My Project X

Michal Ben Horin reveals her childhood secrets. Through a personal film archive in which she holds private conversations with the world’s most psychopathic criminals, including Charles Manson, Richard Ramirez – The Night Stalker who murdered 18 people, Lynette Fromme – a member of the Manson family and the woman who tried to assassinate President Ford, […] >>

The Jerusalem Dream

In the late 1970’s, after thousands of years of praying and longing for Jerusalem, the first Ethiopian Jews arrived in Israel. “Was it worth it?” their children now ask, for the first time. They are brave and direct and their words pierce through the heart. Words shifting between the great happiness of village life and […] >>

Two Shot

Naomi Golan, daughter of producer and filmmaker Menachem Golan, travels to India following her father while he shoots “The Return from India” in hopes of repairing their troubled relationship. After many years of failed attempts, Naomi decides to talk to her father in the only language he understands – the language of film. She puts […] >>

Dimona Twist

Seven women arrive in Israel by ship in the 1950s and 1960s and are sent straight to Dimona, a town recently established in the desert. They now open up and share their life stories that have never before been told from their perspectives. What happened during the first fifteen years to the girls and women […] >>

The Inspector

From `Short:Long` – a tribute to Israeli cinema. A Tribute to The Policeman – 1971. Albert, an aging parking inspector from Tel Aviv is retiring after many years of loyal service. Worrying about life without work, he starts peeping at his neighbor Maya and her son, fantasizing about the day they’ll all become one big […] >>

The Artichoke Season

The film dives into the childhood memories of 10-year-old Rosalie in a Jerusalem slum, when her father leaves home. While Rosalie escapes to the gum trees of the Galapagos islands, her mother, a French immigrant, tries to preserve the delicate ideal of a family. Both try to remain hopeful, while delving into a world of […] >>

Hostel Jabotinsky

In the heart of Tel Aviv, between crowded parking lots and behind a pink fence, stands Jabotinsky Hostel, home to 23 adults on the autism spectrum. Adi, a staff member at the hostel, documents their lives over the years, both within the hostel and beyond it. Through her lens, a mutual relationship of trust, openness, […] >>

Not Home

A Thai worker named Not has been working in southern Israel for the past five years. He has built a life, made friends and together they raise chickens for cock fights. But his visa is about to expire and his wife back home has left him and their two children. He now has to decide […] >>

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 […] >>

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. >>

Rain on the Battlefield

A cinematic delirium. “Even those who have survived find out they have died, eventually” From the Project: “A sonnet for Yuda”, a cinematic visual tribute to the poems of Yehuda Amichai >>

LAISHA – The Story of a Women’s Magazine

Since 1947, “La’Isha” has been Israel’s top women’s weekly. This film explores the 78-year bond between the magazine and its readers. From its male-led early years and beauty pageants to its feminist evolution, the magazine provided a “room of one’s own” while fueling body image debates. Through interviews, letters, and rare archives, the film reveals […] >>

Have You Heard About the Black Panthers?

In 1970, a protest movement led by young people from disadvantaged neighborhoods in Jerusalem burst into the public consciousness with its anti-establishment and sometimes, violent actions. They became known as the “Black Panthers.” Filmmaker Nissim Mossek, who was enchanted by the enthusiasm and sincere intentions of the rebellious youngsters, followed their revolutionary course, which he […] >>

The Cemetery Club

Every Saturday a group of elderly women and men carry plastic lawn chairs across the Mount Herzl National Cemetery in Jerusalem. In the shade of an old pine tree, they sit in a circle and discuss various matters. For over two decades, the “Mt. Herzl Academy” has held its weekly meeting at this cemetery. Seated […] >>

The Quest for the Missing Piece

Oded Lotan, an Israeli-born film-maker living in Germany, dares to cope with one of the ‘holy cows’ concepts of the Jewish tradition – the circumcision. Lotan embarks on a journey to seek the historic origins of the custom, as well as his own family history. His investigations go in two directions – one is historical […] >>