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Mili, “damsel in distress”, moves between lonely scenes in the snow-covered forests of Finland and the tough male-dominated Wild West of Israel. On her road trip to Yeruham, a small town in the Negev desert, she meets cowboys, herdsmen, hunters and a sheriff, all of them more pestering than charming. Armed with a Colt and […] >>
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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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Zehava, a young trans woman, was denied asylum by Israel and repeatedly imprisoned due to her “second-class” status as a Palestinian. She fled from the West Bank to Israel after surviving sex trafficking and attempted murder—only to face new obstacles as an undocumented, homeless Palestinian, with the constant threat of deportation. In her perilous journey […] >>
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Ruchama, an elderly and devoted wife, tries to maintain a normal life for her and her paralyzed husband in Tel Aviv. A French tourist by the name of Piere reminds her of all she has given up on for the sake of her marriage. She is swept away for a moment, but having re-discovered her […] >>
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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 […] >>
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A young French Israeli actress, is visiting Israel for an auditionr during one of the recent Israeli-Palestinian wars. The omnipresent atmosphere of war sends her on a hopeless quest for Jouissance, a journey into her own unconscious as it reflects the outside world. >>
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After being convicted of espionage, ostracized by her people, and marked as a traitor, Israeli whistleblower Anat Kamm tried to rebuild her life in NYC. She goes and graduates from Columbia University, but her past still haunts her. Unable to find employment and extend her visa, she is forced to return to Israel. In her […] >>
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This film reveals the painful relationship between my 87-year-old mother and me, her son, who has suffered all his life from the silence that dominated our family. My mother’s silence always stood between us. It concealed secrets concerning our family story, during the Holocaust, and created a sense of distance and anger within me. The […] >>
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In 2007 Livi, a photography student, moves into an empty building in downtown Haifa. Just before her loneliness urges her to leave, Shahar, Zvi, Iddo and Talia move into that very building – young artists themselves. The friendship ignites in an instant and when Zvi can’t pay his rent, they decide to rent a space […] >>
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Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: Times are pretty bad, right? So they tell us day and night! The radio and television do not stop chanting, and with each bombing the reporter is a poet. >>
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A boy arrives to an empty field, with nothing around him. In the distance he sees a Large Dark Cosmic Orb, It is the grand storyteller that tells a tale about love. >>
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Amid her remarkable career as a world champion in Thai boxing, Nili faces the sacrifices of personal dreams such as love and family, along with a journey to shape her identity beyond the ring. Those around her, who in many ways live in the shadow of her success, struggle to see the price she pays […] >>
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After losing her husband on October 7th, heartbroken, Noga – a creator, musician and mother – begins documenting the first year of her mourning. The film “Nothing is Wrong” is a personal, courageous and uncompromising diary that charts her path to dealing with an unimaginable loss, and with the forced title of an “IDF Widow” […] >>


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