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All the films of the festival, from A to Z

Return To Reason

Dir.: Man Ray
| 70 minutes

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Man Ray’s first film in 1923, RETURN TO REASON is the first 4K restoration of Man Ray’s four surrealist and dreamlike short films, now accompanied by an exclusive soundtrack composed and performed by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and musician Carter Logan’s band SQÜRL. RETURN TO REASON dives into Man Ray’s surrealist and dreamlike world. 

 

Riceboy Sleeps

Dir.: Anthony Shim
| 117 minutes

Set in the 1990s, a Korean single mother raises her young son in the suburbs of Canada, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind. RICEBOY SLEEPS was the recipient of the top Platform Competition award, the main competition at the Toronto International Film Festival.  

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Dir.: Stephen Kijak
| 104 minutes

One of Hollywood's most iconic leading men of the 1950s and 60s, Rock Hudson was the embodiment of romantic masculinity and virile heterosexuality until his diagnosis and death from AIDS in 1985. This documentary tells the story of a star living a double life.

Room 999

Dir.: Lubna Playoust
| 85 minutes

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, Lubna Playoust asks a new generation of filmmakers the same question. 30 directors are left alone in a hotel room and express their views on the current situation of the art of film.

A Room of His Own

Dir.: Matan Yair
| 81 minutes

Uri makes a mistake in his interview for the army – he tells the truth. He says he's been sharing a room with his mother, his father is about to leave them, and he doesn't think he'll fit in in the army. In his last year of high school, Uri will have to find his path in life and a room of his own.

Rosetta

Dir.: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
| 93 minutes

Every day Rosetta leaves for the front – she searches for work and is rebuffed at every turn. She’s obsessed by the fear of vanishing, the shame of being a misfit. She wants a normal life just like everybody else, among everybody else.

The Sacrifice

Dir.: Andrei Tarkovsky
| 145 minutes

Tarkovsky’s last film follows a wealthy Swedish family. As they celebrate the birthday of their patriarch Alexander, news of the outbreak of World War III reaches their remote Baltic island. With the end of the world nigh, Alexander turns to God and vows to renounce everything near and dear to him, if the war is averted.

Safe Place

Dir.: Juraj Lerotić
| 102 minutes

A traumatic event creates a rift in a family’s everyday life. Their lives fundamentally change, as if they are waging a war invisible to everyone else. The source of the story is autobiographical, it is addressed in the film and highlighted by the fact that the author/director plays himself.

Murder of a Land Dealer

Dir.: Avida Livny
| 52 minutes

Who killed Sharif Shanti, the Muslim land dealer who bought land from Arabs and sold it to Jews despite the religious prohibition? The investigation into the murder sheds new light on the main suspects and their struggle to keep the land they owned, a struggle that continues to this day.

Shortcomings

Dir.: Randall Park
| 92 minutes

SHORTCOMINGS follows Ben, a cynical Bay Area movie theater manager, and his irrepressible best friend Alice. Their conversations traverse Ben’s disintegrating relationship with his girlfriend Miko, Alice’s serial-dating habits, and other obstacles in the way of their personal growth.

 

Showing Up

Dir.: Kelly Reichardt
| 108 minutes

In Kelly Reichardt's vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art, a sculptor preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends,. SHOWING UP competed for the Cannes Palme d'Or.

Live Action

Single Light

Dir.: Shaylee Atary
| 29 minutes

Lali is sexually assaulted on a dark road in a Tel Aviv parking lot. Awake, yet unable to move, she stares at a streetlight. The next morning, Lali wakes up to a reality which she refuses to accept.

The Siren

Dir.: Sepideh Farsi
| 100 minutes

1980, Abadan, Iran. After an Iraqi missile strike, the oil metropolis of Abadan descends into chaos. Fourteen-year-old Omid, who works as a food delivery boy, is searching for his missing brother - and for an escape route out of the besieged city.

 

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Dir.: Anna Hints
| 89 minutes

In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.

The Son

Dir.: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
| 103 minutes

Olivier teaches carpentry at a social rehabilitation center. One day, the center’s manager asks him to take a boy into his training group. But who is this teenager? And why does Olivier seem so interested in him?

 

The Source of All Beauty

Dir.: Rachel Lévy
| 20 minutes

Ultra-Orthodox Yaeli carries a secret that may destroy her chances of finding a life partner. Yet she is determined to be the architect of her own happiness, even if it means opposing her own father.

Sparta

Dir.: Ulrich Seidl
| 99 minutes

Ewald moved to Romania years ago. Now in his 40s, he seeks a fresh start. Leaving his girlfriend, he moves to the hinterland. With young boys from the area, he transforms a decaying school into a fortress. The children enjoy a new, carefree existence. But the distrust of the villagers is soon awakened.

The Spy Family

Dir.: Rafael Balulu
| 72 minutes

The Shahin couple was recruited by Israeli intelligence after the Six Day War. Soon they recruited their three children to the espionage network as well. After 7 years, the family was caught and tortured. In a bold operation, the mother and children escaped to Israel to and sank into anonymity.

Live Action

Still Waters

Dir.: Tsivia Barkai Yacov
| 17 minutes

Desperate to flee an abusive relationship, Rona sneaks out during a lockdown and enters a women’s Mikvah. Naked and exposed, she faces the truth.

Stranger Than Paradise

Dir.: Jim Jarmusch
| 89 minutes

A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin visits him by surprise, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure. “A story about America, as seen through the eyes of ‘strangers.’ It's a story about exile (both from one’s country and oneself), and about connections that are just barely missed.” - Jim Jarmusch

Sweetie

Dir.: Jane Campion
| 97 minutes

Jane Campion's stunning debut feature focuses on the hazardous relationship between the buttoned-down, superstitious Kay and her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, “Sweetie,” and by extension, their entire family's rotten roots. A feast of colorful cinematography and captivating, idiosyncratic characters.

The Checkpoint Women: Memories

Dir.: Eliezer Yaari
| 60 minutes

22 years after they established the women's organization Machsom Watch, its founders reveal what really happened at the checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank between 2002-2012. This is the story of a group of courageous women who dedicated their lives to safeguarding human rights and peace.