Kilometer 147

Kilometer 147 2018

1

A camel's body lies in the middle of a desert road, exactly on the 147th kilometer, on the border between two settlements. None of them agrees to take responsibility for it.

2018

Eyes Wide Open

Eyes Wide Open 2009

6.40

A middle-aged Orthodox Jew, Aaron, living and working in Jerusalem with his wife and children, meets a homeless 19-year-old student. Aaron offers to give Ezri work as his assistant at his family's butcher shop. The two men grow close and their attraction becomes sexual. Aaron must now confront his own sexuality, his feelings for Ezri, and his obligations to his family and faith.

2009

Crazy Camera

Crazy Camera 1989

7.00

A candid camera comedy where hidden camera films unsuspecting street passers-by reacting to comic situations the filmmakers set up.

1989

The Song of the Siren

The Song of the Siren 1994

5.20

The Gulf War, January 1991. Talila Katz, a yuppie Tel Avivian creative director at an ad agency falls in love with clumsy food engineer Noah Ne'eman. The war, with its Scud missiles bombarding Israel and disrupting everyday life, is the backdrop for this pair's love story...

1994

Yossi & Jagger

Yossi & Jagger 2002

6.64

A sociological study of two men in the Israeli army who are lovers. The others in the unit react to their situation, suspecting, but not always understanding. One will leave the military soon, a few months away, as a snowy and desolate outpost is guarded from attack.

2002

Up Your Anchor

Up Your Anchor 1985

5.22

It's hi-jinks on the high seas when Benji, Bobby and Huey set sail on the cruise of a lifetime. While his friends walk the plank of mischievous mayhem, it is Benji who goes overboard for the Captain's daughter.

1985

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

Private Popsicle

Private Popsicle 1982

5.70

The Lemon Popsicle boys - Bobby, Benji, and Huey - have been drafted into the army, but they're not quite ready to give up the freedom they've enjoyed for so long and submit to army discipline. They spend most of their time chasing women, trying to get out of doing any work and avoiding their no-nonsense sergeant.

1982

That Lovely Girl

That Lovely Girl 2014

4.65

Moshe and Tami are a couple, Moshe is in his fifties and Tami is in her early twenties. They live together in a cruel and violent relationship, from which Tami seems unable to set herself free. Tami and Moshe are father and daughter...

2014

Dancing Arabs

Dancing Arabs 2014

6.40

A young Arab is caught between cultures as he is sent to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Israel in the 1980s.

2014

Legend of Destruction

Legend of Destruction 2021

6.20

What had initially started out as a Jewish revolt against the Roman occupation, quickly turned into a fierce civil war. The combination of religious messianic zeal and the friction between social classes proved disastrous and resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple.

2021

Miss Entebbe

Miss Entebbe 2003

7.00

Jerusalem 1976, a coming of age story about a confused girl, set against the Entebbe airplane hijacking.13- year-old Noa, is convinced she can free her friend's mom by kidnapping an Arab boy. Instead, she finds herself involved in a dangerous adventure that quickly develops a life of its own, and becomes deadly serious. Noa and her neighbor friends try to follow the adults patterns of behavior but, while entering the turmoil of political conflict and hatred, they discover that the solution is not to be found in the violent adult arena, but rather within their own hearts.

2003

Betrayal

Betrayal 2021

5.30

In the virtual age, that of the Internet and of social networks, everything is possible, mixing good with evil. Being able to manage the complexity of long-term relationships with the possibilities of the virtual world allows un-limited possibilities for couples who strive to maintain passion and perpetual-al fire. But in every world, even the virtual ones, rules must always be kept. Otherwise, your actions may come back and hit you like a boomerang. And when Boomerang hits you, it hurts, even if it's virtual. Attorney Shachar Tritop, name partner at a leading legal firm, decides to harness the power social networks and create a virtual lover for his wife Yael.

2021

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

Ana Arabia

Ana Arabia 2013

6.20

Filmed in one sequence-shot of 1 hour and 25 minutes, Ana Arabia is a moment in the life of a small community of outcasts, Jews and Arabs, who live together in a forgotten enclave at the “border” between Jaffa and Bat Yam, in Israel. One day, Yael, a young journalist, visits them. In these dilapidated shacks, in the orchard filled with lemon trees and surrounded by mass public houses, she discovers a range of characters far removed from the usual clichés offered by the region. Yael has the feeling of having discovered a human goldmine. She no longer thinks of her job. Faces and words of Youssef and Miriam, Sarah and Walid, of their neighbors, their friends tell her about life, its dreams and its hopes, its love affairs, desires and disillusions. Their relation to time is different than that of the city around them. In this tinkered and fragile place, there is a possibility of coexistence. A universal metaphor.

2013

Abulele

Abulele 2015

6.44

Adam (10) meets Abulele, an ancient, huge, friendly and invisible monster. When a government Special Forces unit arrives to capture Abulele, Adam has to put his past behind, in order to save his friend, and learn when you really love someone, you're never alone.

2015

Marriage Tel Aviv Style

Marriage Tel Aviv Style 1979

7.00

After Avigdor Pumerantz calls the matchmaker in order to find a new wife his children decide to robe him.

1979

Rabin, the Last Day

Rabin, the Last Day 2015

4.71

Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.

2015

The Rise And Fall Of Shem Tov Heavy

The Rise And Fall Of Shem Tov Heavy 2020

10.00

In order to sing trap and become a star you won't need a talent - just good gums and some anesthesia. Watch the rise and fall of "Shem Tov Heavy" - Tamir Bar, Ravid Plotnik, Swissa, Jimbo Jay, Shekel, Lukach and others from the Israeli Hip-Hop scene unite to tell the story of Adam Shem Tov, the man who dreamt to become a trap-star and found himself behind bars.

2020

The Unorthodox

The Unorthodox 2018

6.50

The year is 1983 and Yaakov Cohen, the owner of a Jerusalem printing press, is tired from being pushed around. It seems that he was born on the wrong side, with the wrong family name and in a moment's decision he decides to establish a Sephardic-ultra-Orthodox list that will run to the Jerusalem municipality. He gathers two friends, and together they improvise a campaign - no means, no connections, no money, but with much rage, passion and a sense of justice.

2018

Shabas

Shabas 2019

7.33

A sketch program that takes place in Grape Prison and brings the experiences of the guards, prisoners, and visitors.

2019

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

Mom and Dads

Mom and Dads 2012

1.00

Three parents: a gay couple and a straight single woman, who have just had a baby, and who are trying, without a GPS, to make their way through the jungle of the alternative family without any rules or generations of traditions.

2012

The Dreamers

The Dreamers 2021

3.00

Follows three young Palestinian students who travel to Tel Aviv in 2008. They will try to establish a new and free Palestinian community for themselves.

2021

One on One

One on One 2020

1

28-year-old Motti works as a private home tutor, visiting the homes of a lively host of struggling students, all the while carrying a deep emotional wound, which he will have to mend and find his way back to living life once again.

2020

Table for Six

Table for Six 2013

1

A middle-aged man whose children have left home and his wife lives apart from him, houses teenagers who have been separated from their families and live on the street

2013

Foxy Fables

Foxy Fables 1989

1

Foxy Fables is an animated television series produced by the leading Israeli animator Rony Oren. All the characters were made from moulded plasticine modelling clay on metal armatures, and filmed with stop motion clay animation. The plot of the series was based on fables by Aesop, La Fontaine, and others that features forest animals acting out the famous stories. The situations always based on the less stronger animal succeed in outsmarting the stronger one who tries to let him down. Every episode would end with a valuable moral. The program was originally created in Israel. 13 episodes were produced.

1989

Northern Wind

Northern Wind 2024

8.50

AI uncovers Israel's secretive Unit 8200, highlighting a young intelligence officer, his enigmatic brother, and a talented female officer entangled in complex, toxic relationships amid rising military tensions.

2024

The Best Worst Thing

The Best Worst Thing 2024

1

The love story between Dr. Amalia Levy, a renowned breast cancer surgeon, and her patient, Micah Hadad, a promising young politician, starts when the two of them discover, on the very same day, that they have cancer. Breast cancer. So, this isn't quite love at first sight but more love at first lump. As they each grapple with the aftermath of the diagnosis and treatment, and its impact on their professional lives and family dynamics, they find solace in their shared poignant moments, and realize that the worst thing that ever happened to them is also the best thing to happen to them.

2024

Rinat Beach

Rinat Beach 2014

1

"Rinat Beach" is the beach Clara receives as a gift from her uncle and there spends the summer Rinat and her best friends, Guy and Shalechet. They meet at the beach the lifeguard Samson, Pirate Bat Yam and undergo lots of adventures and all with a lot of fun and are happy summer songs.

2014

Sweet As Honey

Sweet As Honey 2007

1

“Sweet As Honey” tells the story of an unconventional family which is constantly breaking-up and reuniting by the hour, day and episode, and presents a whole cast of eccentric figures. The main characters are a father and daughter who portray themselves. The father is a former mythological and highly acclaimed comedian and she is his daughter, a spoiled and troubled woman in her early thirties that refuses to leave home. Through their relationships with friends,family,coworkers and themselves they find the true meaning of kinship.

2007

Mouna

Mouna 2019

1

Mouna is a Palestinian photographer living in Tel Aviv, moments before her big professional break. When a military operation in Gaza goes out of hand, she is faced with the realities of both worlds she lives in, and with the close relationships with the two men in her life.

2019

The Malevolent Bride

The Malevolent Bride 2023

1

A modern ghost story that follows the hunt for a vengeful spirit terrorizing an unsuspecting Hasidic community in present-day Jerusalem. ​

2023

The Screenwriter

The Screenwriter 2015

1

Mockumentary based on the life of Israeli-Arab writer and journalist, Sayed Kashua, creator of the series 'Arab Labor'. Kataeb, Palestinian writer and journalist living in Israel, loses interest in writing his successful series and instead wants to write a series on a 40 year old going throw a mid-life crisis he is experiencing. As a Palestinian and Israeli he confronts with questions about identity, national definitions, as well as his relationships with his family, and the society and country he lives in.

2015

The Conductor

The Conductor 2018

9.00

World renowned musician and orchestra conductor, Noah Gamliel, abandons fame and fortune to return home, tend to his ailing father and take over the local choir. Unbeknownst to his family and closest friends he is actually facing the toughest challenge in his personal and professional life.

2018

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

Krovim Krovim

Krovim Krovim 1983

1

Krovim Krovim is an Israeli television sitcom created by Ephraim Sidon and B. Michael. The series which originally aired on the Israeli Educational Television channel in the years 1983 - 1986 is known as the first Israeli sitcom. The series focuses on an extended Israeli family which shares a residential apartment building in the center of Tel Aviv. The opening tune of the series was composed by Nurit Hirsch.

1983