Pines 2024
A man returns to the burnt forest where he last saw his brother.
A man returns to the burnt forest where he last saw his brother.
Red Cow is a coming-of-age film that takes place in the days leading up to the assassination of Rabin and depicts the life of Benny, 16, orphaned from mother at birth and the only child of Joshua - a religious, right-wing extremist, in those critical junctures when she is forming her sexual, religious and political awareness.
Nina wants to be the one who completes the Minyan in her father memorial. After her religious mom turns her down she has no choice and invites a stranger from a dating app. when a Christian barge in to the Jewish memorial Nina doesn't blink twice and continues the ceremony.
Forty-five years after he was expelled from his village in the Syrian Golan Heights, Mustafa steals across the Israeli border with the help of a local smuggler. This is a one-way trip for Mustafa, as he contemplates the end of his life.
In Tel Aviv, Yoav receives a visit from Delphine, the girlfriend of Emile, his boyfriend from Paris. Their day together in the city confronts their mutual expectations in the face of a complex Israeli society.
What does it mean to belong to a place, a country? In a south Tel Aviv elementary school, that question is addressed head-on by a fourth-grade class and their teacher. The children are asylum seekers whose families mostly do not have a legal status in Israel, yet learn, sing and play in Hebrew all the while examining their identity and sense of belonging.
Fifty years after Slow Down by Avraham Heffner won a prize at Venice Film Festival, top alumni of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School challenge the 1968 legendary black and white
The story of a private eye named Sammy Molco who discovers his wife has a female lover, showing the struggles and attempts he experiences in order to keep her by his side.
A young gay, neurotic and ex-religious art student goes into a spin with the surprise visit of an eccentric childhood friend.
After facing difficulties with his girlfriend, Uri starts doubting the idea of love. Casual meetings with people from his past teaches him that sometimes growing up means pecking up your roots
18-year-old Anton hangs out with thugs who steal cell phones and blackmail their owners. But when Anton gets a hold of Meitar’s phone, he becomes obsessed with the world she has compulsively recorded.
A lockdown is about to go into effect in a few hours, and nothing scares Niva more than being alone. When she embarks on a search for someone to stay with, the encounters with different people in her life will lead her to an unpredictable choice.
Carmel (17) is asked to convey a message of reconciliation from his best friend Ido's recent ex-girlfriend. When he finds Ido heartbroken and in need of comfort, he clings to the last moments of closeness.
Ron, at 22, still lives with his parents. He barely knows the daylight hours and his nights are divided between his job as editor of wedding videos, chats on the Internet and futuristic fantasies. One night all the elements he toys with converge and, for the first time in his life, Ron is willing to risk an in-person human interaction.
Ellie's got a baby in her belly. Joyful and excited, she goes to the mall to have a routine check-up, in which she discovers there is no heartbeat. Shocked and in pain, wondering around at the mall; Ellie is trying to paint herself a slightly different picture.
Rachel is experiencing a cruel adolescence, both at home and outside of it; her unemployed father unloading his frustration and rage upon his wife and daughter. Rachel attempts to handle her violent father and protect her mother. Defenceless and exhausted, she and her mother try to comfort one another while awaiting some compassion.
Ten year-old Noam is a latchkey child whose parents have temporarily separated. While waiting for his parents to reunite, Noam fulfills a parental role to his sisters, even as he tests his own boundaries in a dangerous children's game. The family’s suspended routine will be shaken once more, when Noam’s mother announces she has important news.
Vika, 12, returns home from her dormitory, to find out that her mother's new baby is being neglected, as was she. In both noble and desperate act, she takes the baby and leave.
An old tape reveals a practical joke that went terribly wrong. The exposure leads to an unexpected search- not only for the prankster, but for the filmmaker himself.