Israeli Short Films - Program 1
Palm Tree in Gaza - Tamara Abu Jama | A Bird's Wish - Gan de Lange | Half a Date - Eden Abitbol | Before Anyone Else - Ziv Mamon | Thresholds - Shira Havron | Frames for Michael - Liya Daniel Elbashan
Palm Tree in Gaza - Tamara Abu Jama | A Bird's Wish - Gan de Lange | Half a Date - Eden Abitbol | Before Anyone Else - Ziv Mamon | Thresholds - Shira Havron | Frames for Michael - Liya Daniel Elbashan
Maintenance - Rotem Avidani | Edna and the Dog - Danielle Wiesman | Dalia's Tea Casts a Shadow on Mount Fuji - Oren Garner | Home Base - Amit Kra | Not my weekend - Rona Segal | In Pigeons Blood - Chaya Moshayev, Hod Adler
The Tower - Asaf Goldberg | Butterfly Kiss - Zohar Dvir | Yes or No - Asaf Korman | The Things we do for Love and a Foreign Passport - Ayal Sgerski | Tongue Behind Teeth - Ira Eduadovna
Yasmin, (17) finds out that a sexual video of her, filmed by the boy she loves, has been circulated on Telegram and seen by everyone she knows. She sets out to take down the video and track the person who shared it.
This is the story of a bird who could not lay an egg. What price will she pay to finally become a mother?
After arguing over an unexpected proposal, Carol is horrified to discover that her girlfriend Ray has turned into a butterfly. Will love prevail?
Dalia, a widowed retiree, receives an electric peeler in the mail, inspiring her to make a vegetable casserole. For the first time in years, she is lead to rediscover the vitality and passion in her life.
Lonely and forgotten, Edna finds herself at the beach. An unexpected meeting with an abandoned dog, black as death yet full of joie de vivre, will revive her feminine body and upend the symbiotic relationship with her daughter Yael.
As her partner lies in the hospital, Shira clings to their joint experience of sharing life through photographs. Their nightly ritual of sending each other frames from their day comes to an end when Michael does not respond.
An impossible encounter between a Haredi yeshiva student and a secular soldier begins with stereotypical hostility, but unfolds in a surprising and emotional way.
In the midst of war, two sisters — one in Rahat, the other in Gaza — try to stay connected through phone calls, childhood memories, and longing. From the ruins, only one palm tree remains — silent and tall. A tree that becomes a symbol of memory, sisterhood, and the will to live amidst devastation.
In a not too far dystopian future, a couple is trying to obtain a foreign passport in order to leave Israel. It turns out that the price of emigrating will force them to make dramatic choices.
Thirty-year-old Rama still lives with her mother in a stiflingly small apartment. They wear matching clothes, run errands, and follow a rigid routine with its own set of rules. That is, until one day, a new neighbor moves in and something awakens within Rama.
Natasha (15), an immigrant from Uzbekistan in 1990s Israel, pursues her ambitions through a relationship with, Arthur (21), a Russian newcomer, forcing her to confront the true cost of social climbing.
Mali and Guy are waiting at the hospital to receive an injection that will stop Mali's pregnancy. Until the very last moment, they cannot decide about this act that will change their lives forever.