WORK
Winner of the EDITING AWARD
The Jerusalem Film Festival 2020
HIGH MAINTENANCE
by Barak Heymann
​Documentary | 1h 06m | Israel-Poland | 2020
As he approaches 90, Dani Karavan embarks on an emotional, political journey. En route, the complex and fascinating character of one of the greatest artists of our time is revealed.
Production
Heymann Brothers Films
Festivals
Hot Docs Film Festival 2021
DocsBarcelona 2021
Krakow Film Festival 2021
São Paulo Film Festival 2021
DocLisboa 2021
Beijing International Film Festival 2021
Hamburg Filmfest 2021
Festivals
Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival, 2024
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RABBI CAPOEIRA
by Barak Heymann
​Documentary | 1h 10m | Israel | 2024
How does a shy ultra-Orthodox guy become a world master in Capoeira and how does the ultra-Orthodox community of his city, Bnei Brak, react to the revolution he is determined to bring about?
Production
Heymann Brothers Films
Oscars nomination
for Best Live Action Short Film 2021
WHITE EYE
by Tomer Shushan
Fiction | 21m | Israel | 2019
A man finds his stolen bicycle, which now belongs to a stranger. While attempting to retrieve it, he struggles to remain human.
Production
MINA Films
KM Productions
Festivals and Awards
SXSW Film Festival - Best Narrative Short
Haifa Film Festival - Best Short Film
The Galway Film Fleadh - Best International Short Fiction Award
Urbanworld Film Festival - Best Narrative Short
Badalona Film Festival - Best Short Film
Rio De Janeiro, Curtas Cinema - Audience Award
Leeds International Film Festival - Best Short Film
Krakow Film Festival
PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival)
Clermont-Ferrand
Palm Springs ShortFest
CINEMED - Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier
Encounters Bristol Short Film Festival
Festivals and Awards
Berlin Critic’s Week 2023
71º Festival de San Sebastián
Indie Lisboa 2023 – Official Competition
Festival de Gijón 2022 – Special Mention
Novos Cinemas 2022 – Best Film - Latexos Section
Cinema South Festival - Debut Film Competition 2024
DA Film Festival 2023
MISIÓN A MARTE
by Amat Vallmajor del Pozo
Fiction | 1h 12m | Spain | 2023
Txomin, an unemployed archaeologist, is commissioned to carry out an expert report on Mars. With his brother Gene, they set off on an adventure through northern Spain.
Gene's failing health and a mysteriously toxic haze cause them to seek help at their sister Mila. The reunion brings up old family issues while Gene's health gets severe.
Production
Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE)
Muxika Zinema
Nomination for the EDITING AWARD
The Israeli Academy Awards 2014
Festivals and Awards
Cannes Film Festival - Director's Fortnight 2014
EURASIA Film Festival 2014 - Best Film Award
Thessaloniki Film Festival 2014 - Special Jury Award
Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2015
BFI London Film Festival 2015
NEXT TO HER
by Asaf Korman
Fiction | 1h 30m | Israel | 2014
Chelli is raising her mentally disabled sister Gabby all by herself. When the social worker finds out that she leaves her sister alone in the house while at work, Chelli is forced to place her in a day-care center. The void left by her absence makes room for Zohar in Chelli's life.This new romance creates another crack in the sisters' symbiotic relationship.
Production
2-Team Productions
WAIT FOR ME
by Sari Azoulay Turgeman
Fiction | 1h 30m | Israel | 2022
The survival sea journey of Maya, a stubborn teenager that runs away on the family's boat, in order to find and bring her father back home.
Production
Metaphor
Metro Communications
Festivals and Awards
Warsaw International Film Festival 2022
VVFILMF Kids & Teens International Film Festival 2023
Coliseum International Film Festival 2024 – Best International Film award
Jerusalem Women Film Festival 2023
Nominated for seven Awards
The Israeli Academy Awards 2022
Festivals and Awards
Jerusalem Film Festival 2022 - Best Script Award
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2022 - Emerging Filmmaker award
Berkshire Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2022
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2022
Montreal Israeli Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, USA, 2022
MORE THAN I DESERVE
by Pini Tavger
Fiction | 1h 26m | Israel-Germany | 2021
Pinhas asks his single mother, Tamara, to join his classmates in preparing for their Bar Mitzvahs.
Tamara, an immigrant from Ukraine, who resists religion, refuses. When Shimon, the religious neighbor, volunteers to help the kid, the two form a strong bond. Gradually Tamara falls for him too. Will their romance last?
Production
2-Team Productions
GALIS CONNECT
by Asaf Korman
Fantasy/Adventure | 1h 36m | Israel | 2016
Jonathan arrives in a different and innovative universe than usual and tries to save his universe again.
based on tv series.
Production
Dori Media Paran
United King Films
Nomination for Best Short Film Award
The Israeli Academy Awards 2022
IT'S TIME YOU DIED ALREADY
by Hadar Morag
Fiction | 17m | Israel | 2021
Confined by the walls of their home, Evie and her mother Rose, struggle with the inevitable presence of an uninvited tenant.
Production
MINA Films
KM Productions
Festivals and Awards
Haifa International Film Festival 2021 - Best film Award
CinemaSouth Film Festival 2021 - Best film Award
Krakow Film Featival 2022
Slamdance Film Featival 2023
SHMAMA
by Miki Polonski
Fiction | 26m | Israel | 2017
Leah works as the maid in the hotel during the day, while Meital, her daughter, sings in the hotel’s lobby at night.
They live trapped in their relationship, surrounded by the Dead Sea. The night Leah comes to hear her daughter sing, they both realize their separation is inevitable.
Production
KM Productions
Festivals and Awards
Pardino d'Argento Award - 70th Locarno Film Festival
Athens Short Film Festival 2019 - Best Short Film
Jerusalem International Film Festival 2017
Pancevo International Film Festival 2017
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2018
TEN BUILDINGS AWAY
by Miki Polonski
Fiction | 25m | Israel | 2015
A four-story building in the midst of a city. A bridge runs above it, busy with heavy traffic and passing trucks.
Behind the leftmost window on the fourth floor is the residence of two brothers, a mother and a father.
A family who perhaps have never had the right to exist.
Production
Sara Bozakov
Minshar For Art
Festivals and Awards
Cinéfondation, Cannes Film Festival 2015
Tofifest Film Festival 2015 - Best Short Film
Chicago International Film Festival 2015
Jerusalem International Film Festival 2015
Tirana International Film Festival 2015
FATA MORGANA
by Nitzan Rozen
Fiction | 18m | Israel | 2021
A couple drive in the desert. They are in a reality show, filming themselves with head cameras. A mirage causes an accident. But like all mirages, nothing is as it seems.
Production
Nitzan Rozen
Festivals
Haifa International Film Festival 2021
Festival du nouveau cinéma 2021
Festivals
Krakow Film Festival 2022
Riga International Short Film Festival 2022
Manlleu Film Festival 2022
GILA WHO WALKS ALONE
by Yuval Shapira
Fiction | 20m | France-Israel | 2022
A group of girls of different ages freeze motionless. They are playing the game of statues. Gila is the eldest in this family of Orthodox Jews, and she is responsible for looking after her younger siblings. It is clear that the teenager would like to get out of her crowded flat.
Production
ZOA Films
Marabout Films
SNOW
by Yehezkel Lazarov
Fiction | 20m | Israel | 2016
As 60 cubic meters of snow is transported from the Hermon mountain, the Dahan family- fallen on hard times- are facing eviction from their family home.
Production
Green Productions
Festivals
Haifa International Film Festival 2017
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Festivals and Awards
TISFF - Best Short Film Award
Olhares do Mediterraneo Film Festival 2018 - Jeury Award
Cyprus International Film Festival 2018
Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival 2018
A NIGHT WITH NO DAWN
by Sara Bozakov
Fiction | 25m | Israel | 2015
Five asylum seekers from Darfur walk towards the Holot Detention Facility, near the Israel-Egypt border, only to discover they are late and need to wait until morning to be imprisoned. While darkness surrounds them, the landscape of the desert mirrors their spiritual journey in search for answers.
Production
Vice Versa Films