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Sock Horror

To find his lost sock, a דomewhat shady man climbs into the mouth of a washing machine and finds himself in a dark, shadowy world of socks. There, his old sock has a surprise waiting for him - one that will teach him what it truly means to be a sock.

Apartment 14

As if breaking up with the love of your life is not enough…Uri is locked out of his apartment, wearing pajamas and without his phone. Brokenhearted, he knocks on the neighbor’s apartment only to find himself in sort of a nightmare situation - but he realizes that his older neighbors are in a far-worse relationship than his own.

Dory and Shoes

What starts as an episode of “Dory and Shoes” takes a dark turn when an event from the past is filling Shoes with guilt.

Just another day

The story of Gadi, an ordinary forex trader, living a routine life of numbers and screens. But when a small disruption cracks his reality, strange figures appear and disappear, blurring the line between real and unreal.

Jam

When Alon arrives at a holiday dinner at his father’s house with his dad’s new partner, his anger mysteriously spawns a giant, deadly doughnut.

Chosen’t

"Chosen’t" explores the idea of being "The Chosen One"—our desire for the title, its emotional cost, and its role in group dynamics.

Outside the Body

Yona, a mentally ill woman, enters her inner world through TV and begins a transformative journey of healing.

Knockings

Yehudit, an Orthodox woman haunted by trauma, must decide between fleeing her home or losing herself to madness. The Film has been chosen for the shorts competitive program and is nominated for "The Golem".

The Cannibals

In the Cannibals family, first love becomes the main course. A parody of family sitcoms, this dark horror comedy explores growing up, family bonds, and hunger.

No Witches in the Valley

Which regrets fill the heart at the last moments of a woman's life? Which thoughts occupy the mind of a woman who dedicated her life to the Socialist dream, and lost her son's love along the way? “No Witches in the Valley” is a story about intergenerational trauma and the ability to overcome it. It is a love letter to my grandmother, whose voice was erased from the pages of history.

Below the Surface

The film tells a story of emerging from darkness into light. Shahar, a reserve soldier with PTSD, reaches a secluded beach to end his life. After a struggle with the sea, he’s pulled into an inner journey of transformation, where he finds meaning and renewed hope.

Window Watcher

A monster mimics human silhouettes through apartment windows, preying on those who get too close to the glass. The Film has been chosen for the shorts competitive program and is nominated for "The Golem".

Mirror Image

Naomi duplicates a key for her boyfriend without asking her unbearable roommate first. The two engage in a war of attrition as soon as the act is revealed. They spare no means and are ready to destroy everything to win an apartment. The Film has been chosen for the shorts competitive program and is nominated for "The Golem".

Night Terrors

On what begins as a routine couples’ evening, an intimate moment exposing cracks between love, fear, and danger.

Pitom

a shy man with a Stuttering disorder, will unite with his friend, a magical talking puppet, on stage to impress his crush from work

The Things We do for Love and a Foreign Passport

In a not too far dystopian future, a couple is trying to obtain a foreign passport in order to leave Israel. Bureaucracy is demanding - but it turns out that the price of emigrating is even more taxing and physically arduous. And the couple will have to make dramatic choices that will affect future generations. The Film has been chosen for the shorts competitive program and is nominated for "The Golem".

That Time I Stole My Brother’s Tooth to Trick the Tooth Fairy

A short film about childhood, memory, and a stolen tooth. In an era where boundaries blur between private and public, truth and fiction.

Simcha

Simcha the monster has lived for years under a boy’s bed, forging a unique friendship. As they grow older, she fears he might not want to stay her friend anymore.

Carp

On the eve of the holiday, Noam receives a dreadful task: to prepare gefilte fish according to Grandma’s recipe.

Kasey Cartoon

Since diversity is dead in tv and movies, Veronica the animator decides to kill off Kasey, one of her diverse cartoons. But Kasey isn't your typical cartoon and she's definitely not going anywhere without a fight. The Film has been chosen for the shorts competitive program and is nominated for "The Golem".

The Pitch

Yael, an aspiring film director, ambushes Mr. Grossman – the all-powerful chairman of the Film Fund. She is set to convince him to support her dream project, and she knows there's only one way to do it…

Super Girls Last All Summer Long

Evon goes with her boyfriend, Daniel, on a picnic, but Daniel has other plans.

5 Minutes of Your Time

A nuke is headed towards Tel-Aviv. Everyone has five minutes to make peace with their gods. Itai wants to make peace with his ex. Better luck cracking the atom.

Replicant Mind

A doctor and her assistant must overcome a medical error and determine which copy of their patient's mind has to be eliminated: the human or the computed duplicate.

Simulacra

A grieving mother enlists her estranged daughter to build a robot replacement for her dead, older daughter. However, when the robot escapes they must face their traumas to find her.

Sight

A short futuristic film which describes a world where Augmented Reality is incorporated in our daily lives. The film follows Patrick, the protagonist, through a day in his life.

Face Swap

A guy convinces his wife to try out a new A.I. technology to spice up their sex life, but he ends up getting a bit more spice than he bargained for. First short film to use "deep fake" technology.

Oneiroi

In the “Oneiroi” Community, People aren’t able to sleep, neither dream. When both U-11 and O-16 are chosen for a process that will unite them both, things aren’t going as planned.

Who Loves The Sun

Ziv has left his girlfriend and locked himself away in a small hotel room. A stream of texts and images from his mind reveals the dark urges he's fighting. When she comes to bring him home it leads to a tragic ending.

My First Time

Tonight Maggie is “doing it” for the first time. She meets Kobi, a guy cute enough for the purpose. Heading to his apartment, Kobi will discover what her real intentions are.

Lovely Creature

Sunset falls on Jaffa. A young girl walks through the alleys. Bearing a dark secret, she's off into the night to meet her boyfriend. it's her 100th birthday.

Teddy Bear

A little girl thinks that her teddy bear comes to her at night. When she feels sick, her mother takes her to the doctor and finds out that she is pregnant with a little baby teddy bear.

Joined Together

A fundamentalist religious leader preaches to the masses from the newly built third temple of Jerusalem, capital of the state of Judea.

Loof

Sgt. Buchris, out of boredom, defiles the sanctity of Yom Kippur at the Cave of the Patriarchs ,and causes a dark resurrection of the nation's forefathers.

Niggun

A space archaeologist and an outcast rabbi are on a quest to find the lost city of Jerusalem. They both have the same obsession, but each has his own reason to find the legendary city, which its very existence is in doubtful.

Erosion

A woman that lives a normal life notices that her body is crumbling into sand. She tries to continue with her life but the wind and rain are eroding her body.

The Bear

In a dark apartment, isolated to the outside world, a father and daughter sit together to watch television. The topics of conversation, food, and even the temperature of the home air conditioner reveal the huge gaps between the two.

Hounds

The life of a dog, trained to act as human, changes when a pack of Hounds gathers around his house.

Haunting of Nirco Mansion

After donating to charity, two roommates sense a dark presence in their home. They call in a professional: Father Patrick.

Mother

On the evening of Independence Day, as the fireworks die down, lonely Solomon is transported back to his childhood.

The Blanket

A sense of comfort and security in the urban space. Why is the city paved with concrete? What lies down there that scares us so much?

Too Much Reality

A love story between an anxious young woman and the ghost who inhabits her rented apartment.

ReFeel

For their sixth anniversary, Dekel sweeps Neri into a journey through their memories with the help of a new drug that makes you re-experience memories. This trip reaches a breaking point when they go back to a joint sexual encounter, which floods Neri with feelings he tried to suppress.

The Neighbor’s Dog

Uri lives on his own, when a single mom and her young son move in next door things become very strange.

The Placenta, the Pogrom, and A Sack of Gold

Shindel was born unlucky to a father who came into the world with his luck on his back. In a world of superstition, she tries to find her own luck.

Darkness, My Friend

A young man is exposed to a love story during a party, while a voice-over tells of a son and his father drifting apart.

Dreidel of Fire

Matti is the best spinner in town. On the seventh night of Hanukkah he tells his boss, and the head of "The Casino", that he wants to leave. His boss makes him an offer he cannot refuse.

Choose

Animation, Sci-fi Comedy. A robot goes into an ice cream parlor and has a hard time dealing with all the decisions he needs to make. Produced at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. Festival Programs: Fortune telling Program, Fantastic animation program, also presenting prior to the film “Final Voyage“.

Shhh

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. Festival Programs: Competitive Program, Starry Eyed Program, also presenting prior to the film “Host”.

Premium Service

Drama, Revenge, Science Fiction. He wakes up in the dark to be tortured by HER, until he’ll admit he assaulted. Festival Programs: Competitive Program, “Future Telling” Program

Yellow Outpost

A young soldier stands on guard at the gate of a forgotten base in the remote desert. The heat, thirst, loneliness and the delusions the come with them, gather together for a long sweltering afternoon of surreal survival. Produced at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School Festival Program: Trippin Program

Indian Summer, Boris!

Surrealist Horror Comedy. After separating from his wife, Boris has a night of surrealist and intensely emotional experiences. Festival Programs: Competitive Program, Trippin’ Program.

Parpar

Fantastic Animation. The charismatic leader of a ‘hood gang tells his posse about a fight he had last night, revealing his true character, but only in the fantastic dimension of animation. Produced at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Festival Programs: Fantastic Animation Program, also presenting prior to the film “Blue My Mind“.

Sand Business

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. Festival Programs: Competitive Program, (S)Laughter is the Best Medicine Program, also presenting prior to the film “Palm Springs“.

Story City

Experimental, Mystery. Free interpretation of Daniel’s Final Vision depicting the reign of a mysterious beast – which the film depicts as a hybrid and multi-layered creature. Festival Program: Future Telling Program

St. Honoré

Horror Comedy. A bourgeois dinner with friends gives rise to some of its participants’ suppressed emotions, as they completely lose control. Festival Programs: Competitive Program, Starry Eyed Program, also presenting prior to the films “The Antenna” and “The VelociPastor“.

Meant to Be

Fantastic Drama. During a picnic with her boyfriend, Maya finds a ring hidden in his backpack. Unable to contend, she flees into the forest. Produced at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School. Festival Program: Starry Eyed Program

The Driver

Experimental Animation. In a desolate world a train is rushing ahead to an unknown destination. Festival Programs: Fantastic Animation Program, also presenting prior to the film “Chanthaly“.

The Immersion

A surreal journey of a woman in a strange and foreign place, the Mikveh. Produced at HIT, the Holon Institute of Technology Festival Programs: Trippin’ Program, Fantastic Animation program, also presenting prior to the film “Darkness“.

This is Only Getting Worse

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 Festival Programs: Competitive Program, Future Telling Program, also presenting prior to the film “The Man Who Killed Hitler, and Then the Bigfoot“.

Pest Control on Golomb Street

Supernatural. An exterminator finds himself moving between past and the present, spirit and matter. Produced at The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, the Tel-Aviv University. Festival Program: Trippin’

The Moscow Scholar

A festive gathering around a dinner table, including a failed opera singer, her fiancé and their families, turns into to a lethal dark comedy. Produced at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School. Festival Programs: (S)Laughter is the Best Medicine Program, also presenting prior to the film “I Trapped the Devil“.

Dam HaMaccabim

Yael returns to the kibbutz where she grew up, expecting to find a safe space. Turns out a lethal gas leak poisoned the residents and turned them into… Produced at Seminar Hakibutzim Festival Program: (S)Laughter is the Best Medicine Program.

Full Mouth

Horror Comedy. A young woman deals with gluttony, as reality mixes with imagination. Produced at HIT, the Holon Institute of Technology Festival Programs: Trippin’ Program, also presenting prior to the film “Swallow“

Smart Home

Fantastic realism. When a young artsy soldier’s home is invaded by his colonel boss, self-proclaimed poet and art collector, he must come up with a master plan to reunite his family against the intruder. Produced at Minshar School of Art with the support of the Gesher Multicultural Film Fund. Festival Program: Trippin’

Parallel Worlds

Science Fiction. A couple goes hiking into a forest, expecting to witness an extremely rare meteor shower. As they have a conversation about their relationship, the forest around them deforms and become more and more alien, getting them separated. Festival Program: Starry Eyed Program

While We Stayed Home

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. Festival Programs: Competitive Program, (S)Laughter is the Best Medicine Program, also presenting prior to the films “Butt Boy” and “My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It […]

Bordo

Horror thriller. Worried by his wife’s behavior, a man tries to reveal if she is aware of his secret life. Produced at Minshar School of Arts, supported by The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts and by the Israeli Ministry of Culture. Festival Program: Starry Eyed Program

On the Way Home

A father and daughter in a surreal journey through Israeli landscapes. Produced at the Hadassah Academic College Festival Program: Fantastic Animation Program

Me Inside

Kaya pursues a serial killer online; she reaches the darknet to find more information about him and finds a horror game that complicates and endangers her life. Produced at Sapir college and supported by the Galil Film Fund Festival Program: Future Telling Program

Antideafobia

Horror, fantasy. When a mysterious duck hunted Sally, she decides to confront him in order to overcome her anxieties. Festival Program: Starry Eyed Program

Alex & Nadia Forever

Magic realism, mystery. Drenched in guilt and longing for his late lover Nadia, Alex begins to adopt her identity, one step at a time. Produced at the Sapir college, supported by the Israeli New Fund for Cinema and Television NFCT. Festival Program: Starry Eyed Program

Necro-Men

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. Festival Programs: Competitive Program, (S)Laughter is the Best Medicine Program.

6480 Days

Science Fiction. 18 years into the future, following the onslaught of a virus worldwide, a Hong Kong citizen reflects on life in the world before he was born. Festival Programs: Future Telling Program, also presenting prior to the films: “Lapsis“, “Aniara“, “Come True” and “The Long Walk“.

6:6

A Backgammon game leads into a storm of emotions that blurs the definition between reality and imagination. Produced with the support of the Gesher Multicultural Film Fund Festival Programs: Fantastic Animation Program, also presenting prior to the films: “Starfish“, “Dearest Sister“, “A Mermaid in Paris“.