Ashmina
| 15 minutes
In an impoverished country, rife with contradiction, a young girl is torn between her obligation to her family and the influence of foreign visitors.
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Israeli Short Films
Between Times
| 12 minutes
After secretly getting a driver's license, Israel returns home from his yeshiva. While preparing for Shabbat, he discovers his strict father doesn't intend to let him hit the road.
Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 2
Big Cats
| 11 minutes
Yehuda Harel is a famous Zoologist in his eighties, an expert on the Israeli desert leopard. Though these Big Cats are considered extinct, he won't stop looking for them.
Birth Right
| 24 minutes
21-year-old Natasha comes to Israel on an organized trip. When the handsome combat soldier accompanying the group falls for her, tensions arise with the other girls.
Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 2
Cold Frost & Sunshine
| 16 minutes
A lonely librarian in a rough neighborhood has a special relationship with a student on the verge of expulsion. Margherita’s poetic world is confronted by reality as she tries to get through to Nehorai.
The Deal
| 6 minutes
The unexpected, ludicrous, and sometimes comic story of one simple second-hand deal between Bethlehem and Tel Aviv.
Dolor
| 4 minutes
A Ladino lament song becomes a journey down memory lane, and a poetic farewell to a lost world.
Fogo
| 19 minutes
In a punk party on the beach, young May gets to know an older guy and has sex for the first time. Deprived of any kind of emotional support, she falls into a whirlpool of self-destruction.
A Friendly Man
| 22 minutes
Greeting Arab vendors, laughing with Polish priests, or flirting with a camel – this is just another day in the life of Joza, a humble Jerusalem tour guide with a wild past.
Image of Victory
| 25 minutes
Summer 2014. Uri, an IDF soldier, is shot and wounded in the Gaza war. In the hospital, he is welcomed as a hero. Between treatments and high-profile visitors, Uri has to deal with his new status.
Impure Animal
| 23 minutes
What would you do if you came home one day to find that your dog was missing? A documentary detective story about a young woman looking for her dearest friend.
Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
The Listener
| 9 minutes
When an intelligence unit soldier starts to spy on a gay couple, he is lead to confront his own sexual identity.
Oslo
| 15 minutes
A Palestinian man is denied entry to Israel for work. After promising his daughter meat for dinner, he cannot come home empty handed. Ziad needs to be creative.
Rift
| 21 minutes
A power outage in 15-year-old Lidor’s home forces her to set out on a journey to restore it, and to re-establish her relationship with her unemployed alcoholic father.
Touch
| 25 minutes
A screen-age love story. Adele, a 17-year-old internet "troll" who enjoys insulting her classmates online, is hit on by a like-minded boy. The flirtation is hindered when he asks to see what she looks like in real life.
Veil
| 21 minutes
A pink swan floats across a turquoise pool, against the desert. It’s Dana’s bachelorette party. A chance encounter with Hamis, an African asylum seeker, will bring the girls face to face with an uncomfortable truth.
Within His Passions
| 13 minutes
Shmuel's desire for Chana is full of fear. Wandering the streets at night, he looks for solace.