Almost Friends
Dir. Nitzan Ofir and Barak Heymann
Samar, an Arab girl from Lod, and Linor, a Jewish settler who lived in Gush Katif, forge an instant connection online; when the two girls finally meet, their families enter into a profound and complex experience.
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Anywhere Else
Dir. Ester Amrami
When Jorg goes out of town for a few days, Noa takes the opportunity to spontaneously fly back to Israel, determined this trip will do her good! Her lovable but dysfuntional family can't keep old conflicts from arising, however, and soon her homeland begins to feel like the Berlin she sought to escape.
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Apples from the Desert
Dir. Arik Lubetzky and Matti Harari
Rebecca Abravanel is the only daughter of an Orthodox family living in Jerusalem. Unhappy with her strict upbringing, Rebecca secretly opens herself to the secular world, with unexpected consequences - both for her family and herself.
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Dancing Arabs
Dir. Eran Riklis
First love, school bullies, British New Wave... and SCUD missiles. This bittersweet 1980s coming-of-age drama by the director of The Syrian Bride and Lemon Tree adapts two autobiographical novels by popular Israeli-Arab writer Sayed Kashua.
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The Decent One
Dir. Vanessa Lapa
Through previously undiscovered private letters, photos, and diaries that were found in Heinrich Himmler's home in 1945, The Decent One gives unique, and at times uncomfortable, access to the life and mind of the "Architect of the Final Solution."
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The Dove Flyer
Dir. Nissim Dayan
Based on the autobiographical blockbuster novel by Eli Amir, this sweeping epic recalls a lost and cherished time when over 125,000 Jews lived in Iraq. We follow the teenager Kabi as he navigates the final years of the community's existence in Iraq, before their expulsion and resettlement to 1950s Israel.
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East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem
Dir. Erez Miller and Henrique Cymerman
Legendary singer-songwriter David Broza journeys to East Jerusalem to record his latest album with Israeli, Palestinian, and American musicians.
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The Farewell Party
Dir. Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon
A group at a Jerusalem retirement home builds a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, the creators are faced with an emotional dilemma.
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Fragile
Dir. Vidi Bilu
Jerusalem 1966 - The year before the Six Day War, after which everything will change forver. A small family lives in a quirky, but somewhat boring, regular life in the center of the city. On day, the apparent peace and serenity of their house is violated.
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Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem
Dir. Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz
Vivian has been applying to the rabbinical court for a divorce for three years. Her husband continually refuses. In Israel, where neither civil marriage nor civil divorce exist, only an Orthodox rabbi can legalize a union or its dissolution with consent from the husband.
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The Go-Go Boys
Dir. Hilla Medalia
The inside story of two Israeli-born cousin, Menachem Golan and Yoram Globus, who in pursuit of the American Dream turned the Hollywood power structure upside down, producing over 300 films and forming Cannon - at its apex, the most powerful independent film company in the world.
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Invisibles
Dir. Mushon Salmona
From the director of Vasermil comes the story of Raid, a young Bedouin recently discharged from the army. Despite all his problems he tries to fulfill his dream of taking over the family's herd of sheep. While minding the herd, he meets Nofar, his cousin's Jewish girlfriend.
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Magic Men
Dir. Guy Nattiv and Erez Tadmor
In the latest feature from the directors of Mabul, A Matter of Size, and Strangers, a Greek-born atheist and his estranged Hasidic rapper son travel from Israel to Greece searching for the magician who saved his father's life in World War II.
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The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Dir. Asaf Galay
This film uncovers a previously unknown and eccentric chapter in Isaac Bashevis Singer's life: in the mid 1960s he established an army of female translators - more than forty women - who helped spread his work. He was inspired by their presence, and often fell in love with them. For the first time, we hear their voices.
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Next to Her
Dir. Asaf Korman
Chelli is raising her mentally disabled sister Gabby all by herself. When the social worker discovers she leaves her sister alone in the house while at work, Chelli is forced to place her in a day-care center and the void left by her sister's absence makes room for a man in her life.
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The Polgar Variant
Dir. Yossi Aviram
The story of three Hungarian-Jewish sisters who were raised int he 1970s Communist Budapest to be chess masters. The Polgar sisters did not choose to become heroines of this story. It was their father who, driven by his educational vision, determined their destiny before they were even born.
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Sallah Shabati
Dir. Ephraim Kishon
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sallah Shabati - on of the most outrageous, beloved, and enduring artifacts of Israeli cinema - with a presentation of a newly restored print. This hilarious portrayal of immigrants in Israel was the first Israeli film to be nominated for an Oscar.
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