Longing For Tomorrow

Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Jewish Russian immigrants began arriving to Israel daily by the hundreds.  Alice Neiman arrived in Israel on October 26th, 1990, at the age of twenty with 750 others seeking a new life. A decade later, she  examines to what extent the hopes and fears of some of those […] >>

Once Upon a Time There Was a King

Nissim Aloni was a king of the Hebrew theater. The magical realm he created onstage brimmed with imagination and poetry, giving voice and vision to the loftiest dreams. But in a world dominated by a mundane, populist democracy and controlled by functionaries, Aloni found he was a king in exile, without a kingdom, without an […] >>

Silent Skies

Miriam (33), leaves her family home heavily pregnant, and moves in with Nevo (31), her terminally ill brother, in a village in the south of Israel. Their connection creates a charged, emotional reunion, during which she can’t decide whether to give in to the pressure and move him to a medical facility, or keep him […] >>

Songs for a Woman

A story of love and friendship that could only take place in the social and political reality of Israel 2005.  A surprising relationship forms between Chaim- a 90 year old jew of German descent with a speech impediment, and Sally, A transsexual woman from The Philippines, Fueled by their passion for the Hebrew language. From the Project: “A […] >>

The Quest for the Missing Piece

Oded Lotan, an Israeli-born film-maker living in Germany, dares to cope with one of the ‘holy cows’ concepts of the Jewish tradition – the circumcision. Lotan embarks on a journey to seek the historic origins of the custom, as well as his own family history. His investigations go in two directions – one is historical […] >>

Women’s Own

The lives, habits, and philosophies of women from different backgrounds and stages of life are presented in a series of interviews which explore their hardships, fears, hopes, disappointments ,and yearnings. From these varying stories, a complex  mosaic of views on matrimony, family, motherhood, old age, faith, and death is created, resulting in a new take […] >>

Home Movie

The final chapter in the breakdown of the director’s family – one of many who did not survive the trials of immigration. The last thing that prevents the family’s collapse is a ground-level apartment in Jerusalem, where they managed to strike some roots. When the father leaves as well, they are faced with a dilemma: […] >>

Hatikva

Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: Natasha is hurt and Sasson doesn’t understand why. All he did was sing a little song in Arabic. That’s how it is when there are difficulties in communication. That’s what happens when you don’t speak the same language. >>

Israel: A Home Movie

Israel: A Home Movie tells the story of Israel and Palestine from the start of the 20th century up to the late seventies by means of personal home movie footage alone, filmed solely by amateur photographers; private citizens who owned cameras in 16mm, 8mm or Super 8mm format, as well as any unprofessional format from before […] >>

The Man in the Wall

One night, one apartment and one mystery. A psychological drama set entirely during one night in one apartment in Tel Aviv. The apartment belongs to young couple Shir and Rami. Shir is woken up one evening by the doorbell. An angry neighbor hands over the dog Rami had taken out earlier in the evening. Rami […] >>

Nobody Home

Mount of Olives – overlooking Temple Mount and the absent Holy Temple. Tradition proclaims this is the closest point on earth to heavenly sanctity, and burial here ensures proximity to eternity. Yet among the tombs we find the living: those who have chosen this holy mount for their home, who have elected to live in […] >>

No Tears In Summer

Grandmother Nadia is a strict Russian woman who refuses to accept the fact that her grand-daughter suffers from mental illness. She decides to take the matter into her own hands and tries to cure her the only way she knows how, the Soviet way. >>

How I Learned to Overcome my fear And Love Arik Sharon

As the elections approach, director Avi Mograbi sets out to make a  documentary film about Israel’s most maligned politician, Arik Sharon.  Sharon, a figure admired by many, is a legendary warrior and officer.  Mograbi, who was a conscientious objector to the Lebanon War, has  personal issues with Sharon, the mastermind of that war. Nevertheless,  while […] >>

Appleless

“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 […] >>

Fresh Meat

In a deserted military company, far from any jurisdiction, the midget digit is all that matters! Shechter, a newbie soldier tries every way to earn his long waited seniority. But when Levi, his company “buddy”, gets the title before he does, Shechter enters a demonic race of washing dishes to prove his justify eligibility. In […] >>