Black Notebooks

A man learns from a Moroccan fortune-teller that his sister is about to die. Together, they embark upon a fictional journey in an attempt to alter the prediction, revisiting the past and the present to defy an implacable future. But the prophecy still shadows them – as in life, so in cinema. Black Notebooks – […] >>

Golden Margarite

The film follows a day in the life of three young teens living in a neglected ghost town in post-Soviet Europe. >>

Phantom Chairs

In a luxurious furniture store in the small town of Weimar, human beings are trying out Bauhaus chairs. In-between customers, signs of life re-emerge from the past. >>

No Child Spared

Meni Philip believed the days of teachers physically disciplining students belonged in the past, along with vague memories of abuse he suffered in school years ago. A viral post online proved otherwise, detailing brutality suffered at the hands of teachers in ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools and eliciting hundreds of similar stories. The responses sent Meni on […] >>

Ponevezh Time

For the first time, the world largest Ultra-Orthodox seminary opens its doors to a camera crew.The Ponevezh Yeshiva, founded in 1943, was the first Yeshiva to be established in Israel. Among the constant prayer and scholarly study of 1,200 students, stand fragile confused young men. The filmmaker, a former student of the Yeshiva, captures daily […] >>

On Parole

Tysir is 15 years-old and is released from prison on parole. The only one waiting for him is Yonatan, a social worker from the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority. Yonatan tries to help Tysir overcome the sad statistics that say that 3 out of 4 teens end up back in prison. The deal, which seems attractive behind […] >>

A Word Required

I ran away from home last October, just when the war started. In this liminal time, I encountered both the beauty and grief of being connected and attached. >>

The Soldier’s Opinion

Over the span of fifty years, the Israeli military censorship secretly copied soldiers’ personal letters, extracting their views on the most contentious issues facing Israeli society. The findings were presented to leaders in a top-secret report identified as “The Soldier’s Opinion.” >>

Nothing is Wrong

After losing her husband on October 7th, heartbroken, Noga – a creator, musician and mother – begins documenting the first year of her mourning. The film “Nothing is Wrong” is a personal, courageous and uncompromising diary that charts her path to dealing with an unimaginable loss, and with the forced title of an “IDF Widow” […] >>

Distant Constellation

This haunted Tarkovskian reverie drops us inside an Istanbul retirement home, where the battle-scarred residents bask in the camera’s attention. A creaky- voiced woman confides her personal account of the Armenian genocide. A sweetly deluded old Casanova still tries to charm and seduce. A blind photographer fiddles with his flash as he points his own […] >>

Nothing but a Jar of Oil

Tamara is 52 years old and stuck in a mediocre life. On the first night of Hannukah, she and her husband are helping their daughter prepare for her trip abroad. Throughout the night, Tamara understands just how estranged she is from her daughter and husband, and is forced to confront her menopause and the loss […] >>

Night Shift

One neighborhood, one cop, one night. The Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Rehovot is undoubtedly the most homogeneous neighborhood in Israel, always was. It was never officially defined, but when you look at the history of the neighborhood, you discover that virtually every decade there has been a population turnover in Kiryat Moshe and it has […] >>

Home

Yair, a Yeshiva student, opens an electronics shop in “Geula”, a neighborhood that is the shopping epicenter for the entire Ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem. The religious character of the neighborhood is enforced by the “Geula Committee” and Yair strictly adheres to their rules. His shop is introducing a world of advanced technology that overnight becomes […] >>

Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi

Avi Mograbi, a documentary filmmaker whose birthday coincides with Israel’s Independence Day, is hired by an Israeli producer to direct a film about Israel’s 50th anniversary. He is also asked by a Palestinian producer to direct a film about the 50th year since the Nakaba – the catastrophe of the Palestinian people. >>

Something in Tzuriel’s Gut

Tzuriel is 11 years old, looks like he’s 6 with the soul of a 60-year-old man. Born with a rare medical disorder, he cannot eat and is under constant supervision. His family is relentless in their care and love as Tzuriel discovers the world. >>