Ye’arim – A Temporary Home

Following the October 7th massacre, Netiv HaAsara and Kibbutz Zikim residents were evacuated to the ‘Ye’arim’ Hotel in the Jerusalem hills. The film portrays a diverse array of characters including evacuees, hotel staff, and volunteers, presenting a mosaic of voices and stories. Amidst the uncertainty and questions about returning home, it explores the reconstruction of […] >>

No Heroes

In an ongoing war, Dede and the artillery soldiers find themselves in the midst of “Harvot Barzel” deep in a dugout, surrounded by hundreds of shells and constantly on edge. On one hand, Dede understands the importance of his role in protecting the combat forces, but on the other, he fears the moment when they’ll […] >>

‘Til Kingdom Come

Millions of American Evangelicals are praying for the State of Israel. Among them are the Binghams, a dynasty of Kentucky pastors, and their Evangelical congregants in an impoverished coal-mining town. They donate sacrificially to Israel’s foremost philanthropic organization, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews because they fervently believe the Jews are crucial to Jesus’s […] >>

Highway 65

Daphna, 41, who was until recently a promising detective in the major city of Tel Aviv, finds herself in small town Afula, dealing with petty crimes, seeking shade from the heat, and dodging the nagging question: “how come you don’t have any children?” The disappearance of Orly Elimeleh ,36, a beautiful and rebellious army widow, […] >>

Wedding Night

In the ultra-Orthodox community men are educated not to look at women or think about them and a girl practices modesty in clothing, actions and thoughts. Marriage requires complete strangers to suddenly encounter their partner for the first time in an intimate situation with only rudimentary information. According to Jewish law, they are required at […] >>

I Am Not

Oren Levi is struggling to find his place in the world. Born in Guatemala and adopted by an Israeli couple as a baby, Oren had a troublesome childhood despite all the love and support of his family. Misdiagnosed with autism and mental illness, put into a psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt, he found it […] >>

Start New Game

17-year-old Gil hates his life in the village he lives in. He lives with his Father, Avishai, and his 10-year-old brother, Yuval, who he blames for their parents’ divorce. He dreams of joining the army as a combatant, as an excuse to escape his life. One night, the brothers have an ugly fight about a […] >>

Fence Your Best

Haim Hatuel started stabbing his kids at age 5. This is Delila and Maor Hatuel’s family childhood memory. They are now Israeli fencing champions. Haim Hatuel is a native of Morocco who arrived in Acre when he was 15 years old. A day after his release from the Israel Defense Forces, Haim saw an ad […] >>

Dust and Delights

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. >>

Taking Steps

A young couple, Stav and Avi, are preparing for their dream honeymoon through Central Asia. When Stav fractures her foot a week before the flight, the two of them embark on an alternative journey that complicates matters even further. >>

Le Grand Akshan

Grisha Starosta was 21 years old when he left his wealthy bourgeois home and followed his dream to become a pioneer in Palestine, but he had to leave the orange groves of Kfar Saba and return to Romania just a few months later when he learned he had a daughter. Many years would pass until […] >>

The Material That Love Is Made Of

In the winter of 1992, a New York scientist isolated the material that love is made of: it is an unbelievable hormonal matter composed of three chemical elements. Ten years after that discovery, director Ari Folman goes out on a two-year journey in an attempt to investigate the material love is made of, as it […] >>

Haircut

From Moment in Isolation, Israel, 2020//Artistic Director: Noit Geva I have never gone to a hairdresser. My mother is one, so I’ve never had to. For 40 years, her soft fingers have caressed, pinched and cut my hair in styles once fashionable in a distant land. During the lockdown, she cuts my hair from afar. >>

How to Say Silence

A photo found by the filmmaker in her grandmother’s house after her death seems strange. She has a pregnant belly. But she had told the story of adopting the director’s father because she was not able to conceive. Her old friends explain that the kibbutz decided state-building efforts preclude giving birth, and she had an […] >>

My Sister’s Keeper

This is the story of four Ultra-Orthodox women, who dared to shout “we won’t be silenced!”. Through their revolution, we are able to get a glimpse into this very closed community,  which has a very clear code of silence with regard to sexuality in general, and sexual assault in particular. The world of each of […] >>