Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
A tongue-in-cheek look at the high-pitched celebrations swirling around Israel’s 50th Anniversary. This film walks the line between fact and fiction in a delightful and thought provoking examination of contemporary Israeli society.
The Galilee Eskimos
When bankrupt kibbutz members abandon their homes, shockingly leaving their elderly parents behind to fend for themselves, the old folks remaining manage to fight off the bank creditors and try to rebuild the lives that they once knew. Stars – Dvir…
A Matter of Size
Told with a blend of Israeli humor and beautiful Japanese-influenced cinematography, “A Matter of Size” sheds new light on the universal underdog story. When an unassuming dishwasher discovers that his life-long obesity makes him an ideal sumo candidate, he recruits…
Like A Fish Out Of The Water
A romantic comedy about Marcelo (Esteban Gottfried), a new immigrant from Argentina, and Anat (Tal Lifshitz), his Hebrew teacher at the Raanana Absorption Center, who is trying to help him improve his Israeli accent.
Love Hurts
Luke (Dana Modan) is the sexy host of a TV food show and appears to be a tough, cynical, young woman. She comes home to find her boyfriend (Ohad Knoller) has moved out. Her best friend’s advice is to sleep…
She’s Got It
In this lighthearted comedy, Malka (Dorit Bar-Or) the seamstress, living in a dusty, desert town, turns her world upside down as she simultaneously battles her greedy boss for better wages and also manages to foil a bank robbery.
Noodle
Take one beautiful, lonely El Al stewardess (Mili Avital) and one motherless Chinese boy (BaoQi Chen), put them together and come up with a tender, comic story of love lost and found.
Two Minutes From Faradis
A precocious Israeli teen-ager unsuccessfully tries to rebel against her ultra-liberal parents by dating an Arab-Israeli who is the son of their family maid. Cast: Efrat Baumwald, Uri Omanuti, Nuli Omer, Hesham Sliman, Shmuel Vilozny.
And Then She Arrived
This charming romantic comedy, based on a true story, follows 30-year-old Dan Freilich (Michael Aloni), who has everything he could ever hope for and then some: the perfect job at his father’s law firm, the perfect loving family (Shmuel Vilozni and Miki…
Maktub
Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon, the acclaimed writers and stars behind Israeli TV mega-hits such as Scarred, Asfur, and Ma Bakarish, play partners in crime in this hilarious, politically incorrect caper. Maktub means fate, and certainly the destiny of these…
