The Principle of Grace

House calls are routine for Rita, a nurse working for Social Security. Mali, a young trainee, joins her and Rita is determined to pass on her philosophy on how to get the job done. At the end of the day, after an emotionally charged visit in the afternoon, Rita decides to make one last visit, […] >>

Souvenirs

Shahar is an unemployed filmmaker. His father, Sleiman, suggests that Shahar make a film about the Jewish Brigade, in which he served during WWII. Shahar becomes enthusiastic after discovering that his father may have impregnated two Dutch women while abroad and decides to make the film hoping to find his father’s lost offspring. Together they […] >>

Oxygen

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. […] >>

Mothers Do Cry

Usually, Or is Ossi’s daughter, but now, when Ossi has broken up with her partner Arad again. Or is forced to take on the role of the parent in their relationship. >>

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 […] >>

72 Virgins

Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: There is so much hate, our leaders are blind and there is nothing I can do to change the situation. On the other hand, I am willing to do anything, even the most absurd things, to stop this madness. Who’s with me? >>

We, People of Siemensstadt

Three characters produce a portrait of the Siemens workers’ neighborhood in Berlin, which became an open museum of the International Style buildings. A lonely worker who yearns for the good old Siemens days, a Jewish single mother who lives in a building from the Nazi regime, and a girl from a family of Ghanaian immigrants […] >>

A List of Things I Love

When my 11-year relationship ended, I suddenly found myself in a new city, in an empty apartment. I only have half of my furniture and half of myself. Through observations and a list of things I love, I am trying to rediscover myself. >>

Elephants In Space

Three kids are playing in the buildings’ stairway. During the game While playing, they discover an old coat, which leads them into a world full of adventures. >>

Voices from the Balconies

From Moment in Isolation, Israel, 2020//Artistic Director: Noit Geva Thousands of lonely Russian-speaking elderlies have become even lonelier due to the pandemic. Stuck at home on their own and unable to communicate in Hebrew, the situation has forced a double isolation on them. The radio, the TV and phone calls with volunteers are their only […] >>

Zazaland

From `Short:Long` – a tribute to Israeli cinema. A Tribute to to ‘Late Marriage’ – 2001.  It is the night of Gur and Dikla’s engagement ceremony . The two Georgian families are tense, waiting for Gur. Outside, Gur’s father is scheming to wed Madonna – his mistress’ daughter, to Gur. Will Gur keep his sexual […] >>

Channels Of Rage

Subliminal is a proud Zionist rapper who, with fellow artist MC Tamer, a pro-Palestinian Arab, seeks co-existence in the underground Israeli rap scene. Their belief that the language of hip hop can traverse the political tensions of the region to reunite their people is soon shattered as lyrical battles begin to spill onto the streets. […] >>

Nelson’s Last Stand

In November ’77, after years of war, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat landed in Israel with a message of peace and a promise to take back the occupied Sinai soil. Nelson, who feared losing his holiday village on the Sinai border, went to war to preserve his bohemian holiday village. He harnessed his comrades at the […] >>

Glasses Camera

In her Glasses Camera, Ruti Sela combines two optical devices: eyeglasses and built-in-hidden camera. She lets her two nephews shoot most of the film, thereby allowing us to see the world through the eyes of a child for a few minutes. Sela interweaves several discrete and seemingly incongruous genes: children’s films, documentary reportages, hidden camera, […] >>

Dad’s Camera

A chronicle of a death unforetold. After his brain stroke a daughter tries to make her father into a filmmaker and a parent once again, while unknowingly documenting his last years. A film about the fragility of the father figure evolves into a story on the power of clinging to life through a shared act […] >>