Meshulam, a lowly bank clerk, has two hobbies: crime novels, and the ability to calculate investment interest in his head. When he learns of a local gang's plot to rob the bank, Meshulam realizes that this is his chance to make himself the hero of his own crime story -- by stopping them, in his own unique way!
Tuesday’s Women adapts a short story by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami about a man already in turmoil who finds himself further mystified by a number of women he meets one Tuesday.
Renowned Israeli filmmaker and actress Michal Bat-Adam produced, wrote, and directed this intriguing tale of romantic obsession in present-day Tel Aviv. The beautiful Michal Zuaratz stars as a young female photographer infatuated with a stranger whose image she accidentally captures on film.
Sixteen-year-old Maya loves sailing, which she was taught to do by her captain father. She misses her father very much, and runs away on a sailboat in order to reach Cyprus and meet him. But in Cyprus, she misses the cargo ship where her father is supposedly working.
On completing his training in a secret elite army unit, Eitan is taken out by mates from the unit to celebrate. During a night of drinking in Tel Aviv he learns things about the unit and about himself that shake his world. An encounter with Shahar, who lives the way Eitan never dared, gives him a chance for a new beginning. But when he tries to go with the change, he discovers the ultimate price of his previous choices.
In spite of blood ties to both Haifa's Jewish and Arab populations, Moshe leads a rootless existence. Grown weary of his impatient wife Didi and ambivalent about his needy young mistress Grisha, the only relationships Moshe doesn't complicate are with his devoted parents, Jewish Hanna and Arab Yussuf, and with Jules, Moshe's ne'er-do-well childhood friend. But when Jules' real estate developer brother moves to buy a prized piece of property from the Arab side of the family, Moshe's divided ancestry is put to the test.
In the beginning, God created man. Male and Female, he created them. Both came from the same dust. They were separate, different, but Equal. But Adam doesn't see it that way. When Lilith demands sexual equality, Adam answers with rape. Lilith speaks the unspeakable name and becomes so powerful that she literally flies away. God punishes her and creates Eve from Adam's rib to be his obedient wife. Lilith pays a high price for her defiance, but her revenge will be severe.
The first 20 years of the film-maker's life he grew up in two places: in Jerusalem, and in an ashram in India, a thing he had to keep a secret. in the ashram it wae expected of him to devote his entire being to his guru. Thus, in his words, he could finally define the purpose of his life, understand the "truth" of the meaning of life and be enlightened 20 years later (quite a few in psychological therapy), the director sets out on a quest to find out what was hidden in his life in India, why his life in the Ashram still affects him even when he has not visited in years, And whether he grew up in a cult.
The story of the two teenagers that murdered a taxi driver without a reason caused a great shock in Israel. it was on all newspapers and on TV. Those two teenagers lived amongst normative and supporting families, and despite that turned to the life of crime. The movie tries to show what happened before that murder and the things which, may have, led to it.
Based on a short story by Abraham B. Jehoshua, the movie follows Eli (Oded Kotler) taking care of an old girlfriend's child for three days. He wants him to get hurt, he worries about him. Will the child survive the three days? Will Eli?
During the Second Lebanon War, Motti and Keren, a young orthodox couple from the North of Israel, looks for a place to stay to escape the bombings and stress of their hometown near the border. They end up at the heart of suburbia, in Tel Aviv, at the bourgeois apartment Yali and Boaz. The spacious apartment suddenly seems crowded and small when tensions between the couples begin to mount. The situation is further complicated as Keren's obvious pregnancy adds to the pain of Boaz and Yali, who cannot have children of their own. The shifting relationships between the four serve to examine the tensions and complexities of Israeli society today.
Sharon, a dedicated and ambitious Tel Aviv art house producer who is on the verge of bankruptcy, gets a chance to save her professional future and self-esteem: to collaborate with Uzi Silver, a revered past director, who has repented And became a rabbi, and now wants to make his comeback film - an adaptation of King Saul's biblical tragedy. But working with Silver is more like a war than a production,
Hahamishia Hakamerit (Hebrew: החמישייה הקאמרית, The Kameri Quintet) was a weekly Israeli satirical sketch comedy television program created by Asaf Tzipor, who was also the main writer of the show, and Eitan Tzur, who directed the entire run of the show. Hahamishia Hakamerit was broadcast on Israeli Channel 2 and Channel 1 between the years 1993-1997. Later on, reruns of the show were broadcast on the cable channel Bip (channel). The show's often surreal skits were characterized by a satirical point of view which did not spare the audience sensitive subjects such as politics, national security, the Holocaust and sex.
Danielle is looking for a match for her dog not only a dog but also its owner.
A first-of-its-kind cinematic collaboration between Israel and Uganda. The son of the Prime Minister of Israel is in danger of becoming a victim in a mysterious ceremony of the Ugandan Tiger Mafia, which specializes in kung-fu and black magic. In order to rescue him, the State of Israel sends a pair of special commando fighters to Uganda, whose partnership was broken up by a bitter conflict in the past. If the commando fighters do not succeed in overcoming the hardships of their past, the fate of the Jewish and Ugandan people will be sealed forever.
Shoshana Damari was the first Israeli diva. She graced local and international stages, stirring millions with her beguiling voice and spectacular performance. Yet behind the larger-than-life persona and her memorable songs was a woman about whom we know little. She didn’t like to be interviewed and never volunteered details about herself and her family. Hers was the life of a Hollywood legend and she paid the price for it. This is a story about fame and loneliness, acclaim and loss, daring and compromise. For the first time, the woman behind the crown, the cloak and the palace will come to light.
A group of young immigrants from Soviet Union live in a provincial Israeli town. In their new homeland the only person who follows them closely is the local policeman, family ties are wearing out day by day, and they do everything to mess their lives up, transforming their anxiety to get a new social standing in violence and robbery. Will they be able to build a soccer team and win the local championship? Will sport help them to recover self-esteem and prove to everyone that they are not doomed to live as criminals?
Chen, a young kid, is battling a cultural conflict between his Russian born mother and Israeli father. She is cultured and used to the finer things in life, including theater and fine dining. He is gruff on the outside but sweet on the inside - a Sabra; and looking to make his young son a man rather than the wimp his mother is raising. One day, Chen stumbles upon a ballroom dance class for young people and sees Natalie, a stunning Russian young girl he falls in love with immediately. His interest in Natalie leads him to taking ballroom dancing and to ultimately bridging the cultural divide of his own family - through the Cha Cha and the Tango. The teachers are a pair of former Russian world champions who never quite fulfilled their potential, but find themselves battling their demons through the instructions of the kids.
Alex and Gershon are both playwrights and lovers. Although Gershon is older and they are not both sucessful, they manage to maintain a long term relationship.
The film tells the story of the Chernobyl accident through a mosaic of unique personal testimonies of its participants. The experiences of the difficult past and the sad results of the present recreate the full picture of the accident 30 years later.
Straight from the bottom of the school food chain, meet Gur and Ohach - the wildest duo on TV. When their teacher, Limona, invents punishments just for them, their neighbor Mlichi can't wait for them to disappear, the class queen ignores their existence, and their secret hideout is called "The Carbuncle," you can understand why they're like that.
A sudden inexplicable disappearance of 36 members of an ideological community settled in northern Israel, brings Leah Kafka, a fresh police investigator from the city who specializes in cults, to cooperate with the local authorities and investigate what turns out to be a terribly convoluted mystery. All entangled in a situation feared to impact the state's security and secrecy, and the lives of innocent people who got in the middle of intrigues and conspiracies, Leah and the local residents go on a tortuous journey of illusions, secrets, enlightenments and uncertainty, in which no direction, relationship or logic is kept intact. (Meitar Abarbanel).
Echad Ha'am 101 tells the story of Miri Paskal, an edgy, a bit insane parking inspector in Tel Aviv. After her husband, Ruben, was killed in an accident during rehearsal for Germany war victims' ceremony, Miri gets a very large amount of money, from Ruben's inheritance, and decides to move from her small tenement in Ramat Gan to a luxury tower in Tel Aviv.
Israeli version of the UK reality competition in which talented singers from across the country compete to become the next big singing sensation and crowned “The X Factor” Champion.
All Mothers Lie is an Israeli comedy-drama series created by Yael Katz, Noam Nevo and Natalie Michaelashvili-Dror, directed by Atara Frish. The series is a sports drama produced by Green Productions and United King Films. The plot centers on a single mother who decides to embark on a sporting journey and play basketball, in an attempt to positively influence her son's life and get him out of his sedentary lifestyle.
The story of Nahumi, a sensitive young man who dreamt of being the lead singer of the military rabbinate choir. Unfortunately, his dream was cut short when he was replaced by Dudi, the ultra-Orthodox YouTube star. Everything is about to change when Brigadier General Elhanan (an Israeli hero with two bionic hands) is appointed as the new Chief Military Rabbi, especially when he has big plans, that include Nahumi as well.
A special interview show that has become a television phenomenon! A group of autistic interviewers meet the biggest celebrities. No question is off-limits and anything can happen.
A series based on Yoram Kaniuk's “Eagles” and “Carcasses.” Yossi Pollak and Yehoram Gaon play a pair of elderly men, former members of the Palmach, who spend their days at Malka's café. One day, an accident occurs in front of the café where they are sitting, and it turns out that the victim is Tamara, their love from the 1940s. Tamara's death shocks the two, and they decide to take revenge. They use their skills as skilled fighters from a war that ended 60 years ago and murder dozens of young people and other characters with elegant professionalism. Dina, Tamara's daughter, begins to dig into her mother's past following her death. Her appearance brings up old tensions and a big secret that threatens the long-standing friendship between Ephraim and Moshe.
Chronicles Israeli Air Force Squadron 201's heroic fight in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, facing heavy casualties yet displaying unmatched resilience through 758 sorties and downing the most enemy planes.
