The film takes place during the days of the Israeli withdrawal from the settlements in the Gaza strip, when the residents of the Katif Settlements were uniting to fight for their existence. Ruth, a teenager from one of the settlements, is also searching for excitement. When Ruth meets Erez, a photojournalist sent to cover the […] >>
Michal a young single mother, raising her daughter, Keren-Or, between the old depressing tenements of Afula and Jerusalem. Michal is on a journey toward her independence Trying to give Keren-Or the life she never had. Michal wants to give Keren-Or a stable family experience, unlike the one she knew due to her difficult relationship with […] >>
Yam doesn’t like when people tell him no. No, you can’t act on stage, no, you can’t fly with your family, no, you can’t go out with your friends for a beer. Especially not if the reason is his wheelchair. But when they tell him he can’t be drafted into the army, he sets out […] >>
Timor (37), an Academy of Music dropout, now washes dishes in the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. After 10 years without performing, Timor decides to put on a solo show. His opera critic mother doesn’t believe in him. Timor’s voice teacher Ella takes things into her own hands. Will Timor perform? >>
A documentary journey about friendship and madness in the digital age. The film follows real Facebook conversations between me and Ray over the years 2011-2012. The content of the conversations moves from a state of openness and closeness, to mutual accusations, while in the middle ,there’s a video clip for Dudu Tassa, which we must […] >>
Yonatan is asked to come see his grandmother on her deathbed with his judgmental older brother. On their nightly train ride the two siblings turn against each other, as the looming encounter with death threatens to tear down Yonatan’s walls of apathy. >>
For the last thirty years David Talker has been father, heart, and soul of the cricket team Dimona Champions. He dreams of building the first cricket field in Israel, but his dream comes with a high price tag. Now that his team is about to fall apart he gazes courageously at his past and reconnects […] >>
Based on Amir Gutfreund’s short story A story of a friendship taking place in Israel in the mid 1980s between Uncle Nathan, a Holocaust survivor who communicates only through his shadow puppets, and his day-dreaming nephew. As Nathan’s shadow puppets act become less childish and more eccentric, his last connection to the world and rescue […] >>
Tomer wears two hats as both the manager of a trendy Tel Aviv coffee house and as the youth director for a group of teenagers in the small town of Azur. The film explores Tomer’s personal odyssey over a period of two years as he helps the jaded youth group members navigate moments of estrangement […] >>
My commander in the military called me to his office in the middle of the night. He took out a hand gun from his drawer, loaded it and placed it between us on the table. He ordered me to shoot my own head. By using animation I recreated that night. >>
Alma attempts to create a perfect family for herself, on top of the ruins of her broken one. She invites her new boyfriend, who is two decades older than her, to Shabbat dinner at her mother’s house, only to discover that her father intends to destroy everything. >>
“Appleless” by Aimee Bender is a story of a girl who is victimized in an apple orchard. In a somewhat parallel plot the film follows two young brothers who discover the power of dangerous play, while wondering in their grandparents’ house. This short film is a part of a new cultural venture called ‘StoryVid’, combining […] >>
The Kiryat Moshe neighborhood on the outskirts of Rehovot is home to a large Jewish Ethiopian community. Nowadays a national priority construction evacuation project guarantees the residents a safe exit from the neglected and poor ghetto. Hana, a single mother who is worried about her teenage son, jumps at the opportunity for a change that […] >>
With the support of the Ministry of Culture - The Israel Film Council
