Izrael, 2013. l 107 minutaRedatelj: Reshef LeviScenarij: Reshef Levi, Regev LevyUloge: Patrick Stewart, Sasson Gabai, Moni Moshonov, Moshe Ivgy

Jonathan je pametan 12 godišnjak – možda i prepametan jer ga svi zadirkuju u školi, čak i nastavnici. Njegov najbolji prijatelj na svijetu je otac Daniel. Jed-noga dana Daniel stradava na poslu a banka odbija prihvatiti odgovornost za to. Jonathan se iznenada suočava s gubitkom oca i pokušava spriječiti majku da padne u zagrljaj krivoga čovjeka u želji da izbjegne gubitak kuće. Uz pomoć mrzovoljnog djeda, djedovoga prijatelja i ekscentričnog englesk-og lorda Jonathan smisli ludi plan koji će spasiti njegovu obitelj i istovre-meno poravnati račune s ljigavim bivšim šefom svoga oca: njih četvorica će opljačkati banku!

Izrael, 2013. l 110 minutaRedatelj: Aharon Keshales, Navot PapushadoScenarij: Aharon Keshales, Navot PapushadoUloge: Guy Adler, Lior Ashkenazi, Dvir Benedek

Djevojčica nestaje u šumi i uskoro je pronađena mrtva kao posljednja žrtva u seriji strašnih ubojstava djece, koja haraju gradom. Nezadovoljni policajac je potpuno siguran da zna tko je odgovoran a ta osoba je plašljivi i društveno neprilagođeni učitelj. Policajac s dvojicom kolega brutalno pretuče učitelja u nadi da će od njega izvući priznanje ali plan se izjalovi i video sa školskim primjerom policijske brutalnosti se proširi Izraelom što policajca stoji posla. Sada nikakva pravila više ne vrijede.

Izrael, 2012. l 87 minutaRedatelj: Roi WernerScenarij: Roi Werner, Yaron BrovinskyUloge: Yaron Brovinsky, Keren Berger

U gradu u kojem je sve moguće, mladić susreće djevojku u baru. Odluče provesti noć zajedno te odlaze u njen stan ali ne mogu pronaći parkirno mjes-to. Počinje potraga za nemogućim – parkirnim mjestom u urbanoj džungli, mjestom za auto i mjestom za srce.

Njihovi naizgled neobavezni, komični razgovori su odraz današnje gener-acije tridesetogodišnjaka u velikim gradovima: nikad zadovoljni, uvijek traže nešto drugo, uvijek se nadajući da će to pronaći ali bez obveza.

Izrael/Njemačka/Poljska, 2012. l 90 minuta Redatelj: Evgeny RumanScenarij: Dita Guery, Eitan LondnerUloge: Clil Arbel, Avinoam Mor Chaim, Dorin Kaspi

Kada jedanaestogodišnji Igor s ocem ornitologom Peterom svjedoči izli-jeganju ždrala, Igor krsti tek izleženog Karla i zaklinje se da će ga čuvati. Uživajući u prilici da bolje upozna oca, kojeg rijetko viđa od rastave, Igor je razumljivo uzrujan kada mu majka kaže da je odlučila emigrirati u Izrael a Peter odbija da dječak ostane s njim u Rusiji. Nailazi na probleme u prilagod-bi novom životu u izraelskoj školi, te nalazi utjehu u praćenju migracije jata ždralova, koje uključuje i Karla, iz Istočne Europe u Afriku koristeći očevu in-ternetsku stranicu. Kad Igor otkrije da se Karl odvojio od jata udružuje snage sa Peterom da pronađe mladu pticu- iskustvo koje na kraju zbližuje oca i sina.

Izrael/ Francuska 2012. l 40 minutaRedatelj: Michal Breziz, Oded BinnunScenarij: Michal Breziz, Oded Binnun, Tom ShovalUloge: Sarah Adler, Ulrich Thomsen

Thomas Overby je danski glazbeni stručnjak koji posjećuje Izrael u svojstvu suca na pijanističkom natjecanju “Rubinstein”, te vjeruje da je Aya osoba koja ga tamo treba odvesti. Mlada žena mu ne otkriva zabunu i kreće prema njegovu odredištu Jeruzalemu. Za Ayu ova situacija se čini poput ostvarenja dječjeg sna, ali Thomasov introvertiran i izoliran način ophođenja stoji na putu bliskosti za kojom ona žudi.

Izrael, 2013. l 46 minutaRedateljica: Michal ZilbermanScenarij: Michal ZilbermanUloge: Ania Bukstein, Ali Suliman, Yana Goor, Eldad Prives

Iz raznih krajeva svijeta grupa tridesetogodišnjaka vraća se u domovinu Iz-rael kako bi prisustvovali vjenčanju prijatelja. Svi odsjedaju u istom hotelu uz obalu u Netanyi na produženom vikendu. Drama se odvija iza zatvorenih vrata njihovih soba i u slučajnim susretima u hodniku i liftu dok ponovno preispituju svoje veze i želje.

Izrael, 2009. l 59 minutaRedateljica: Zippi Brand FrankUloge: Naina Patel, Doron Mamet-Meged, Gad Levy

Google beba je putovanje kroz tri kontinenta koje priča priču o novonastaloj industriji proizvodnje beba u vremenu globalizacije.

Doron je izraelski hi-tech poduzetnik koji uvodi novu uslugu−proizvodnju trudnoće. Producent trudnoće, kako se sam naziva, pruža klijentima ispla-tivo rješenje koristeći premještanje surogatstva u Indiju kako bi se sman-jili troškovi. Ponuđeni genetski materijal klijenti biraju putem kompjutora; sperma i jajne stanice se kupuju on-line te se brojni embriji proizvode, zam-rzavaju, pakuju i šalju u Indiju gdje se ugrađuju u maternice lokalnih surogat majki.

Izrael, 2012. l 105 minutaRedatelj: Beni ToratiUloge: Uri Gavriel, Dudu Tassa, Nir Levy, Adar Gold, Ishtar, Yigal Adika

Yosef Tawilla je nekoć bio legendarni glazbenik koji je svirao tar u Tirkiznom ansamblu. Uoči praizvedbe Balade o jecajućem proljeća dogodila se strašna automobilska nesreća sa smrtnim posljedicama. Yosef Tawilla je spašen iz uništenog vozila zajedno sa svojom ljubavnicom Margaret i najboljim prijateljem Avramom Mufradijem. Druga dva člana orkestra su poginula a Tawilla koji je vozio, proglašen je krivim i osuđen na nekoliko godina zatvora.

Dvadeset godina kasnije Amram, sin Avrama Mufradija, donosi loše vijesti da njegov otac umire od raka pluća i, prije nego ode s ovog svijeta, želi čuti Baladu o jecajućem proljeću, djelo koje su zajedno skladali.

Izrael, 2010. l 103 minute

Redatelj: Eran RiklisPisci: Abraham B. Jehoshua (roman), Noah Stollman (scenarij) Uloge: Mark Ivanir, Noah Silver, Reymond Amsalem

Film govori o voditelju kadrovske službe u pekari koji nevoljko putuje u istočnu Europu da otpremi tijelo preminule bivše zaposlenice, useljenice u Izrael, njezinoj obitelji kako bi spriječio skandal vezan za odnose s javnošću u tvrtki. Prva polovica filma se događa u Jeruzalemu, gdje je film i sniman, dok je druga polovica snimana u Rumunjskoj.

“Voditelj kadrovske službe” je osvojio “Ophir” nagradu za najbolji film, režiju, scenarij, sporednu žensku ulogu i soundtrack.

Izrael, 2011., dokumentarni film l 72 minuteRedateljica i producentica: Ronit Kertsner

Je li moguće biti katolički svećenik i pobožni Židov u isto vrijeme?

12 godina nakon što je zaređen kao poljski katolički svećenik, Romuald Wasz-kinel ustanovio je da je rođen od židovskih roditelja i da mu je pravo ime Jacob Weksler.

Film prati njegovo zapanjujuće putovanje; od služenja mise u crkvi u Poljs-koj do života pobožnog Židova u religioznom kibucu u Izraelu. Romuald je rastrgan između dva identiteta, između Romualda Waszkinela i Jacoba Wek-slera. Nije u stanju odreći se niti jednoga i zato je odbačen od obiju vjera i od Države Izrael. Od njega se traži da izabere.

Izrael, 2012. l 112 minutaRedatelj: Avi NesherScenarij: Avi Nesher i Shaanan StreetUloge: Adir Miller, Ori Hizkiah, Yehuda Levi, Yuval Scharf, Efrat Gosh

Inspiriran istinitom pričom, novi film Čuda redatelja Avija Neshera kombinira žanrove, raspoloženja i utjecaje – sve od film noir-a do Alice u zemlji čudesa – s ciljem stvaranja jedinstvenog i neodoljivog filma koji miješa misterij, ko-mediju, psihološki triler, političku intrigu i romansu.

Priča je usmjerena na Arnava, crtača grafita i barmena koji živi u blizini je-ruzalemskog starog grada. Noseći masku on slika noću po zidovima i nada se da će mu se Vax, negova bivša djevojka koja je nedavno postala pobožna, vratiti. Kada Arnav vidi tajanstvenog stranca kojega su tri bradata čovjeka na silu zatvorila u napušteni stan preko puta, postane upleten s istražiteljem, prekrasnom tajanstvenom ženom i zbunjenim, misterioznim zatočenikom.

Izrael, 2012. l 30 minutaRedatelj: Leon PrudovskyScenarij: Leon PrudovskyUloge: Ola Schur Selektar, Gera Sandler, Rosa Lifshitz

Radnja filma događa se 1991. god, početkom masovnog židovskog usljeničkog vala iz Sovjetskog Saveza u Izrael. 12-godišnji Miša kamerom snima obiteljsko putovanje.

Traumatično iskustvo useljenja pojača se do apsurdinih proporcija kada stara teta umre u avionu, neposredno prije slijetanja u zemju njihovih predaka. Obitelj mora proći kroz različite stupnjeve birokracije pri uvozu mrtvaca.

Upotrebljavajući svoj veliki talent za komično, redatelj Leon Prudovsky, koji je i sam doselio u Izrael iz SSSR-a, nosi se sa svojim vlastitim traumama useljenja.

Izrael, 2012. god.l 88 minutaRedatelj: Danny ReisfeldScenarij: Danny Reisfeld Uloge: Ze’ev Revach, Limor Schmila, Jevgenij Orlov, Meital Gal, Shachar Smith, Mor Salmon

Mirno Galilejsko jezero je pozadina ovoj priči o nasilju, nadi i preporodu mladog čovjeka i o ljudima koji ga vole.

U devedesetim godinama 20. stoljeća milijun Židova doselilo je u Izrael. Ti useljenici sanjali su bolju budućnost ali su često bili odbačeni od lokalnog stanovništva koje je bilo sumnjičavo prema došljacima. Dok su mnogi prigrlili izraelski način života, ostali su postali gnjevni i zatvorili su se u ruska geta. Ta geta postala su plodno tlo za stvaranje samo-mrzećih židovskih skinheadsa.

Bijela pantera je priča o Alexu, mladom ruskom useljeniku čija obitelj se raspadne nakon što mu otac pogine u izraelskoj vojsci. U ime osvete Aleks se pridruži bandi skinsa koje vodi njegov stariji brat.

Izrael, 2010. l 50 minutaRedatelj: Avi WeissbleiIstraživanje: Gil Weissblei

Jednoga petka poslije podne prije više od 60 godina u malenoj dvorani u Tel Avivu dogodilo se posebno okupljanje. Kratka ceremonija koja je trajala samo 32 minute završila je rođenjem sićušne države nazvane Izrael.

Država iza scene je „posljednja šansa“ da se prikaže što se događalo iza scene 14. svibnja 1948. godine a što je dovelo do potpisivanja Deklaracije neovisnosti i rezultiralo u stvaranju nacionalne države židovskog naroda.

Gledatelj upoznaje svjedoke ceremonije koji ponovo oživljavaju događaj otkrivajući rijetke dokumente i izbljedjele fotografije koje opisuju trenutke koji su stvorili povijest i imaju utjecaja na Izrael i danas.

Izrael, 2012. l 93 minuteRedatelj: Eliav LiltiProducent: Arik Bernstein

Izrael: kućno kino isprepliće zapanjujuće kućne filmske uratke iz ranih godina postojanja Izraela sve do kasnih sedamdesetih s ciljem da predstavi kritički pogled na povijest židovske države. Pokazujući rođenje jednog i pro-tjerivanje drugog naroda, film predstavlja razvoj izraelskoga društva u prvih 30 godina države. Slike pripovijedaju povijest iz kompleksne cionističke per-spektive, otkrivajući izraelsku zamršenu prošlost.

Tijekom zadnjeg desetljeća prikupljene su stotine sati filmova koje su snimili amateri s jedinim ciljem da dokumentiraju najvažnije trenutke u životima svojih obitelji.Pretraživanjem zaključanih ladica, podruma i zatrpanih tavana kolutovi originalnih 8 mm, 16 mm i super 8 filmova su spašeni; svi oni pričaju priču o Izraelu iz ranog 20. stoljeća.

Izrael, 2012. l 90 minutaRedatelj: Yanai Goz i Yoni ZicholtzScenarij: Yanai Goz i Yoni ZicholtzUloge: Guy Loel, Roni Hadar, Pini Tavger, Shalom Shmuelov

Lily je u potrazi za junakom svoga novoga romana.

Kada pronađe Ninu, romantičnog uličnog slikara, odluči ga zavesti i pretvoriti u junaka svoje knjige, bez njegova znanja.

Upoznaje njegova najboljeg prijatelja Fredija, ultra ortodoksnog Židova i gej drag umjetnika , koji je Ninova muza na isti način kao što je Nino Lilina. Lily vidi Fredija kao prijetnju i shvaća da mora natjerati Ninu da ga se odrekne.Situacija se preokrene kada Nino otkrije njezine prave motive a Lily ustanovi da se zaljubljuje u njega, ovoga puta za ozbiljno.

Hrvatska, 2013. l 30 minutaDokumentarni program Hrvatske televizijeRedatelj: Miro BrankovićScenarij: Miro Branković

Više tisućljeća povijesti smjestilo se u Izraelu. Sveto je to mjesto za vjernike, kroz povijesti mjesto ratova, trgovine… Danas je Izrael moderna zemlja, turistička destinacija. Ovaj je film impresija Izraela kroz sedmodnevno put-ovanje od sjevera do juga, u kojem su spojena tri mora.

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Israel, 2013 l 107 minutesDirector: Reshef LeviScreenplay: Reshef Levi, Regev LevyCast: Patrick Stewart, Sasson Gabai, Moni Moshonov, Moshe Ivgy

Jonathan is a bright 12 year-old-perhaps too bright, since everyone picks on him at school, including his teachers. His closest friend in the world is his fa-ther, Daniel. The two of them meet up every day after school when Jonathan visits Daniel during his working hours at the bank. One day, Daniel is involved in a fatal accident at work and the bank refuses to take responsibility for it. Suddenly, Jonathan is forced to cope with losing his father, while preventing his clueless mother from falling into the arms of the wrong man in order to save them from losing their house.

With the help of his cranky grandfather Eliyahu and Eliyahu’s wily friend Nick, and a disgraced, eccentric British lord, Jonathan comes up with a crazy plan that will help save his family while getting even with his father’s sleazy former boss: the four of them are going to rob the bank!

HUNTING ELEPHANTS

Israel, 2013 l 110 minutesDirectors: Aharon Keshales, Navot PapushadoScreenplay: Aharon Keshales, Navot PapushadoCast: Guy Adler, Lior Ashkenazi, Dvir Benedek

A young girl goes missing in the woods. She’s soon found dead, the latest vic-tim in a string of terrible child murders plaguing the town. A disgruntled vig-ilante policeman is absolutely certain that he knows who is responsible, and that person-of-more-than-interest is a timid and socially awkward school-teacher. The policeman and two of his colleagues savagely beat the teacher hoping to get a confession out of him, but that plan backfires spectacularly and a viral video of the ultimate example of decidedly un-civic police brutal-ity tears across Israel, costing him his job. Now, all bets are off.

BIG BAD WOLVES

Israel, 2013 l 110 minutesDirector: Roi WernerScreenplay: Roi Werner, Yaron BrovinskyCast: Yaron Brovinsky, Keren Berger

In a city, where everything is possible, a guy meets a girl at a bar. They decide to spend the night together and head back to the girl’s home but – they can’t find a parking space.

They embark on a search for the impossible – a parking space in the urban jungle, a place for the car and a place for the heart.

Their seemingly casual, comical conversations are a reflection of today’s 30+ generation in the big cities: never satisfied, always looking for something else, always hoping to find but failing to commit.

2NIGHT

Israel/Germany/Poland, 2012 l 90 min Director: Evgeny RumanScreenplay: Dita Guery, Eitan LondnerCast: Clil Arbel, Avinoam Mor Chaim, Dorin Kaspi

When eleven-year-old Igor witnesses the birth of a crane along with his or-nithologist father Peter, Igor christens the hatchling Karl and vows to watch over him. Relishing this opportunity to get to know his father, whom he has hardly seen since his parents divorced, Igor is understandably upset when his mother tells him that she has decided to emigrate to Israel, and Peter refuses to let the boy stay with him in Russia. Having difficulty adjusting to life in his new Israeli school, Igor finds solace in tracking the migration of a flock of cranes − including Karl − from Eastern Europe to Africa using his father’s website. When Igor discovers that Karl has become separated from the flock, he joins forces with Peter to find the young bird − an experience which fi-nally brings the estranged father and son closer together.

IGOR & THE CRANES’ JOURNEY

Israel/ France 2012 l 40 minutesDirectors: Michal Breziz, Oded BinnunScreenplay: Michal Breziz, Oded Binnun, Tom ShovalCast: Sarah Adler, Ulrich Thomsen

Thomas Overby, who is a Danish music researcher visiting Israel as a judge for the Rubinstein Piano Competition, believes Aya to be his assigned driver.The young woman does not reveal the mix-up and mischievously sets off with him for his destination - Jerusalem.For Aya this “outside of life” situation seems like the realization of a childhood dream, but Thomas’ introverted and detached way of socializing hinders the proximity she is longing for.

AYA

Israel, 2013 l 46 minutesDirector: Michal ZilbermanScreenplay: Michal ZilbermanCast: Ania Bukstein, Ali Suliman, Yana Goor, Eldad Prives From around the world, a group of thirty somethings return to their home-land of Israel to attend a mutual friend’s wedding. They all stay at the same Tel Aviv beach side hotel for a long weekend. The drama unfolds behind the closed doors of their rooms and in their chance encounters with each other in the hallway and elevator, as they reexamine their relationships and desires.

EVERYWHERE BUT HERE

Israel, 2009, documentary l 59 minutesDirector: Zippi Brand FrankCast: Naina Patel, Doron Mamet-Meged, Gad Levy

Google Baby is a journey across three continents telling the story of the up and coming baby production industry in the age of globalization. Doron, an Israeli entrepreneur with a high-tech background proposes a new service − Pregnancy producing. The pregnancy producer (as he introduces himself) provides customers with a cost effective solution using outsourcing of the surrogacy element to India as a way to lower prices. The preferred genetic material is selected by the clients from their computer: sperm and eggs are purchased on-line and multiple embryos are produced, frozen, packed and shipped by air to India - where they are implanted into the wombs of local surrogates.

GOOGLE BABY

Israel, 2012 l 105 minutesDirector: Beni ToratiCast: Uri Gavriel, Dudu Tassa, Nir Levy, Adar Gold, Ishtar, Yigal Adika

Yosef Tavilla was once the legendary tar player for “The Turquoise Ensemble”. On the opening night of The Weeping Spring Ballad, a lethal car crash took place. Yosef Tavilla was rescued alive out of the wrecked vehicle, along with his lover Margaret and his best friend Avram Mufradi. Two other band members were killed and Tavilla, who had been behind the wheel, was found guilty, and sentenced to several years in jail.

Twenty years later Amram, Avram Mufradi’s son, bears bad news to Tavilla: his father is dying of lung cancer and wishes to hear The Weeping Spring-time Ballad, the piece they both composed, before he leaves to meet his maker.

THE BALLAD OF THE WEEPING SPRING

Israel, 2010 l 103 minutesDirector: Eran RiklisWriters: Abraham B. Jehoshua (novel), Noah Stollman (screenplay) Cast: Mark Ivanir, Noah Silver, Reymond Amsalem

The film tells the story of a bakery’s human-resources manager who reluc-tantly travels to Eastern Europe to bring the body of a deceased former em-ployee, a recent immigrant to Israel, back to her family, in order to prevent a public-relations disaster for his company. The first half of the film is set in, and was filmed in, Jerusalem, while the second half was filmed in Romania.

The Human Resources Manager won five Ophir Awards, for Best Film, Di-rector, Screenplay, Supporting Actress (Rosina Kambus) and Soundtrack.

THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

Israel, 2011, documentary l 72 minutesDirector and producer : Ronit Kertsner

Can one be a Catholic priest and an Observant Jew at the same time?

12 years after he was ordained as a Polish Catholic priest, Romuald Waszkinel discovers that he was born to Jewish parents, and that his name was Jacob Weksler.

The film follows his amazing journey: from conducting mass in a church in Poland to life as an observant Jew in a religious kibbutz in Israel. Romuald is torn between two identities, between being Romuald Waszkinel or Jacob Weksler. He is unable to renounce either, and therefore is rejected by both religions and the state of Israel. He is required to choose.

TORN

Israel, 2012 l 112 minutesDirector: Avi NesherScreenplay: Avi Nesher i Shaanan StreetCast: Adir Miller, Ori Hizkiah, Yehuda Levi, Yuval Scharf, Efrat Gosh

Inspired by a true story, Avi Nesher’s new film The Wonders combines genres, moods and influences – everything from film noir to Alice in Won-derland – to create a unique and compelling movie that mixes mystery, comedy, psychological thriller, political intrigue and romance.

The story focuses on Arnav, a graffiti artist and bartender, who lives near the Old City of Jerusalem. Wearing a mask, he paints walls at night and hopes that Vax, his former girlfriend who recently “found religion,” will come back to him. But when Arnav sees a mysterious stranger forced into an abandoned apartment across the way by three bearded men, he becomes involved with a hard-boiled investigator, a gorgeous mystery woman, and the conflicted, mysterious captive himself.

THE WONDERS

Israel, 2012 l 30 minutesDirector: Leon PrudovskyScreenplay: Leon PrudovskyCast: Ola Schur Selektar, Gera Sandler, Rosa Lifshitz

The year is 1991, the beginning of the massive Jewish immigration wave from the USSR to Israel. 12 years old Misha is documenting his family’s jour-ney on a home-video camera. The already traumatic immigration experience is enhanced up to absurd proportions, when the family’s old aunt dies on the plane just before they reach the land of their ancestors. Now, the family will have to go through various levels of bureaucracy with an immigrating corpse. Using his great comic talent, director Leon Prudovsky, who immi-grated to Israel from the USSR, is coping with his own immigration traumas.

WELCOME AND… OUR CONDOLENCES

Israel, 2012 l 88 minutesDirector: Danny ReisfeldScreenplay: Danny Reisfeld Cast: Ze’ev Revach, Limor Schmila, Jevgenij Orlov, Meital Gal, Shachar Smith, Mor Salmon

The deceivingly peaceful Sea of Galilee is the backdrop for this story of vio-lence, hope and the rebirth of a young man and of the people who love him.

In the 1990’s a million Jews from the USSR arrived in Israel. These immigrants dreamed of a better future but were often shunned by the local population who were suspicious of the newcomers. While many of the immigrants em-braced the Israeli lifestyle, others became angry and shut themselves off in self-made Russian ghettoes. These ghettoes were fertile ground for the cre-ation of self-hating Jewish skinheads.

White Panther is the story of Alex, a young Russian immigrant, whose family falls apart after his father dies while serving in the Israeli army. In retaliation Alex joins a skinheads’ gang led by his older brother.

WHITE PANTHER

Israel, 2010, 2010, documentary l 50 minutesDirector: Avi WeissbleiResearch: Gil Weissblei

On a Friday afternoon more than sixty years ago, a special gathering took place in a small hall in Tel Aviv. The brief ceremony, lasting only 32 minutes, concluded with the birth of a tiny state called Israel.

A State Behind the Scenes is a ‘last chance’ opportunity to see the back-stage events of May 14th, 1948 which lead to the signing of the Declaration of Independence resulting in the creation of the nation-state for the Jewish people.

The viewer gets to meet witnesses of the ceremony who recreate the event by revealing rare documents and fading photographs depicting the mo-ments that made history then and influence Israel now.

A STATE BEHIND THE SCENES

Israel 2012, documentary l 93 minutesDirector: Eliav LiltiProducer: Arik Bernstein

Israel: A Home Movie weaves together stunning home movie footage from the early years of Israel up until the late 70’s, to offer a critical look at the history of the Jewish state. Showing the birth of one nation and the exile of another, the film goes on to capture the development of Israeli society within the first 30 years of the country. The images recount history from a complex Zionist perspective, revealing Israel’s tangled past.

Over the last decade, hundreds of hours of home movie footage have been gathered, captured by amateur photographers for the sole purpose of docu-menting the most important moments in their families’ lives. Searching through locked drawers, dilapidated cellars, and cluttered attics, reels upon reels of original 8 mm, 16 mm and Super 8 film have been salvaged; all tell the story of Israel from the early part of the 20th century.

ISRAEL: A HOME MOVIE

Israel, 2012 l 90 minutesDirectors: Yanai Goz i Yoni ZicholtzScreenplay: Yanai Goz i Yoni ZicholtzCast: Guy Loel, Roni Hadar, Pini Tavger, Shalom Shmuelov

Lily is looking for a hero for her new novel.

When she finds Nino, a romantic street artist, she decides to seduce him and turn him into the subject of her book - without him knowing it.

She meets Nino’s close friend Freddy, an ultra-orthodox Jew and a gay drag artist, who is Nino’s muse in the same way that Nino is Lily’s. Lily sees Freddy as a threat to her manipulation of Nino and realizes she must make Nino give him up. However, the tables begin to turn on Lily when Nino uncovers her true motives, and when she finds herself falling for Nino, this time for real.

SLOWER THAN A HEARTBEAT

Croatia, 2013, documentary l 30 minutesDocumentary program of the Croatian TelevisionDirector: Miro BrankovićScreenplay: Miro Branković

Thousands of years of history found its place in Israel. It is a holy place for pilgrims, through history a place of wars, trade... Israel is today a modern country, a tourist destination. This film is an impression of Israel during a 7-day journey from north to south, connecting three seas.

ISRAEL - A COUNTRY ON THREE SEAS

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