appropriate for the time of reflection 🙏🏻
Michael JM Treves
JMT Films Distribution

16/08/2024

If you are planning a 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬' 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 7 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫, we have a film that could come right out of today’s headlines:
𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐘 a film by Zohar Wagner / Israel
Cast: Dana Ivgy - דאנה איבגי, Ala Dakka
< Coproduced with ARTE/RBB, Germany
< Acquired by Netflix Israel and IZZY Stream

* 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the 𝐀𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥
* 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 and 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥

In a new hybrid documentary, filmmaker Zohar Wagner tells the story of Kochava Levy, the forgotten heroine of the deadly Savoy Hotel terror attack in Tel Aviv.
On a deadly March 1975 night, PLO gunmen enter the Savoy Hotel, seizing hostages and demanding release of Palestinian prisoners. Among the captives is Kochava Levy, a young woman of Yemini descent, whose fluency in Arabic allowed her to relay messages between IDF negotiators and the terrorists. Over the course of one night, she transformed herself into a fearless heroine. The film intertwines rare archival materials that were never released as well as re-enacted scenes from the night of the attack.
* 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓

𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬:
* « It perfectly combines professional and amateur archives, snippets of television news programs with staging, keeping the viewer tense from start to finish. » Krzysztof Gierat, Director of Krakow Film Festival
* « This is a very good film. A must see at SBIFF. » SAVOY Santa Barbara International Film Festival / Steve Kopian / Unseen Films
* « If you’re interested in women’s stories told honestly, then you should absolutely see Savoy. Zohar Wagner gives Kochava Levy the biopic she deserves. Please check the documentary out as soon as possible.» SAVOY / Lorry Kikta / Film Threat
* « It really is a female-empowering film, and it focuses more on the heroine of the story … and how she was basically treated as scum by the press after this event. » PJFM’s Lindy Springfest Brings Features, Shorts From Israel and Elsewhere to the Weitzman / Stephen Silver / Jewish Exponent
* « Fast-paced, stylish, and positively engrossing.» Lindy Springfest 2024 / The Weizman National Museum of American Jewish History
* « Wagner’s film may be a documentary-slash-dramatisation of a historical event, but its sentiment is still incredibly relevant today.» Savoy: UK Jewish Film Review / Claire Fulton / Loud And Clear Reviews

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬: Michael JM Treves - JMT Films

16/08/2024

If you are planning a 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬' 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 7 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫, we have a film that could come right out of today’s headlines:
𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍 a film by Omri Bezalel / USA
* 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦: 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 2024.

”Listen” is a coming-of-age film, a unique and daring portrayal of the moral ambiguity, love, and loss faced by soldiers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The story follows a determined young officer in Israel’s elite military intelligence unit, whose daily task involves listening in on the family of a suspected terrorist. But her routine takes an abrupt turn when she is suddenly thrust into a race against the clock to find a captured Israeli soldier hidden in Gaza. When Israel is faced with a prisoner swap that includes the man who killed her dad, she will stop at nothing to keep her father’s killer from freedom.
* 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓

𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬:
* « The feature film “Listen,” a 96-minute thriller directed by Omri Bezalel could come right out of today’s headlines: “A brilliant officer in the 8200 intelligence unit of the IDF struggles to come to terms with the death of her beloved father in a terrorist attack. When Hamas takes an Israeli soldier hostage in Gaza and demands a prisoner swap that includes her dad’s killer, she is faced with a critical dilemma and comes up with a revenge-driven plot to settle the score.” » LIFF’s Darkhouse Films Often Follow Longtime Horror and Sci-Fi Templates / Rick Mellerup / The SandPaper
* « A thought provoking intense espionage thriller, that is as multilayered, morally ambivalent, and highly critical towards the military apparatus, as it is timely during these politically charged days in the wake of the Israel- Hamas war and the hostages crisis in Gaza. » Listen / Lighthouse International Film Festival
* « This sleek and intelligently crafted high-concept Israeli thriller presents a masterclass in wringing breathless tension. » Listen / Miami Jewish Film Festival

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬: Michael JM Treves - JMT Films
[email protected]

01/07/2024

Three weeks ago....
LISTEN, a fiction film by Omri Bezalel, won the Audience Award for Best Film (''Darkhouse Films'') at Lighthouse International Film Festival (LIFF) New Jersey (5-9 June 2024)
!!!
« The feature film “Listen,” a 96-minute thriller directed by Omri Bezalel could come right out of today’s headlines: “A brilliant officer in the 8200 intelligence unit of the IDF struggles to come to terms with the death of her beloved father in a terrorist attack. When Hamas takes an Israeli soldier hostage in Gaza and demands a prisoner swap that includes her dad’s killer, she is faced with a critical dilemma and comes up with a revenge-driven plot to settle the score.” » LIFF’s Darkhouse Films Often Follow Longtime Horror and Sci-Fi Templates / Rick Mellerup / The SandPaper
https://www.thesandpaper.net/articles/liffs-darkhouse-films-often-follow-longtime-horror-and-sci-fi-templates/
* the film was shown with the presence of Omri Bezalel, Hezi Bezalel, Vince P. Maggio.

11/06/2024

Pnina Blayer, you will be missed. R.I.P.

Blayer was an intellectual who was fascinated by art, music, and literature, as well as movies.

06/06/2024

JMT Films Distribution is proud to represent "The Shepherd's Keeper" by Hadara Oren, an inspiring and award winning film.
Here are the justifications of the Jury that gave the prestigious award for the film at Docaviv דוקאביב:
"Activist documentary needs to work on many levels to be poignant, timely, important and revealing.... This documentary has great storytelling at its core. It forces viewers to think, challenge, and go ‘beyond the screen’. 'The Shepherd's Keeper' deserves to be recognized with an honorable mention."

22/05/2024

Two Awards for "HIATUS" a short film by Joo Joostberens and Aia Asé, Prod.: AIA ASÉ PICTURES at Pueblo Film Fest:
1. Women In Film Award
2. People's Choice: Best Film Of The Fest !!