Student
NESEH
Director Shmuel Elmaleh
Israel
Runtime 14:23
Completion Date: February 1, 2023
Mickey’s son is getting married today – at the winery that he himself has owned and cherished for decades. For 24 years Mickey has preserved a special barrel of wine to open for this occasion. But minutes before the ceremony, the rabbi who is the kosher supervisor at the winery witnesses a non-Jew touching the wine, thus rendering it “Neseh” – forbidden to all Jews. Mickey wants to serve the wine anyway (who’s to know?), but the rabbi is going to make damn sure it doesn’t leave the cellar.
ONE LOOK FROM ABOVE
Director Nati Avital
Israel
Runtime 14:23
Completion Date: March 15, 2023
A woman entering the mikveh (ritual bath) for the final stage of her conversion to Judaism objects to psychologically abusive behavior from one of the supervising rabbis.
Letting Go
Director Ori Krichly
Israel
Runtime 13:13
Completion Date: January 10, 2023
A child finds a novel but dangerous way to escape the savage fighting between his divorcing parents.
NOT WITH US
Director Elyasif Barad
Israel
Runtime 10:03
Completion Date: March 5, 2023
In the eyes of his soldiers and other peers in the army, Elyasif is a charismatic clown. But during his service, Elyasif witnessed a suicide that traumatized him, and he is now seeking psychological support. Elyasif plans to come clean to his ex-army buddies at their annual barbecue.
SUPERSTAR
Director Brit Magari
Israel
Runtime 19:23
Completion Date: June 15, 2023
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 how alone she is and how she will have to build some firmer foundations to her life.
LIFE AFTER DEATH
Director Yinnon Weil
Israel
Runtime 11:10
Completion Date: February 25, 2022
Daniel lost his older brother in a car accident. At school, the Israeli memorial day ceremony for fallen soldiers and terror attack victims (Yom HaZikaron) is coming up, and Daniel attempts to find a space for his grieving among the children who have lost siblings in a wartime context
GOD CHILD
Director Daniel Dahan
Israel
Runtime 16:59
Completion Date: March 1, 2022
In a neglected house, a boy whose mother is coping with mental illness demands a cure from God. But the depression has its own divine source, and the boy struggles to keep his balance and his faith as begins the painful process of growing up.
GIRL No. 60427
Director Shulamit Lifshitz
Israel
Runtime 21:52
Completion Date: June 1, 2022
Tel Aviv, 1998, summer vacation. Reut finds and reads her grandmother's secret notebook from the Holocaust. Grandma's story resonates in Reut's well-developed imagination, and the fun week in Tel Aviv with Grandpa and Grandma turns into something else entirely.
Hot Pot
Director Qian Sun
China
Runtime 22:28
Completion Date:October 5, 2023
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the country was in danger. The Queen invited seven dignitaries for a hot pot feast, which appeared peaceful but concealed an undercurrent...
Meir
Director Yoel Darwish
Israel
Runtime 24:17
Completion Date:June 1, 2023
“Meir" is a heartwarming drama about a shoemaker who runs a family business with his two brothers. When the neighboring night club causes trouble for their shop, Meir's brothers want to sell the business to the club owners. Meir, however, refuses to let go of his family's legacy and does everything he can to prevent the deal from taking place. As tensions rise, Meir must navigate the complexities of family, tradition, and community to keep his life's work alive.
Experimental
Your laugh
Director Babak Radmehr
Germany
Runtime 4:07
Completion Date:November 30, 2023
Bam-pou-ki-itsu
Director Sachiyo Kaneko
Japan
Runtime 3:41
Completion Date: April 26, 2024
Bam-pou-ki-its is a 禅語(zengo), Zen terms, which meaning is :
The one is whole as it is.
The individual exists in the whole and the whole contained in the individual.
There are many complicated things in the world or in our minds. Joy, difficulties, sadness etc.
Hercules Recycled 2.0
Directors Don Moriarty, Greg Alt
United States
Runtime 01:19:00
Completion Date:July 1, 2020
“IF Da VINCI MADE A FILM, THIS WOULDN’T BE IT.” Combining the cheesiest parts of 9 epic “Sword and Sandal” movies (including “Hercules”, “Hercules Unchained, and “Last Days of Pompeii”), Hercules Recycled 2.0 is an insane, redubbed hybrid comedy/adventure set in a future where the power’s run out and the world has collapsed into primal chaos.
Chengzi_1
Director Zongsheng Fu
China
Runtime 04:08:45
Completion Date: May 16, 2023
A girl from countryside has strong lust to become an internet celebrity and experiences ups and downs in the world of We-media. She desires to gain more fame and fortune online in order to achieve class crossing and change her own destiny. In this journey of seeking fame and fortune, she didn't even realize she was under the control of her fans and public opinion. After all this, she ended up everything and looking for her redemption.
Billowing
Director Amanda Grace Monteith
United States
Runtime 4:43
Completion Date:
Inspired by the grandiose nature of classic romances and delicately designed surrealist paintings, Billowing is a depiction of yearning for what you cannot have; an imperfect love story where one party is vacant, oblivious to the aching longing of their paramour. This documents a journey with an unsatisfying resolution - to remain in this constant state of longing, alone.
DesHabitar
Director Elisa Rosso
Italy
Runtime 3:49
Completion Date: December 13, 2023
Beginning and end. Past, present and future. The eternal return.
This project is the result of long and heartfelt research, which took place externally as well as internally.
Digging, collecting, putting the pieces together.
Asking questions, looking for answers.
CREATURE
Directors Nevena Nikolova, Petar Gerzilov
Bulgaria
Runtime 7:25
Completion Date: August 22, 2023
beyond the concepts of monstruous and devine a reverse creation explored
The Eternal Recurrence
Director Zeb Haradon
United States
Runtime 01:20:22
Completion Date: December 7, 2023
A surreal film exploring a man’s bizarre dreams and his boring professional and domestic life, made with AI tools