Alon Abutbul

Cuando el anciano Meyer Lansky es investigado por última vez por los federales que sospechan que ha escondido millones de dólares durante medio siglo, el gángster retirado cuenta una historia vertiginosa que revela la verdad no contada sobre su vida como el notorio jefe de Murder Inc. y el Sindicato Nacional del Crimen.

In 1999, after a 23-year absence, gifted musician Ahuva Ozeri is planning a comeback. She's recording a new album - The Bells are Ringing. Ahuva, considered the queen of the Middle Eastern music, sits at home and makes a living as a cook at a meat restaurant. She hopes to break out again with the new album. But at the end of the recording, she is diagnosed with throat cancer and undergoes surgery where her vocal cords are cut. She loses her voice forever, but the album is very successful. It managed to cross audiences and becomes a consensus. This film is based on rare never before-seen materials, sketching her life's course.

The days are wartime in southern Israel. It is the beginning of the Jewish year, according to Jewish religious law, ten days of repentance are the days of asking forgiveness. Nissan an Orthodox Jew, feels that he will not be able to continue his life unless he receives forgiveness from his friend Shaul.

An existential comedy about a neurotic film director whose fears of failure, death and losing control all surface on the night his new film is released - a hysterical unforgettable night at least for him his band of eccentric friends.

Veinte años antes del espectáculo de Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu ya entendía los beneficios políticos de una relación tóxica con los medios de comunicación y la comunicación directa con el público. El rey Bibi explora el ascenso de Netanyahu al poder, basándose únicamente en imágenes de archivo de sus actuaciones en los medios a lo largo de los años: desde sus días como un popular experto invitado en la televisión estadounidense,a través de su confesión pública de adulterio y su dominio del arte de las redes sociales. De un estudio a otro, "Bibi" evolucionó de la gran esperanza política de Israel, a una figura controvertida a quien algunos perciben como el salvador de Israel, y otros, como un político cínico que no se detendrá ante nada para retener su poder.

Eli is a teenager struggling with an eating disorder, and every aspect of his life is on the brink of disaster. He lives in a seedy neighborhood in Southern Tel Aviv with his mother and her new husband, two ex-junkies, while his alcoholic father is an unemployed artist and street philosopher. Eli's desperate efforts to unite his family spin out of control, when a minor family dispute erupts into a cataclysmic tragedy.

Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm) es uno de los diplomáticos más importantes de Estados Unidos que abandonó el Líbano en la década de los 70 tras un trágico incidente. Diez años más tarde, la CIA lo llama de vuelta a un Beirut devastado por la guerra con una misión que sólo él puede cumplir. Mientras tanto, una agente de la CIA (Rosamund Pike) que trabaja encubierta en la embajada estadounidense tiene la tarea de mantener a Skiles con vida y asegurar que la misión sea un éxito. Sin saber quién está de su lado y con vidas en juego, Skiles debe superar todos los obstáculos para exponer la verdad.

Boyka es un luchador de boxeo que se encuentra en mitad de una importante liga. Durante la competición se produce una muerte lo que hace que empiece a replantearse verdaderamente lo que merece la pena este deporte. Cuando descubre que la mujer del fallecido se encuentra en serios problemas, decide luchar una serie de batallas para poder liberarla de la servidumbre.

Sarah, a morose harpist in the Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra, is married to Abraham, the charismatic conductor of the group. They have no children. When Hagar, a young horn player from East Jerusalem joins the Orchestra, Sarah's world erupts. A unique friendship evolves between the two women. Hagar, feeling Sarah’s pain from not having children, offers to have a baby for Sarah. Ismail, born to Hagar and Abraham, is a wild and gifted pianist whom Sarah raises as her own. When Ismail discovers the true identity of his mother, his world – and that of those around him – falls apart. Harmonia maintains the unique essence of the biblical story from Genesis and adds a personal and human perspective.

En un mundo gobernado por la injusticia y el caos, aparece la figura del presidente de los Estados Unidos que junto a su portavoz Trumbull, liderarán una lucha interna por las libertades de todos los americanos. Sin embargo, se producirá un intento de derrocamiento por parte de fuerzas espías para acabar con el primer ministro inglés. Esto podría significar un intento de eliminar la paz mundial a toda costa. Para ello el presidente contará con la inestimable ayuda de su guardaespaldas. Mike Benning agente secreto del MI6 liderará una contención para intentar acabar con esta revolución. Benning no estará sólo ya que volverá a encontrar apoyo de Trumbull, especializado en técnicas paramilitares.

Narra la historia de una próspera familia judía que tuvo que abandonar la Irán del Sha de Persia tras la llegada de los integristas religiosos de la Revolución de Jomeini.

IS THAT YOU? Is the story of RONNIE, 60 year old Israeli film projectionist, who has been fired from his job and is going now to the U.S. in a search for RACHEL, the love of his youth IS THAT YOU? Is a romantic, road trip journey to 'The Road Not Taken' in life created by Award Winning filmmaker Dani Menkin (HBO Cinemax-39 Pounds of Love, Je Taime, I Love You Terminal, Dolphin Boy).

At the end of a lengthy relationship, Michal, 33, returns to her parents' small, cramped apartment in Herzliya, a sleepy, bourgeois suburb. Michal is a young, promising director, who should be devoting her time to writing a screenplay, but instead shuts herself up in her room, frustrated, and spends most of her time sleeping. Things change when Michal meets Zeev - the principal of the local high school, a 50 year old married man, and falls in love. The forbidden passion and stormy emotions that develop between Michal and Zeev reminiscent of first love. Unaware, Michal becomes a teenager all over again. But this time, contrary to her earlier adolescence, Michal rebels. The apartment, too small to contain two parents and a 30 year old teenager, is transformed into a pressure cooker teeming with conflict. Can Michal commit, give her all and fulfill her love and passion? Or is she too attached to the fantasy youth that she has created to break away? Perhaps she is just too busy rebelling?

A young officer returns to his base after a daring mission. The cook's assistant, a religious Holocaust survivor, is envious of him. He believes that there is a place in heaven reserved for the brave officer who endangers his life for the sake of his Jewish brethren. The officer, in the spirit of the Zionist ethos, is secular and a non-believer. At the moment, he is so hungry that, for a plate of shaksuka, he is prepared to sign a contract transferring his secured place in heaven to the cook. Some forty years later, the present time of the movie, the tables have turned - the officer, now a retired general, is on his death bed in the hospital. His son who, to his father's horror, has found religion, is in a race against time. Before his father dies, he has to find that cook's assistant who, forty years earlier, bought his place in heaven. If and when he finds him, the son has to nullify the contract. If he doesn't, his father will go to hell.

Hace ocho años que Batman desapareció, dejando de ser un héroe para convertirse en un fugitivo. Al asumir la culpa por la muerte del fiscal del distrito Harvey Dent, el Caballero Oscuro decidió sacrificarlo todo por lo que consideraba, al igual que el Comisario Gordon, un bien mayor. La mentira funciona durante un tiempo, ya que la actividad criminal de la ciudad de Gotham se ve aplacada gracias a la dura Ley Dent. Pero todo cambia con la llegada de una astuta gata ladrona que pretende llevar a cabo un misterioso plan. Sin embargo, mucho más peligrosa es la aparición en escena de Bane, un terrorista enmascarado cuyos despiadados planes obligan a Bruce a regresar de su voluntario exilio.

The Dealers tells the story of Rami and Avishay, 27 years old friends that share an apartment in a small Jerusalem neighborhood. They spend their days smoking and playing in a soccer team with other losers, which its coach Zvika is determined to take the "Jerusalem neighborhood cup" with. In need for money they get entangled in a drug deal with Sagi, a local gangster, which forces them to learn the hard way about taking responsibility, loyalty, and friendship. The movie is a humorous view of the colorful, multi culture, unique and somehow funny Israeli society.

A working-class guy meets the beautiful model from the billboard. But a few more people are involved. Here, the guy is married and his daughter has a crush on the weatherman. The weatherman wants to marry the cosmetics queen from the billboards. The cosmetics queen kind of likes the guy's sidekick. The sidekick kind of likes the guy's daughter, although she's in high school and the age difference would raise anyone's eyebrows.

Roger Ferris es el mejor hombre de la CIA. Las misiones que le encargan lo llevan desde Oriente Medio a Washington. Cada uno de sus pasos depende de una voz al otro lado de una línea telefónica segura: la del veterano de la CIA Ed Hoffman, responsable de las operaciones de la Agencia en todo Oriente Medio. Trabajando desde un móvil en su confortable casa, Hoffman sigue la pista de un líder terrorista que ha dirigido una campaña de bombardeos eludiendo a la red de inteligencia más sofisticada del mundo. Para sacar a los terroristas de su madriguera, Ferris tendrá que entrar en su turbio mundo. Adaptación de la novela "Body of Lies", de David Ignatius, antiguo columnista de asuntos internacionales del diario "The Washington Post".

A story of Bruriah from Talmud is shown as in present time...

Israel, 1991. Toda la familia Ohaion llora la muerte de uno de los suyos. Fieles a la tradición, los allegados se reunen en la casa del difunto para recogerse allí durante siete días. Mientras cada uno se adapta a las costumbres, la convivencia se vuelve cada vez más pesada. Forzados a soportarse día y noche, hermanos y hermanas no tardan en dejar la amargura y las disputas ganar por la mano al recogimiento. La atmósfera se vuelve pronto irrespirable y las verdades enterradas desde hace tiempo salen por fin a flote.

A successful lawyer, who has traumatic memories from his army service, is testifying against his best friend from his unit. His wife, a social-worker, is trying to save a poor family named Siton. The couple's life collapses when the wife get raped by a gang.

At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings -- as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing -- accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life.

BEAUFORT tells the story of LIRAZ LIBERTI, the 22 year-old outpost commander, and his troops in the months before Israel pulled out of Lebanon. This is not a story of war, but of retreat. This is a story with no enemy, only an amorphous entity that drops bombs from the skies while terrified young soldiers must find a way to carry out their mission until their very last minutes on that mountaintop.

Debbie, a young belly dancer, her dangerous yet charming lover, a criminal, and a dance club owner tell the story about love and crimes, friendship and betrayal.

he film tells the story of two brothers from a poor neighbourhood in Tel Aviv where almost all the residents are of Iraqi descent. Avi lives with his domineering and manipulative grandmother. The return of Roni, Avi's elder brother from Europe, awakens old demons as Roni, a compulsive gambler, stakes all on the football games of Avi's beloved team, Bnei Yehuda. Avi has to choose whether to remain pure and risk losing everything, or sully his hands in order to save his world. A charming and at times hilarious look at the Mizrahi subculture of soccer-worship.

Cuenta la historia de Nadav, de 13 años, que se enamora de su atractiva tía Nina. Como si ser adolescente no fuera suficiente, Nadav tiene que hacer frente a su familia rota, al divorcio de sus padres, su padre moribundo y su temperamental madre, así como al haberse encaprichado de Nina... que tiene sus propios problemas que resolver. Catalogada como una "comedia muy triste", "Las tragedias de Nina" ganó 11 Premios (un récord) de la Academia de Cine Israelí y fue la candidata Israelí a la Mejor Película Extranjera a los Oscar.

Narra la historia de Rudy Cafmeyer -Jean-Claude Van Damme-, un tipo acostumbrado a vivir en la línea de peligro, ya sea blanqueando dinero en Bruselas o robando artefactos privados a las mafias rusas. Su padre, un eminente arqueólogo le explica que ha descubierto un manuscrito antiguo, el único capítulo perdido de un libro sagrado que perteneció a una de las sectas más misteriosas de Israel, la orden de la unidad divina.

A stylish Israeli crime comedy, Mars Turkey tells the story of Reuven, a police captain in charge of protecting Shimon, the last remaining witness in a trial against crime-lord Patrick Sarusi. Seeing as how Patrick has managed to get to all the other witnesses, Reuven is so desperate to keep Shimon alive that he assigns himself to watch-duty, with the intention of never letting Shimon out of his sight. But as the trial draws near, events start spinning out of control when, in an act of desperation, Reuven sends his sexually frustrated mistress, Aya, to plant a bug in Patrick's apartment. Encouraged by Patrick's neighbor, Aya decides to confront Reuven about his sexual inadequacy and his vain promises to her about leaving his wife, just as Patrick slips out of house-arrest. Will Reuven be able to keep his mind on the job while his love life melts down in front of his eyes?

Renowned Israeli filmmaker and actress Michal Bat-Adam produced, wrote, and directed this intriguing tale of romantic obsession in present-day Tel Aviv. The beautiful Michal Zuaratz stars as a young female photographer infatuated with a stranger whose image she accidentally captures on film.

A drama about four malcontent and oddly matched characters on a three-day journey. Each an outcast: Gadi, a petty criminal on parole seeking to make his way back into mainstream society; Yitzhak, his pensive, naive, and serious younger brother; Shoshana, a serious criminal who insists on tormenting the group; and a young, pregnant, Russian immigrant who has left her husband an meets up with the other three in a coffee shop. The characters together define their obvious marginalization from society and their search for individual dignity.

Israeli short films mini-series.

In the midst of a war between Venice and Genoa, Marco Polo, a citizen of Venice, is imprisoned by the inquisition and is charged with heresy.

A hilarious fantasy about "an almost normal guy who almost reached the blue planet," this 1995 cult classic drew sell-out crowds to Israeli movie houses for over six years. It's a cosmic comedy will take you through the wild beyond on an amazing journey to a thoroughly unexpected place!

On the evening of Passover dinner holiday ,a family gathering reveals the delicate relationships between parents, brothers,sisters, husbands and wives. Secrets and lies force them to understand how fragile everything is.

Mark, un antiguo miembro de las fuerzas especiales, es testigo junto a su mujer y su pequeño hijo del secuestro del avión en el que van a viajar. Los terroristas consiguen capturar varios rehenes entre los viajeros, entre ellos la mujer de Mark.

Beirut, 1983. Un barracón de marines estadounidenses es bombardeado y todo parece indicar que sus ocupantes han perecido. El gobierno americano asume sus bajas. Entre ellas, la del joven capitán Craig Brandt. Chris, su hermano gemelo, estrella del equipo de baloncesto de su instituto, siente que su hermano no ha muerto y por las noches, tiene terribles pesadillas en las que puede verlo retenido por terroristas libaneses. El joven, impotente ante la falta de noticias y la aparente inmovilidad del gobierno,decide desplazarse por su cuenta hasta Beirut para tratar de encontrar a Craig. Grandes dosis de acción.

Directed by Amit Goren.

This is a story of a relationship between three men: Amin, a Palestinian nationalist; Joseph, an Israeli peacenik; and Colonel Shalit, a right-wing Israeli intelligence officer.

A few Palestinian guerilla's break into an Israeli camp in the occupied territories. They kill a few Israeli soldiers before they are killed, apart from one who dies in the camp after being captured alive. The Israeli military dispatch an investigator to the camp to see if there was cold blooded murder (people at the camp had claimed he was shot while trying to escape). It turns out that the investigator dispatched is a friend of the camp commander - the rest of the plot is basically about the position of both of these characters as regards being honest or faithful to ones friends. There is unbearable tension, increased by the fact that they are both very strongly attracted to one of the female soldiers on the camp.

A former prostitute and her reformed convict boyfriend try to make a new start in life. They begin to refurbish a derelict building close to the sea, but people from their past come back to haunt them.

Cuando descubre que el coronel Trautman ha caído en manos soviéticas en Afganistán, Rambo regresa al servicio para intentar liberar a su amigo. Después de contactar a la resistencia afgana, entra en la zona sitiada por las tropas enemigas…

Enrike, a young Israeli boarding-school student, falls in love with Malka, the most popular girl in his class. Malka tires of their relationship and takes up with Shalom, Enrike's best friend.

The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.

After the death of their mother, Thomas and his sister Mariana leave their hometown for a brighter future in the city. They become patrons of a marginal bar in Tel Aviv, Bar 51, whose regulars serve as a backdrop for Thomas’s obsessive love for his sister, and her desire to break free and make a life of her own.

A story about a young fisherman Avi who doesn't lose his optimism even during the most difficult times.

Can Fear be a self fulfilling prophecy? A husband, a wife and their best friend return from a ski vacation. The husband suspects that his wife has fallen in love with the friend. He confronts his friend rather than his wife. The friend dismisses the accusation. Is he lying? and if not, how will these doubts affect him, and will he view the wife differently from now on? And the wife: Is she indeed in love? if so, will she do something about it? If not, will she sense the suspicions around her? could she not? And the husband: should he discover that he was wrong, would he be able to stop that which he had begun with mere words? An anxiety that settled in the mind of one, takes over his life and rocks the lives of two