Michael Moshonov

An Israeli swimming tutor living in Chicago returns to Israel after 10 years of absence to bury his father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend and his newly engaged girlfriend will set a series of events that will affect everyone's lives. A story set between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, between a swimming pool and the Mediterranean sea, between life and death - and somewhere in the middle.

A satirical crime, comedy of errors that involves three trailers that have been smuggled into Israel. A mistake in the harbor brings together Arabs, Orthodox Jews and a gay couple that must join forces in order to solve the mishap.

A hip-hop musical tells of the possible friendship between those domain owners who do not usually want to mix with each other but only compete with each other.

A história de uma das figuras mais enigmáticas e incompreendidas da história bíblica: Maria Madalena (Rooney Mara). Em busca de uma nova maneira de viver, contrariando a sociedade, sua familia tradicional e o machismo de alguns apóstolos, a jovem junta-se a Jesus de Nazaré (Joaquin Phoenix) em sua incansável missão de propagar a fé.

After a rare diagnosis, Lily's attempts to flee from war torn Israel are thwarted when the airport shuts down and her zany cousin forces her to party.

Based on the turbulent life story of the poet Yona Wallach. The film focuses on the period in which she was just a young village girl, a war orphan, clawing her way through the world of Hebrew poetry. With the outbreak consciousness and transition from the village to the big city, Jonah, which examines the limits of herself and wants to know everything, experienced a mental breakdown. Spirit of the times, Jonah was treated LSD. The struggle to return to write and occupy its own place heavy charge her, but earns her immortality on the Hebrew poetry shelf.

Um estudante palestino ingressa em uma Universidade em Jerusalém, onde viverá os conflitos de língua, cultura, identidade e um amor proibido com uma Judia.

Yaron é um policial do esquadrão de elite de combate ao terrorismo em Israel, uma arma comandada pelo governo para exterminar seus inimigos árabes. Guiado por um nacionalismo fanático, ele se orgulha de seu país, de sua tropa, e de seu papel na sociedade, que parece cada vez mais importante com a gravidez de sua esposa. Os rebeldes Nathanel e Shira, por sua vez, integram um grupo terrorista cujo plano é invadir o casamento da herdeira de um célebre bilionário. Yaron vai enfrentar o grupo de rebeldes, ficando cara a cara com uma questão inesperada: a luta de classes em seu país.

Not the sort of film we usually see coming from Israel, this teen horror-comedy is a loving tribute to American films of the 80s. Mili and Noam are high-school students who intend to celebrate their six-month anniversary by losing their virginity. What begins as an innocent pedal boat ride full of raging hormones, becomes a struggle against monstrous cats out for blood. This self-parodying low, low budget, independently produced feature is filled with surprises as well as hilarious oddball charm.

At the age of 13, Yoni is growing up. Fast. But not fast enough for this diminutive young man who is obsessed with getting bigger, taller and stronger. On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, Yoni has no choice but to “become a man” when he’s faced with the unexpected return of his autistic brother who he has not seen for almost ten years.

During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.

A family with five kids in the 80s get into a crisis when twin brothers fall in love with the same girl.

Two outcasts, a suicide bomber and an Israeli girl, fall in love during a desperate weekend in Tel Aviv.

A family in Jerusalem is torn apart by the mysterious disappearance of their father after a tragic a car accident.

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

"Kemo gedolim" is a collection of well known Israeli, children songs sang by Ariḳ Ainshṭain and others. In between the songs embedded short skits starring Moni Moshonov and Tsevi Shisel , who embody two porters hauling a giant crate up a winding staircase and unexpectedly run into Ariḳ, a group of kids, jugglers, clowns and storytellers emerging from the crate. The two, try to do their job faithfully but occasionally they also try to sing, dance and play, which creates a variety of funny moments.

In this sensual, visually rich Israeli melodrama, a series of misfortunes upends the lives of old friends and an Ethiopian woman, soon entwined in an unusual love triangle. Concealing a painful past, the closed-off, soft-spoken Eli (Michael Moshonov) has made a new life in Chicago as a swim instructor. When his estranged father dies, Eli returns home, reunited with best friend Yotam (Ofri Biterman), who runs a Jaffa flower shop with fiancée Iris (Oshrat Ingedashet, Jerusalem Film Festival Best Actress prize). After tragedy strikes, Eli and the immigrant florist—both lonely and dislocated—are drawn to each other. With its floral motifs and radiant cinematography, Ofir Raul Graizer’s critically acclaimed sophomore feature is an affecting study of conflicted cultural and sexual identity.

An Israeli swimming tutor living in Chicago returns to Israel after 10 years of absence to bury his father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend and his newly engaged girlfriend will set a series of events in motion that will affect everyone's lives.