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Documenting brief moments in the daily lives of three teenagers, and the dynamics with the environment in which they live.

“The Poetry of Non-Self” is a short animation film that deals with moments that hold beauty, with how the sense of self is absent from such moments, and with the notion that this is, in a way, what childhood is like.

A Modern Orthodox Jewish man, Hillel Rate turns the camera on his own quest for love. As his prospects improve, he finds himself reflecting on the tension between finding someone to spend your life with whilst losing the opportunity to love another. Love, he discovers, is full of bittersweet sacrifice.

The story of Novardok Yeshiva in Boussiers

Firsthand testimonies and unique archival footage tell the history of the Jewish Ethiopian community and the efforts made to bring them to Israel.

The heritage of a never-opened suitcase reveals for the children the secret history of their parents. The Boers were one of the many Jewish families who managed to escape the holocaust by crossing the Pyrenees. Although there are many stories that have been written about it, there has never been one so well documented. The Jewish Wedding tells the emotional legacy of the Holocaust for second-generation Jews, and how they cope with the silence about a story they are afraid to remember.

A girl’s home falls apart as a result of her parents’ divorce. Her buried memories are revealed through a sea of grains of sand.

The relations between a mother and son are tested during the preparations for the Passover cleaning ritual when the son decides to burn down the house to set them both free.

The filmmakers gather to sing in a unique position, in which the mouth of one envelops the nostrils of the other, as all three voices vibrate potently throughout the body cavities.

The film presents a free interpretation of ‘Daniel’s vision’ – an ancient Jewish prophecy describing the reign of a mysterious metal beast. In the film, the beast becomes a hybrid creature, representing an extensive system of historical and contemporary subjects – such as Jerusalem Syndrome, religion, prophecy, disease, photography, media, virtual existence, and public space policing.

Rachel is loosing her sight to the point she can't even call her daughter who is in labor on the other side of the world. Seeking for help, she opens her door to passersby. Strangers, striving for one moment of connection.

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.

Cleo fulfilled his dream: to leave the big city with his wife and fifteen children, to establish a family commune on a farm in Brazil. Exploring their family-roots leads the children to discover their surprising heritage, which undermines the existence of the communal paradise.

Two young men come running out of a dark alley, leaving behind another young man with his neck stabbed. The moment Danny received the message about the murder of Itzik, his only son, his life would never again be the same. Ten years of legal proceedings and new disclosures made during that time have slowly crumbled his faith in gaining justice. Along with the pain of his loss, he realizes that only he can find the truth of what happened that night. His journey in search of the truth reveals his complex identity for the first time: a spy who worked for the security services, an Arab who converted and became a practicing Jew, a man who felt pride, respect and sympathy for a country that has absurdly and horrifyingly betrayed him.

The story of Ola Kravchenko who has been accused by her ex-boyfriend and by a documentary show to have been the murderer of Tair Rada but acquitted by Israel's state attorney office.

To the occasional onlooker, my childhood yard may appear like another shabby parking space in a Jerusalem ultra-orthodox neighborhood. To me, it is the first "outside" I encountered, the landscape of the only home I have ever known. I have been living in this yard for thirty-four years. As an adult, it continues to fascinate me with its ever-changing mood. It had embraced secular, religious, and ultra-orthodox atmospheres, but today, we are one of the last non-Ultra orthodox families living here. A film by Yochay Rosenberg

"Cosmos" is the story of cosmonaut Mark, whose spaceship on the way to Earth collided with a school of giant electric fish. The fish de-energized the ship, and there was a crash. Throughout the cartoon, Mark tries to fix the ship, balancing between despair and hope. He really wants to go home to his son.