The Galilee Eskimos

The Galilee Eskimos (Hebrew: אסקימוסים בגליל) is a 2006 comedy-drama film directed, produced and co-written by Jonathan Paz, based on a screenplay by Yehoshua Sobol.

When the bank forecloses on the property of an isolated and financially troubled kibbutz in Galilee, Israel, most of the residents gather their belongings and abandon the community before the bailiffs arrive.

In their haste to depart, however, they neglect to bring a dozen senior citizens who are now forced to fend for themselves as they attempt to oppose the construction of a luxury spa and casino and save their kibbutz single-handedly.

There was a film to be made!”[2] The Galilee Eskimos pays tribute to the founding generation of kibbutzniks and Paz's respect for the egalitarian values and mutual help their lives embodied.

In the same 2009 interview, Paz emphasized that "I made my film with a great deal of love, nostalgia, longing and homage to those people who founded the kibbutz.