Out of Frame

The film tells the story of the world of Israeli journalism – an industry now in deep crisis – from a unique point of view. Through the stories of two photojournalists, Eli Hershkovitz (Haaretz) and Eddie Israel (Maariv). Both reside in the south of Israel. Hershkovitz and Israel are both trying to survive their dying […] >>

The Waterfront

In the sweltering heat of northern Israel’s Beit Shean Valley, a group of young activists leads a protest with a simple goal: demanding kibbutz Nir David to allow access to the river that flows through the kibbutz, as the law permits, but its members deny. The director of The Waterfront joins them as their protest […] >>

One Hundred Percent

The village of Beit Jann in the mountains of the Galilee holds the highest record of high school graduates in Israel, and possibly in the world. While the school only held a 12% graduation rate up to a few years ago, it has now climbed to 100%. Beit Jann inhabits a population of 12,000 Druze, […] >>

Gypsy Davy

How does a white boy with Alabama roots become a Flamenco guitarist in Andalucian boots, and what happens along the way? The film tells the story of “David Serva,” born David Jones, through his five women and five children—one of whom is the director. After all, who knows the-man-who-came-and-saw-and-conquered (and conquered and conquered), “strumming their […] >>

A Mirror for the Sun

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 […] >>

Elevation

From `Short:Long` – a tribute to Israeli cinema. A Tribute to Lovesick on Nana Street – 1995. The Sabbath is a few hours away. Victor, a confirmed ultra-Orthodox Jew, is stuck in cosmopolitan Tel Aviv after missing the last bus home. Seeking to find his way out, he encounters a different everyday reality that evokes […] >>

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 […] >>

Gila and Baruch

My grandparents, Gila (84) and Baruch (95) lived and worked together for 65 years. Although Baruch suffers from Dementia, Gila lets him go to their architects office every morning. While Baruch sits in the office coloring in children’s coloring books, Gila experiences the process of mental separation from her partner and the emotional turmoil that […] >>

La Femme Qui Cherche

The film evolves as a mysterious journey revealing a hidden matriarchal figure, inspired by my late grandmother and her memories of Oran, her native city on the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Algeria. The viewer experiences the journey through the perspective of a seeking figure, by passing along four miniature domestic spaces: the workplace, the shower, […] >>

Three Minutes to Four

Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: Until now, only the Palestinian suicide bombers are filmed before carrying out their attacks. Here is an opportunity to meet the Israeli casualties before they die. >>

One Eye Open

Inside the snowballing chaos of reality, a reservist soldier finds himself caught between the surrender of the self and a deepening inner crisis. A film about a widening fracture — the inner collapse of a reservist soldier caught in a war with no end in sight. Told from within, it follows the quiet voices of […] >>

Shoshke

When Parkinson’s disease overwhelms Shoshke’s husband and their financial situation becomes impossible, Shoshke decides to take her fate into her own hands and sell cannabis to survive. But what started as a temporary solution becomes a big business, providing even bigger troubles. >>

On This Happy Note

Anat Gov, one of the most influential playwrights in Israeli theatre, is preparing for her death. She asks Arik Kneller, an artists’ agent, to be the executor of her will. Arik struggles to accept the humor and serenity with which she faces her upcoming end. Anat, consciously accepting her nearing end, wishes to leave a […] >>

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. >>

Body Memory

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 […] >>