Levana Finkelstein
Nascimento : 1947-09-21, Sofia, Bulgaria
Mother
The life of Avihao (Morris Cohen), a television personality with an excessively big mouth, is getting more and more complicated: his mother Sarah (Levna Finkelstein) stopped talking, fell into complete silence and his father does not understand why. Aviv (Oshari Cohen), his beloved former student, unexpectedly becomes the leading candidate in the prime ministerial elections even though no one knows what he has to say. He doesn't give interviews, doesn't talk, doesn't give speeches - he just stays silent all the way to victory, a silence that challenges Avihao to the point of risking his career and his family.
Ronit
Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel.
The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to the Desert (2016); Rubber Dolphin (2018); Stav (2018); After His Death (2017); Leave of Absence (2016).
Ronit
After the death of her father, Ayelet discovers that he had an affair with a man. Ayelet confronts her mother, and discovers that she knew about it. Ayelet decides to invite her father's lover to his grave, despite her mother's opinion.
Follows three brothers who are going to discover the greatest secret of their late mother. This trip is going to change their lives.
Levana (as Levana Finkelshtein)
Idosos moradores de um asilo em Jerusalém inventam uma máquina de eutanásia para ajudar os amigos em condições críticas. A criação é um sucesso e a fama do objeto logo se espalha, atraindo inúmeros interessados em utilizá-lo.
Grandma Tykocinski
Em 1947, meses antes da criação do Estado de Israel, tudo o que Proffi deseja é que o exército britânico saia de sua terra. Numa noite, ao soar o toque de recolher, o menino é pego pelo sargento Dunlop. Proffi tinha a intenção de espionar o bunker inglês. O militar, ao invés de prendê-lo, decide deixá-lo em casa. Proffi fica surpreso ao perceber que Dunlop tem grande curiosidade pela cultura local. Quando os amigos de Proffi descobrem que ele visita o inimigo, o denunciam. O garoto é levado a um tribunal para ser julgado como traidor.
Violette
Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small 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 discovered that Oded has other plans for her work, her world collapses.
Mary Abramoff
Nick Cherenko foi um experiente paraquedista que serviu no Afeganistão como um Spetznaz (Força Especial Russa) e agora prefere levar a vida em paz como um simples mecânico de subúrbio de São Petersburgo, ao lado de sua família, distante da violência e da guerra. Sua esposa e filho são mortos em meio a um tiroteio de gangues em frente à sua casa, por um sádico traficante.
Little Benjamin and Margalit are raised in the boondocks of Israel by their long-suffering mother, but they have in them something of their father, who can't stay in a place with no prospect of riches and excitement.
Love, family expectations, and religion mix in 19th century Jerusalem. Jacob and Rebecca marry; he's a rabbi, she's dutiful and loving. But she has no children. Months become years. Although Jacob is content, his mother reminds everyone she is waiting for a grandson. After 15 years, Rebecca determines that Jacob must take an additional wife, the young and beautiful Sultana. Rebecca fasts and prays, and in a state of near ecstasy, persuades everyone involved and then arranges an elaborate wedding. However, Sultana does not conceive, and Rebecca watches helplessly as Jacob's affection shifts to Sultana. She's near madness and the household is in turmoil. What can Rebecca do now?
Aya is a woman who, since early childhood, has been driven by her father's ambition to see her become successful. Now she is shooting a film and fragments of dreams and fantasy alternate with reality.
A story of an army colonel who is fighting the accusations in committing war crime but his only witness is comatose in the hospital.
Ami Susetz, an Israeli artist, abandons his wife and daughter in New-York, and comes back to his home land after years of absence.
Ziona Tzan'ani
One of the most loved Israeli comedy at all times. A Satiric comedy about a rival between Yemenite shoe seller and a Parsian shoe seller.
Jamila
This story centers on the Jewish practice that requires an unmarried brother to marry the childless widow of his dead brother. In this story the younger brother is only 12 years old when his brother dies. The requirement is avoided by a legal fiction, but as time passes in the story, the situation changes.
Margo
A love story between two people from different cultures and the relatives who manage to separate them until the lovers again find each other.