First Reel

First Reel 1977

1

Two IDF soldiers patronize Palestinians in the West Bank. The movie was shelved by Tel-Aviv University for political reasons, and was kept in the University's legal counsel in a safe for seven years.

1977

Driks' Brother

Driks' Brother 1994

6.80

Adventures of an Israeli soldier who is mistakenly identified as the brother of one of Israel's leading soccer players.

1994

Something Sweet

Something Sweet 2004

4.70

In a small agricultural village in northern Israel, on the day of the middle-sister's wedding, Maya, the youngest of the three sisters, arrives to the celebration with Alon, a sharp Israeli businessman living in London. Alon's enchantment with the close-knit family, the simplicity of village life and serene landscape, opens his heart to an almost unattainable closeness with Tamar, the oldest sister, and re-acquaintance with his alienated father.

2004

Invisibles

Invisibles 2014

5.80

Newly discharged from the Israeli Army, Ra'ed, a Bedouin from an unrecognized village in the Negev desert, is determined to save his family's failing herd of sheep, about to be sold. He plans to live off the herd by starting a roadside Bedouin hospitality restaurant.

2014

Nipagesh Bachof (See You on the Beach)

Nipagesh Bachof (See You on the Beach) 1987

2.67

A prank comedy shot mostly in South Africa. Among the pranks in the film: a caveman is shown on display in the Carmel Market, a man sneezes on passersby, an inspector writes citations for women wearing bikini on the beach, a lookalike of the Queen of England visits Africa.

1987

Passover Fever

Passover Fever 1995

4.75

On the evening of Passover dinner holiday ,a family gathering reveals the delicate relationships between parents, brothers,sisters, husbands and wives. Secrets and lies force them to understand how fragile everything is.

1995

Wanted: Roni Kalderon

Wanted: Roni Kalderon 1970

6.00

The boy for whom football was in his soul, grew up in Tel Aviv in the late 1960s without his parents who left for the USA. At 17, Roni Kalderon became the star of Hapoel Tel Aviv, and was regarded as the great promise of Israeli football. Then, he was invited to go to the Netherlands and play for the coveted Ajax football club. This was only the opening whistle for the real game of his life: he would soon find himself deep in international drug trafficking, constantly escaping from the law, until he disappeared off the face of the earth. The fantastic narratives woven around his enigmatic persona, and the mystery surrounding his disappearance, lead the viewer between reality and the myth around the promising footballer who became a drug lord.

1970

Game Over

Game Over 1996

6.00

This 1990s film from Israel focuses on a group of teenagers who go on the run after accidentally killing someone.

1996

Nesher

Nesher 1970

10.00

“All my movies are personal without being autobiographical,” says Avi Nesher, a filmmaker who combines his personal life and the history of Israel in his films. This documentary examines the DNA of Nesher’s cinematic creations , which include musicals, dramas, and comedies, chronicling the homeland in which he started his career at the age of 24 and where he continues to create at 71.

1970

Red Flower

Red Flower 2024

1

At half past six in the morning on October 7th, a red alarm brings us together with Annette and Albert, a couple of veterans from Sderot. The son who visited them on the eve of Simchat Torah was found with his friends at the Nuva party, from the terrorist attacks of Hamas outside the window of their house overlooking the Sderot police station. 25 hours in the life of the couple, intense drama outside and inside the house, from the window and the television screens, the same horror is reflected.

2024

Soldier of the Night

Soldier of the Night 1984

6.00

A romance ends for a woman when she discovers the nature of her boyfriend's nocturnal excursions. Rejected by the army, he carries out a vendetta against society. The woman places herself in danger when she stands firmly between the boy and his mission.

1984

Pressure

Pressure 1984

5.00

A love story between an arab man and a jewish woman.

1984

A Crazy Dad

A Crazy Dad 1981

7.00

A hardworking Israeli auto garage owner wants his two sons to get a college education, but the one supposedly studying medicine in New York returns home as a hippie freak and with a girl friend. The other student son lives in Tel Aviv and is plagued by his obsessive wife. The father one day mistakes his son's L.S.D for his daily pills and winds up in a hippie camp with his secretary and his son's girlfriend, and then the garage workers go on strike.

1981

Ahed's Knee

Ahed's Knee 2021

6.52

An Israeli filmmaker throws himself in the midst of two battles doomed to fail: one against the death of freedom in his country, the other against the death of his mother.

2021

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

Encirclements

Encirclements 2014

8.00

When thirteen year old Aharon,is selected for the great honor of carrying the big Torah book around the neighborhood in 'Simchat Torah' celebrations, he feels life is finally about to change for the better. But his selection causes age-old tensions between his parents to surface, and the symbolic happy ritual becomes a life-threatening struggle.

2014

Here We Are

Here We Are 2021

6.00

Aharon has devoted his life to raising his son Uri. They live together in a gentle routine, away from the real world. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult it might be time for him to live in a specialized home. While on their way to the institution, Aharon decides to run away with his son and hits the road, knowing that Uri is not ready for this separation. Or is it, in fact, his father who is not ready?

2021

Up The Wrong Tree

Up The Wrong Tree 2013

7.70

This is the story of Nits, a restless bum and a hopeless cynic as he returns from his journey with an obsessive intention of bringing back his ex- girlfriend and their beloved dog. She however, throws him down the drain and so he finds himself, contrary to his anti- political and anti-everything attitude, stuck on top of a tree overlooking his beloved's apartment fearlessly leading an environmental battle against real estate sharks. For once in his life, he finds some comfort by staying put. He refuses to disembark even when the bulldozers charge in. Perhaps it's because he's had enough time on the road and finally understands there's nowhere to run to and perhaps because he can't remember what he's doing up that tree in the first place.

2013

Delegation

Delegation 2023

1

Three young Israeli students take a school trip to Poland to visit the sites where the Nazis carried out the extermination of European Jews during World War II.

2023

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace 1992

5.20

A drama about two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as a musician in New York: Thomas is ill, detached, in search of hard drugs. Jonathan tries to connect with him. Meanwhile, Thomas's grandmother, facing old age, has become bitter, particularly toward her hard-working daughter. They worry about Thomas. A few blocks away, Jonathan's mother, brother and sister maintain their sometimes bickering relationships, watching Jonathan brave adulthood.

1992

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

Downtown Precinct

Downtown Precinct 2011

7.00

Israel's break-out crime drama blurs the lines between legality and justice in a series packed with non-stop action, explosive stunts, gun fights, gritty crimes, car chases, and dangerous romance.

2011

Traitor

Traitor 2022

6.80

After a flight from Tel Aviv to Bangkok vanishes in mid-air, with no signs of an explosion, crash or hijacking, the entire world is left mesmerised. Yonatan Georgy is a recently blind intelligence officer returning to work, tasked with investigating the plane's disappearance - with his wife and children on board. At the same time, families of the passengers start realising they didn't know their loved ones as well as they thought.

2022

Forever

Forever 2018

1

A poor mistake of one genius mother in her science lab places a perfectly normal family in a situation where the three children must now live under one roof with two more teenagers – their PARENTS. Until they’re able to fix what went wrong, they must live together in the same house, and keep the whole thing a secret from the world. Worst of all, the parents must join their teenaged-twins’ class in high school – pretending to be their cousins. How does it feel to go to school WITH your parents? How does it feel when the hottest boy in class falls in love with your MOTHER instead of falling for you? And how did it happen that your DAD now has more friends on FACEBOOK than you? Will the kids and parents of the Gillman family learn new things about each other, about family and perceptions, before they change back to being normal?

2018

One Day in October

One Day in October 2024

1

An anthology series exploring the aftermath of the October 7 attacks in Israel, where Hamas militants killed and took hostages. It portrays stories of love, bravery, endurance, and grief arising from the senseless violence.

2024

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

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

Ha-Ex Ha-Mitologi

Ha-Ex Ha-Mitologi 2007

1

A woman explores all of her past relationships after a psychic tells her she's already dated her future husband.

2007

Nevsu

Nevsu 2017

9.00

An Israeli sitcom focusing on a Jewish-Ethiopian-Israeli family whose son is married to a Jewish-Ashkenazi-Israeli woman. The mixed family navigates the prejudices and tensions involved in raising their five-year old daughter. What ensues is a clash of modern day cultures.

2017

Asylum City

Asylum City 2018

8.60

Based on the best-selling novel by the same name, "Asylum City" is set in the underworld of refugees and asylum seekers; those looking to help them and those who take advantage of their plight. A young social activist is found dead and the main suspect is an asylum seeker from Africa who was seen leaving her apartment. Police Officer Anat Sitton leads the murder investigation, unravelling a complex world of corrupt politicians, organized crime and illegal arms deals, putting her in the center of a dangerous and parallel universe with its own codes and morals.

2018

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

Bloody Murray

Bloody Murray 2022

8.50

Murray, a film lecturer, and Dana, a gynecologist, are 30-something roommates. Their strong friendship is tested when Dana falls in love with a man Murray ditched in a hit-and-run accident.

2022