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The film presents the tragic events of the October 7th massacre at the Supernova music festival, as they unfold, minute by minute, using only festival survivors’ camera footage, and terrorists’ body camera recordings. The Nova tribe, a community of over 10,000 psychedelic trance music enthusiasts, has in recent years, gathered together for an annual outdoor […] >>
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Based on Avri Harling’s short story It’s been several days now that Yoav, a freelance real-estate agent, is having trouble sleeping because of obscure crying sounds. His wife, on the other hand, seems to be sleeping a lot more and very deeply so, completely undisturbed by the cries. Even though they share the same space, […] >>
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A cinematic delirium. “Even those who have survived find out they have died, eventually” From the Project: “A sonnet for Yuda”, a cinematic visual tribute to the poems of Yehuda Amichai >>
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Argentina, 1980. Anna, a teenage girl whose father was taken by the military regime, wants to taste life and fulfill her desire to dance. She is torn by her wish of a colorful life and the monotone wait of her mother and grandmother in their stuffy apartment. >>
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Following the stories of three mafiosi-cum-businessmen, Thieves By Law paints a fascinating tableau of men that would make Tony Soprano cringe. Most intriguing, though, are their personal histories interwoven with the evolution of the Russian Mafia itself. Beginning in Stalin’s Gulags and slowly transforming into an international organization, the mafia and Code of Thieves have […] >>
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16-year-old Jonathan, a daydreaming musician, arrives at his best friend Lia’s house to finally declare his love for her. Instead, he finds her older sister on a bad psychedelic trip caused by a broken heart. >>
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Mirrors – A portrait of the town of Yeruham 2015
Four stories intertwine in the small town of Yeruham. Abraham the fisherman; Debi the hiardresser and a part time matchmaker; Boris and the teenagers from Mahsan 52; and Theila the blind singer. >>
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in Kibbutz Mafalsim, 4 kilometers from the Gaza border, inside a small apartment, through a window overlooking a big tree, we see A frame within a frame of the changing landscape of reality, before and after October 7th. While the exterior view remains untouched, the overwhelming feelings of uncertainty and fear are flooding these four […] >>
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A worker flees during a coffee commercial shoot. As the presenter pursues her, their chase spirals through a world of advertisements, exposing the dark reality of consumer culture. >>
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The story of women’s relationship with their breasts unfolds in the fitting room of a Jaffa bra shop. With each curtain opening, a woman confronts herself in the mirror, her mood dictating the framing of her shot. While attempting to find a bra that fits, she narrates her story because the story of boobs is […] >>
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Drenched in guilt and longing to his beloved Nadia, who was murdered by an unknown killer, Alex slowly takes on her identity one step at a time. While her family mourns, Alex estranges himself from them, becoming a loner in his home which is slowly becoming an absurd temple to commemorate Nadia. After a failed […] >>
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Friendship, love, and freedom—these ideals drew young hearts from around the globe to Nova’s EDM music festival in the south of Israel. But as the sun rose on October 7th the fantasy shattered. Rockets sliced through the sky, and the music cut off. Confusion morphed into terror as gunfire erupted amidst the chaos. Hamas terrorists […] >>
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”Like a butterfly”, is an intimate short film documenting pieces from the extraordinary life of Alfred, an 80-year-old, colorful street philosopher, adored by women and who was a valued former art director. Alfred’s life took a turn after the separation from his ex-wife, Ruth (77), with whom he hasn’t spoken for 18 years. The family […] >>
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A poem about love that has died. Banished without leaving a mark. But we saw it as a requiem for life. “The world closes behind us, the sand straightens itself”, these words we felt in our bodies, and not with our brains. From the Project: “A sonnet for Yuda”, a cinematic visual tribute to the poems […] >>
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Nora built a shelter in a rural village, where she lives with 500 fruit bats, a gang of turkeys all named Hertzel, a mayna bird named Itzik and her beloved dog Koper. Isolated from society, she provides care for the bats and every other animal that crosses her path. She soon discovers that there is […] >>


With the support of the Ministry of Culture - The Israel Film Council