The Bells Ringing – Ahuva Ozeri

In 1999, after a 23-year absence, gifted musician Ahuva Ozeri is planning a comeback. She’s recording a new album – The Bells are Ringing. Ahuva, considered the queen of the Middle Eastern music, sits at home and makes a living as a cook at a meat restaurant. She hopes to break out again with the […] >>

My Father My Lord

The tragic story of an Ultra Orthodox family.  The film enters into the inner world of the believer faced with the silence of God. The story unfolds during three days of preparations for a longed-for trip to the Dead Sea, during an intimate and poetic journey to the protagonist’s world and the wishes of his […] >>

Floating Love

Over a year ago, 22-year-old Zura’s mother left home, leaving him and his father behind. Since then, Zura’s father suffers from depression, and is busy drowning his sorrows in alcohol. Zura is forced to take care of him, while his soul longs for peace and freedom. An encounter with a captivating girl named Daniel will […] >>

The Quest for the Missing Piece

Oded Lotan, an Israeli-born film-maker living in Germany, dares to cope with one of the ‘holy cows’ concepts of the Jewish tradition – the circumcision. Lotan embarks on a journey to seek the historic origins of the custom, as well as his own family history. His investigations go in two directions – one is historical […] >>

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. >>

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 Monster of Jerusalem

In the picturesque alleys of the ultra-Orthodox Nachlaot neighborhood in Jerusalem, a mother discovers a bite on her son’s penis. Two weeks later, 14, then 100, and finally 145 children from the crowded neighborhood tell of shocking sexual assaults on a network of pedophiles that leads children through tunnels to churches, where they are harmed, […] >>

Stains

“Stains” takes place between two summers. In the summer of 2008 the director left for Ukraine with her camera to tell a story of abandonment: the relationship of an abandoned daughter and an alcoholic runaway father. But as he started telling his stories of escapes, lies, and life as an anarchist fugitive under Soviet rule, […] >>

Out of Frame

The film tells the story of the world of Israeli journalism – an industry now in deep crisis – from a unique point of view. Through the stories of two photojournalists, Eli Hershkovitz (Haaretz) and Eddie Israel (Maariv). Both reside in the south of Israel. Hershkovitz and Israel are both trying to survive their dying […] >>

Recoil

Recoil is a coming-of-age film that takes place in a religious settlement, and centers around the story of Lior, 17, a gentle boy who will do anything to prove his masculinity to himself and to everyone around him, even at an unbearable cost. >>

Dolphin Boy

Morad lived in an Arab village in the north of Israel. He was socially popular, loved by his family, an athlete, and a good student. One night, during the fall of 2006, he was cruelly beaten by his classmates, who mistakenly accused him of having an affair with their engaged cousin. Physically, he recovered within […] >>

To be Like Avi

To Be Like Avi is the coming-of-age story of three friends, refugees who fled Africa and left their families behind. They study in the Galilee and dream of following in the footsteps of Avi (formally Ibrahim), the only refugee who somehow obtained an Israeli citizenship and enlisted in the IDF. The film follows them during […] >>

Bouncing Boys

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. >>

The Samaritan: A Biblical People

Good Samaritan laws protect do-gooders and Good Samaritan hospitals heal us. Samaritans appear in our holy texts— in the Bible, the Talmud, and the Quran. The Samaritan people today number 850 souls, down from a million in the time of Jesus. They are split between Israelis and Palestinians. The Samaritans may soon go extinct, a […] >>

Little Earthquakes

Anastasia is trapped in an abusive relationship with Noam – a talented pianist haunted by his past. At the steps of the Rape Crisis center, Anastasia meets the pop-star Libby. Their encounter helps her to break free from the constraints of Noam, but also results in her adopting aggressive patterns of her own. >>