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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. >>
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Ten artists, with language as an essential part of their life, speak about the relationship between their mother tongue, and Hebrew, Israel’s official language. Sometimes these artists live between two languages, and sometimes they do not speak the other language, but its music continues to echo… >>
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The film delves into an almost forgotten event that took place in Kfar Qasim in October 1956, when 47 innocent civilians were shot and killed by Israeli Border Police soldiers. Through a gripping narrative structure, like a suspenseful legal drama, the film unfolds the historical, political, and psychological reality that had shaped and triggered the […] >>
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H2 is the name given to the eastern part of Hebron – the only Palestinian city with a Jewish settlement in it. Here, along a one-Kilometer road, lies the holy Cave of the Patriarchs, where Jews and Muslims believe their common father, Abraham, is buried. Here the massacre of 1929, known as “year zero” of […] >>
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Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: The text written by Doron Rosenblum in 1990, “Longing for the present,” precisely expresses the abnormality of life here, a way of life that has become almost trivial. It is so hard to believe that the possibility of a normal life has disappeared like this, and that we must now […] >>
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Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: Life as a banal game; our leaders are children; the ability to press “pause” has not yet been proven, but nor has it been entirely ruled out; we hope that the ending will be pastoral. >>
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Nora built a shelter in a rural village, where she lives with 500 fruit bats, a gang of turkeys all named Hertzel, a mayna bird named Itzik and her beloved dog Koper. Isolated from society, she provides care for the bats and every other animal that crosses her path. She soon discovers that there is […] >>
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Yaffa (80) lives in a care home. She relives her childhood through postcards sent by her father from all over the world. >>
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Rachel, a graduate of Beit Ya’akov, entered an ‘arranged’ marriage, wishing only to be ‘a kosher woman doing the will of her husband’. Finding herself in a marriage that did not succeed, she divorced, after which she asked permission to remove her wig– an unusual move in Ultra-Orthodox society. The opposition of her parents, Halakha, […] >>
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The war and refugees that suddenly entered Rotem’s life on October 7th sent her on a search for a home. Throughout a restless night, she moves between houses, seeking protection and warmth from the men she encounters but unable to find comfort. The dark streets of Tel Aviv mirror her loneliness. As dawn breaks, both […] >>
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The following story of Aviv Talmor, a frustrated poet and literature teacher from Tel Aviv, is true…mostly. Aviv is informed that his father whom he had never known, has died, bequeathing him one Israeli lira (less than one penny). Aviv embarks upon a legal battle over his inheritance as part of his brave and painful […] >>
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Shadow of Truth is a 4-part documentary that deals with the murder of Tair Rada, a 13 year old girl whose body was found in the toilet of the school she attended in Katzrin. The series revolves around this murder, exploring the case in depth and breaking it apart. >>
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The Life and Death of Anna Lysis
Anna Lysis is a drag queen who meets different men over the course of one night. Some approach her; Some she flirts with. At the end of the night, all encounters unite and raise questions about trauma, identity, and repression. >>
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The remarkable life story of Natan Yonatan, one of Israel’s leading poets and lyricists, whose life became the soundtrack of the Jewish people in the land of Israel. >>


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