Shaul and Rami are best friends, 40 years old. Both are in unhappy marriages, but Rami has found comfort in the arms of a Russian immigrant with whom he’s having an affair. Shaul is jealous of his friend’s happiness until the day he comes home to find his wife in the arms of a stranger. As old secrets and forgotten histories come pouring out, relationships will have to change.
On one warm Saturday, a young man is forced to choose between his gay lover and submission to his religious identity.
Kfir Shertzer, a K9 soldier, joins a combat team for a 72-hour-ambush. His dog is sent on a mission and disappears. Kfir refuses to accept the situation and does something that affects the lives of all those involved. (24 minutes) Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv
Made up of four short films, all of which are directed by Bedouin directors in their debut as film makers, this unique film is an unprecedented authentic self-portrait of current life in Bedouin society. Portraying the struggle for progress that in many ways is held back by the traditions of the nomadic past.
A stop-motion animated story about people living in a Sydney apartment complex looking for meaning in their lives.
Two women’s lives intertwine: one is on her way to see her estranged Jewish Orthodox family; the other is on the run from her Bedouin family who is forcing her into a life without choice. Together, they stand up against their predetermined destinies
An abundance of characters with much to do and little to lose, go out into the Tel Aviv night aiming to return home safely with what they need: 20 kilos of coke, a black and white film, or love. They will meet much more quickly than they imagined. A five minute walk separates police from criminals, enemies from lovers, a happy ending from an inevitable tragedy. A story on new beginnings and endings all in a period of 24 hours.
“Adam Resurrected” follows the story of Adam Stein, a charismatic patient at a mental institution for Holocaust survivors in Israel, 1961. He reads minds and confounds his doctors, lead by Nathan Gross. Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer–cabaret impresario, circus owner, magician, musician–loved by audiences and Nazis alike until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein. Adam survives the camp by becoming the Commandant’s “dog”, entertaining him while his wife and daughter are sent off to die. Years later we find him at the Institute. One day, Adam smells something, hears a sound. “Who brought a dog in here?” he asks Gross. Gross denies there is a dog but Adam finds him–a young boy raised in a basement on a chain. Adam and the boy see and recognize each other as dogs–and their journey begins. “Adam Resurrected” is the story of a man who once was a dog who meets a dog who once was a boy.
The story of a blind father and his singer daughter, immigrating together to Israel.
Tsipi and Rafi meet and quickly marry. To make it difficult on the newly weds, their mother-in-law houses them in an open room, with no privacy. In addition, Rafi works long nights, so that a physical disconnect is created between the young couple. Jimmy is a friend of Tsipi from before her rushed marriage to Rafi and she tends to give in to his courting. Rafi finds comfort with Shosh, his old time friend. And so the road to the rabbinical court is paved…
