Restraining Order

Restraining Order 2023

1

Dori issued a restraining order against her violent husband but she didn't imagine he would find a way to invade her peaceful home.

2023

Sand Storm

Sand Storm 2016

6.10

A Bedouin village in Northern Israel. When Jalila's husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter's world is shattered, and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves.

2016

The Skipper 2

The Skipper 2 1989

1

Abba Ganuv is the heart warming story of single father "chiko" Ben David - a struggling sailor and his only son Ben.

1989

Kiss Me

Kiss Me 2022

1

A late night hook-up leads Shay and Adam to the bedroom. Before long, chit-chat gives way to passion. But something is missing from their interaction – something that is important to Adam, repellent to Shay – and it soon becomes a sticking point.

2022

The Pracht Inn

The Pracht Inn 2014

6.00

An adaptation of Aaron Appelfeld's novel 'Night after Night'. In the sixties, a group of Holocaust survivors live together in a hostel in Jerusalem and struggle to revive the Yiddish Language .

2014

Lilith

Lilith 2019

1

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.

2019

זהר

זהר 1993

6.00

Based on real life story of Israeli oriental singer Zohar Argov, who grew up in a poor family, became rich & famous but the drugs brought him down.

1993

Silver's Uprising

Silver's Uprising 2023

8.70

Raised in an orthodox home, Amos Dov Silver dreams of becoming Prime Minister. But when the State continues to shun him, he soon finds unexpected solace in the velvety smoke of Marijuana. Spreading his new Torah, he establishes an online community using a mobile app called "TeleGrass" that turns into the largest marketplace for drugs in Israel, raising Silver to Messiah status. Through exclusive footage of Silver, his family and his partners’ investigations, as well as secretly filmed footage of Silver in the Ukrainian prison, a polarizing portrayal of the man charged with heading a crime organization emerges. Champion of the people, or a lost soul corrupted by power?

2023

The Bubble

The Bubble 2006

6.24

The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. The movie looks at young people's lives in Tel Aviv through the POVs of gays and straights, Jews and Arabs, men and women.

2006

Takotsubo

Takotsubo 1970

1

Struggling with personal and family problems, an Israeli customs officer ends up taking extreme actions.

1970

Past Life

Past Life 2016

7.00

Two Israeli sisters delve into the dark mystery of their father’s former life in Poland during World War II.

2016

Kidon

Kidon 2013

5.03

"Kidon" begins in the morning of the 18th of February 2010 in Tel-Aviv when the whole world wakes up discovering, on the front page of all the newspapers, pictures of the Mossad agents caught while killing Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai a month earlier. It was the first time that simple security cameras of a hotel caught secret agents red-handed, what's more Israeli agents. But without doubt, the most surprised of all were the Mossad leaders who were the only ones to know for sure that the 3 men and the woman, whose faces were in all the newsrooms of the world, had nothing to do with them. From then on, a race against time is undertaken hoping to understand why everything is aiming at them.

2013

Tropicana

Tropicana 2025

6.00

A lonely middle-aged woman divides her time between her monotonous job at the supermarket and taking care of her disabled mother and estranged family members. The mysterious murder of the head cashier at the supermarket, sends her on a journey into the depths of her repressed desire revealing her deep longing for warmth and human connection.

2025

Forgiveness

Forgiveness 2019

7.00

The days are wartime in southern Israel. It is the beginning of the Jewish year, according to Jewish religious law, ten days of repentance are the days of asking forgiveness. Nissan an Orthodox Jew, feels that he will not be able to continue his life unless he receives forgiveness from his friend Shaul.

2019

The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field

The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field 1997

6.40

This mythic love story set in a timeless, lavishly colorful and mystical Jerusalem incorporates hard rock, striking set design, computer-generated imagery and modern-day tensions between the secular and the Orthodox worlds. Hanan, a handsome young traveler - who has pierced ears and wears grungy flannel shirts - falls in love with Lea, the beautiful daughter of a leader in the religious community. Unbeknownst to the couple, a deal was struck, years earlier, in which they were promised to each other by their fathers. When Hanan consults with a master of Kabbala, a set of mysteriously forbidden eleventh-century texts unleashes untold powers, merging the erotic with the divine and affirming love's infinite potential to transcend all obstacles. The lovers are played by Yehezkel Lazarov (Waltz with Bashir) and Ayelet Z'urer (Angels & Demons; Vantage Point). (from sfjff.org)

1997

Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer

Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer 1976

8.00

Sergio Konstanza, a swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Sergeant is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson's Daughters.

1976

Sallah

Sallah 1964

6.80

Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of a big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

1964

Paul

Paul 2012

1

Still in the aftermath of a tough break up, Paul's life is slowly deteriorating. A mindless burglary of his rented apartment forces him to to push through the underworld of Tel Aviv to investigate.

2012

Border Guard

Border Guard 2023

8.67

The story follows Avi (Ben Sultan), a young man from the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam, who finds himself embroiled in affairs with local Arabs from Jaffa. He joins the Israeli Border Police to settle scores with them, and quickly becomes an effective and respected police officer, while also falling in love with a border policewoman, who is a pacifist. But his past is constantly catching up with him to remind him that he will never change.

2023

True Hero

True Hero 2019

9.00

The series follows the young screenwriter Emma Green (Joy Rieger), who created the successful fantasy series "The Warrior," centered at the main character Thomas Black, played by Yotam Lapid (Ran Danker). The series has wanted to be successful throughout the country for six seasons, until suddenly Yotam, the lead actor, informs the production that he has received a desirable role in an American series and has been forced to leave the country and is forced to kill Yotam. She is forced to part with himself as an orphan, because they are a couple in real life. After Yotam's departure, the expected episode of Thomas's death is projected as expected, but suddenly, in a very illogical way, Thomas Black lands in her apartment. Her mother and later the other members and partners of the series "The Warrior" are forced to cope with the extraordinary situation.

2019

You Should've Heard of Us

You Should've Heard of Us 2022

8.00

Nava and Hava were two young singers in an army singing troupe. 40 years later they meet, the meeting ignites the courage to ask for what they lost.

2022

The Stronghold

The Stronghold 2025

1

When a desolate Israeli outpost comes under siege after a surprise Egyptian attack, the surviving soldiers must choose between a hopeless battle, or follow the Doctor's plan that may save them, but comes with a great price.

2025

אסתי המכוערת

אסתי המכוערת 2003

1

Esti HaMekho'eret is an Israeli television comedy-drama series starring Riki Blich. The series premiered on 3 July 2003 on Channel 2 in Israel and was created by Shlomo Moshiah. This series is based on the Mexican telenovela El amor no es como lo pintan, despite reports that it is based on the Colombian novela Yo soy Betty, la fea. A report to the stockholders of Dori Media shows that the company was threatened with a lawsuit because of their show's similarities to Betty la fea. Because of potential legal action, the show's premise was changed, as was its title, "Elvis, Rosental, VeHaIsha Hamistorit" .

2003

Where Do You Live?

Where Do You Live? 2015

10.00

A drama series about the conflict between past and future, tradition and progress, self-fulfillment and family values. In a Bukharan community we see the struggles between the older generation that wants a traditional life in Bukhara, Uzbekistan and the new generation that wants to build a new life in a new country. The series takes place precisely at the crisis point between the old generation and ancient traditions and the new generation and the 21st century. The series includes biographical elements of the two lead actors--the grandmother in the series is played by their actual grandmother.

2015

Sleeping Bears

Sleeping Bears 2018

10.00

When dark secrets she shared with her psychologist Ya’akov, threaten to destroy her closest relationships, school teacher Hadas is drawn into a complex and deeply personal search to hide her most intimate secrets and for the truth in this gripping psychological drama from Keren Margalit.

2018

Tironoot

Tironoot 1998

10.00

Basic training (in Hebrew: "tiroonot") in the Israeli Army's Giv'ati infantry brigade brings together all kinds of people, from a wide variety of backgrounds, as well as some problems

1998

Atlantica

Atlantica 2015

1

Atlantica is a dark and edgy comedy about a failing rock band from Jerusalem that gets its shot at a long awaited success when a tour guide with inspirations of becoming a band manager joins them. The band members dream of fame and glory while their lives are much less glamorous. In addition to gigs in dark, empty pubs, and bar owners and p.r. people who swindle them, these guys have to overcome the mental barriers facing musicians in their late thirties that refuse to grow up. Yet this tight knit group of friends will not give up on its dream and follows it no matter what.

2015

Tree House Kids

Tree House Kids 1970

9.00

Four friends gather every day, after school, at their secret Treehouse, located in the woods behind their homes. The treehouse is where all their adventures begin- In this getaway, their own private world, they share secrets, desires and dreams, stick for each other, help one another coping with difficulties, laugh, fight and reconcile. The Treehouse Bunch" is also a musical series; each episode ends with a music video of a song written especially for the series, corresponding with the episode's theme.

1970

The Motive

The Motive 2020

5.20

In Jerusalem 1986, a 14-year-old boy shoots his family point-blank in their beds. Yet questions persist. In this docuseries, insiders come forward.

2020