A woman joins a guided tour of an exhibition by a famous painter. The man in the self-portraits is her father, but only a few people know that. She contacts the artist for the first time in a decade and shares her idea of making a film about their relationship, rekindled by his artwork. Excited, ...

The Dead Sea, shared by Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians – is a unique salt-lake, known for its exceptional geographical, biological, and historical value, and is the lowest point on Earth. Tragically, the Dead Sea is drying up, causing widespread damage, including huge sinkholes, abandoned ...

Shortly after his father’s death, Bobby returns to his native England and discovers a suitcase full of documents, letters and photos, documenting the story of his family who perished in the Holocaust – the story his father never told him. He turns to Manuel, his German-born childhood friend, to t...

Kibbutz volunteering began in an eclipse. The idealistic and rebellious 1960s generation was charmed by the old communist ideology as it came to life in the Israeli Kibbutz. The 1967 Six-Day War attracted a wave of support for Israel that the Kibbutz Movement saw as a miracle. When travel agencie...

In the southern region of Tel Aviv, the municipality has founded a new elementary school called “My Neighborhood,” which will bring together students from diverse backgrounds, including refugees’ children. In an outrageous move, they have cleared half of the buildings associated with the longstan...

In 2021, Israel’s baseball team competes in the Olympics for the first time. With no media allowed in the Olympic Village in Tokyo, the players record their own experiences. Mostly newly minted Israelis, they log unexpected battles against global anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. Victory comes on t...

David, a sensitive, creative teenager, lives in Southern Israel with his ill mother, his father who gave up his dreams, and his young brother. He discovers an online writing forum and starts publishing his family stories under the fake identity of the rich kid “Nadav”. As he gets entangled in his...

The acclaimed director of THE CAKEMAKER, Ofir Raul Graizer, presents his award-winning film, AMERICA! When a swimming coach from Chicago returns to Israel after ten years away, a visit to a childhood friend and his fiancée will set a series of events in motion that will change everyone's lives fo...

Wilm Hosenfeld is known as the Nazi officer who saved "The Pianist" Wladyslaw Szpilman (played by Adrien Brody in the Academy Award-winning Roman Polanski film), but his German hometown from which he ran the local school and went to the war, still refuses to recognize him as a hero.

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Living with King David is no fun. Just ask the people of Silwan, a Palestinian village outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Since the first excavations began in the mid 19 the century, archaeologists have come to this picturesque village hunting for the legendary biblical city of King ...

After his father is accused of having been “another gorilla Jew” in 1950s Argentina (a reactionary who supported the 1955 military coup that deposed the democratically elected government of Juan Perón), Sergio “Shlomo” Slutzky decides to investigate his father’s past and discovers a young Jewish ...

For 2500 years, the Jews of Ethiopia believed that they were the last Jews on Earth. Deeply connected to their faith, YERUSALEM brings to life the long, dramatic and tumultuous journey of this community as they finally find their way back to the heart of the Jewish people, Jerusalem.

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Omar, Muhammad and Yazan are three 12-year-olds from Lod. The boys are in their last year of elementary school, beginning to confront the challenges of life: Omar will deal with his father’s illness, Yazan will need to overcome the consequences of his violent behavior and Muhammad will prepare to...

Shlomo Slutzky, an Argentinean immigrant to Israel, follows the traces of his cousin Samuel who was murdered by the 1970’s Argentinian dictatorship. Shlomo’s journey takes a sharp turn when he discovers that one of the suspected murderers – Interpol fugitive, Aníbal Teodoro Gauto – has found shel...

A fascinating documentation of the craft of artist Zvi Lachman during the years 1998 – 2008. Access into Lachman’s inner world through his works of art reveals and surprisingly discloses that the point of origin of his work is very similar to the director’s. To make room for the physical and ment...

An ode to filmmaking. A still photographer’s car breaks down en route to his wedding. Before him, a bride waits on a balcony – in her wedding gown. The photographer observes reality through his windscreen as it becomes interwoven with the world of film in his imagination, through a series of refe...

It is September 13, 1993 – the Oslo Accord has just been signed in DC, Rabin and Arafat shook hands. Enter Noam Wax, the former leader of the Nahal Settlement (the Israeli Army’s communal living experiment) who gathers his old friends together for one night. Noam feels betrayed by them since the ...

One Friday afternoon, while everyone is asleep, an Israeli mother barricades her home. Ruthy is unable to deal with the stress and anxiety she suffers as a result of the continuous political situation. She decides to protect her family: her 20-year-old soldier son Ofer, her 16-year-old daughter N...

An intimate, and yet unfathomable, love story about two young people in Tel Aviv. Tom's eating disorder and desire to disappear forever have confined her to an institution. Neil, himself mentally unstable, roams the streets with a tuba, under the mistaken impression that he will leave in a few da...

Five penniless citizens set on a crusade against the most powerful figures of the financial system In Israel – and win.

After his girlfriend is issued with an illegal repossession order, attorney Barak Cohen launches a public campaign against the heads of Israel’s banking industry.That was the b...

This short documentary is an intimate look at the everyday moments in a Tel Aviv café in the immediate aftermath of the October 7th attack. The film captures the strength of ordinary people during a time of profound adversity and highlights the importance of routine in allowing people to maintain...