Local Orbit – Israeli Shorts Competition 2020

Summary:

Israeli Short Genre Films – Competition
8 Films, 103 Mins Total

Premium Service
Israel / Canada, 2020
Director: Eitan Gafny
Cast: Yafit Shalev, Iftach Ophir, Lynne Griffin
Drama, Revenge, Science Fiction. He wakes up in the dark to be tortured by HER, until he’ll admit he assaulted.
22 mins, English, Hebrew Subtitles

This is Only Getting Worse
Israel, 2020
Director: Eran Luzon, Michael Negari
Cast: Abigail Zamir, Betsalel Borukhov, Adar Fima
A pregnant woman embarks on an apocalyptic journey as a mysterious crack raptures Jerusalem’s ground.
Produced at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
7 min, Hebrew, English Subs.

While We Stayed Home
Israel, 2020
Director: Gil Vesely
Cast: Amit Roth, Aleeza Chanowitz
Fantastic Horror comedy. Boy meets girl during the global pandemic, at the height of lockdown. Flirting becomes complicated with masks on, especially when both hide a secret underneath.
6 mins, Non-speaking film

St. Honoré
Israel, 2020
Director: Yotam Laor
Cast: Naomi Levov, Yotam Laor, Gaia Shlita Katz, Ofek Nick Cohen
Horror Comedy. A bourgeois dinner with friends gives rise to some of its participants’ suppressed emotions, as they completely loose control.
2 min, Hebrew, English Subs.

Shhh
Israel, 2019
Director: Jonathan Mordechay
Cast: Noa Koler, Erez aderiges
Horror Comedy. Most importantly – do not wake up the baby, who just fell asleep, things might go unimaginably wrong.
The film was presented at over sixty film festivals around the world.
13 mins, Non-speaking film

Indian Summer, Boris!
Israel 2018
Director: Murat Turgiyev
Cast: Boris Frenkel, Ilya Kutuzov, Vadim Yagman
Surrealist Horror Comedy. After separating from his wife, Boris has a night of surrealist and intensely emotional experiences.
26 mins, Russian, English & Hebrew Subs.

Sand Business
Israel, 2019
Director: Max Shlomovitz
Cast: Tomer Nahir Patluk, Nir Landman, Alex Amar, David Smadja and Rami Hoiberger
Two criminals are given a very simple task, deliver a heavy suitcase, in this surreal crime comedy.
Produced at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, the Tel-Aviv University.
10 min, Hebrew, French, English Subs.

Necro-Men
Israel, 2020
Director: Tal Shmunis
Cast: Yaniv Biton, Loai Noufi, Alona Zimberg
Horror Comedy. Con-artist Duo, a Jewish and a Muslim, performs (false) exorcisms comes across a real Dybbuk that confronts them with their private sins.
Produced at Minshar School of Art, supported by the Israeli New Fund for Cinema and Television NFCT.
18 min, Hebrew, Arab, Yiddish, English Subs.