Jouissance

A young French Israeli actress, is visiting Israel for an auditionr during one of the recent Israeli-Palestinian wars. The omnipresent atmosphere of war sends her on a hopeless quest for Jouissance, a journey into her own unconscious as it reflects the outside world.   >>

Stars

“Now we’ll all be movie stars. … The whole world will see us on television …” declares Hezi, a resident of a Herzliya home for the mentally challenged. This film provides an intimate and moving encounter with some of the home’s residents, revealing their daily routines. >>

Until We’ll Find A Place

Two professional dancers around the age of 30, lose touch with who they are. Their childhood dreams have been fulfilled and now they are left with a sense of emptiness. The film follows their internal journey to find a new anchor that will give them their lost confidence back. >>

Caught in the Web

Ultra-Orthodox Rabbis had banned the internet right from the start. They did the same with Television and national Radio, and no one said a word. But when it comes to the digital world, it seems like they are losing the battle. The recent Covid-19 epidemic just made it clearer: the Haredi society refuses to stay […] >>

9 Star Hotel

This film intimately documents the life of Palestinian men living in hiding in the hills surrounding the Israeli city of Modi’in.  With unprecedented access, the film portrays life in the hideout of these young men, focusing on Ahmad (19) and Muhammad (20), as they provide for their families. The harsh conditions of being “illegal” workers […] >>

The Autopsy of Sven Svensson

A patholog’s daily routine is being interrupted when he encounters a body in his image. >>

Cherno

After a nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, A pregnant Snejana must leave the house to save herself. She faces a hard decision, to wait for her husband or to accept he will not be back. >>

The Couch

Michal, 38, a dancer, returns to live at home with her mother, Smadar, 72, a retired hoarder. A void separates them. Smadar’s house is overwhelmingly packed with belongings. Michal longs to find space for herself but also a place for creation and beauty. When the movers finish their work, Michal, left alone for a moment […] >>

Conversations with My Dead Friends

Claire was my childhood love. I heard Yonatan, a kibbutznik, lecturing on Marx and Tolstoy the day we both enlisted. Jacques was a painter; the sergeant major ordered him to smear the cannons with grease so they would shine in the parade. I met Hanoch after the army; every morning I would wake to the […] >>

It Happened on our Ground

Three generations of women grapple with their family’s legacy of the Holocaust, its affiliation with the Nazi regime, and their resistance. “It Happened on Our Ground” is a sensitive exploration of guilt, memory, and the strength needed to heal. >>

#Relatable

In a technologically saturated world, a young Jerusalemite with a longing for human contact and addiction to screens, goes on a digital journey in search of a mysterious girl with whom he is in contact only through digital means and loses his identity online. >>

Closed Story

Micha, the director and protagonist of this film, is very disturbed by historian Uri Milstein’s upcoming, in-depth investigation into what really happened during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub, during the First Lebanon War. In the name of military camaraderie, he supports Ira, the battalion commander, as he prepares for his interviews with Milstein. After all, […] >>

Labour

How far will a man go to provide for his family?  Sahsha and Rita are new immigrants from Dagestan, trying to deal with a foreclosure order and Sasha’s job loss. >>

In Case You’re Still Around

Not everyone has time to die. Yael did. The director met her ten years after their first encounter, after which they drifted apart. Now, as a new, scared patient in the Oncology ward, Yael, an old hand, showed her a way through the darkness. Yael didn’t use her time for ‘bigger than life’ experiences. Rather, […] >>

The Ashram Children: I Am No Body, I Have No Body

For 20 years, Jonathan, the filmmaker grew up in Jerusalem and in an Ashram in India, which he had to keep secret. In the Ashram he was taught to dedicate his life to the Guru, to always think of him. That way, Jonathan could finally reach his goal in life, awaken from the illusion, realize […] >>