Two Jewish boys and two Muslim boys are sharing a room at a boarding school in Jerusalem. All are 16 years old . David, from an orthodox Jewish home, wants to give up religion. Mohammad, a...
Sometimes you have to leave in order to come back. You have to forget in order to remember. Chezi goes to his deceased parents' house the day before the bulldozers will raze it to the ground. It is...
Yochai, a melancholic bachelor in his 30’s, avoids living life. Beyond taking care of the most minimal chores, he avoids engaging with life by distracting himself with meaningless activities for most...
Seventeen year old Oz is a teenager whose father passed away a while back. An only son, he has developed a close and caring relationship with his mother, Abigail. Then one evening Abigail invites her...
In a world without rain, an artistic couple discovers that they have the power to create water. The man’s special powers challenge the couple’s relationship.
A psychological and emotional journey that takes place in the interiors and exteriors of the city of Jerusalem. The film's young protagonist searches for his inner voice while the world around him...
An evil spirit descends on my small, warm family. My father became a religious Jew. My mother converted to Christianity. My sister is married to a non-Jew and my father rejects her and the family. I...
Tali, a student and substitute mother to her little brother, has an exceptionally beautiful voice, and a talent for performing. In the religious world however, singing in public by women is...
Raised in an Orthodox Jewish family, Liam came out as transgender while he was serving as a woman soldier in the IDF. In this film, which includes his private videos documenting some of the most...
*Adult Subject Matter Ohad, who is studying in the special "Hesder" program for orthodox soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, experiences profound loneliness while he conceals from others that he...
Through paint, camera, words, art, dream and fantasy this young artist explores how the images that lurk in the corners of our minds can frighten and destabilize us. When these are brought into light...
Shirley, a 23 year old blogger, spends months in hospital waiting for a new heart. While she waits, she learns about the meaning of getting and giving.
Nitzan and her mother Miriam find themselves at a junkyard searching for Nitzan's late father's car. Nitzan sold the car without permission so that her mother could begin to move forward with her...
Itai is a newly recruited combat soldier. After his training he arrives at his unit where he meets Asher, a senior combat soldier who is in charge of educating the rookie soldiers. Asher will do...
The Heart of the Desert. Two brothers decide to go on a snap line in the dessert, on their mother's memorial day. The presence of their father, who is waiting for them at the bottom of the hill, is...
In yeshiva, when you’re hungry eat. When you’re tired sleep. If you’re not hungry or tired, you sit and study Talmud. If you’re not studying, what are you doing here? What happens when you get stuck...
Aaron decides to stay behind at the Yeshiva one weekend, when all his friends have left to go home. He is surprised by the arrival of his father, with whom he has had no contact for some time. The...
Aya, a social worker in her twenties, volunteers at an "at risk" teenage mobile unit in the city center. One night, she accidentally gets drawn into a gang of youths and their night time activities.
After 10 year old Eden overhears a terrible fight between her parents and sees her father walk out, she runs away from home and spends the night alone in the forest.
A multiple prizewinner and directed by "Srugim" creator Laizy Shapira, "Eicha" is the story of religious girl whose unusual name, Eicha, (the Hebrew title of the Biblical scroll of Lamentations)...
The hero of this comedy is Elisha, a dedicated and gentle army social worker who would do anything for his soldiers. But after being repeatedly lied to and made a fool of, he decides to change his...
Eyal returns home from a trip to India. While traveling he has made the decision to become religiously observant. Initially he delays revealing this to his family but soon he can no longer hide it...
Twelve-year-old Roni is sent by her mother to a weight-loss summer camp for fat children - the "Full of Life" camp. Roni, who is angry and rebellious, would normally find solace in the swimming pool...
My special needs brother Elad is now 19. My parents are finding it harder and harder to take care of him, but as they begin to look for sheltered accommodation for him, they begin to realize how...
The special relationship between an elderly father and his Down syndrome son breaks down when the father's memory begins to fail due to the onset of Alzheimer disease. The collapse of their stable...
Tamar, a well adjusted 17-year old from a happy home, is raped at the religious girls' high school where she is a student. She becomes withdrawn and hostile, mystifying her parents who assume that...
Keren arrives at the hospital where her father lies dying. Their relationship has been full of conflict and there has been no communication between them for years. Sitting by the bedside, Keren feels...
Liat, a young woman from a traditional home, seeks independence and a new identity while she fixes up her rooftop apartment in Jerusalem. Liat has left home partly to distance herself from the heavy...
Matan's Bar Mitzva is two days away, the day he will become a man. For the past few months he was been disturbed by erotic dreams. Matters are made worse when Matan turns to a website for advice.
After separating from her violent partner, Liron finds herself pregnant by him - with triplets. The film follows her through her first year of single parenthood as she struggles with exhaustion,...
After Carmel has caused a car accident that has left her friend Hannah permanently disabled, she makes the dramatic decision to fast on Yom Kippur despite having type 1 diabetes. Will putting her own...
A shy 36 year old man lives together with his charismatic and elderly father in a small apartment. Together they pursue a religious, frugal way of life and rarely seek the company of others. But the...
Thirteen year old Naomi is one of a group of girls who one evening, break into the local swimming pool as a prank. But their adventure will force her to come to terms with how far she is prepared to...
Odelle, a girl who belongs to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish “Burqa” sect in Jerusalem, encounters Oz - a secular guy riding a scooter who almost runs her over. This leads to an interaction between the...
Nitzan, a young girl who feels out of step with her life, wants nothing to do with anyone. After behaving badly during an event at high school, she boards a bus and wishes only to be left alone for...
Mika’s boyfriend Nati puts an end to the relationship when Mika proposes marriage. Mika moves back home and becomes addicted to the ATARI video game still sitting in her childhood bedroom. But going...
In the pre-state Palestine of 1947, Eliav, who has changed his identity in order to escape the nightmare of the murder of his entire family in the Holcaust, is a commander in the underground...
During the Sabbath, 12-year-old Noa discovers that her parents are planning to divorce. In order to try and prevent this, and to protect her younger brother, Noa takes dramatic action which in the...
Eighteen-year-old Noah is religious and torn between two worlds: his militaristic group of friends in the settlement where he lives and the rock band in which he is a drummer. When he gets a callup...
Bilbi's whole world exists between her job at a convenience store, her small apartment above the laundromat across the street, and her boyfriend. But an unexpected turn of events makes her understand...
Yael, a 25 year old young woman raised on a religious Moshav, yearns for her own piece of land. Her father meanwhile, has been waiting for years for the oldest son Eli, to come home and take over...
A revealing portrait of the head of an orthodox family still searching for religious identity and of his daughter, the director who is rediscovering him.
Esther and Rachel are living in a shelter for ultra-orthodox women who have gotten pregnant before marriage. A special bond is forged between the two women, one of whom is extrovert and one of whom...
Stav, newly married, is about fly abroad with her husband for the mountain trek of his dreams. When she breaks her foot a week before they are due to leave, the couple must settle for a much less...
Benzi is a 13 year old boy who is due to read segments of his dead brother's diary at the memorial ceremony. But Benzi loses the diary beforehand and is at a loss as to what to do.
Kobi has joined the army despite his parents' opposition. He returns to his home in the hills of Samaria for Shabbat just before he is to be given the award for Outstanding Soldier at an upcoming IDF...
Esther's father was a gravedigger who in his last will and testament left only one significant request: that one of his sons continue with his profession. None of his sons has the slightest interest...
The story of three daughters of rabbis, directed by the daughter of a rabbi. The four women have chosen a different path than that of their parents. Now they face inner dilemmas, communal censure and...
David is the owner of a ranch in a remote settlement that will soon be evacuated by the army. He has already experienced eviction from the Sinai in 1982, and this time he has decided to give in...
Yaeli, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish young woman, carries a terrible secret that may destroy all her chances of future happiness. David, a brilliant and eligible yeshiva student, seems interested in...
The film follows the experiences of a group of "at risk" Jerusalem teenagers, who as part of the Martef drama therapy program are asked to interview the last surviving witnesses of the 1961 Eichmann...
Sarah, a 23-year-old ultra-Orthodox young woman, goes out on her fourth date with Yossi, a loving and sensitive yeshiva student. But Sara has a big secret she’s about to reveal.
Michael, a dreamy ,sensitive 13 year old, is named after his uncle who fell in the Yom Kippur War. On the morning of Memorial Day he travels with his father and elder brother to Jerusalem, to...
Tahel, a religious young girl, undergoes laser treatment for the first time ever, on intimate areas of her body. Her response, visceral and unexpected, confronts those who work in the clinic and...
Batel, an Orthodox, sheltered young woman doing her National Service as an assistant at a girl's high school, volunteers to supervise Noya, one of its most troubled students, on a school trip. Noya,...
Benny Haneman the director takes up his camera to explore the triangle of love, hope, despair, jealousy, loyalty and trust that exists between him, his father and his older brother Gidi, who has a...
Shmuel and Hannah are ultra-Orthodox Jewish newlyweds. But the sexual inexperience of both young people means that Shmuel's passion for his wife is full of fear, and the relationship is unconsummated...
I developed gynecomastia (breast enlargement) a year before my Bar-Mitzvah. I was ashamed of my un-male body and spoke to my parents to try and understand what could be done. My pediatrician sent me...
Yisrael was born into a loving American ultra-Orthodox Jewish family from Jerusalem. As he grew up and discovered that he was attracted to both men and women, everything changed. Yisrael’s parents...
Yotam is a ten year old boy from Jerusalem who is trying with all his might to take care of his divorced and emotionally fragile mother. In a moment of crisis he flees to his father's new home and...
