Georgia is a single mother who immigrates to Israel from Rio de Janeiro in hopes of giving her son a better future. While trying to learn the local language, they must find a way to make a living. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 2
A television news anchorman freezes during a live broadcast, feeling the onset of a sudden identity crisis. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
The story of Elisheva and Ruthy, twin redheads, who were orphaned at the age of fifteen and left alone to live in the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood during 1950s Tel Aviv. An intimate and heart-wrenching portrait. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 2
How did a football match between enemies become a turning point in history? 25 years after the Holocaust, against insurmountable emotional and political barriers and threats of terror, Israel national team and German Borussia Munchegladbach met in a match whose importance marked the beginning of the normalization between Israel and Germany.
An unusual friendship between a white Israeli woman and a black German, who for 22 years believed that they could rise above historical, political, and geographical obstacles, until it explodes right in their sarcastic faces. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
Many of us are not familiar with the site of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yohai in Meiron, and do not understand the essence of the faith that causes hundreds of thousands of people to visit the tomb every year. Rashbi’s Secret presents a poetic and intimate reflection of this special place.
When Aya misses the last bus out of Jerusalem, she realizes she is stuck for the weekend. She settles into a mundane routine of binge watching, until a call from a classmate transforms the blah into something different. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 4
The implausible second career of Albert Speer: How did a man in charge of 12 million slaves become “the good Nazi”? A cautionary tale about his 1971 attempt to whitewash his past with a Hollywood adaptation of his memoir, "Inside the Third Reich.”
A newlywed Hassidic couple are on their way to a traditional wedding blessing celebration, when they discover that their car has stolen. A meeting at the insurance agency forces the couple to decide if they will lie or maintain marital harmony. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of combat fighters gathers virtually for the annual Memorial Day ceremony. The casual conversation through the screens takes an unexpected turn, as the group recreates an incident in which their fellow unit member was killed. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
The moving story of three ultra-Orthodox mothers who’ve lost touch with a close relative because that person has abandoned the religious way of life. They set out on a journey into a foreign and frightening world in an attempt to salvage the connection with their family members.
Mor, a newly-observant Jew, and her mother Rinat set out on a journey to the tombs of the holy Rabbis in search of a supernatural cure to help Mor become pregnant. During the journey creates, the two must confront their differences. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
