I’ll Tell You When It’s Over

During a dark and hazy night, Ethan, Nick’s older brother, smuggles him out of the hospital and into a desperate journey through the urban jungle. A fierce love drives them to handel a task a moment before it will be too late. >>

Washed Out Memories

At 12 years-old, I wrote a tale about a family curse that led me to flee Mexico trying to avoid it, only to find it followed me. A decade later, I return to Mexico with my grandmother and my imaginary childhood friend, seeking the origin of the curse that led my family down the path […] >>

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, […] >>

Pole, Dancer and a Movie

Pole dancing may have started in strip clubs, but over the past few years it has won international recognition as an art form, a sport and a means of empowering women. Director Isri Halpern follows Neta Lee Levy, the founder of Israel’s first pole dancing studio, as she competes for the European title. He discovers […] >>

Salsa Tel Aviv

Vicki, a Mexican salsa dancer and a poor single mother, leaves her young son with her mother and flies to Israel dressed as a nun in order to sneak in. She plans to work and follow Beto, her boyfriend and the father of her child. On the plane she meets Yoni, a young Israeli scientist, […] >>

Soothing by The Dead Sea

The Dead Sea. Among the masses of tourists vacationing are disabled veterans, entitled to a state-funded retreat. A journey to the body and soul of those who were hanging between life and death, located in the lowest place on earth. >>

From Now to Now

Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: The well-known saying that “when the canons roar, the muses should be silent” should be put differently. When the situation is really bad, the muses should take shelter. The true muses will know when to be quiet and about what. >>

The Ramadan Cannon of Jerusalem

Rajae Sanduka struggles with the daily hardships of a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem during the Holy month of the Ramadan, upholding a 120-year-old family tradition of firing the Ramadan cannon. In order to confront his frustrations without risk, he puts on a satirical play at the only remaining Palestinian theatre in the city. >>

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 […] >>

Second Life

The moment Neurobiologists discovered how to copy human memories to a hard drive, Mankind began abandoning the physical world for a virtual reality called Second Life.  In the wake of a growing shortage in memory storage, it was decided to minimize human interaction, and speech was outlawed. When finally remained in the physical reality, only […] >>

Dad’s Age

At 80 years old, the actor and holocaust survivor Shmuel Wolf loses his ability to stand on stage. Also his marriage to Miki, who is 20 years younger than him, is going through a transformation forcing them to redefine their roles. Directed by their daughter, Roni Wolf, the film chronicles Shmuel’s journey as an artist, […] >>

Mukanda Model

Samuel Makanda is a man living two very different lives. He was born in  a small village in Northern Kenya where his wife and children now live in a stone house with no electricity or running water. He visits them for one month each year. For the past ten years, the rest of his time […] >>

Knock On The Door

Late night, September 1997, a force of the commando marches into a deadly ambush in Lebanon. 11 of them are killed, the body of one remains behind – my brother, Itamar. 25 years after Itamar was killed, his sister, director Aya Elia, goes back to observe the bereavement rituals in Israel. “Knock on the Door” […] >>

The Darian Dilemma

In the winter of 1941 on the banks of the Danube, one thousand Viennese Jews wait for their fate to be determined by Mossad agents in a hotel room in Istanbul. Originally, filmmaker Nachum Laufer intended to tell the story of how he fled from Europe with his mother. However, while researching, he came across […] >>

UNraveling UNRWA

Following the October 7th massacre and allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the kidnappings, the agency made headlines around the world. Israel enacted legislation to suspend cooperation with UNRWA, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The film presents a historical examination of UNRWA’s role—a temporary agency, initially mandated to resolve the refugee crisis […] >>