Drama
Dark, gripping and morally complex Drama.The life of brilliant judge Micha Alkoby is heading down a promising path, with a promotion coming soon. It all changes after his teenage son, Shay, is involved in a hit-and-run, in which he is the guilty party. Just as Micha is about to turn Shay in, he learns the victim is a member of a crime family, the kind that runs its own system of justice.
Yamna is an 82-year-old miracle-worker and righteous woman from Sderot, Israel. The film depicts her unique character and rituals, her Eastern culture and her effort to bequeath her mystical power to the next generation Yamna's story is told through the people who come to her for help as we are offered a glimpse into some of her secrets. Yehudit, 40, whose biological clock is running out, hopes that Yamna can help her become pregnant after conventional fertilization treatments have failed. Dudu, Yamna's grandson, asks her for help with finding success in the music industry. Yamna's daughter, Shula, has the technical know-how of her mother but is still searching for the special spark she needs to honor her birthright and become a righteous woman.
Annie, an aspiring writer, travels cross country to visit her her affluent, older, married friend Kim. As Annie's informal writer's retreat unfolds, she is increasingly inspired and intrigued by Kim's charismatic charm and fluid sexuality.
Six stories, five directors, one night! The film unfolds during Nuit Blanche, a massive annual all night, city wide, art festival. It follows six different interweaving stories -- an artist questioning her place in the world; a fired lawyer who dons a superhero mask; two high school friends reuniting in a way that might finally become more; a lost traveller constrained by a language barrier; an altered observer who lives to capture life through his lens; and a dedicated volunteer, more focused on others than the art. All are in a period of transition in their lives, and on this one night, they will all come together, connecting, and changing each others lives forever.
A strange artifact is passed around during a dinner party, while each guest admiring it, they each cryptically describe various sentiments and ill-feelings. And when one of the guests goes to use the bathroom, he makes a horrific discovery in the sink -- it's full of blood and detritus mixed with the skin from a human face!
When a neurotic private eye who struggles to finish the case takes a train voyage to confront the inevitability of his case's conclusion, his own dark secrets begin to reveal themselves.
This in-your-face dark drama follows Dina, a young girl from a small town in Israel who cleans toilets for a living. She falls in love with a man and moves with him to the big city. Little does she know that he’s a pimp who recruits girls for the sex industry.
With its beautiful cinematography and extremely difficult human situations, this unsettling arthouse gem of a film exposes the nitty-gritty ugly side of Tel Aviv, and the sex and drug trade that infests its streets. Hebrew with English hardcoded subtitles.
An Israeli documentarian delves into the relationship between the life of the controversial author and the work, specifically the way Bellow borrowed real people from his past as the inspiration for characters in his stories.
On September 6th, 2003, four cousins - Rhea, Connor, Alan and Steve - head out on a road trip before Steve's posting to the Iraq War. While taking in the sights, filming, and squabbling along the way, they meet a mysterious hitchhiker who claims to have his own military past. The events following this ill-fated meeting were found on a damaged camera, depicting the brutal murder of the cousins at the hands of the hitcher.
Striving for the Present - Part A is an experimental film that combines a fictional character in a documentary setting. The film revolves around an old homeless man who has given up all normal aspirations (Shelter, family, work) and spends his days wandering the streets endlessly. The random encounters with real characters that stumble upon his way allow the viewer to observe reality with a fresh outlook that combines critique and compassion for the world we live in.
The Story of Adi Khavous, a musician and extraordinary artist who chose a vagabond lifestyle. Adi left home in Israel and now lives in Canada as a solitary immigrant and rock 'n' roll singer. The film depicts five years of Adi's journey and presents an alternative, off-beat way of life. In his lonesome life, Adi holds on to one dream: to break through as a musician. This 5 years journey provides a glimpse into the extreme life of a unique artist.
This Hebrew language arthouse doc was a huge hit on the festival circuit, scooping up multiple awards and winning tons of praise.
In Chris Alexander's multi-media meditation on memory, isolation, identity, and bloodletting, a beautiful leather-clad humanoid (Ali Chappell) walks through a dream-world, plagued by violent visions and fragments of memories. After holing up in a monstrous home, the alien succubus flits in and out of reality, replaying the grisly murder of her doppelganger (Cheryl Singleton) while doubting her own sanity, and eventually, her existence.