Longing

Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: The text written by Doron Rosenblum in 1990, “Longing for the present,” precisely expresses the abnormality of life here, a way of life that has become almost trivial. It is so hard to believe that the possibility of a normal life has disappeared like this, and that we must now […] >>

Jacob de Haan: A Voice Out of Time

The death of Jacob Israel de Haan is commemorated annually by both the ultra-Orthodox Jews of Neturei Karta in Jerusalem and the LGBTQ+ community in Amsterdam. He is a pioneer for both. In the early twentieth century, he published the first LGBTQ novel in the Netherlands. He then returned to his Jewish roots, migrated to […] >>

Since You Left

Following the involvement of two of his nephews in a terrorist attack, and the harsh reaction of the Israeli public to his new film, actor and director Mohammad Bakri visits the grave of Emil Habibi, a Palestinian politician and author and formerly Bakri’s mentor, to tell him about his life since Habibi’s death. Against the […] >>

A-Kitzar

The A-Kitzar Program, an initiative of the New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT) in collaboration with the Culture and Arts Council of Mifal HaPais and the Jerusalem Film and Television Fund, is a program designed to support and provide a platform for Haredi women filmmakers who wish to develop and produce independent, powerful short […] >>

My Terrorist

This is the story of a girl who dreamt of being an officer in the IDF, who was a great patriot and who was shot and wounded in a 1978 terrorist attack on an El Al flight crew in London. Now a grown woman with daughters of her own, this mother does not allow them […] >>

Prais The Lard

The story of the pork industry in Israel, an industry that has raised ethnic tensions and heated struggles over the country’s short history. Sitting firmly between Israel’s most essential identity issues and the fundamental right to freedom of choice, how did the unsuspecting pig turn into such a central taboo in the Jewish tradition and […] >>

Island

When twenty-three-year-old Ee Ya’aran’s parents lose all hope of winning the legal battle for their family ranch, they decide to dismantle the place and move to Portugal. Ee, who has lived her whole life on the farm sees it as a central and integral part of her identity. The new circumstances shake her world and […] >>

The Settlers

Since Israel’s decisive victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have made their homes in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank. With unprecedented access to pioneers of the settlement movement and a diverse group of modern-day settlers, religious and secular alike, The Settlers is a comprehensive exploration of the […] >>

The Gun

Shaya (30) is literally attached at the hip to his handgun. As a result of the need to renew his firearms license, Shaya embarks on a journey of clarification regarding his fears and their effects, in the hope of unchaining himself from them. >>

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 […] >>

Hadar HaCarmel

In the 1950’s Haifa’s Hadar HaCarmel neighbourhood was the lively heart of the city. Today it’s abandoned and neglected but its past is still present on every corner. The film tells the neighbourhood through the stories of a few of it’s most intriguing residents. >>

Scorpion Ascent

80-year-old Tzvi tries to educate his rebellious grandson and takes him on a trip to the desert, only to find that the generation gap between them is as wide as the extreme sceneries surrounding them. The impossible journey comes to its end in the only imaginable way. >>

Until We’ll Find A Place

Two professional dancers around the age of 30, lose touch with who they are. Their childhood dreams have been fulfilled and now they are left with a sense of emptiness. The film follows their internal journey to find a new anchor that will give them their lost confidence back. >>

Partner with the Enemy

Two women, an Israeli and a Palestinian, are trying to build a business partnership. Brought together by a shared business acumen and knowledge of the logistics industry, the two combine forces to help Palestinian businessmen navigate the everyday absurdities of Israeli control of the West Bank. But while they help their clients to overcome the […] >>

Medical Autobiography

From Moment in Isolation, Israel, 2020//Artistic Director: Noit Geva As the world contends with the Covid-19 pandemic, a young man suffers a cardiac-arrest-like episode that no medical test seems to be able to explain. A tongue-in-cheek investigation into his own medical history helps him interpret the scientific language and rekindle his faith in the modern […] >>