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- DirectorEytan FoxStarsLior AshkenaziKnut BergerCaroline PetersFollowing the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.
- DirectorUdi AloniStarsTamer NafarSamar QuptySalwa NakkaraSet against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
- DirectorEyal HalfonStarsMoshe IvgyDetlev BuckNorman IssaThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict has lasted 100 years. 100 years of war, bloodshed, bitterness, suffering. 100 years of stalemate, intransigence and failed peace deals. And now, it's all over! They've finally found the solution: A game of soccer. The winner gets to stay. The loser leaves forever. And no whining.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsOhad KnollerYousef 'Joe' SweidDaniella Wircer"The Bubble" is the story of a group of young people who live in Tel Aviv, Israel. The movie follows the group's difficulties of living in Israel's reality. Their routine breaks when a young Palestinian man enters their lives.
- DirectorElad KeidanStarsItay TiranUri KlauznerMichaela EshetA story of two men in the old part of Haifa. Both are walking up and down the mountain in opposing directions. This setting provides a philosophical panorama on the condition of the individual, society, loyalty, identity, and life in general.
- DirectorElad KeidanStarsIlan HazanMaya GasnerAlbert CohenAmnon goes up and down the hill in search of fresh milk. After obtaining it, he notices he left his wallet at the convenience store. This leads to his unexpected declaration, and to a dramatic explanation behind his wish to obtain milk.
- DirectorTomer HeymannStarsTomer HeymannZvi HeymannAndreas MerkSeventy years after his grandfather escapes from Nazi Germany to Palestine, Israeli documentary director Tomer Heymann returns to the country of his ancestors to present his film "Paper Dolls" at the Berlin International Film Festival, and there meets a man who will change his life. This 48-hour love affair, originating in Berghain Panorama Bar, develops into a significant relationship between Tomer and Andreas Merk, a German dancer. When Andreas decides to move to Tel-Aviv, he not only has to cope with a new partner, but to manage the complex realities of life in Israel and his personal connection to it as a German citizen. Tomer's mother, descendant of German immigrants was born and lived all her life in a small Israeli village, where she raised five sons. One by one, she watches her children leave the country she and her family helped to build, and now cannot help but try to influence the life of Tomer, the one son who remains. I SHOT MY LOVE tells a personal but universal love story and follows the triangular relationship between Tomer, his German boyfriend, and his intensely Israeli mother.
- DirectorYair AgmonStarsAshraf BarhomShmuel EdelmanCarlos GharzuziOccupation and creation; a story deconstructing reality, telling a tale about a different Middle East. In an alternative reality the Palestinian army is the occupier, and Palestinian directors make films to deal with their own trauma.
- DirectorRifqi AssafStarsAshraf BarhomFatina LailaMazen MoadamRadi, an isolated mysterious guy, who lives in his old VW minivan, finds himself starting an interesting journey.
- DirectorRama BurshteinStarsNoa KolerAmos TamamOz ZehaviWhen her fiancé bows out on the eve of her wedding, Michal refuses to cancel the wedding arrangements. An Orthodox Jew, she insists that God will supply her a husband. As the clock ticks down.
- DirectorYariv MozerAn untold side of the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict: gay Palestinians - Louie, Abdu and Fares - are hiding in Tel Aviv, and until they escape, they must remain 'the invisible men'.
- DirectorMaysaloun HamoudStarsMouna HawaSana JammeliehShaden KanbouraThree Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.
- DirectorHadas Ben AroyaStarsHadas Ben AroyaYonatan Bar-OrNetser CharittJoy can't let go of her ex, but doesn't seem to be able to fall for the new guy. In the meantime she keeps having casual sex with strangers.
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsGabi BeniashvillySamuel CalderonHelena CherkasovOne day in April, Caesar and Israel learn of the death of their friend Goldman's father. They intend to go to the funeral but since they do not know the burial place, they miss the burial.
- DirectorMor LoushyStarsAmos OzCENSORED VOICES combines raw original recordings of Israeli soldiers recounting their fears and doubts following Israel's 1967 Six-Day War, using archival newsreel footage as a stark reminder of how far the region remains from peace.
- DirectorEitan AnnerStarsEvgenia DodinaAvi KushnirOksana KorostyshevskayaChen, a young kid, is battling a cultural conflict between his Russian born mother and Israeli father. She is cultured and used to the finer things in life, including theater and fine dining. He is gruff on the outside but sweet on the inside - a Sabra; and looking to make his young son a man rather than the wimp his mother is raising. One day, Chen stumbles upon a ballroom dance class for young people and sees Natalie, a stunning Russian young girl he falls in love with immediately. His interest in Natalie leads him to taking ballroom dancing and to ultimately bridging the cultural divide of his own family - through the Cha Cha and the Tango. The teachers are a pair of former Russian world champions who never quite fulfilled their potential, but find themselves battling their demons through the instructions of the kids.
- DirectorHaim TabakmanStarsZohar StraussRan Khalil DankerTinkerbellA married, Orthodox, Jerusalem butcher and Jewish father of four falls in love with his handsome, 22-year-old male apprentice, triggering the suspicions of his wife and the disapproval of his Orthodox community.
- DirectorYuval DelshadStarsNavid NegahbanAsher AvrahamiDavid DiaanThe son of a family of Iranian farmers in Israel rebels against his strong-willed father.
- DirectorShemi ZarhinStarsAssi LevyRotem AbuhabLevana FinkelsteinAviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to Oded, an accomplished novelist. Immediately recognizing Aviva's talent, Oded takes her under his wing, promising to help her achieve greatness. But the journey to greatness effects her life and the lives of her family - her unemployed husband, her trouble children, her unstable mother, and primarily her sister, a funny and sensitive woman who have her own dreams. When Aviva discovers that Oded has other plans for her work, her world collapses.
- DirectorShemi ZarhinStarsOshri CohenArieh EliasEsti ZakheimThe new math teacher and new school principal discover the 16-year-old underachiever failing classes is really a genius, and the kid's own family's too busy relying on him to mend family fences to notice his brilliance either.
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsNeta GartyLiraz CharhiAure AtikaAs a family from India moves in to a desert neighborhood in Southern Israel in the 1960's, the family's eldest, beautiful daughter discovers friendship and romance with the lovely local French girl. The film also explores the hardships and surprises that come with the integration of multiple families from different ethnic backgrounds (from the diaspora) and their struggle with immigration and prejudice.
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsTawfeek BarhomRazi GabareenYaël AbecassisA Palestinian-Israeli boy named Eyad is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem, where he struggles with issues of language, culture, and identity.
- DirectorShimon DotanA look at how Israeli prisons have become the breeding ground for the next generation of Palestinian leaders as well as the birth place of future terrorist threats.
- DirectorRonit ElkabetzShlomi ElkabetzStarsRonit ElkabetzMoshe IvgyYaël AbecassisWhen one of the brothers (Ohayn) dies, all the whole family comes for Shiva (Jewish tradition,when the family sits seven days at the home after the death one of their family). A large family with a lot of problems and conflicts between them.
- DirectorRonit ElkabetzShlomi ElkabetzStarsRonit ElkabetzSimon AbkarianGilbert MelkiThe story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.