Intimate Grammar
A dysfunctional family and delayed puberty make life miserable for a pre-adolescent growing up in Jerusalem in the 1960’s. The film, an adaptation of David Grossman’s “The Book of Intimate Grammar”, shows our hero, Aharon Kleinfeld (Roee Elsberg), striving to…
Dusk
In the tradition of 21 Grams and Crash, writer-director Alon Zingman skillfully interweaves four stories. Three of them begin at dawn: a young woman (Rotem Zussman) returning from Peru is met by her father (Shmil Ben Ari) at Ben Gurion…
Dolphin Boy
Morad lived in an Arab village in the north of Israel. He was socially popular, loved by his family, an athlete and a good student. One night, in the fall of 2006, he is beaten cruelly by his classmates, who…
Torn
Can one be a Catholic priest and an observant Jew at the same time? 12 years after he was ordained as a Polish Catholic priest, Romuald Waszkinel discovers that he was born to Jewish parents, and that his name was…
Restoration
When his business partner of many years dies suddenly, Yaakov Fidelman (Sasson Gabai) realizes his antique furniture restoration shop is on the verge of bankruptcy. Fidelman’s son (Nevo Kimhi), who doesn’t get along with his father, wants to close the…
Barbie Blues
When Mika (Meyrav Feldman), a suburban teenager, finds a disturbing creature in her pool, she asks her new friendly neighbor Gershon (Dvir Benedek) for help. The two end up spending the afternoon together by the pool, but what starts off…
My Australia
In a poor neighborhood in 1960’s Lodz, Poland, 10-year-old Tadek (Jakub Wróblewski) and his brother (Lukasz Sikora) are in a gang with a strong anti-Semitic bent. When they are arrested, their mother (Aleksandra Poplawska), a Holocaust survivor, has no choice…
My Lovely Sister
This modern day tale of Moroccan Jewish superstitions follows a love triangle between Rahma (Evelin Hagoel), her rude husband, Robert (Moshe Ivgy), and the ghost of her beautiful sister, Marie (Reymonde Amsallem), who died from the pain of banishment. Rahma,…
Melting Away
This heartfelt drama follows the story of a family drawn into crisis after the parents discover their child (Hen Yanni) is secretly a cross-dresser and kick him out of the house. Years later, when the father (Ami Weinberg) is dying…
The Flood (Mabul)
Everything is complicated in Yoni’s life. He’s almost 13 and smart, but physically underdeveloped. His classmates bully him and his parents barely say a word to each other. As if this weren’t enough, his 17-year-old autistic brother Tomer returns home…
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