Raging Dove

Boxer Johar Abu Lashin dreams of winning a world title in Nazareth and then in his hometown of Gaza, but faces challenges amidst the political situation in the Middle East. Can his journey to winning a title prize in the ring make him a hero in the eyes of both Israelis and Palestinians? >>

Not a Hero

Yam doesn’t like when people tell him no. No, you can’t act on stage, no, you can’t fly with your family, no, you can’t go out with your friends for a beer. Especially not if the reason is his wheelchair. But when they tell him he can’t be drafted into the army, he sets out […] >>

Moments, Israel 2002

17 very short films by 17 Israel filmmakers, presenting the different faces of Israel and exploring the complexity and intensity of life in Israel. In the Name of Defensive Shield/Anat Even Kheira’s Smile/Ariella Azoulay Security Groove/Idan Alterman Hatikva/Rafi Bukai Status Quo/Gur Bentvitch, Nir Miterraso 72 Virgins/Uri Bar-On Crazy/Uri Barabash Times are bad/Amos Gitai Mouth of […] >>

A Place To Be

Hybrid film, combining both fiction and documentary. The story of three good friends, homelessness, from the suburbs of Israel, that decided to go to a trip to The big city Tel-Aviv in order to fulfill their dreams. >>

Viral

Seven YouTubers from around the world document their lives during the Corona Pandemic: the story of a generation that was born into social media, and now has to grow up in a viral world. >>

The First Lady

Efrat Tilma, a trailblazing transgender woman, was forced to flee Israel as a teenager in the 1960s after a police officer threatened to kill her if he ever saw her again walking the streets of Tel Aviv in women’s clothing. Today, at 75, she is a prominent LGBTQ+ activist and the first transgender volunteer in […] >>

Confessions

To the studio in the hotel come women who have been evicted from their homes. Through the women’s ritual, they confess and break down, while outside there is war >>

%#@!^ &*:)^%(,

Nadav Bin-Nun’s work, [%#@!^ &*:)^%(, presents an unstable world where the borders between reality and fiction, inside and outside, mother and son are blurred. Television infiltrates reality with recorded sound effects that pervade the living room, whereas the grey and bleak reality ominously and confusingly invades into the televised fiction. >>

Kosher Test

Tamar, an ultra-Orthodox girl from an extremist community, is taken to the hospital by her beloved father, who thinks she has had sex. Her relationship with her father and her virginity are tested. >>

Cover Song

A pioneer of Israeli rock, Bert Vaknin was one of the first to perform music of bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath on the Israeli stage. Personal tragedy forced him to pause his musical journey, but now, at 70, he’s ready to rock again, reviving his iconic band, ‘Bereshit’. >>

The Last League

“The last league” is a documentary series that follows team owners, coaches, players and fans in four different teams competing for the last league of Israeli Soccer. The Druze and Muslims in the north and the Jews in the south, all of them share the desire to rise from the last League to the upper […] >>

Women’s Own

The lives, habits, and philosophies of women from different backgrounds and stages of life are presented in a series of interviews which explore their hardships, fears, hopes, disappointments ,and yearnings. From these varying stories, a complex  mosaic of views on matrimony, family, motherhood, old age, faith, and death is created, resulting in a new take […] >>

9 Star Hotel

This film intimately documents the life of Palestinian men living in hiding in the hills surrounding the Israeli city of Modi’in.  With unprecedented access, the film portrays life in the hideout of these young men, focusing on Ahmad (19) and Muhammad (20), as they provide for their families. The harsh conditions of being “illegal” workers […] >>

Kafka’s Last Trial

After Franz Kafka’s passing, he left behind a trove of unpublished manuscripts with explicit instructions for his close friend Max Brod to destroy them. Despite Kafka’s wishes, Brod chose to preserve and publish the works, introducing the world to one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. This act of benevolent betrayal set […] >>

Morning Moon

After a scholar’s immense investment in his life’s work, he is shaken to discover that another creator preceded him. The film focuses on the emotional upheaval experienced by the creator, and touches on existential questions, about value and uniqueness, by interweaving the story of the creator, with an ancient legend about the diminishment of the […] >>