Yoram Alroy
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Self (Archive Footage)
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.
Uzi
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.
Narrator (voice)
Twenty years before the spectacle of Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu already understood the political benefits of a toxic relationship with the media, and direct communication with the public. King Bibi explores Netanyahu's rise to power, relying solely on archival footage of his media performances over the years: from his days as a popular guest expert on American TV, through his public confession of adultery, and his mastery of the art of social media. From one studio to another, "Bibi" evolved from Israel's great political hope, to a controversial figure whom some perceive as Israel's savior, and others - as a cynical politician who will stop at nothing to retain his power.
Yom Tov
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.
Roni Niv
1972년, 레바논 베이루트의 외교관 ‘메이슨’은 부인과 함께 레바논 소년 ‘카림’을 돌본다. 그러던 어느 날, ‘카림’의 형이 뮌헨 참사 주범으로 밝혀지고, 때마침 습격한 그의 형 ‘라미’의 테러로 ‘메이슨’의 부인이 살해되고 만다. 10년 뒤 현재, 테러 사건 이후 폐인이 된 ‘메이슨’은 거절 못 할 제안에 의해, CIA 요원과 테러범의 목숨을 맞바꾸는 사상 초유의 인질 협상 작전에 투입되어 베이루트를 다시 찾는데…
Zourab
‘유리 보이카’는 챔피언 벨트만을 노리는 세계 최고의 파이터. 그는 부다페스트에서 열리는 유럽지부 챔피언십에 나가기 위해 경기를 하던 중 사고로 상대 선수를 죽인다. 이에 죄책감을 느끼며 괴로워하던 보이카는 죽은 선수의 아내를 돕기 위해 위험을 무릅쓰고 러시아로 떠난다. 그러던 중 그녀는 범죄조직에게 팔려가게 되고 보이카는 그녀를 구하기 위해 링에서 위험한 적들과 끊임없이 싸워야만 하는데...
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.
Aamir Barkawi
영국 수상의 장례식 참석을 위해 전 세계 28개국 정상들이 모인 런던, 역사상 가장 철저한 보안 태세가 유지되던 런던 도심 전체에 동시다발적인 테러가 일어나는 가운데, 5개국 정상이 무자비한 테러에 희생되고 미국 대통령이 납치 당하는 초유의 상태가 벌어진다. 적군과 아군을 구분할 수 없는 아비규환 속, 비밀 경호원 마이크 배닝은 MI6과 함께 전세계를 위협하는 정체불명의 세력을 막기 위해 나서는데…
Mohsen
1949년 이란 혁명이 일어나며 서구식 근대화 정책을 추진하던 정권이 무너지자, 이슬람 종교 지도자와 그의 혁명 수비대가 나라를 통치하기 이른다. 서구식 문화를 따르며 풍족하게 살아가던 보석상 이삭은 수비대에 끌려가 모진 고문을 당하고, 회사 내 보석은 물론 집안 물건들도 도둑맞는다. 그러던 어느 날 감옥에서 탈출할 날만을 기다리던 이삭에게 협상의 기회가 찾아오는데...
Ronnie
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).
Zeev
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.
Leonid Pavel
배트맨이 조커와의 대결을 끝으로 세상에서 모습을 감춘 8년 후, 하비 덴트의 죽음에 대한 책임을 떠안은 배트맨은 모든 것을 희생하며 떠난다. 범죄방지 덴트법으로 인해 한동안 평화가 지속되던 고담시의 파멸을 예고하며 나타난 마스크를 쓴 잔인한 악당, 최강의 적 베인이 등장한다. 베인은 배트맨이 스스로 택한 유배 생활에 종지부를 찍게 하지만, 다시 돌아온 배트맨에게 베인은 만만한 상대가 아니다. 자신을 거부한 사람들의 고통을 지켜볼 것인가, 정의의 수호자로 나설 것인가. 배트맨은 승패를 알 수 없는 마지막 전투를 시작하려 하는데...
Sagi
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.
Shabtai
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.
Al-Saleem
전세계적으로 일어나는 테러사건의 배후를 찾기 위해 사상 최악의 미션에 투입된 대 테러요원 페리스. 또 다른 요원 호프만을 통해 본부의 임무를 전달 받는 그는 테러리스트의 우두머리를 잡기 위해 복잡한 감시망을 피해 다니면서 위험 속으로 뛰어 든다. 하지만 목표물에 다가갈수록 그가 발견하는 진실은 그의 목숨을 위협할 만큼이나 위험하다. 동료인 호프만까지 믿을 수 없게 된 그가 완수해야 할 최고의 미션은 “끝까지 살아남아야 한다”는 것!
A story of Bruriah from Talmud is shown as in present time...
Itamar
When 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.
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.
Izzy Sason
이별의 아픔을 간직한 스튜어디스 미리. 비행을 마치고 집에 도착한 그녀는 한 시간만 아이를 봐달라는 중국인 가정부의 부탁을 대수롭지 않게 받아들인다. 하지만 황급히 집을 나간 가정부는 돌아오지 않는다. 가정부는 연락두절, 아이와는 말이 통하지 않는 상황에 설상가상으로 가정부가 남긴 메시지를 발견한 미리는 그녀가 강제 출국 당했다는 사실을 알게 되고 더욱 심난해진다. 한편 눈망울만 굴리며 밤새 엄마를 기다리던 아이는 테이블에 놓인 누들을 후루룩후루룩 감쪽같이 해치워 ‘누들’이란 애칭이 생기고, 프로급 젓가락질과 비밀암호 같은 말로 미리 가족의 귀여움을 독차지 한다. 언어를 초월한 교감을 나누며 어느덧 서로에게 특별한 존재가 돼가는 미리와 누들. 마침내 미리는 가정부의 메시지를 추적하며 누들을 위해 놀라운 결심을 하는데…
Brigadier-General Kimchi, division commander
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.
Goldy
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.
Roni Amram
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.
The taboo relationship between young Nadav and his Aunt Nina transcends definition on its way to odd highs and lows.
Avram
고고학 박사의 아들 루디는 신출귀몰한 희대의 골동품 절도범이다. 어느날 루디에게 상의할 문제가 있다고 하던 아버지가 돌연 행방불명되는 사건이 발생하고, 이스라엘로부터 전화 한 통이 걸려온다. 다급한 전화 목소리의 주인공은 바로 행방불명된 아버지. 아버지가 위기에 빠진 것을 직감한 루디는 이스라엘행 비행기에 오른다. 이스라엘에 도착한 루디는 아버지의 친구 핀리교수를 만나 아버지가 '디 오더'라는 종교 집단의 제1사도 사이러스에게 감금돼 있다는 얘기를 듣게 되지만 갑작스런 괴한의 습격으로 핀리 교수가 사망한다. 설상가상으로 살인자의 누명을 쓰게 된 루디는 이스라엘 경찰에 체포되고 경찰조사에서 자신의 결백과 아버지의 납치를 주장하지만 묵살당한 채 추방당할 위기에 처한다.
Reuven Shechter
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.
Shoshana
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.
Aris
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.
Mulli
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!
נתנאל
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.
Patrick
Ex-Navy SEAL Brad Cartowski is injured during an attack at Athens airport by terrorists who kidnap his wife and fly her on a hijacked plane to North Africa. Cartowski goes in pursuit, aided by another ex-SEAL, Cody Grant. Cartowski soon finds the terrorists' hide-out but is captured and electro-tortured before he manages to escape. He soon returns with reinforcements to rescue his wife and to wreak vengeance on Carlos, head of the terrorist ring.
מיגל
Abdel
A young Marine is kidnapped by terrorists in Lebanon. His twin brother, frustrated at his inability to get any kind of information from the government about his brother's plight, travels to Lebanon with a plan for his own rescue operation.
Directed by Amit Goren.
Amin Khalidi
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.
Yotam
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.
Nissem
존 람보(John Rambo : 실베스터 스탤론 분)는 태국의 불교 사원에서 은둔 생활을 하고 있었다. 람보의 정신적 지주이자 친구인 트로트만 대령(리차드 크레나)은 그에게 찾아와 아프가니스탄에서의 은밀한 임무를 제의한다. 하지만 람보가 거절하게 되고 대령은 직접 그 곳을 향하게 된다. 대령은 그곳에서 무자비한 소련 지휘관에 의해 생포된다. 그에 따라 람보는 그의 평온한 삶을 떠나 대령을 구하러 가기로 한다. 람보는 약간의 탄약만을 들고 파키스탄에 들어와 그곳에서 만난 무자헤딘(Mujaheddin)이라는 저항군의 도움으로 아프가니스탄으로 넘어가려고 한다. 람보는 저항군 친구와 깍아지른 사막의 절벽과 동굴 등을 통과하여 아프가니스탄에 접근한다. 하지만 그들은 대령이 잡혀 있는 곳에 이르기 전에 험준한 골짜기에서 러시아 헬기에 의해 가로막히게 된다. 람보는 맨손으로 절벽을 오르고 건장한 러시아 병사와 맞붙으며 전방위로 로켓을 날린다. 아프칸 병사들은 미국이 제공했던 로켓을 들고 러시아 병사들과 싸운다. 람보는 배에 박힌 총알을 빼고 화약을 상처에 뿌려 태우는 응급조치도 보여준다.
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.
Georgie
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.
Husband
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