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, […] >>

Let’s Assume, for a Moment, That God Exists

A documentary is a desperate attempt to document that which cannot be documented. Heresy thoughts of a veteran documentarian. A neighborhood in the city of Ramat Gan. A grocer, a watchmaker, dancers, sheep, a hairdresser, a furious prophet and more. Real? Staged? Fragmentary – like cell phone chats, like TV broadcasts, like life itself. Finally […] >>

Waltz with Bashir

One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection between the dream and their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the […] >>

Seven Double Limited

Rafi is a compulsive gambler at a crossroads. He must choose between his beloved wife and daughter and the football lottery, his life’s obsession. He is overtaken by all too familiar fantasies of wealth, the possibility of answering only to oneself and the joy of commanding the respect of others. >>

Status Quo

Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: Life as a banal game; our leaders are children; the ability to press “pause” has not yet been proven, but nor has it been entirely ruled out; we hope that the ending will be pastoral. >>

A Natural Disaster

Based on a story by Lydia Davis, the film depicts a surreal symbolic deconstruction of the society through the eyes of a little girl. This short film is a part of a new cultural venture called ‘StoryVid’, combining a short story reading with visual videography. >>

Too Much Reality

A love story between Yuli, a young woman who suffers from anxiety and doesn’t go outside and Adam- the ghost who haunts her place. >>

The Milky Way

Tala (33) is a quirky musician and a newly single mother. To support her baby daughter, she is forced to take a job at the Milky Way, a repository for mother’s milk where women can pump and sell their breast milk. It’s an awkward set up, but everything could work out fine if only Tala […] >>

Moments, Israel 2003 – I have a Dream

The “Moments, Israel 2003 – I have a Dream” project emerged as the continuation of “Moments, Israel 2002”. This time, the project tried to transcend the boundaries of despair and focus on dreams for the future. Once again, each filmmaker approaches this question from his or her own unique vantage point. Through this project, the […] >>

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

“Let Sleeping Dogs Lie” is a short animated dark comedy, set in a wild and crazy world where a little girl struggles to retrieve her lost dog. >>

Gypsy Davy

How does a white boy with Alabama roots become a Flamenco guitarist in Andalucian boots, and what happens along the way? The film tells the story of “David Serva,” born David Jones, through his five women and five children—one of whom is the director. After all, who knows the-man-who-came-and-saw-and-conquered (and conquered and conquered), “strumming their […] >>

Truth, Nothing, But

In April 2002, following a series of Palestinian terror attacks in Israeli cities, the IDF invaded the West Bank with heavy forces in order to destroy Palestinian terror bases. The operation, known as Defensive Shield, lasted 40 days during which Palestinian sources mislead the world with false Information about thousands of casualties and about a […] >>

Border Living

A young family that falls on hard times moves to a community on the Israeli border with Gaza, only to find themselves dealing with a reality that puts them in a constant state of insecurity. How will they face this new challenge and what will they learn about the boundaries of happiness? >>

Nobody Home

Mount of Olives – overlooking Temple Mount and the absent Holy Temple. Tradition proclaims this is the closest point on earth to heavenly sanctity, and burial here ensures proximity to eternity. Yet among the tombs we find the living: those who have chosen this holy mount for their home, who have elected to live in […] >>

The Film Class

Filmmaker Uri Rosenwaks arrives to Rahat, a Bedouin town down in Israel’s Negev Dssert, to teach a group of Black Bedouin women a class in filmmaking. Rahat, partially populated by Black Bedouins who were originally brought to the Negev as slaves, is afflicted with pessimism, unemployment, poverty and violence. Kidnapped in Africa by Arab slave […] >>