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For years Leah has been abused by her husband, who suffers PTSD (Shell Shock). One evening with the help of her little daughter she decides to change her life. >>
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When the son of the Kapo of the death block in Auschwitz arrives to the place his father ruled unrestricted, bribed the Nazis to save the prisoners from certain death, he meets, in the very same dark rooms, the lives of those saved by his father, but also listens in pain to those willing to […] >>
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A phone call wakes me up early in the morning. My older brother got into trouble. Again. After another entanglement, I realize that I can no longer ignore the problems that follow him around, and which seem to be taking over my life. I use the camera to get answers from my family and a […] >>
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In May 1994, one of the most significant voices in the Israeli cultural scene was silenced abruptly. Hezi Laskaly, a poet, artist, choreographer, and critic, died of AIDS at the age of 42. In February 1996 a film crew set off on the trail of the words he left behind. “Yakantalisa” is a cinematic portrait […] >>
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Baruch dreams of going to heaven after life. For this he marries a woman, he thinks, will make him go through hell during his lifetime and will bring him to Heaven afterlife. That is, until things take a twist. >>
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Look, Soon You won’t See Anything
As a young architect, he designed buildings across Israel. Today, not being able to recall it, he still feels compelled to create. At 95, he can no longer draw architectural plans. Yet, every morning he attends his office to color children’s booklets. Baruch Meshulam and his wife Gila founded an architectural firm in the sixties, […] >>
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Reality & Playing No.3 – Looking For Sarah
Michal Heiman’s work, Reality and Playing No. 3- Looking for Sarah – A proposal for a Visual Reconstruction of a D. W Winnicott Cae Study, reflects the artist’s continuous preoccupation with the interface between psychoanalysis and art. Her film refers to psychoanalyst and prediatricain Donald Winnicott’s text, “Interview with an Adolescent: ATherapeutic Consultation,” published in […] >>
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During a dark and hazy night, Ethan, Nick’s older brother, smuggles him out of the hospital and into a desperate journey through the urban jungle. A fierce love drives them to handel a task a moment before it will be too late. >>
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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 […] >>
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The final chapter in the breakdown of the director’s family – one of many who did not survive the trials of immigration. The last thing that prevents the family’s collapse is a ground-level apartment in Jerusalem, where they managed to strike some roots. When the father leaves as well, they are faced with a dilemma: […] >>
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The film was produced in the framework of the “Souvenirs” program – a film lab for Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers in the Old City of Jerusalem. The film follows the day to day life, fun and games of the children in the Old City of Jerusalem, over their summer vacation. >>
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At birth we are tossed into a complex, demanding reality. This is our verdict. In our lives, do we get the chance to sweeten our sentence? From the Project: “A sonnet for Yuda”, a cinematic visual tribute to the poems of Yehuda Amichai >>
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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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Life of Poetry – The Story of Avraham Halfi
A journey through the life and work of Abraham Halfi, the unsung hero of Hebrew culture whose greatest yearning was to shrink “into an unknown point,” as remarked in one of his poems. He was revealed to the public only in his final years, by the popular singer Arik Einstein, who recorded Halfi’s poem “Atur […] >>


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