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- Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male-written love letters that undermine his sexual identity and interfere with his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.
- Hagit, a young woman with mild mental deficiency, works in a toilet-paper factory. She lives with her mother Sarah, a divorcée who gave up her life for her daughter. Hagit strives for independence and Sarah is torn between her desire to protect her, and her own will to live. When a relationship develops between her and the son of the factory owner, Hagit hides it from her mother. The announcement of the closing of the factory shakes Hagit and Sarah's life and jeopardizes Hagit's love story.
- A comedy set in Ashdod, Israel. Grisha, has almost given up on his dream of opening his own restaurant and serving his specialty dishes. The sudden death of a rich uncle in Russia changes all that. The uncle bequeaths all his money to his only and beloved nephew, so that he may open a restaurant. The problem is that all his life, the uncle was a sworn Communist, and his condition for granting the inheritance is that the restaurant be dedicated the values of Communism. Grisha is indifferent to these values but accepts the condition- he wants to make his dream come true at any price and he's prepares to dedicate the restaurant to any ideology they tell him to - it really doesn't matter. This leads to conflict between Grisha and his father, a failed poet who blames everything on the Soviet regime back in the Old Country. Grisha can't find a bust of Lenin to adorn the dining area, a necessary condition for opening the restaurant. The search for the statue leads to a series of bizarre events and encounters with strange people. In the end, the heroes of the film will have to choose between their ideological beliefs and their values as human beings.
- Waiting for Godik, a musical documentary, tells the story of the rise and fall of the Israeli King of Musicals, legendary producer and impresario Giora Godik. The tragic story of the man, who touched the dream and crashed, is also the story of an unforgettable era and the tale of the local version of the musical genre. Godik, one of the prominent symbols of Israel's happy 60s, endeavored, in his way, to bring the American dream to Tel Aviv. However, the dream was shattered when Godik skyrocketed to the top and plummeted to the lowest depths. Godik fled unexpectedly to Germany, on the eve of his last premiere. Utterly destitute, he sold hot-dogs for a living, at the central railway station in Frankfurt. He believed he would soon resume his position as King of Musicals. But Godik stayed far away from the theater, never to return. Combined with archival segments and songs from Godik's musicals, the film focuses the spotlight on the corner that remained in the darkness, Godik's family. His widow and two children relive the moments of despair on the eve of his sudden flight from the country. The film glimpses into the gap between glittering lights and a life in the shadows. It brings back to life the story of a man who believed that life was a musical.
- Documenting a construction site, the director finds commitment and continuity of a kind that was missing in the family he came from.
- Avri Gilad and Jacky Levi embark on a journey in the footsteps of the Chapters of the Fathers. This documentary journey brings them together with the people and stories that form the basis of a discourse with Prof. Ruchama Weiss. On the relevance of the Chapters of the Fathers today and the meaning they take on in the modern world.
- August 2005, Israel is about to withdraw from Gaza. This year is also a turning point for Daniel and Elad. Both are joining the army. They are only 18, yet they are convinced that they chose the right way. Daniel is willing to sacrifice his freedom and Elad his life. Will they succeed to achieve their goals? And who will be accountable if they fail? The film deals with choices that never before confronted the young Israelis. This is a story of a divided country and its children who are searching for a way, of big dreams and small dreams, of people and land, and parents who are afraid for their sons.
- The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995, as he left a peace rally in support of the Oslo Accords plunged the country into mourning. That the gunman was a 25-year old Israeli opposed to the peace accords and whose aggression was encouraged by the rhetoric of homegrown Israeli groups further complicated the event's fallout. Rabin: Shivah in November documents the assassination's aftermath as it occurred, recording the chaos surrounding the shooting, the spontaneous acts of public mourning and the various political and personal responses of Israel's leaders and citizens.
- A personal documentary about the filmmaker's journey with her sister and other companions to Lviv, her family's hometown before World War II, as she searches for her roots and a sense of justice. The journey from Israel to the Ukraine and contemporary Eastern Europe will encompass meetings with people who now live in the city of Lviv, to family reunions and to personal reflections, as the film maps the effect of the past - with all of its painful memories - on the present.
- Documentary, about relationships between Rabbi and pupils. The director's Rabbi has died of cancer before he could get close to him. The director investigates the kind of intimacy he missed? Can he get to it after the Rabbi is gone? What will he find in Rabbi's secret diary?
- Teenage athletes struggle against social conventions. Will they manage to overcome the oppressive environment and achieve their own self-identity? In August 2015 Israel hosted the junior woman Football Euroleague Championship. As a host, the Israeli team had an historic chance to compete against Europe's finest national teams. In preparation, Girls aged 18-15 were selected from around the country, to live and train in Wingate sports academy campus. These girls represent a country where woman sports are under supported and barely acceptable.