ISRAELI SHORT FILMS
-
Saving Pooh
An almost forgotten memory of grandma Matryona when she was a little girl. A lonely girl who only has one thing in the whole wide world: her best friend, Winnie-the-Pooh.
Year: 2017
Language: Russian, English subtitles
Director: Julia Trachtenberg
Producer: Julia Trachtenberg
Starring: Lena Wisman -
I Will Drink My Tears
Yonatan, a young rascal, needs fifteen Shekels. Everything else is not important right now.
Year: 2011
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Tom Shoval
Producer: Gal Greenspan
Starring: Yonathan Carmel, Amir Wolf, Shira Farber, Amit Itzcar -
Lashabiya
In an elementary school courtyard, a young Palestinian man plays a dangerous version of the classical children's game "Red Light, Green Light", with an armed squad of Israeli soldiers. In this game players are disqualified for moving. The soldiers charge forward, deeply motivated to reach him, an...
-
Noga Does Not Exist
Noga, a beautiful young woman, inclined to depression and existential despair, is sitting on a bench in downtown Tel Aviv, trying to find relaxation and clear her mind of all the negative thoughts. Johnny, a cool and sweet young guy, joins her for a cigarette and a philosophical conversation.
Ye...
-
Far Away
Friday afternoon. Itzik drives his son, Nimrod, back home. One question during that time forces Nimrod to learn about his father experience as a disabled man, his resentment towards his first family, and crippling loneliness. Nimrod faces his father's difficult dilemma: is it better to be loved a...
-
Ivan
"Three years ago my brother Ivan passed away. Ivan and I were close, he was an important role module in my life and I thought I knew him as well as he knew me. After his death I realized I was wrong. During my search I found his blog. The blog opened up a whole new world and tons of information a...
-
Home Test
All the teenagers in the youth center know that Daphna (30) is the most devoted social worker in the complex. Between her and Ala (16) there is a special relationship. At home, her husband, Geva (32) is struggling to understand the way she treats the girls. When Ala is knocking at her door in the...
-
A Knock on the Door
In the life of a successful writer, a man emerges who attaches a gun to his temple and demands a story from him.
Year: 2013
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Eliran Elya
Producer: Oren Rogovin
Starring: Assi Dayan, Rotem Keinan, Eliana Schejter, Assaf Ben Shimon, Tom Hagi -
Against the Reinheitsgebot
The day her husband passes away Saraleh, a Holocaust survivor, wishes to carry on with her daily routine of brewing beer, just as she and her husband used to do. Her daughter Gal is not pleased and demands they sit Shiva, (the customary seven-day mourning period in Judaism) out of respect for the...
-
Beat in the Forest
An old and dedicated forest keeper, living in a magical heart-beating forest, fights against dark forces to keep it alive, until his last breath.
Year: 2014
Language: Russian, English subtitles
Director: Adi Goral
Producer: Adi Goral
Starring: Vladimir Leykin -
The Swimmer
Shikma Lahav is a famous retired swimmer who coaches her daughter, Inbar Cohen. Inbar, who's competing for Hapoel Eilat’s youth team, reaches the age in which she is meant to transfer to the adults’ team coached by Yaakov Edri, who also manages the southern club. Shikma tries to prevent the comin...
-
Nights
A married couple in their forties sit in their living room. Together they recall their first meeting, but while he remembers the lights on the dark river, she remembers the wind that blew through the sunny field.
Year: 2015
Language: English, Hebrew subtitles
Directors: Yosh Ginotn, Michal Maria... -
The Woman Who Wanted to Kill Someone
A curious girl fantasises about being above the law but takes the fantasy one step too far.
Year: 2015
Language: English
Director: Veronica Kedar
Producer: Storyvid
Starring: Hen Yanni, Amit Itzcar -
Nino
On the eve of the terrorist attacks in the Alley pub in Tel Aviv, Nino is on her way to her apartment in the south of the city. It's night time and the taxi service is crowded with men only. She feels threatened, lonely and more vulnerable than ever.
Year: 2016
Language: Hebrew, English subtitle... -
Clásico
A complex relationship between two brothers, David and Kobi, traveling to Barcelona for the "El Clásico" match, is revealed due to an unexpected delay. A forced journey around the airport will lead them to shocking revelations and fateful decisions.
Year: Eli Korn
Language: Hebrew, English subti... -
Everlasting Longing
Tang poetry and moments in Xien City, China.
Year: 2015
Language: Mandarin, English subtitles
Director: Maya Meiri
Producers: Ding Ning, Fan Jin -
I Think This is the Closest to How the Footage Looked
A person recovers a lost memory: the memory of the last day with mom.
Year: 2012
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Yuval Hameiri
Producer: Yuval Hameiri -
Girl With a Fork in a World of Soup
A bitter-sweet musical comedy. Dafna has a lot of love to give, but no one to give it to. The guitar sounds from her new neighbour will lead to a chance.
Year: 2018
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Yotam Knispel
Producer: Yotam Knispel
Starring: Gili Beit Hallahmi, Hillel Cappon, No... -
Chickens
12-year-old Yonatan adores his father, Ze'ev, the chickens coop manager at the kibbutz. When a plague hits the chickens and Ze'ev is blamed by the kibbutz, an inconvenient truth is about to change everything.
Year: 2020
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Alma Givoni
Producer: Adonis M... -
Heftzi Gets Screwed
Hephzibah the virgin's agonizing longing for an ideal love she never had. Her best friend is convinced that she knows what the only solution to the problem is, and urged her to try. Hephzibah surrenders and silences her inner voices telling her to run away. She loses control of the situation and ...
-
Uzzi
At the age of 94, Professor Uzzi Ornan continues his lifelong ongoing struggles for upholding the secular and democratic image of the State of Israel, with his last endeavor to establish Civil Burial rights where he lives.
Year: 2018
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Ido Weisman
Prod...