To Die in Jerusalem

Ever since 17-year-old Rachel Levy, an Israeli, was killed four years ago in Jerusalem by a Palestinian suicide bomber, her mother, Abigail, has hardly found a moment’s peace. Levy’s killer was Ayat al-Akhras, also 17, a schoolgirl from a Palestinian refugee camp several miles away. The two young women looked remarkably alike. Through the personal […] >>

Web Cam

After his father’s death, a grown up restless clubber offers his web-cam model to meet for the first time. She sets him hard to obey conditions, on the way to an unforgettable night. >>

Cinema Sabaya

Nine women, Arab and Jewish, take part in a video workshop hosted by Rona, a young film director, who teaches them how to document their lives. With each raw homemade footage shot by the women and shared with the others, the group dynamic forces them to challenge their views and beliefs as they get to […] >>

Life Hacks for Lovers

When it comes to love, Roberta knows what she wants – and it’s not what she’s getting. One night she takes matters into her own hands. A comic fantasy starring two of the dance world’s most exciting performers. >>

The Silver Platter

Three prophets of rage offer three economic revolutions to restore Israeli society When you look forward on Israeli society, are you optimistic or pessimistic? Do you believe that women & man in Israel will ever reach true economic equality?  Do you think Israeli economy is in good or bad shape? Can it be improved? What […] >>

Abu Salie

Twenty years after shooting the film Souvenirs, Shahar lives in Amsterdam, raising two Dutch-Yemeni children, just like the grandchildren his late father had longed for. He runs the best falafel food truck in town, employing refugees from all over the world. His son Salie, is a 14-year-old adolescent with a sharp tongue and plenty of […] >>

The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev

Tajikistan’s answer to the Jackson Family. A modern-day Shakespearean tale about a famous Tajik musical family, controlled by their charismatic, funny, yet overbearing patriarch, Papa Alaev, who at the age of 80 is starting to lose his grip on the ‘family business’, sending the clan on a rocky and unsure transition from Monarchy to Democracy. >>

End of Love Season

At the age of 75, Geula breaks up with her husband Arik, 77. A contractor is hired to build a wall that divides the family house in two, and each of them now lives in their own half. Director Shai Gal points his camera to his parents in an attempt to find out what happened […] >>

Under a Blue Sun

When Bashir, a 75-year-old artist, watches the film Rambo III, he sees much more than Sylvester Stallone fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan. In the mute and grainy desert background, Bashir sees the Negev Desert in the south of Israel and a document of his dispossessed tribal land. In the 80s, he was hired to […] >>

Ruso

Ruso, a migrant worker from Georgia, begins another cleaning shift at the University. She keeps her head down, does her job as required, and passes the shift on phone calls with her son. Usually no one notices her. That’s not the case today. >>

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 […] >>

Unmistaken Child

The Buddhist concept of reincarnation, while both mysterious and enchanting, is hard for most Westerners to grasp. Unmistaken Child follows the 4-year search for the reincarnation of Lama Konchog, a world-renowned Tibetan master who passed away in 2001 at age 84. The Dalai Lama charges the deceased monk’s devoted disciple, Tenzin Zopa (who had been […] >>

The Girl Who Didn’t Know What to Do

The solar system is shaking, a girl sheds a tear, and a monster is drinking blood. Childhood drawings and stories assemble the author’s personal diary. Phone calls with her grandmother raise questions about hereditary melancholy. >>

Like Our Bodies’ Imprint

A poem about love that has died. Banished without leaving a mark. But we saw it as a requiem for life. “The world closes behind us, the sand straightens itself”, these words we felt in our bodies, and not with our brains. From the Project: “A sonnet for Yuda”, a cinematic visual tribute to the poems […] >>

We Will Dance Again

Friendship, love, and freedom—these ideals drew young hearts from around the globe to Nova’s EDM music festival in the south of Israel. But as the sun rose on October 7th the fantasy shattered. Rockets sliced through the sky, and the music cut off. Confusion morphed into terror as gunfire erupted amidst the chaos. Hamas terrorists […] >>