8th Day of Khamsin
A hypnotic, multi-layered documentary in which personal memory collides with literature. Blending unseen 1950s archival footage with present-day reflections, it traces the exile of a cult Polish writer in Israel, where a man becomes a shadow of himself, of his nation, and his legend turned a ghost.
A Year
Does the role of a parent end when a child dies? Year depicts the honest attempts of a father whose child has died to cope with the emotional confusion brought on by the most devastating pain experienced in his life.
Ada Sereni: The Lady In The Black Dress
Who was Ada Sereni, "The Lady in the Black Dress"? Ada was the only woman to command the secret intelligence organization HaMossad Le'Aliyah Bet, but she was marginalized and forgotten from the pages of history.
Adaptation to Darkness
Dr. Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen – a brilliant pioneer in psychiatry, a mysterious spy, charming conman, and notorious hypnotist, left a trail of deceit before becoming the only Jew ever convicted as a Nazi war criminal.
Another One Like Me
On the first day of school, a chance encounter between two girls sparks a surprising chain of events. An inexplicable resemblance leads to an emotional journey of hope, fear, and intimate documentation. At eighteen, they set out to uncover a long-held secret.
Daytrip
August 2021: International forces withdraw from Afghanistan as the Taliban swiftly takes over, imposing Sharia Law. Four prominent Afghan women, now fugitives, put their faith in an impromptu group of activists devoted to saving their lives as world superpowers retreat.
Flower
A chance meeting between photographer Anna Yam and a young homeless woman known as “Flower” sparks mutual curiosity, leading to a taboo-breaking journey through the dark backyard of Tel Aviv.
Game Changer
Nevet, an autistic filmmaker who learned to communicate with the world through computer games, embarks on a journey of meeting different people in Israel who use gaming to cope with the challenges in their lives.
Girl, Woman
Ella receives a mysterious suitcase with home videos kept secret by her mother, singer Dafna Armony, revealing her father's identity. A family portrait of two women who merge into one.
Hora
Hora reveals the dream of local dance. It is an allegory of Israeli identity, both past and present, through the world of folk dancing, the story of the vision to create a new culture, and the struggle for unity through the feet.
Iman's Boat
Iman, an Iranian refugee and theater teacher, finds balm for his soul at the School of Peace on Lesbos Island. When the school is set on fire, he must decide how to continue his and his students' journey toward healing.
Kichka: Telling Myself
Towards retirement from Bezalel, at the height of his success as a cartoonist and comics artist, Michel Kichka, a member of the second generation, looks at his path and his tragic family story. He attempts to trace the lines linking his personal story to the state of Israeli society today.
Know Hope
Depicting characters leaning on crutches and wrapped in bandages, Know Hope’s murals become a self-fulfilling prophecy as chronic illness forces him to recalibrate and create political and participatory art in Palestine-Israel.
Left Behind
The journey of a boy (14) who deals with his mother's absence while trying to find work in the big city. She returns home once every three years. His loneliness leads him to write diaries.
My Bee Family
For a decade, Adva documents the men in her family. Three generations of beekeepers. Through the changing seasons, they experience uncertainty, anticipation, aging, and death, alongside renewal and a profound connection to nature, their homeland, and one another.
Naomi Polani: Last Dance and Farewell
At 96, former renowned Israeli director Naomi Polani races against time. Confined to a wheelchair, she strives to complete her final choreography for an elderly women's dance troupe. Will her passion prevail, or will old age overpower her?
Necropolis
In a city where death is present at every corner, Necropolis dives underground on a vivid cinematic journey - between hard labor and sacred work, technology and tradition, resurrection and eternal war.
Orna and Ella
Tel Aviv’s iconic restaurant "Orna and Ella" closes after twenty-six years. Director Tomer Heymann captures its final week and the complex friendship of Orna and Ella, two groundbreaking women who shaped the city’s culinary landscape.
Out At Six
Can a woman's murder by her partner be foreseen? The story of a 17-year-old girl from a good home who enters a relationship and starts moving away from her family and friends is interwoven into an 8-stage model that predicts her way to the end, but she gets out at stage six.
Return
Over a decade of silence ends with the return of the director to her ultra-orthodox house. A hidden family archive reveals a forbidden form of life, nothing like the one she once knew.
Shooting
A war recreated for filming leads to the fleeing of a village; weapons are planted in a Palestinian family's home to stage an action scene; and a props man with PTSD deals with moral trauma. The trilogy examines how militarism (also) corrupts cinema.
Sun Bay
Shadowed by the grand hotels of Eilat lies a hidden trailer park known as “Sun Bay.” Against the site's uncertainty, three of its residents attempt to settle the tension between their current loneliness and the lives they left behind.
The First Lady
Fearing for her life, Israeli transgender pioneer Efrat Tilma fled the country as a teenager. Now in her seventies and a celebrated activist, she must fight for her freedom once again as the country spirals into political and social regression.
The Jewish Connection
In the summer of 1970, Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky flees to Israel seeking refuge. His notorious presence triggers a media storm, forcing Prime Minister Golda Meir to choose between granting him citizenship or deportation.
The Rovina legacy
The story of the Rovina dynasty: legendary actress of the Hebrew Theatre, Hanna Rovina, her daughter, acclaimed singer Ilana Rovina. Through rare archives, the film explores their beauty, complexity, and the difficult choices that shaped their lives.
