I Said I

Suleiman El-Abid was sentenced to 27 years in jail for the rape and murder of Hanit Kikos, based on his confession alone. A few days after reenacting the crime he retracted his confession and has been claiming innocence ever since. Did he receive a fair trial or did the justice system incriminate him to whitewash […] >>

Close, Closed, Closure

This film examines life inside the closed Gaza strip for both those imprisoned inside and those existing outside of the walls as a joint Israeli-Palestinian film crew observes the human conditions, the politics, and the economics of both sides of the electronic wired fence which encircles one of the most densely populated areas in the […] >>

Francesca

In 1945, an SS officer was shot by a Jewish woman near the gas chamber in Auschwitz. It is said that the act of heroism was done by Francesca Mann, a Jewish dancer from Warsaw. This act of heroism did not receive the resonance it deserved, perhaps because of the rumours that Francesca was an […] >>

After Mondrian Kandinsky & Klee

Ori Drumer’s three films, After Mondrian, After Kandinsky and After Klee present adaptations of three abstract artworks: Transverse Line (1923) by Wassily Kandinsky, Fugue in Red (1921) by Paul Klee, and Composition in Lines (1917) by Piet Mondrian. Drumer breathes motion into these paintings using 3D animation. Already in the original work, the painters attempted […] >>

Blood Engagement

A violent crime leads us through a fascinating journey back in time from Africa to modern Israel, as we follow the hopes, frustrations and daily struggles of two Ethiopian women. The film tells the stories of Abuna Vessa, mother of five, who was strangled to death by her husband; and Ania Matiko, whose husband fails […] >>

Stagnant Water

Dvora is a 17-year-old girl who refuses to leave her job at the fish farm on her Kibbutz, even though she promised to return to school. Her last day at work intensifies her fear of life outside the water. >>

King Khat

An Israeli chemist becomes the 21st century’s most notorious drug baron after inventing a legal psychoactive drug from Cathinone. As his empire grows, he must constantly navigate legal and ethical challenges while maintaining his power and influence. >>

A Ray Of Light

Michal a young single mother, raising her daughter, Keren-Or, between the old depressing tenements of Afula and Jerusalem. Michal is on a journey toward her independence Trying to give Keren-Or the life she never had. Michal wants to give Keren-Or a stable family experience, unlike the one she knew due to her difficult relationship with […] >>

To Die in Jerusalem

Ever since 17-year-old Rachel Levy, an Israeli, was killed four years ago in Jerusalem by a Palestinian suicide bomber, her mother, Abigail, has hardly found a moment’s peace. Levy’s killer was Ayat al-Akhras, also 17, a schoolgirl from a Palestinian refugee camp several miles away. The two young women looked remarkably alike. Through the personal […] >>

Ready:Live

This video art piece connects two distinct processes: the humanization of virtual forms, and the process of human motion capture technologies, which is a virtual movement that is disguised as “organic.” The video follows an interview with a psychologist working at a company aiming to investigate how virtual bots can be made human-like. This interview is […] >>

Footsteps in Jerusalem

Footsteps in Jerusalem is a tribute to David Perlov and to his 1963 revolutionary film “In Jerusalem”, made a few years before the ‘67 War. The film, which won the bronze medal at the Venice Film Festival in 1963, was produced at a time when Jerusalem was divided between Jordan and Israel by “no-man’s land” […] >>

Onion Rings

Ben is a bar owner and Moran is the waitress. They have a non-binding affair. A quarrel between the two leads them to different places, in which they separately go through a night neither of them will soon forget. They meet the day after, but everything is forever changed. >>

Tzipora And Rachel Are Not Dead

After 30 years of failed efforts, Tahel (Rachel at birth) finally persuades her sister Tzipora to leave Abarbanel Psychiatric Hospital and move in with her. Together, the two sisters challenge and dismantle language – both verbal and cinematic – until once again it becomes a tool they can use to speak the silence, the oblivion, […] >>

Second Life

The moment Neurobiologists discovered how to copy human memories to a hard drive, Mankind began abandoning the physical world for a virtual reality called Second Life.  In the wake of a growing shortage in memory storage, it was decided to minimize human interaction, and speech was outlawed. When finally remained in the physical reality, only […] >>

Carried Away

On a wild island live four women in harmony. A bra from different times, washed ashore on a stormy night, violates the balance of life on the island, causing chaos and destruction. The new object becomes the focus of a quarrel. “Carried away” is a parable of the immense power inherent in the female collective […] >>