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 […] >>

If This World Were a Sea

The remarkable life story of Natan Yonatan, one of Israel’s leading poets and lyricists, whose life became the soundtrack of the Jewish people in the land of Israel. >>

The Beetle

Yishai Orian, the director of the movie and the owner of an old Volkswagen Beetle, is about to become a father. His mechanic says that the car will not last long, while his wife complains that the car is not suitable for driving a baby. Trying to keep his beloved car, Yishai goes on a […] >>

Menachem and Fred

This is the story of two brothers who for decades feared to meet. Attempting to repress their past and build new lives, the brothers buried dark secrets in their hearts. Only when rare letters were found, letters from their parents who were in a concentration camp at the time, to the orphanage where the brothers […] >>

Ah Ha Va

Victor, a male fairy, becomes depressed and files his resignation letter. He doesn’t want to work anymore – to help people. He feels disappointment for himself and the world. One morning, a fairy social worker barges into his apartment, telling him that his resignation letter has been rejected and that he must return to his […] >>

Temporarily Removed

Deep inside a municipal art museum, a single guard is the sole queen of a small exhibition. When she is forced to leave the room, her exile becomes a journey in search of a new home. >>

H2: The Occupation Lab

H2 is the name given to the eastern part of Hebron – the only Palestinian city with a Jewish settlement in it. Here, along a one-Kilometer road, lies the holy Cave of the Patriarchs, where Jews and Muslims believe their common father, Abraham, is buried. Here the massacre of 1929, known as “year zero” of […] >>

Crownless Queen of the Garden

Alon, the film’s director, returns to a traumticexperience during their nights as a sex worker in Jerusalem. Through the power of cinema, they seek to reclaim control over a painful memory — and to retell the story that left a lasting scar. >>

Red Butterfly

Dov has creatures coming out of his head. It happens every morning and he leads each of them into the shadow under his bed.When one creature sneaks out, making way for the rest of them, Dov will have to deal with what he hid in the shadows. >>

Wild City

After a historical shift of power in Haifa’s city hall, the relationship between the city’s residents and the local wild boars becomes more intense than ever. In the streets of this sleepy port city, a primal struggle erupts over the fate of the new guests. Through several points of view, five years and two election […] >>

Fata Morgana

A couple drives in the desert in a reality show, while filming themselves with head cameras. A Fata Morgana (mirage) on the road causes an accident. To avoid consequences, they hide the evidence and re-shoot everything the footage. But like the mirage they saw, nothing is as it seems. >>

Shifra

Amnon (Shifra), 69, hangs dolls decorating the entrance of his home to process his childhood experiences. The film traces the sad clown’s journey in the wake of childhood loss and gives voice to Amnon, who tells his story with a lot of love and emotion. >>

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, […] >>

A Different Love Song

“Heavy and tired with a woman on a porch/ ‘Stay with me’. Like men, paths also find their end. With silence or with a snap/ stay with me. I want to be you” The afternoon routine of a very loving couple in their late 70’s. Loving, but in a different way. More different than anything […] >>

Giado – Holocaust in the Desert

For seven decades, Yosef Dadush concealed a private diary, securely locked away in a closet at his home. Only after his passing was the diary unearthed, granting us a precious opportunity to peer into the harrowing existence endured by the inmates of Giado—a concentration camp situated in the heart of the Libyan desert. “GIADO” chronicles […] >>