A Day Out

Yochai, a melancholic bachelor in his 30’s, avoids living life. Beyond taking care of the minimum chores of life, he is busy distracting himself with all available means. But today he is required for another chore. He has to get up in the morning and take his nephew, Ilay, for an annual trip. Yochai sleeps […] >>

Arava

In 2000s Jerusalem, Arava reluctantly goes on a trip with her best friend, Tzipi. The two hitchhike through small-town Israel, on their way to visit the mystical gravesites of the northern city Safed. Along the way, they’re confronted with the intricacies of their individual identities, hopes, losses, and their relationship to one another. >>

Shadow of Truth: The Verdict

In the winter of 2006 13-year-old Tair Rada was found dead inside a locked toilet stall at her school on the northern tip of Israel. A week later the police arrested Roman Zdorov, a Ukrainian Immigrant, who had worked there as a temp, and eventually he confessed to the murder. But many still believed he […] >>

Shell

An IDF veteran and combat medic drives across the country in his car, chasing ghosts from his past. >>

Orphans of the Revolution

“A family’s story is the starting point for a discussion of the moral and political ideas (and clichés) that shook Europe and the Middle East throughout the 20th Century and still reverberate today. The story begins in the 1930s in the Warsaw Pawiak Prison where Igal Bursztyn’s mother was incarcerated for illegal Communist activities. It […] >>

Good Garbage

The Hebron Hills garbage dump serves the Israeli settlements in the area and is a source of an eked-out livelihood for 200 Palestinian families from in and around the Palestinian village of Yatta. The stories of eleven-year-old Harun, seventeen-year-old Ibrahim, forty-year-old Yusuf, and sixty-year-old Badawi, expose a daily struggle for subsistence in an inescapable reality […] >>

The Garden

From `Short:Long` – a tribute to Israeli cinema. A Tribute to Drifting – 1983. Robie, a gay film director, is asked by the Gay Association to direct a vampire musical in Independence Park (an old cruising site in Tel Aviv). When betrayal and lust on the set takes over, Robie’s attempt to direct the musical […] >>

Nili’s Battles

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 […] >>

The Dreamer

Although he spent most of his life fighting ethnic discrimination, Yosef Shiloah is best remembered by the public for his comedic roles in Bourekas films. Yet behind the clownish image that clung to him was a deep, complex, and courageous artist who sought to change Israeli reality. He met with Yasser Arafat in his office […] >>

Nala

A female couple is celebrating their anniversary in nature, along with their dog Nala. They find themselves in a hidden grove on the edge of a beautiful lake. Slowly they give themselves up to nature and each other until they experience a shattering change in their relationship. >>

I’ll See You Again

Grandma Rivka is forced to leave her home and memories to move in with her children and grandchildren. She finds the transition unbearable, but her family shows her love and sensitivity as they lead her toward a new life, where there is room for memories as well. >>

After Counting All Votes

A young filmmaker is trying to make choices about his future while his country is in turmoil. As the political climate grows more volatile and right-wing activism gains traction, he questions his future in a country headed in a dangerous direction. Armed with a camera, he is concerned that he is documenting the end of […] >>

The Flat

The flat, on the third floor of a Bauhaus building in Tel Aviv, was where my grandparents lived since they immigrated to Palestine. Were it not for the view from the windows, one might have thought that the flat was in Berlin. There it was, furnished with heavy European pieces, with the best of German […] >>

A Unicorn in Tel Aviv

Alonna (28), a romantic who clings to old habits, tries to beat Tel Aviv. The city fights back with cyclists, parking inspectors, and guys who don’t believe in love. Losing hope, she downloads a dating app. Her date with “Mr. Perfect” seems promising, but an unexpected incident changes everything. >>

Six Lines

Young Max belongs to an Israeli neo-Nazi gang headed by its charismatic leader, Judah. While they are abusing an innocent black man, Max has to make a difficult decision. >>