Short

Through personal interviews, conversations with teenage boys, meetings with experts and considerable humor and self-exposure, Edan Alterman sets out to examine how height affects men who are shorter than others. Are shorter men funnier? Does a short stature create a tall character? Why do girls only want to date tall guys? And who do the […] >>

Life of Poetry – The Story of Avraham Halfi

A journey through the life and work of Abraham Halfi, the unsung hero of Hebrew culture whose greatest yearning was to shrink “into an unknown point,” as remarked in one of his poems. He was revealed to the public only in his final years, by the popular singer Arik Einstein, who recorded Halfi’s poem “Atur […] >>

Relaying

“Relaying: Testimonies on Motherhood Lost, Meadows Museum of Art, 2014 A Four-Channel Video Installation by Israeli artist Mali De-Kalo”. Confronting the boundaries between the art world and social action, Relaying presents testimonial monologues by mothers whose children refuse to have any contact with them as a result of the breakdown of the family unit .De-Kalo’s […] >>

After Counting All Votes

A young filmmaker is trying to make choices about his future while his country is in turmoil. As the political climate grows more volatile and right-wing activism gains traction, he questions his future in a country headed in a dangerous direction. Armed with a camera, he is concerned that he is documenting the end of […] >>

Family Matters

Two men, one woman and a baby constitute the formula for the alternative family documented in this film. Dafna, a single straight musician, is fed up with waiting for her prince charming. Her solution: teaming up with Itamar, a homosexual lawyer and actor, in order to have a baby. The third side of this dramatic […] >>

Check Point

The yellow gate, which stands at the entrance to every kibbutz, was in the past a symbol of security and protection. Through conversations with the guards at the gate, we are exposed to thoughts about the unstable reality and the feeling that at any moment something might happen. Will the gate be able to protect […] >>

The Accident

Omri reunites his family for a drive to the desert. He asks them to recollect and talk about the fatal car accident they had on the way to his Bar Mitzvah 15 years earlier, an accident that led to his parent’s divorce. >>

Fifty Old Dogs

When their senior dog’s condition deteriorates, owners often wonder: is it better to prolong life or mercifully put to sleep? When is the right moment to let go? At “Hofshi” (“Free”), a retirement home for dogs, the stories of owners and their pets convey these dilemmas, which escalate when facing the threat of being put […] >>

The King of Ratings

This film explores Israel’s obsession with consumption and consumerism in the 1990s by following Doron Tsabari, a washed up television actor who rose to fame on the show “Harishon Babidur” (The First in Entertainment). During this time, Tsabari realized his dream of becoming not just a film star but the most popular man in Israel. […] >>

Dimona Twist

Seven women arrive in Israel by ship in the 1950s and 1960s and are sent straight to Dimona, a town recently established in the desert. They now open up and share their life stories that have never before been told from their perspectives. What happened during the first fifteen years to the girls and women […] >>

Cutlets

The day in the life of Adi, a young woman trying to survive a disastrous day. She’s late for work, a pipe in her flat bursts, the dog pees on the floor and she fights with her manager at work. Her emotional instability leads to chaotic and devastating choices. Exhausted from medication and shrinks, Adi […] >>

Raging Dove

Boxer Johar Abu Lashin dreams of winning a world title in Nazareth and then in his hometown of Gaza, but faces challenges amidst the political situation in the Middle East. Can his journey to winning a title prize in the ring make him a hero in the eyes of both Israelis and Palestinians? >>

The Settlers

Seven families live in Tel Rumeidah, or “Jesse’s Land,” in a controversial settlement in Hebron. They have been struggling for fourteen years to hold on to this small hill in the center of the town which they believe they hold the right to, and in doing so have stirred much political debate in Israeli society. […] >>

The Dream Factory

Ben (35), a talented animator, dreams of publishing his comic book, titled “The Dream Factory”, but keeps getting rejected. His daughter Maya decides to take him into their own fantasy world and together they journey to The Dream Factory, in order to make his dream come true.  On the way, Ben realizes that his dreams […] >>

Bunchi

A family of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel deals with the unexpected escape of its patriarch, Malkamo, back to his homeland. His duaghter-in-law Bunchi is left to care for her demented mother-in-law, her deceitful husband and their two adolescent daughters. When Malkamo unexpectedly returns to Israel, raising hopes and a promise of relief, Bunchi is forced […] >>