Pines 2024
A man returns to the burnt forest where he last saw his brother.
A man returns to the burnt forest where he last saw his brother.
What does it mean to belong to a place, a country? In a south Tel Aviv elementary school, that question is addressed head-on by a fourth-grade class and their teacher. The children are asylum seekers whose families mostly do not have a legal status in Israel, yet learn, sing and play in Hebrew all the while examining their identity and sense of belonging.
Red Cow is a coming-of-age film that takes place in the days leading up to the assassination of Rabin and depicts the life of Benny, 16, orphaned from mother at birth and the only child of Joshua - a religious, right-wing extremist, in those critical junctures when she is forming her sexual, religious and political awareness.
55-year-old Noah, has a passion for classical music, a job that wears him down, and an old piano in his living room. Although Noah gave up on his dream of becoming a pianist in his youth, his youngest son 13-year-old Nir, is set to audition for the Music Academy. Noah's ambition resurfaces and his obsession threatens to disrupt both his and his son's lives.
Hussein wakes up on the morning of his father's funeral. In the courtyard, his deer, Widian, is running amok. The Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, where they live, is under lock-down after a recent suicide attack. Hussein's concern for the deer escalates as the funeral procession is stuck at a checkpoint. He sets out on a search for her - as well as for anourishment for his soul.
Forty-five years after he was expelled from his village in the Syrian Golan Heights, Mustafa steals across the Israeli border with the help of a local smuggler. This is a one-way trip for Mustafa, as he contemplates the end of his life.
The story of a private eye named Sammy Molco who discovers his wife has a female lover, showing the struggles and attempts he experiences in order to keep her by his side.
Aya misses her last bus home and is stuck in Jerusalem for the weekend. Her plans of staying home, watching Master Chef and munching on dry Cornflakes change when she gets a surprising call from a fellow student, Itamar.
18-year-old Anton hangs out with thugs who steal cell phones and blackmail their owners. But when Anton gets a hold of Meitar’s phone, he becomes obsessed with the world she has compulsively recorded.
When Naomi's roommate catches her with the duplicate key she made for her boyfriend, they begin a war of attrition over the house. Each one is ready to touch the other's most painful points in order to win the house.
A young gay, neurotic and ex-religious art student goes into a spin with the surprise visit of an eccentric childhood friend.
In Tel Aviv, Yoav receives a visit from Delphine, the girlfriend of Emile, his boyfriend from Paris. Their day together in the city confronts their mutual expectations in the face of a complex Israeli society.
An old tape reveals a practical joke that went terribly wrong. The exposure leads to an unexpected search- not only for the prankster, but for the filmmaker himself.
Carmel (17) is asked to convey a message of reconciliation from his best friend Ido's recent ex-girlfriend. When he finds Ido heartbroken and in need of comfort, he clings to the last moments of closeness.
When an intelligence unit soldier starts to spy on a gay couple, he is lead to confront his own sexual identity.
Nina wants to be the one who completes the Minyan in her father memorial. After her religious mom turns her down she has no choice and invites a stranger from a dating app. when a Christian barge in to the Jewish memorial Nina doesn't blink twice and continues the ceremony.
Vika, 12, returns home from her dormitory, to find out that her mother's new baby is being neglected, as was she. In both noble and desperate act, she takes the baby and leave.
During an ugly divorce battle, Oded takes his son to the police station to file a complaint. When his son refuses to go into the station alone, Oded insists on finding a way for his voice to be heard too – even if it means sacrificing his son.
A lockdown is about to go into effect in a few hours, and nothing scares Niva more than being alone. When she embarks on a search for someone to stay with, the encounters with different people in her life will lead her to an unpredictable choice.