In present day Jerusalem, a city increasingly dominated by religious fanaticism, Naomi, a secular young woman seeks refuge from the pressure of her life as a concert pianist. Overwhelmed by the expectations of her parents and her colleagues in Tel Aviv, Naomi seeks anonymity and solitude in the ancient city. Despite her intentions to stay alone, however, Naomi quickly makes two unexpected connections- one with a musically gifted Ultra-Orthodox young boy who lives in her building and the other, with Fabrizio, a charismatic Italian monk and organist. While these relationships allow Naomi to reconnect with her love of music and sense of meaning, they also make her a target in her new community. Faced with escalating isolation and violence, Naomi must learn to use music as a bridge to overcome towering religious barriers.
Directed by multi-award winner Nir Bergman (BROKEN WINGS), SAVING NETA tells the stories of four women whose lives change after their brief encounter with a man called Neta. Humour, drama, love and hope, a powerful and moving portrait of family relationships and parenthood in modern life.
Self Made tells the story of two women – one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
Oded wants to look cool in front of his boss, so he lies about knowing a secret beach in Sinai peninsula. Moti, the crazy CEO, decides to take Oded, and two other employees, to the terror-stricken peninsula.
An elderly Greek man and his son embark on a journey with absurd encounters, which ultimately leads them to a final father-and-son confrontation.
Rebecca Abarnabel is the only daughter of an Orthodox Jewish family living in Jerusalem. Tired tired of the lifestyle that her father, Reuven, has forced upon her, Rebecca secretly exposes herself to the secular world and goes on a life-changing journey.
The 1960s. The Iranians are bringing missiles out of their bunkers and within an hour and a half they will be just a “push of the button” away from launching them at Israel. Racing against time, the head of the Mossad and a key scientist have been recruited to develop the nuclear option for Israel. There is no connection between events in the film and real events.
Strangely and surprisingly, the Jewish Halacha (religious law) permits the trade or transfer of another person’s place in heaven.
What happens when that law leaves the ancient books and comes down to real life?
A promising young officer in the early days of Israel returns from another successful operation. He is so hungry that he accepts the army cook assistant’s ridiculous deal – a spicy omelet, his favorite dish, in return for his place in heaven.
A variety of peculiar characters, puppets and humans, share a building in a small town: Pertchik who is the building’s super and our storyteller, Giovanni the hairdresser, Yardus his assistant, Shlihta the dog and a mysterious tenant who no one has ever seen. The dream of the town is to become a city.
In 1948, Tuviansky, a captain in the Israeli army and a former major in the British army, was arrested. Within four hours he was interrogated, tried, sentenced, executed and his body was thrown into a pit in the ground.
Tuviansky was accused of treason because he had innocently supplied a list to his British boss at the power plant—a list of vital institutions whose power supply was not interrupted even during power cuts. The locations on the list had been shelled before Tuviansky passed the list to his boss. However, passing on the list was enough for the head of security in Jerusalem, a Major Glibly, to start an investigation and in no time, to execute Tubianski.
A year later Tuviansky was found innocent. His executioners were then tried and moderately punished.
