The Docu.Text Festival, a collaboration between the National Library of Israel and the DocAviv film festival, will take place August 17-22, featuring documentary films from Israel and the world.

The screenings will be accompanied by discussions and meetings with filmmakers, performances, group meditations, and in one case even folk dancing inspired by one of the films.

The festival opens with the gala premiere of the documentary film “Yehoram Gaon,” telling the story of the singer and actor considered one of the pillars of Israeli culture. Gaon himself will be on stage to answer questions.

Docu.Text will also screen “We Will Dance Again,” an award-winning Yariv Moser film that premiered at the opening of last year’s festival, documenting the survivors of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack at the Nova desert rave.

Another film is “Waiting for Him,” which tells the story of two young women who lost their partners in the Gaza war and follows their........

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