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Israeli Short Films - Program 2

Yam Folman
Israeli Short Films - Program 2
About the series

 Baseline - Atalya Navon | Heart Hug | Обіруч - Rimma Gefen and Nika Zhukova | Parallels - Itamar Lubanov | Pines - Gil Peled | Mirror Image - Naama Lahav | Midnight Red - Jalal Masarwa

Baseline
Dir.: Atalya Navon | Israel 2024 | 13 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

Ruth is a shy teenager who practices tennis with her competitive mother ahead of the nationals. She runs into a boy who awakens a spark of passion. Will her overprotective mother put an end to it?

Dir.:
Atalya Navon
Source:
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem
Heart Hug | Обіруч
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Dir.: Rimma Gefen, Nika Zhukova | Israel 2023 | 8 minutes | Ukrainian | English subtitles

On the first day of the war in Ukraine, Lilia and Max find themselves defenseless. They discover how much courage can be found in a loving heart. Heart Hug is about humanity and compassion in the midst of a catastrophe.

Original title:
Обіруч
Dir.:
Rimma Gefen, Nika Zhukova
Source:
Bezalel, Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem - Department of Screen-Based Arts
Parallels
Dir.: Itamar Lubanov | Israel 2024 | 16 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

Ari and Aline’s breakup sparks a rift in space and time, leading to the arrival of different versions of themselves from parallel universes. While their other versions try to avert their breakup, the couple is torn apart.

Dir.:
Itamar Lubanov
Source:
Independent
Pines
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Dir.: Gil Peled | Israel 2024 | 15 minutes | Hebrew | Hebrew, English subtitles

Two years after his brother's death, Amnon returns to the burnt forest where they last met in order to deal with his own guilt.

Dir.:
Gil Peled
Source:
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem
Mirror Image
Dir.: Naama Lahav | Israel 2024 | 21 minutes | Hebrew | English subtitles

When Naomi duplicates a key for her boyfriend without asking her roommate, a war of attrition ensues. They spare no means to destroy everything in the battle to win over the apartment.

Dir.:
Naama Lahav
Source:
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem
Midnight Red
Dir.: Jalal Masarwa | Israel 2024 | 28 minutes | Arabic | Hebrew, English subtitles

Midnight at a local gallery in a small town, where Siwar is at the end of her shift. Siwar’s boring routine changes when a mysterious stranger appears at the gallery’s doorstep, claiming he needs help.

Dir.:
Jalal Masarwa
Source:
Third shot productions