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Israeli Short Films - Program 3

Zohar Mutayn
Israeli Short Films - Program 3
About the series

 Layers - Klil Kovesh | Kosher Test - Riki Rotter | Pisces - Lee Dror | Hide & Seek - Ran Baruch | A State of Absence - Mlk Al Halabi | French - Dylan Joseph

Layers
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Dir.: Klil Kovesh | Israel 2024 | 23 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

Gali works as a mine clearer at a mine clearance site in the south of Israel, the only female in the team. The crew members, different types of people who escape from their world, lives together and become each other's family, and Gali feels like she belongs there.

Dir.:
Klil Kovesh
Source:
Independent
Kosher Test
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Dir.: Riki Rotter | Israel 2024 | 16 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

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.

Dir.:
Riki Rotter
Source:
Minshar School of Art
Pisces
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Dir.: Lee Dror | Israel 2023 | 12 minutes | Japanese, Hebrew | English subtitles

After Rona cuts ties with her family in Israel, she relocates to Japan to work as a rented family member. A call about her sister’s death shakes her world and reveals her deepest wounds.

Dir.:
Lee Dror
Source:
The Hive Studio
Hide & Seek
Dir.: Ran Baruch | Israel 2024 | 19 minutes | English, Hebrew, Spanish | Hebrew, English subtitles

In a strict international school in Mexico, an ostracized Israeli boy cuts class and hides in the shadows, facing his attraction to men, and the hatred that grows inside him.

Dir.:
Ran Baruch
Source:
Sapir Academic College
A State of Absence
Dir.: Mlk Al Halabi | Israel 2024 | 15 minutes | Arabic, Hebrew | English subtitles

In order to avoid going back to prison, Hasan must kick out his wife's brother - who fled from Syria’s civil war and illegally crossed the border into Israel. Standing in the way is Hasan's wife.

Dir.:
Mlk Al Halabi
Source:
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University
French
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Dir.: Dylan Joseph | Israel 2024 | 18 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

A nail appointment takes a dramatic turn as Sari, Alona’s manicurist and confidante, suspects her of betrayal.

Dir.:
Dylan Joseph Schitrit
Source:
Independent