Tickets are now on sale for the
14th Annual Israel Film Center Festival!
June 9-16, 2026
2026 Festival Trailer
This year, the Israel Film Center Festival will present its selections in 10 different venues across the New York metro region. Join us at a screening near you!
VENUE KEY | 14Y: 14th Street Y | BHS: Brooklyn Heights Synagogue | METRO: JCC Metrowest | MIY: Mid-Island Y JCC | MMJCCM: Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan | MW: JCC Mid-Westchester | MOISE SAFRA CENTER | SHAMES: Shames JCC on the Hudson | SJ: Sid Jacobson JCC | STREICKER: Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center
Opening Night Selection:
LOVE, STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Dir. Amichai Greenberg
Narrative | Israel | 2025 | 108 min
New York Premiere
A widowed, cynical actuary reluctantly teams up with his granddaughter, a naive and detached artist, to retrieve his savings that were stolen from his locker.
Screenings followed by Q+As with director Amichai Greenberg.
[Pitch Event] FIRST LOOK: New Israeli Film Projects
The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, in collaboration with the Israel Film Fund, welcomes you to an exclusive pitching event. Get a first look at three exciting new projects, and meet top Israeli filmmakers who are bringing these stories to life. Join us as filmmakers pitch and discuss the next big films from Israel’s industry.
OXYGEN
Dir. Netalie Braun
Narrative | Israel | 2025 | 95 min
East Coast Premiere
On the eve of a new war, a mother must decide whether saving her son means defying him – and the country that raised him to fight.
Screenings followed by Q+As with director Netalie Braun.
DEAD LANGUAGE
Dir. Mihal Brezis, Oded Binnun
Narrative | Czech Republic, Israel, Poland | 2025 | 110 min
While waiting at the airport for her husband, Aya is mistaken for someone else. Rather than correct the error, she follows an impulse to pick up a complete stranger.
Screenings followed by Q+As with co-director Mihal Brezis.
A BURNING MAN
Dir. Eyal Halfon
Narrative | Israel | 2025 | 104 min
New York Premiere
Overwhelmed by separation anxiety from his soldier son, a father refuses to leave the camp fence, believing his presence protects the boy’s life.
MMJCCM screening followed by Q+A with actor Shai Avivi.
NANDAURI
Dir. Eti Tsicko
Narrative | Georgia, Israel, Italy | 2026 | 93 min
New York Premiere
An Israeli lawyer who escaped her suffocating upbringing years ago, is drawn back to her village when tasked with representing a woman seeking to reclaim the son she left behind.
Screening followed by Q+A with director Eti Tsicko.
CUZ YOU’RE UGLY
Dir. Sharon Angelhart
Narrative | Israel | 2025 | 82 min
East Coast Premiere
Avigail hopes to break free from her childhood and lose her virginity before the weekend is over, but instead, she must take responsibility for her younger sister’s unwanted pregnancy.
Screenings followed by Q+A with director Sharon Angelhart.
THE BIG LEAGUE
Dir. Yaniv Berman
Narrative | Israel | 2026 | 105 min
International Premiere
A professional soccer coach is banned from his league and reluctantly accepts coaching a middle-school team of misfit kids.
Screenings followed by Q+A with director Yaniv Berman.
LOST IN TERRITORIES
Dir. Nadav Shlomo Giladi
Narrative | Israel, France, Germany | 2025 | 108 min
New York Premiere
Set in the West Bank, Lost in Territories is a darkly comic, human portrait revealing connection and absurdity amid deep division, offering a perspective on life beyond the headlines.
Screening followed by Q+A with director Nadav Shlomo Giladi.
MAMA
Dir. Or Sinai
Narrative | Israel, Poland, Italy | 2025 | 93 min
New York Premiere
A mother’s long-awaited reunion with her family is far from what she imagined, forcing her to confront the cost of her choices and who she has become.
Screening followed by Q+A with director Or Sinai
FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN
Dir. Guido Chiesa
Narrative | Italy, Israel | 2025 | 117 min
New York City Premiere
Shaken by her mother’s death and a cryptic letter, a troubled woman sets out to unravel the secrets that have shaped her life.
Screening followed by Q+A with director Guido Chiesa and screenwriter Nicoletta Micheli.
FROM OCTOBER 6 TO OCTOBER 7
Dir. Sarit Asnapi
Documentary | Israel | 2025 | 66 min
East Coast Premiere
A moving portrait of Major General Doron Almog, whose life navigates the depths of personal tragedy to reveal the healing power of leadership and optimism.
Co-presented by The Jewish Agency for Israel. Screening followed by Q+A with film subject Doron Almog.
Closing Night Selection:
TELL ME EVERYTHING
Dir. Moshe Rosenthal
Narrative | Israel | 2025 | 108 min
East Coast Premiere
Amid the late 80s pop craze and rising HIV epidemic, twelve-year-old Boaz uncovers a devastating secret about the father he idolizes that threatens to tear his family apart.
Screening followed by Q+A with director Moshe Rosenthal.
