BRIS Director: Nachman Picovsky, Tamar Kay Producer: Adi Bar Yossef: Baryo Film & TV Production / Israel 2022
Supported by The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Israel Co-Producer: Alex Popsuyenko: Jem Production (Ukraine) Category: Fiction Film Cast: Daniel Styopin, Kirill Pashuk, Marina Vladimirovna Ovsyannikova Language: Russian, Hebrew, English. Subtitles: English Length: 19 minutes
Logline: In a story reminiscent of the Biblical tale “The Binding of Isaac”, taking place in 1989 Kiev, eight-year-old Max must decide how far he is willing to go so as not to disappoint his beloved father, a moment before their immigration to Israel.
Synopsis: Kiev. 1989. On a seemingly regular day, eight-year-old Max’s life is about to change in a way that he could not even imagine. Max faces a dilemma that nearly overwhelms him. Would he agree to undergo a secret circumcision, as an important step toward their immigration to Israel, or to listen to his instincts – even in the price of disappointing his beloved father.
Festivals & Awards:
PÖFF Shorts: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Estonia 2022
THE ACCIDENT Director: Omri Dekel-Kadosh Producer: Omri Dekel-Kadosh, Yuval Gurevitz / Israel 2020
Supported by The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT) and The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Israel Category: Docu-Fiction Film Cast: Alma Zack, Moris Cohen, Solo Geva, Ethan Roznak, Ben Paz, Ty Tamir; Omri Dekel Kadosh, Meir Kadosh, Ayelet Dekel, Onn Yosef Kadosh, Elay Kadosh, Elamar Kadosh Language: Hebrew. Subtitles: English Length: 30 minutes
Synopsis: This hybrid short film, in which the narrative act is preceded by a documentary one, follows an unusual family reunion. A divorced couple and four siblings embark on a drive to the heart of the Israeli desert, in search of the sight where they were all involved in a brutal car accident 15 years earlier. An accident that caused this family to fall apart.
Académie des César's Nuits en Or 2022:
* France/Paris – UGC Odéon
* Italy/Ferrara - Scuola d'Arte Cinematografica Florestano Vancini
* Spain/Madrid – Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
* Luxembourg – La Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg
HANIFF Hanoi International Film Festival - Vietnam 2022
Berlin Jewish Film Festival - Germany 2022
Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival - Denmark 2022
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival - Poland 2022
ZSIFI Jewish Israeli Film Festival, Budapest - Hungary 2022
Best Short Fiction Film: Israeli Academy Awards 2021
Promising Filmmaker Award: Jerusalem Film Festival - Israel 2020
Jerusalem Film Festival/Promising Filmmaker Award Jury's justification:
"In this original and moving film, questions about individual and family redemption and the role of cinema as an instrument of redemption are treated in an entertaining and touching way."
MOLOTOV Director, Producer: Ariel Semmel / Israel 2021 Category: Docu-Fiction Film Language: Hebrew. Subtitles: English Length: 30 minutes
Synopsis: A flood of riots filled the streets of Israel. The police brutally fight civilians. Ariel Semmel, a film director and political activist, decides to fight back.
In an attempt to find out more, Ariel meets various people. Each person reveals pieces of information, which join together into a terrifying puzzle.
Best Short Documentary Film Award: Jerusalem Film Festival - Israel 2021
Best Actor Award: Chicago Indie Film Awards - USA 2021
Best Director Award: MIFA Mumbai International Movie Awards - India 2021
Jerusalem Film Festival/Best Short Documentary Film Award Jury's justification:
"A hybrid, feature and documentary film that includes radical and daring cinematic work by the creators in dealing with important and burning issues in society today and presenting opinions that strive against the current."
DREAM DELI Director: Alon Markowitz, Avner Azulay and Tomer Lahmy / Israel 2018 Category: Documentary Film Production: Alon Markowitz, Avner Azulay and Tomer Lahmy and The Faculty of Arts - Hamidrasha, Beit Berl College Language: Hebrew. Subtitles: English Length: 14 minutes
Synopsis: In a neighborhood grocery & deli at the southern part of Tel Aviv, you can buy half a loaf of bread, take two cartons of milk and pay at the end of the month. Or, you can get inside the back storeroom, sit down, and tell about the dream you had last night.
Festivals & Awards:
Chelsea Film Festival, New York - USA 2018
MedFF Mediterranean Film Festival, Sicily - Italy 2018
MFF Mediterranean Film Festival, Široki Brijeg - Bosnia & Herzegovina 2018
Nagaon International Short and Documentary Film Festival - India 2018
GENTLEDOG Director: David Shadi / Israel 2012 Category: Fiction Film Language: Hebrew. Subtitles: English/French Length: 10 minutes
Synopsis: A guy thinks he is going to spend the night with his new date. But finds out that first he will have to intellectually defeat her big and very special dog.
Movie Reviews:
* « GentleDog is a talking dog short, and a very funny one… Smart, contemporary premise along with first-rate cast, direction, and production. The gentle dog’s real name is Fiona, and the talented Shadi, who wrote, produced and directed this gem, also performs Fiona’s deep-throat voice.» Kurt Brokaw / The Independent
NYOSHA Director: Liran Kapel & Yael Dekel / Israel 2012 Category: Animated Documentary Film Production: Liran Kapel and the Sapir College Language: Hebrew, German, Yiddish. Subtitles: English Length: 13 minutes
Synopsis: Nyosha is a 10-year-old Jewish girl who lives with her mother in Poland during World War II. Nyosha is an optimistic child, who has a naive dream: to purchase a pair of shiny black shoes.
A true story based on a testimony of Holocaust survivor, Nomi Kapel.
ONE GOAL Director: Sergi Agusti / Spain / Sierra Leone 2008 Category: Human Interest Language: English, Krio. Subtitles: English Length: 26 minutes
Synopsis: Sport as a bridge. Icons of war from the war theatre to the football field.
A group of young amputees’ football team in Sierra Leone, full of passion, began years ago to take a pathway to peace and hope. In search of dignity they are becoming admired athletes showing incredible performances. Through the power and energy of their play and despite of their disabilities, they have managed to become an example for their community and a new perspective on Africa.
THE TANK MAN Director: Arto Halonen / Cuba/Finland 2004 Category: Documentary, Human Interest Language: Spanish. Subtitles: English Length: 17 minutes
Synopsis: Cuban Jesus Perdomo Triguero has turned the spinning of petrol barrels into an acrobatic art form. Through his performances Jesus supports himself and his family. The film follows Jesus´s trek through Havana from morning until the night. The journey resembles a pilgrimage, as the compassionate and sensitive Jesus stops to meet many outcasts of his society.
Festivals & Awards:
Winner: Honorary Mention : Festival International du Film Insulaire - France 2006
Winner: Best Documentary Award : Magma Short Cinema's Exhibition - Italy 2004
Winner: Diploma of Honour : Cracow Film Festival - Poland 2004
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival - Greece 2008
Visions du Réel International Film Festival, Nyon - Switzerland 2004
One World International Documentary Film Festival - Czech Republic 2004
The International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul - Turkey 2006
THE LEGEND Director: Arto Halonen / Cuba / Finland 2005 Category: Documentary, Human Interest Language: Spanish.. Subtitles: English Length: 35 minutes
Synopsis: Film about Cuban revolution hero, Jorge Jorge, whose colorful and fabulous life story reflects the whole legend of Cuba , colored with fact and fiction. Jorge Jorge, 85, worked in 1940-1950's as a waiter in the National Hotel. He was an assistant for the famous mobster Meyer Lansky. On the other hand he also served the revolution and was a close to Fidel Castro. Finally he became the first manager of the National Hotel after the revolution.
Festivals & Awards:
Documenta Film Festival, Madrid - Spain 2006
Asuni Film Festival - Italy 2006
Viscult Film Festival Joensuu - Finland 2005
Havana International Film Festival - Cuba 2005
Toronto Hispano American Film Festival - Canada 2006
The International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul - Turkey 2006
HUNGER Project Producer: Amit Goren / Israel 2004 Project Curator: Naomi Aviv Category: Art / Human Rights Language: Hebrew, English, French, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Spanish. English translation Length: 14 short films (total 139 minutes).
Synopsis: A special project made by 14 filmmakers and artists, about ''Hunger'' - in its physical and concrete sense, but also about its political aspects as well as its conceptual and metaphysical manifestations. Hunger has a spectrum of individual and collective aspects, ranging from the basic survival impulse - "eat or die", that precedes the need for shelter and love, to the ethical - the satiated world becoming increasingly satisfied while refining its exploitation of hungry societies, in turn becoming increasingly unsatisfied as it is continuously flooded by an abundance of consumer goods and overfed with temptations. It seems that humanity is condemned to unsatiated hunger, always wanting more. More of everything.
Festivals & Awards:
Jerusalem International Film Festival - Israel 2004
WHERE TO? Director: Hadar Bashan / Israel 2004 Category: Society & Ethnology Language: Hebrew, Arabic and sign language. English translation. Length: 22 minutes
Synopsis: Sara is a Bedouin girl who suffers from a genetic hearing impairment. She is destined to get married as a second wife, to bare children and stay home. Sara desires a different future rather than a hermetically closed world. She leaves in search of independence and freedom for her voice to 'be heard'.
Producer: Hadar Bashan and Sapir Academic College - The Film and Television School
Festivals & Awards:
Visions du R?el - Nyon International Documentary Film Festival - Switzerland 2005
Israeli Documentary Film Festival - Confluences Paris - France 2005
Doc Aviv International Documentary Film Festival - Tel Aviv - Israel 2004
Synopsis: A story of an inner voyage, which deals with maturity and sexuality on the road to finding and connecting with the inner self. The film represents the inner fears and barriers of Na'ama, a young woman, who is afraid of relationships and physical contact. It combines reality with fiction, while the difference between the two is often blurry, and is presented by special visual affects, without dialogue, and with a harmonious combination of different art forms - film, dance, drama, music and animation.
Festivals & Awards:
Danc(E)motion Dance on Screen Festival - Jakarta - Indonesia 2005
Roma Music Doc Fest - All About Dancing - Italy 2005
Moving Pictures Festival - Global Moves - Toronto - Canada 2004
International Students Festival of Film Art - Balchik - Bulgaria 2004
Haifa International Film Festival - Israel 2003
Carmiel International Dance Festival - Israel 2003
SANDANCE Director: Michael Medina / Israel 2002 Category: Experimental - Video-Dance Length: 22 minutes.
Synopsis: The film is based on dance and movement, while animated and staged sequences are inserted. Events that take place simultaneously in different places and at different times are layered on top of one another. Shifting between the extremes of control and helplessness, the borders between dream, reality and hallucination become blurred. This video was made in collaboration with the Bat Dor Dance Company.
Festivals & Awards:
Dance on Camera Festival, New York - USA 2006
Danc(E)motion Dance on Screen Festival - Jakarta - Indonesia 2005
Roma Music Doc Fest - Un Mondo di Musica - Italy 2005
International Students Festival of Film Art - Balchik - Bulgaria 2004
Reel-IL Director's Evening - Bonn - Germany 2002
Honorable Mention : Tel Aviv International Student Festival - Israel 2002
Best Experimental Film : Short & Film Festival - Jerusalem - Israel 2002
Best Experimental Film : Southern Film Festival Sderot - Israel 2002
