Father’s Son

Yotam Regev, a teenage boy and the son of the Mayor, is waiting alone in a room at the local police station. A youth interrogator enters and Yotam starts describing the incidents leading to his arrest, all revolving around his attempt to court a girl, following his father’s somewhat militant teachings. When Yotam’s father abruptly […] >>

Highway 65

Daphna, 41, who was until recently a promising detective in the major city of Tel Aviv, finds herself in small town Afula, dealing with petty crimes, seeking shade from the heat, and dodging the nagging question: “how come you don’t have any children?” The disappearance of Orly Elimeleh ,36, a beautiful and rebellious army widow, […] >>

Close, Closed, Closure

This film examines life inside the closed Gaza strip for both those imprisoned inside and those existing outside of the walls as a joint Israeli-Palestinian film crew observes the human conditions, the politics, and the economics of both sides of the electronic wired fence which encircles one of the most densely populated areas in the […] >>

Hard Change

Yichia (14) and Hamam (8) come from a village in the area of Tul Karem, in the Palestinian Authority. While their parents and elder siblings cannot cross checkpoints to enter the state of Israel, the two brothers work as child beggars. The young children find themselves serving as the sole providers for their family of […] >>

The Dinner

Emma and Gregory, immigrants from Russia, are finding it hard to adapt to life in Israel. Their lives cross paths with Alon, an amateur artist and owner of a high-tech company who is in crisis with his wife Yael. Alon is preoccupied with his business and Yael is having an affair with his good friend […] >>

The Exchange

Yonatan is asked to come see his grandmother on her deathbed with his judgmental older brother. On their nightly train ride the two siblings turn against each other, as the looming encounter with death threatens to tear down Yonatan’s walls of apathy. >>

Holiday Flowers

After losing their former business, Gila and Motti resort to selling flowers and strawberries on the roadside to make a living. Motti is a 51-year-old man of honor with a checkered past and Gila is 39-year-old fiery red head divorcee with two kids. She is neurotic, sarcastic, a workaholic and toothless. The couple hopes to […] >>

My Bee Family

A swarm of bees found by Grandpa Yishai in 1959 began the Ofir family’s beekeeping tradition. When he is hospitalized, his granddaughter, Adva, begins documenting the family’s occupation. For over a decade, she observes and ponders the family’s deep connection to the bees, nature, and each other. Through the seasons, she experiences uncertainty, anticipation, aging, […] >>

10% – What Makes a Hero?

What makes a hero? What is heroism? Against all odds, what compels someone to maintain his/her integrity, go against the grain and fight for what is just? In this documentary, director Yoav Shamir sets out on an entertaining and insightful international travelogue, exploring the notion of heroism. In a journey spanning three years, Yoav travels […] >>

A Night With No Dawn

Five Darfurian refugees must attend Holot detention center. When they arrive they discover that they are late and that they will have to spend the night outside. When the darkness surrounds them, the desert becomes a mirror of their souls, accompanying them on a spiritual journey in search for answers.   >>

Chilik

From Moment in Isolation, Israel, 2020//Artistic Director: Noit Geva For the first time in his life, my brother Chilik (26), a married Yeshiva student, is at home. For a month now, he has had to endure criticism from the secular society in Israel, even though he is studying the Torah on his own. Studying on […] >>

One Day After Peace

Can the means used to resolve the conflict in South Africa be applied to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? As someone who experienced both conflicts firsthand, Robi Damelin wonders about this. Born in South Africa during the apartheid era, she later lost her son, who was serving with the Israeli Army reserve in the Occupied Territories. At […] >>

The Kozalchik Affair

When the son of the Kapo of the death block in Auschwitz arrives to the place his father ruled unrestricted, bribed the Nazis to save the prisoners from certain death, he meets, in the very same dark rooms, the lives of those saved by his father, but also listens in pain to those willing to […] >>

Plague

A dangerous and deadly virus is spreading around the world. Zombies are everywhere, and citizens are forced to lock themselves inside their homes. Esther, an elderly woman who has cared for her sick husband for years, wants only one thing: for the outside world to leave them both alone. A visit by a young and […] >>

Mirrors – A portrait of the town of Yeruham 2016

Four short films that were born in a workshop held in Yeruham by film directors Robbie Elmaleh and Meital Abukasis. The local participants’ films present personal stories dealing with childhood, adolescence and the search for identity. They examine the importance of grace and charity in this life and in the Hereafter; the secret that attracts […] >>