Time for Cherries 1991
Muki, a reserve soldier serving in Lebanon just before the IDF's retreat,is trying to document his soon-to-come death.
Muki, a reserve soldier serving in Lebanon just before the IDF's retreat,is trying to document his soon-to-come death.
Four weeks of basic training for girls in the IDF: seven girls and two sergeants from different backgrounds (Canadian girl, an immigrant from Russia, Sabra Buckley, etc.)
"Boy" is growing up, questioning what becoming a man is all about. On the one hand, he can't wait to leave his traumatic childhood behind, and on the other hand, he is growing up in a far off village with no real friends his age.
A story about an Arab girl in a Jewish school.
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.
Jonathan Agassi is a superstar in the world of gay porn. He lives the wild life in Berlin and Tel Aviv, where he works in films and live shows and has a second job as an escort. Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll – and all of it in large quantities. But the industry is tough, and behind the confident smile is an insecure boy with an absent father and a very close relationship to his broad-minded mother. The contrast to the superficial success grows and grows, but in the world of porn there is no room for crises. Here, you must deliver the goods, every single time – and every single day. Otherwise you are done. The identity crisis is smouldering, Agassi is floundering and drugs become tempting as an easy way out. But how long can he hold onto himself? Over the course of eight years, and with much mutual trust, the director Tomer Heymann has followed Agassi right up to the culmination of his life's biggest crisis.
An American reporter and his girl-friend are visiting Israel to get a "sense of the people", in the process he meets many Israelis and some Arabs as well, particularly becoming friends with an Israeli Army reserve officer as well as an idealistic young man who is a pacifist.
An Israeli film set in a Bedouin village in the desert turns into an ego struggle between languages, cultures and classes, when the director of the film insists on filming a certain frame she imagined. Sounds heavy but it's a comedy.
Against the backdrop of a land dispute between Jews and Arabs in the Galilee, an unusual and hopeless romance develops between Chava, the urban sister of Gedaliah who owns the land, and Khaled, his Arab laborer.
Comedy about day to day life of a Gordon beach lifeguard and his friends.
17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.
Adam is trying to fix his marriage but both his wife Asia and teenage daughter Dafi are too busy with their lovers.
Imagine that you are a renowned chemist, who invents a legal psychoactive drug. Imagine that you push it as a start-up and become the most notorious drug baron of the 21st century. Imagine that all of this is true. How to make a documentary out of this unbelievable story? Let’s animate it, give it rhythm and take the audience on a journey where the high-tech world and academia meet the fauna of the Haifa underworld.
A movie for and about youngsters living at Tel Aviv and about things that they experience: love, friendship, the need to grow up.
Innocence tells the story of children who resisted to be enlisted but capitulated. Their stories were never told as they died during their service. Through a narration based on their haunting diaries, the film depicts their inner turmoil. It interweaves first-hand military images, key moments from childhood until enlistment and home videos of the deceased soldiers whose stories are silenced and seen as a national threat.
One long walk, two distant lovers, two homes falling apart, and one forgotten birthday.
This saga unfolds at the 1955 Court Martial in which Israeli soldier stands accused of desertion, during which he made his way via Europe to the swamps of Vietnam, in search of justice - and revenge.
Franny is seven years old. Franny's mother's new boyfriend is 26 year old Nico, an aspiring filmmaker who couldn't even finish his graduation film. The first time they meet, Franny finds Nico in her mother's bed. From that moment on, Nico and Franny need to find a way to get along, love and hate each other - often all at once.
Brigadier General Shiloh Mazeh, gets an almost impossible role - to command the disengagement operation. The decision puts him in conflict with his community and his family - his wife Naama, who opposes the move, his sister Idit and her husband Meir, who live in Gush-Katif, and his son Lavi, who finds his place among the waves of the beautiful beaches of Gush-Katif. On the other hand, he is also in conflict with his deputy, Avinoam Brenner, a kibbutznik who opposes Shiloh's policy of inclusion towards the settlers.
Follows Sharon's term as PM from the moment he was elected. The series goes through his leadership under mass terror attacks, his willingness to support the two-state solution, his decision to start Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, his demand from the Palestinians to replace Yasser Arafat as a condition for all negotiations, the establishment of the separation fence, and the disengagement from Gaza that turned his greatest supporters into sworn enemies. In addition, the series returns to selected chapters in Sharon's life as a child in Kfar Malal, as a family person, as a soldier and as minister in Israeli governments. Among the interviewees: Gilad Sharon, Dov Weissglas, Eyal Bronze, Uri Monday, Moshe Kaplinsky, Israel Maymon, Assi Yavni, Tzipi Livni, Gideon Saar and Aria Eldad.
An out-of-the-box romantic comedy, "Uri & Ella" tells the story of a father and daughter, following the death of their wife and mother.
A ten-episode series that accompanies the Lions of Jordan battalion, which for the first time in history has female combat soldiers training and fighting alongside men. With its activities focused on security of the Jordan Valley, the series focuses on the integration of female fighters in the IDF, following five boys and five girls from around the country, with different backgrounds and interests who, despite their differences, must join together and fight for the same goal - protection of the State of Israel and its citizens.
The love story between Dr. Amalia Levy, a renowned breast cancer surgeon, and her patient, Micah Haddad, a promising young politician, starts when the two of them discover, on the very same day, that they have cancer. Breast cancer. Not quite love at first sight — more like 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.