Gil Alkabetz

This 22nd edition comprises 10 films -- nine recent, along with one restored classic -- which deal with both the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are inventive, their tone ranges from the whimsical to the profound; their techniques, from stop-motion to hand-drawn to computer-aided.

"It's hard to imagine what will be better, it's much easier to think what will be worse." The video for the song by the Israeli songwriter and singer Tonya Gertner was shot by the famous Israeli-German director Gil Alkabets based on his paradoxical and absurd drawings that speak of anxiety and uncertainty in the future.

A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.

A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.

A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.

The sun rises, as it does every morning. But today, it discovers that it is not as welcome as it had hoped to be.

The sun rises, as it does every morning. But today, it discovers that it is not as welcome as it had hoped to be.

5 shorts for kids, about the sky and stars

While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past. This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.

While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past. This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.

While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past. This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.

While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past. This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.

While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past. This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.

The film tells the story of a tree that during the course of the year receives a rather radical pruning of its foliage. In the course of this simple story we go through the four seasons of the year; The transfer from season to season is accentuated by the music, as well as by the change of colors from silent grays of the winter to vivid green in the summer. The comic effect in the film is achieved by the contrast between the lazy and sleepy character of the tree and the active and jumpy character of the barber.

The film tells the story of a tree that during the course of the year receives a rather radical pruning of its foliage. In the course of this simple story we go through the four seasons of the year; The transfer from season to season is accentuated by the music, as well as by the change of colors from silent grays of the winter to vivid green in the summer. The comic effect in the film is achieved by the contrast between the lazy and sleepy character of the tree and the active and jumpy character of the barber.

An animated series for adults starring the signs of the Zodiac. Leo eats his friends, Virgo succumbs to "shopping mall madness", and Taurus has an affair with a giant cow. The readings were done by two New York astrologers (found on the Internet). Believers in astrology will find Lucky Stars as reliable as their favorite horoscopes while scoffing skeptics will have their fun as well. The amusing characters and absurd situations portray astrology as an entertaining game of careers, money, luck and love.

An animated series for adults starring the signs of the Zodiac. Leo eats his friends, Virgo succumbs to "shopping mall madness", and Taurus has an affair with a giant cow. The readings were done by two New York astrologers (found on the Internet). Believers in astrology will find Lucky Stars as reliable as their favorite horoscopes while scoffing skeptics will have their fun as well. The amusing characters and absurd situations portray astrology as an entertaining game of careers, money, luck and love.

An animated series for adults starring the signs of the Zodiac. Leo eats his friends, Virgo succumbs to "shopping mall madness", and Taurus has an affair with a giant cow. The readings were done by two New York astrologers (found on the Internet). Believers in astrology will find Lucky Stars as reliable as their favorite horoscopes while scoffing skeptics will have their fun as well. The amusing characters and absurd situations portray astrology as an entertaining game of careers, money, luck and love.

오늘 암거래 조직에 연루되어 있는 마니에게 보스 로니로부터 임무가 주어진다. 그러나, 일이 자꾸 꼬여만 간다. 마니는 지하철에서 검표원들의 눈을 무의식중에 피하다가 가방을 두고 내린다. 가방에는 20분 뒤 보스에게 가져다 줄 돈 10만 마르크가 들어있다. 마니는 여자친구인 롤라에게 도움을 청한다. 약속 시간내에 돈을 구하지 못하면 마니는 죽을지도 모른다. 롤라는 20분안에 10만 마르크를 구해야 한다. 마니의 목숨을 구해야 한다. 롤라는 달린다. 마니의 삶을 위해, 그녀의 사랑을 위해. 롤라는 은행간부인 아버지에게 돈을 구하려 하고, 마니는 슈퍼를 터는 것이 유일한 해결책이라 생각한다. 롤라가 마니와의 약속장소에 도착했을땐, 슈퍼는 이미 경찰에 둘러싸이고 뒤이어 총성이 들리는데.

Fun short movie about wolf, goat and cabbage.

Fun short movie about wolf, goat and cabbage.

The film examines the case of Yakov L (Yankale), a minor civil servant who one day fails to show up for his job. We will learn more about the hero, his life, childhood and relationship with his mother. And in contrast to the sharp square figures depicting office life, rounded objects from the hero's childhood, we see the image of the conflict between the world of our desires and our responsibilities.

This is about how drugs alter our perception and take the place of normal sensory input.

This is about how drugs alter our perception and take the place of normal sensory input.

This is about how drugs alter our perception and take the place of normal sensory input.

In Israeli director Gil Alkabetz's playful study in contrasts, a white bird and a black monster compete for common territory, but, as they soon find out, it's a zero-sum game.