Checkpoint

The West Bank and Gaza Strip have been under Israeli military authority since 1967, forcing over three million Palestinians to live under Israeli occupation. When traveling from one village or city to another to go to work, visit relatives, or seek medical care, they must pass through Israeli checkpoints. These checkpoints, acting as the first […] >>

A-Kitzar

The A-Kitzar Program, an initiative of the New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT) in collaboration with the Culture and Arts Council of Mifal HaPais and the Jerusalem Film and Television Fund, is a program designed to support and provide a platform for Haredi women filmmakers who wish to develop and produce independent, powerful short […] >>

72 Virgins

Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: There is so much hate, our leaders are blind and there is nothing I can do to change the situation. On the other hand, I am willing to do anything, even the most absurd things, to stop this madness. Who’s with me? >>

Sulha

In Ae’bleen, an Arab village in the Galilee, Rageb and Ward are best friends, and their Christian families enjoy excellent neighborly relations.  One night, during an argument, Ward’s brother, provokes Rageb, cursing his sister. Rageb pulls a gun and kills him. Now the victim’s family must avenge.  It’s a cultural norm. Their honor is at […] >>

Mirror Image

When Naomi duplicates a key for her boyfriend without asking her roommate, a war of attrition ensues. They spare no means to destroy everything in the battle to win over the apartment. >>

Yeruham Off Season

Mili, “damsel in distress”, moves between lonely scenes in the snow-covered forests of Finland and the tough male-dominated Wild West of Israel. On her road trip to Yeruham, a small town in the Negev desert, she meets cowboys, herdsmen, hunters and a sheriff, all of them more pestering than charming. Armed with a Colt and […] >>

#uploading_holocaust

Thousands of young Israelis join “The journey to Poland” each year to learn about the Holocaust. Looking into the journey through the videos they upload on YouTube reveals a moving and troubling image of the Israeli narrative and the way collective memory is formed in the web age. >>

After Nadav

Avi and Yuval’s relationship was solid, until the devastating news arrived. Their son Nadav, a soldier in the Israeli army, was killed in Gaza. For three years, they each tried to cope with their individual pain, a process which slowly drove them apart. Then Yuval (47) announced: “I want another child.” The film follows the […] >>

The Patriarch’s Room

“Jaffa Gate Is Ours!” screamed the headlines in 2005. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Irineos was accused of selling church property to Jewish settlers. He denied all the accusations. But for the first time in the church’s 2000-year history, its leader was ousted. For 11 long years, Irineos was imprisoned in his chambers. In this first-person account, […] >>

The Opposite of Love is not Hate

A dark secret is lurking under the floorboards of the house the four siblings are about to sell. In this personal documentary, the intricate balance of one family; questions about parents, siblings – and the echoes of one person’s story within the family are examined. The memories of the four children are presented in a […] >>

Nili’s Battles

Amid her remarkable career as a world champion in Thai boxing, Nili faces the sacrifices of personal dreams such as love and family, along with a journey to shape her identity beyond the ring. Those around her, who in many ways live in the shadow of her success, struggle to see the price she pays […] >>

Body Memory

From the first hand-print on the cave wall, through the footprint on the moon, into our Facebook wall full of memories of our lives – we are trying everything possible give our temporary and crumbling body, a print into time. Our work creates a space where people can experience giving a physical expression to body […] >>

Dead Language

Aya awaits  her husband at the airport’s arrivals hall, but following an innocent mix-up, she pickes up a complete stranger instead. An immediate sense of intimacy sparks between the two, but ends abruptly when the man disappears, leaving Aya with a key to his hotel room and a yearning that perhaps only a complete stranger […] >>

Shoulder

Independence Day 2008. Batchen, a 13-year-old girl, stands by the road begging for help. Inside their car her father is unconscious, surrounded by her three younger siblings. Many cars pass by, but only one Druze man stops. He performs CPR and stays until help arrives, then vanishes without a trace. Batchen’s father didn’t survive, and […] >>

Eva

After making an impossible decision to support the man she loves, Eva, a Yugoslavian war hero and human rights activist, is forced to desert her only daughter Tiana when she is sentenced to time in the infamous women’s prison “Goli Otok.” Deserted by her mother, Tiana grew up on the rough streets. After being released […] >>