Zubin and I:

Filmmaker Ori Sivan prefers rock to classical music. But his great hero is Zubin Mehta, the artistic director and conductor-for-life of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra. In this unconventional and delightful documentary, Sivan trains his wry lens on Mehta’s passionate conducting and complex relationship with his musicians. Sivan’s grandmother is the earliest harpist of the Israeli Philharmonic; she shares her life as a musician, contrasting with Mehta’s career.  In English and Hebrew with subtitles.

Polanski and My Father:

Documentary filmmaker Pauline Horovitz’s father believes the only two credible professions are medicine (his own) or law. When he agrees to let her film him, Horovitz’s wry portrait – the dozens of eye shades hanging on the wall from plane flights, the two books he’s been reading for 20 years – legitimizes the filmmaker’s profession. So what if her dear dad remains convinced that Roman Polanski’s praise of her work is due to his love of the name “Horovitz?”  In French with subtitles.