Another Day in Paradise

Another Day in Paradise 2020

1

When Israeli-born Tomer moves to Hawaii in search for a better life, he expects to start a family with his friend Mataia. He could never have known that Mataia's mother, Trina would interrupt their plans with a suicide attempt. Living with bipolar disorder, Trina's struggles exacerbate after the loss of her son and life is never the same again. Waking up from a 70-day coma, Trina is compelled to re-evaluate her own life - and her own death. Following her post-attempt life, thoughts and feelings, Another Day in Paradise poses important questions about mortality, morality, mental-health and the conscience to remain in this world or not.

2020

Necro-Men

Necro-Men 2020

6.50

Two con-artists, a Haredi Jew and a Muslim, perform (false) exorcisms and rituals for naive God-fearing people, until one day they are confronted by a real live Dybbuk that exposes their most private sins.

2020

Shlomo Bar - A Musical Documentary

Shlomo Bar - A Musical Documentary 2021

1

Shlomo Bar is one of Israel’s most important and original musical artists. For forty years, together with his band “Natural Gathering” he has created music that expresses the complex heart and soul of the Israeli experience – a stirring blend of East and West that yields compositions of exceptional beauty, while also expressing social protest and pain.

2021

The Therapy

The Therapy 2021

3.30

Lev, a 54-year-old divorced Orthodox Jew, attends conversion therapy hoping to be remarried to a woman. He attends one-on-one therapy sessions and group therapy, trying to diminish his unwanted same-sex attractions. At the same time, Ben, a 23-year-old social work student, seven years into conversion therapy, starts having doubts. In the Jewish Orthodox world, where he grew up, he was taught homosexuality is a fault that one can “cure”, but when he went to university, he was surprised to discover conversion therapy is considered harmful and dangerous. Ben sets out on a research to discover the truth about conversion therapy, and learns that the way out is harder and more winding than he thought.

2021

Not a Word of Truth

Not a Word of Truth 2021

1

Dr. Rudy was an iconic psycho-guru and founder of “The Rudy Psychoanalytic Institute” – the largest in Israel during the 70’s. His controversial therapy methods forced him to fight for his reputation and the institute’s survival. His demise raises questions regarding abuse of power and moral boundaries.

2021

Predestination

Predestination 2021

1

After his girlfriend Michelle goes missing, Eitan embarks on a journey back in time in order to take back the love that was taken from him.

2021

Baggage

Baggage 2020

1

When Reut’s father, Haim, asks her to accompany him to a family event abroad, Reut jumps at the opportunity. Their interaction soon reveals he expects Reut to make an impression. However, Reut realizes she’s nothing like those expectations. The two find themselves stepping on each other’s toes – Haim, who feels that his daughter Reut doesn’t appreciate him or his efforts, while Reut’s confidence is undermined by her father’s criticism. The solution presents itself when Reut meets Dita, a unique hair stylist who helps Reut express herself.

2020

Hothouse

Hothouse 2009

1

The disengagement of Israel from Gaza in 2005 is the background for this poignant story of one women's determination in the face of hardship. Ronit Balaban runs the family hothouse which exports plants to Europe. She is capable, strong and determined. While her country is in the midst of disengaging from the region she calls home - her husband had already disengaged from life many years before. Yaakov was the victim of a terror attack which left him disfigured. His inability to cope with his deformity has made him withdrawn and remote. This inspired documentary is the story of one strong woman who struggles to keep her family, her marriage and above all - her hothouse working and flourishing.

2009

JOMO

JOMO 1970

1

It's Stav's birthday. Or, her big sister, is taking her to the mall.

1970

Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan 2019

1.00

Jacob goes out, for the first time in his life, to a gay party, but discovers that his skin color prevents him from being accepted into the community.

2019

Balcony

Balcony 2020

1

A week before Independence Day, Elad’s entire world is falling apart. A breakup urges him to move out and find a new place, On the balcony above “Occupiers Street,” While confronting traumatic memories from his past, He seeks to reconnect with the people close to him And with those observed who remain somehow distant. Feeling socially invisible, On the most patriotic week of the year, His feelings of guilt and social isolation reach a climax.

2020

A Waste of Space

A Waste of Space 2020

8.00

Osher, Michelle and Eitan were evicted from their homes as children and transferred to foster care. These are supportive and stable families, but with a specified expiration date - when the boy / girl turns 18. The biological families are in a state of dysfunction and are absent. The film accompanies the three towards the end of the last year as part of the foster care and the first year of independence. The personal relationship that develops between them provides them with a supportive, stable and shaky framework at the same time, similar to that between the drowning person and the straw. Without the protective patronage of the foster care framework that has loosened or expired completely, they are exposed and swayed to the wind when past traumas burned into their minds may erupt and crush at once what has been built, or seemed to have been built, with much toil and torment.

2020

Want to be Angry

Want to be Angry 2006

1

3 years after losing his father in a suicide bombing in a train station in Nahariya, 12 and a half-year-old Yam has to decide whether and how to celebrate his upcoming Bar-Mitzvah without his dad. And he has another mission: to get to the scene of the bombing and deal with the guilt he feels over his father’s death, for not being able to say sorry for the way he acted just beforehand and for not having the chance to say goodbye. This is the story of a boy, a victim of terror, who has a license to be angry, but no one to be angry with.

2006

Well Done

Well Done 1970

8.00

At a family dinner, pressure builds up as Omer refuses to say "Well done" to his Reality TV winning cousin.

1970

Duet

Duet 2020

1

The story of one fateful day in the lives of 8-year-old girls May and Shadmit, who dislike each other but learn that their lives have become oddly intertwined forever.

2020

המכנסיים של פושקין

המכנסיים של פושקין 2019

1

In the 1990s, Israel established sites for Russian and Ethiopian immigrants. Abraham, a 9-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia, teaches himself Russian in order to survive the difficult conditions, and creates a unique bond with Marina, his neighbor who immigrated from Russia.

2019