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…
Fill the Void
After her sister dies in childbirth, an ultra-Orthodox 18-year-old woman (Hadas Yaron) is pressured to call off her engagement in order to marry her late sister’s husband (Yiftach Klein). Refusing him is not an option in this community, where tradition,…
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Soon after she moves from France to Jerusalem with her family, 17-year-old Tal (Agathe Bonitzer) is traumatized by a bomb attack at a cafe. In confusion and sorrow, she writes her feelings down and puts them into a bottle that her…
Out in the Dark
Family loyalties, political tensions, and personal struggles combine in this searing romantic drama. Director Michael Mayer’s compelling and gripping debut film follows the troubled love affair between two men – a Palestinian student (Nicholas Jacob) and an Israeli lawyer (Michael…
Life in Stills
A photo shop owner and and her grandson join forces to save “The Photo House,” the last original photo shop in Israel, and the nearly one million negatives that document the country’s defining moments. Despite the generation gap and many…
By Summer’s End
It is the summer of 1978, a month before the Camp David peace accords, and 7-year-old Maya (Bar Minali) must learn how to read by summer’s end or face being held back a year in school. But this summer is set…
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