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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 […] >>
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Over the nearly seven decades of its existence, the Mossad has cultivated its image as a daring, all-powerful intelligence agency for which no ‘mission impossible’ exists. This four part documentary brings to the screen for the first time the stories of 24 former spy-chiefs and operatives and with them a first-person perspective of the personal […] >>
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Beyond Hitler’s Grasp tells the story of Bulgaria, one of the smallest European nations, and how the country managed to save and protect its Jewish population while under German rule during World War II. A hopeful and inspring story amidst the horrors of the Holocaust, Bulgaria protected its Jewish minority from the death camps despite […] >>
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A random trance party in a living room is fairly common when it comes to young people. But what happens when the young people are Israeli soldiers, when the living room is owned by a Palestinian family that is locked up in one on the rooms of the house? 18 years after serving in the […] >>
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From `Short:Long` – a tribute to Israeli cinema. A Tribute to Drifting – 1983. Robie, a gay film director, is asked by the Gay Association to direct a vampire musical in Independence Park (an old cruising site in Tel Aviv). When betrayal and lust on the set takes over, Robie’s attempt to direct the musical […] >>
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Aya is young, sensitive and very much in love. Love, in fact, is her essence. When she realizes that her boyfriend is about to break up with her, she runs away in a desperate attempt to hide from the inevitable. >>
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Diana, Ilana, Rona, Shelly, Rucha and Liat openly speak about their life in prostitution: from the initial lure, through learning the rules, to survival strategies. They present stories of independence, resourcefulness, pain and trauma, expressing an extreme feminine and human experience. Michaela (pseudonym) – a young woman currently engaged in prostitution, sounds off on the […] >>
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In this digital, multi-channel, post-modernist, virtual age there is often a need for that which is real, concrete and meaningful. A specific “place,” (”makom” in Hebrew) chosen from a personal and creative point of view, can become a revealing and enlightening fragment of reality. A “place” can tell a story, have its own atmosphere, a […] >>
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A violent crime leads us through a fascinating journey back in time from Africa to modern Israel, as we follow the hopes, frustrations and daily struggles of two Ethiopian women. The film tells the stories of Abuna Vessa, mother of five, who was strangled to death by her husband; and Ania Matiko, whose husband fails […] >>
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“Little Victories” is a dramatic-comic film that tells the story of Tamar and Michal, two Tel-Avivian mothers and members of a catch-ball team, and of “Coach Moodie”, a charismatic and somewhat odd man, who is determined to release them from their net of daily battles and make them fall in love with a completely different […] >>
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This is the story of eight Israeli Arab widows forced to enter the workforce for the first time with no vocational training. As widows with no income, they are condemned to stay at home and raise their children on a meager social security allowance. The film tracks the progress and development of the unconventional pickle […] >>
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In this documentary mosaic of a continued social disintegration, seven filmmakers bring to the screen protagonists and stories that live in an abyss of despair, in the chasm between those who have and those who do not. An old man rummaging for food in bins; a father who cannot give water to his infant daughter […] >>
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Gabi Abudraham, a dreamy young man from Beit She’an who is obsessed with Elvis and virtuoso musical virtues, creates an eccentric character named Charlie Megira and sets out on a rocky musical journey to conquer the world while fighting demons from the past. >>
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Survival and the Art of the Joystick
Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: When I go to my parents’ house in Beit-El, I take my fear with me, as well as my love and many question marks. The drive there is like a video game – you either make it through or you don’t… Just close your eyes until the nightmare is over. >>


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