Night Shift

One neighborhood, one cop, one night. The Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Rehovot is undoubtedly the most homogeneous neighborhood in Israel, always was. It was never officially defined, but when you look at the history of the neighborhood, you discover that virtually every decade there has been a population turnover in Kiryat Moshe and it has […] >>

The Death of Cinema and My Father Too

A father and son try to freeze time through cinema, but the father’s illness threatens to cut their quest short. >>

Thomas Leaves

From `Short:Long` – a tribute to Israeli cinema. A Tribute to The Dress – 1969.  Thomas returns to his apartment to collect the last of his belongings. Encountering the new additions to his old roommate’s life, he reminisces upon their complex relationship and looks for closure. >>

The Champagne Spy

Paris 1962. Oded is 12 years old when his father reveals to him he’s a secret agent for the Israeli Mossad and makes him swear to secrecy because his life depends on it. When his father leaves on his mission to Cairo assuming the identity of Wolfgang Lotz – a German millionaire, ex Nazi, playboy […] >>

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 […] >>

Album 61

To this day, only sixteen people in the world have earned the title of World Chess Champion. Boris Gelfand of Rishon LeZion was the first Israeli to compete for the title. All his life Boris prepared for the occasion. From the age of six, he was raised to be a chess champion. His father devoted […] >>

Hitler’s Children

The Hoess family did everything they could to ignore the horror. The windows were boarded up so that they couldn’t see the chimneys and the gas chambers from their mansion. Family photos show children playing outside and other idyllic scenes that don’t betray the presence of the camp. The only things they couldn’t ignore, explains […] >>

Get Out and Come Back

After being kicked out of every school, 14-year-old Kiki is about to enter a closed institution for juvenile delinquents for violence offenses and drug trafficking. Just before, his sister Gal manages to convince the welfare authorities to give him one last chance: an experimental therapeutic journey in the desert. With the help of her friends, […] >>

The Avoidable War

During the October War of 1973, Israel’s military and political leadership, so confident of its superiority, suffered a nervous breakdown, as Israel faced a surprise attack by the Egyptian and Syrian armies. Senior officials, headed by Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan, devised wild and desperate ideas, among them the use of nuclear weapons. This 4-part […] >>

Congratulations

Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: When concerned people living abroad ask me what will be, I tell them I’m about to have a son, and that they should ask him when he grows up. Although he’ll probably tell them to ask the next generation. A sort of cautious optimism for the coming fifty years. >>

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 […] >>

Complicated

Itamar, a chubby and depressed young man, returns to his childhood home in the suburbs following a mental breakdown. As he struggles to get better under the care of his quirky and overprotective mother, old tensions about his sexual orientation arise – especially when he meets Ronen, a handsome lifeguard who leads him to confront […] >>

Exemplar

Eden, a teenage dancer, is bullied on a daily basis. Her loneliness drives her long for the attention of Neomi, her dance teacher, in the hope of gaining, through her, the sense of closeness and intimacy she so desperately needs. >>

Not Today. Not Now.

Jerome, a failed farmer, finds his eldest son’s dead body in the family’s shed. He struggles to tell his wife Aliza and his young son Tomer about the tragedy but the blame and tension lead him to a violent burst. >>

Border Living

A young family that falls on hard times moves to a community on the Israeli border with Gaza, only to find themselves dealing with a reality that puts them in a constant state of insecurity. How will they face this new challenge and what will they learn about the boundaries of happiness? >>