Search the Site
Newsletter Signup
Sign up to our newsletter to receive updates about what's going on at the NFCT
-
-
Michal Ben Horin reveals her childhood secrets. Through a personal film archive in which she holds private conversations with the world’s most psychopathic criminals, including Charles Manson, Richard Ramirez – The Night Stalker who murdered 18 people, Lynette Fromme – a member of the Manson family and the woman who tried to assassinate President Ford, […] >>
-
My grandmother lost her son in the Holocaust, and with him, her conscience and compassion. Conversations with the women in my family uncover her tragic story and the impact she and her experiences still have on us. >>
-
Anat, a poetry-loving elementary school teacher and a single mother, eagerly awaits her son Ido’s army discharge and the joint trip they planned to India. But on the long-awaited day, a soldier is abducted on the Lebanese border and a new war breaks out in Israel. While her father’s, Yaakov, a war-traumatized veteran, conditions decline. […] >>
-
Tamar Ariel grew up in a religious home on a moshav in southern Israel. Encouraged to follow her dreams, she did a two years voluntary National Service and then joined the IDF air force, where she served as the first-ever Jewish Orthodox combat navigator. In 2014, wishing for new experiences after her military service, she […] >>
-
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 […] >>
-
How I Learned to Overcome my fear And Love Arik Sharon
As the elections approach, director Avi Mograbi sets out to make a documentary film about Israel’s most maligned politician, Arik Sharon. Sharon, a figure admired by many, is a legendary warrior and officer. Mograbi, who was a conscientious objector to the Lebanon War, has personal issues with Sharon, the mastermind of that war. Nevertheless, while […] >>
-
Sima and Orly have recently turned their backs on secular life and joined the ultra orthodox “Shas” party. Svetlana is a recent Jewish immigrant from Uzbekistan desperately trying to adopt an Israeli identity and establish an independent life for herself and her two daughters. Jihad is a Palestinian Muslim, born to a family of refugees, […] >>
-
Anat, a young woman, looks outside her bedroom window, Her grandfather, who passed away, appears outside the window and the city disappears. >>
-
Michal, 49, is a boss lady—a mechanic in a man’s world—she is looking for a man for herself. At the age of seven, Michal was repeatedly assaulted by her neighbor for years, an experience that deeply damaged her trust in men. And yet, she chose to surround herself with men in every way—her employees, the […] >>
-
Dr. Rudy was an iconic psycho-guru and founder of “The Rudy Psychoanalytic Institute” – the largest in Israel during the 70’s. His controversial therapy methods forced him to fight for his reputation and the institute’s survival. His demise raises questions regarding abuse of power and moral boundaries. >>
-
Tamar, an ultra-Orthodox girl from an extremist community, is taken to the hospital by her beloved father, who thinks she has had sex. Her relationship with her father and her virginity are tested. >>
-
Uri Avnery: A Warrior for Peace
This biography of veteran peace activist Uri Avneri follows both his personal and political life in a detailed account combining new, revealing interviews with original archival footage. At 79, Uri Avneri is still a complex, respected figure of the Israeli radical left who is a lifetime proponent of Israeli-Palestianian peace.He is a controversial figure who […] >>
-
Over the span of fifty years, the Israeli military censorship secretly copied soldiers’ personal letters, extracting their views on the most contentious issues facing Israeli society. The findings were presented to leaders in a top-secret report identified as “The Soldier’s Opinion.” >>
-
Yasmin is accused of helping her brothers kill their sister over a forbidden love affair. She and Nizar, the film’s director, set out to find the murdered sister’s grave. The search emerges as a metaphor for the political relationship between men and women, a relationship based mainly on the struggle for power. >>


With the support of the Ministry of Culture - The Israel Film Council