Program

The full program of the films and the hours of screening will be published by 15.5.2022

10:00 - 11:30

THE FATHER'S SILENCE - 00:17:42 - Germany

Only a few years before his death, Mrs. Salomon realizes that her father was a Holocaust survivor. He barely talked about his traumatic past. He was a joyful person who taught her how to celebrate every day of life. For many years Mrs. Salomon did not even know about her Jewish roots. Only after his death she starts exploring her heritage and realizes that she never really knew her father. Nevertheless, his trauma influences her life until today.

Distant Conscience - 00:11:12 - Israel

A military reservist on duty at the Israel - Syrian border is forced to withstand two refugees on his own

White Lie - 00:10:58 - Israel

A night ride in a taxi of three teenagers forces Rani to face the difference between him and his best friends.

Open your eyes - 00:14:18 - Israel

Ilana arrives for her monthly treatment at the eye clinic. Her doctor is absent and is replaced by Dr Khoury. Ilana precepts herself as a liberal woman but there is no chance that an Arab doctor will give her a shot in the eye. Yohai, who understands that his mother is losing her eyesight, won't let her leave.

Close - 00:14:56 - Israel

Abram, who has nothing in his life but the synagogue, is facing closure during the covid epidemic.

11:30 - 13:00

Give it back! - 00:14:14 - Israel

Olivia just moved to Israel from New York. Throughout her first day of school in the 6th grade she tries to survive, navigating through the new country she just landed in, her new school and new peers, unsure where she will end up at the end of the day.

SHMELKY - 00:20:20 - Israel

Children’s TV star Shmelky the Jewish Puppet has a midlife crisis and considers a change of career.

A Divine Love Story - 36 - Israel

When Yehudah, a yeshiva student who lost his mother, decides to finish the Talmud for the big siyum (graduation event) - he faces his commitment to produce a movie with his friends, who are not willing to give up on him so easily.

14:00 - 16:00

Adane and Yaleo - 00:22:25 - Israel

A young Ethiopian-Israeli experiencing an anxiety attack, must rescue his younger brother from a conflict with the police. With every passing moment, the bad blood between the two brothers only makes matters worse.

White Eye - 00:20:29 - Israel

A man finds his stolen bicycle and it now belongs to a stranger. In his attempts to retrieve the bicycle, he struggles to remain human.

SUSHI, MEATBALLS & EVERYTHING - 00:10:03 - Israel

A newly-married young woman goes to war with her loving parents-in-law

The Chosen One - 00:19:03 - United States

After impulsively shaving off his beard and sidelocks, Eli Eisenstein is thrown out of his Hasidic family home. He finds refuge with his estranged, ex-religious aunt Shifra, but inner turmoil forces him to flee her apartment in the middle of the night. Stumbling through the streets in a fragile state of mind, Eli experiences a nightmarish transformation that leads him right back to where he started. Over the course of this one painful night, Eli will come to realize that it’s much easier to shave your beard than to shed who you are.

The Bus Savior - 00:25:34 - Israel - Documentary

Amit Shahar collects old buses. He grew up in Hatzeva and when his parents divorced, he left with his mother. As a child, he traveled by bus to visit his father. Collecting buses symbolize a complex, magical period that shaped him to be the man he is today.

Recoil - 00:20:50 - Israel

Lior, 17 is a gentle boy from a religious settlement who will do anything to prove his masculinity to himself and everyone around him, even if the price is unbearable.

16:00 - 19:00

Teeth - 00:18:07 - Israel

There's nothing Lily 25 wants more than to replace her rotten teeth, but in order to get the money for the dental care, she must face her traumatic past.

Backyard Camping - 00:14:48 - Israel

A couple dealing with a marriage crisis is forced to cooperate when an intruder breaks into their house.

Moriah - 00:16:46 - Israel

Sometimes a painful break up can actually help you. After her heart was broken by a celebrity patient, an insecure nurse on the autism spectrum learns to boost her self-confidence and hold her head up high.

REFLECTION - 00:15:18 - Israel

Roy is suffering from a social phobia that makes it difficult for him to manage with people and especially with girls. Every time he goes out on a date, his anxiety takes over and after a few minutes he runs away. One day he meets a mannequin in a shop window who changes his life.

Globster - 00:13:48 - Israel - Documentary

An encounter between a lost teenager and a dead monster on the shore of The Sea of Galilee confronts him with the great loss of his life.

Demagogia - 00:08:56 - Israel

The Israeli prime minister is suspected of serious bribery and fraud offenses, trying at all costs to maintain his position in power, even at the cost of harming Israeli democracy. Inspired by the cabaret genre, in one shot, we are exposed to the torn and wounded Israeli society that is following a leader who leads it to ruin. In the wreckage of a broken reality, through the debris of a post-traumatic society, all the manipulations of the alpha-politician, the admirable leader, are exposed. The great leader, the charismatic sorcerer’s speech - is heard in all its might and glory. It rings true to us, seems familiar, but its beautiful words are hollow and the precision of its delivery emphasizes what is actually being said - scraps of fiction for the masses, shells of lies and false promises.

Home Constructors - 00:04:33 - Israel

5 Palestinian workers try to find their place alongside their Jewish-Israeli constructor during Israeli Memorial Day. By distancing themselves from a foreigner fellow-worker that is a refugee from Darfur, the workers are hoping to finally belong to this land that defines its owners by the rules of war.

Mother of - 00:10:00 - Israel

A mother discovers that something happened to her daughter, instantly her whole being becomes mother of.

Bound - 00:15:16 - Israel

On the outskirts of Jerusalem, a group of kids engage in a fight that spirals out of control towards disastrous consequences. "Bound" is a depiction of the way violence shapes hierarchy, but salvation comes only with sacrifice and compassion.

The Silent Treatment - 00:09:50 - United Kingdom

A short film about an elderly Jewish man who goes to synagogue to make a confession.

On / Off - 00:07:06 - Argentina - Animation

Endless distractions threaten to destroy creativity.

In the next year - Becoming Jewish in Pakistan - 00:09:30 - Austria

This film portrays the story of the Bene Ephraim, a self-identifying Jewish community in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Convinced that HaShem, the God of Israel, called them to return to Jerusalem for the end of days, the group keeps the Shabbat, practices circumcision, and mourns on Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Judaization of this formerly Christian community emerges from the converging plateaus of Judeophobia and Judeophilia in Pakistan, the transnational outreach of messianic Zionism in Israel, and the agentive capacity of this community’s media practices. This film is completely anonymized (all names have been changed) to ensure the security of the people participating. It experiments with cinematic ways of conveying intimate life stories without showing the protagonists’ faces.

Sin And Repent - 00:07:35 - Israel

20 year old Yaakov, who lost his faith, seeks forgiveness of his father, a cantor in a synagogue, on the eve of Yom Kippur. The encounter between the fathers conservative world, and the son, who turned onto another path, leads to a storm of emotions.

Graduation event
19:30 - 20:30

The screening of the films from the cinema trend and the announcement of the winning films, congratulatory words from the head of the yeshiva, the director of the yeshiva and the director of the festival

20:30 - 22:00

Inner Light - 00:05:36 - Israel - Animation

Kedem is a girl who lives in a futuristic world with no greenery, where everyone wears a mysterious amulet. One day her amulet falls and she enters a world of imagination and nature

where sand meets the sea - 00:26:11 - Israel

Mor takes her beloved mother- Rinat, on a journey to receive an omen for getting the long-awaited pregnancy. Rinat, skeptical and cynical about the journey, does not manage to "accompany" Mor. She destroys mor's dearest moments- which leads the two to a clash, but gives them an opportunity to a fresh start.

Moses' Spies - 01:20:00 - Israel

The world of espionage among the settlers is breathing and kicking, under the radar Jews are being recruited to be agents in the Shabak.