This experimental film is an attempt to convey the hobo's thoughts as he wanders through the various spaces. Observing space is intriguing and raises questions - what is similar to what? Does the bicycle have a soul? What is the difference between nature and the city?
Evyatar, a teenager with a tendency to curse (a lot), falls in love with Shani, the new girl in class, and finds redemption through her. Will love make Evya change his behavior?
A love-story between the iconic Gordon Pool located on the coastal shore of Tel-Aviv and the people who freguent it. For over 4 years, | tracked and recorded the musings of some of the eccentric characters, their thoughts, their feelings, their individual stories, and their obsessions, revealing how the pool and the rituals around bathing are a temple for their souls.
An unprecedented view of the Abarbanel Mental Health Center in Israel allows a film crew to document its patients' lives.Three of them present their fears and most importantly- their dreams-and for the first time, they might fulfill them.
A quiet evening road trip becomes a clash between two drivers' desires, one of them who enjoys the ride, and the other trying to get to his destination as fast as possible.
This beat must be on the spectrum.
Anastasia is trapped in an abusive relationship with Noam – a talented pianist haunted by his past. At the steps of the Rape Crisis center, Anastasia meets the pop-star Libby. Their encounter helps her to break free from the constraints of Noam, but also results in her adopting aggressive patterns of her own.
Cousins Gabriel and Omer spend the end of their summer break working in a packing warehouse owned by Omer’s dad, Elisha. The film follows the two teenagers, during another routine day at the warehouse from Gabriel’s perspective. Gabriel is a bit of an outsider. He is a slim boy, who likes to observe what’s happening around him while Omer is a much more masculine figure. They play innocent games that become masculinity tests. For the first time in their lives, they will have to understand that every act has consequences.
A young drag queen named Ramona Star has big dreams: to become a great and famous drag queen and to make the world a more tolerant place. A decade after making aliya from brazil, Ramon hopes that he can finally be himself without fear.
A film about the struggles of a woman taking care of her mother struggling with Alzheimer's: the movie takes place during the first lockdown in Israel due to the Covid19 pandemic.
The fascinating life story of Gila Goldstein, one of the first Israeli transgender women and a Tel Aviv icon turned living legend. Gila was born as Avraham Goldstein in the 50’s in downtown Haifa. A soccer player in Maccabi Haifa in her youth, Gila always knew she was a woman. In her 20’s she moved to Tel Aviv and worked as a prostitute and exotic dancer. In 2003 she was proclaimed the community’s darling for her contribution and continued fight for social justice. The film, shot between 1997 and 2010, describes the world of a woman who is, despite many struggles, still happy, optimistic, and feeling forever young.
Librarians documents communities and librarians struggling to preserve books and the culture of reading in the digital age. Will they succeed? How do libraries function these days ad are they able to adapt to changes? What will be the fate of printed books? The movie exposes the unique characters and fascinating life stories of librarians and enthusiastic readers, who are still in need of the smell and touch of books, and the stories and history of the small and remote settlements, mainly Kibbutzim (collective settlements) in the Negev region, in which they live and operate.
Following a break-up, a single mother and her only daughter takes refuge in a small hotel in Tel Aviv. In an attempt to pick up the pieces, a fragile relationship is revealed between the daughter hiding behind the camera and the mother’s efforts to reassemble herself and start over.
We have all heard of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on Mount Meron, but many of us do not understand the appeal of the place and the meaning of the faith that causes hundreds of thousands of people to ascend to the tomb all year long. The film presents a poetic and intimate observation of this special place through a collection of authentic moments combined with the personal stories of several women who visit the place regularly.
Shortly after his father's death, Bobby returns to his native England and discovers a suitcase full of documents, letters and photos, documenting the story of his family who perished in the Holocaust - the story his father never told him. He turns to Manuel, his German-born childhood friend, to translate the documents. Manuel, who hails from a family steeped in cinematic history and whose aunt was married to Stanley Kubrick, reveals that he too has recently uncovered a dark family secret: his father's uncle was the infamous Nazi filmmaker Veit Harlan, director of the film "Jud Suss" - banned from screening to the present day and considered the most notorious anti-Semitic propaganda film in history. Together they embark on a voyage to Berlin to discover more about their respective pasts- a journey which puts their friendship to the test.
