Tamar visits Dr. Hirschfeld’s clinic, where through hypnosis she confronts fears and repressed memories. The experience blurs the line between reality and imagination, revealing childhood traumas and complex relationships. By the end of her journey, Tamar finds inner freedom and a renewed connection to herself.

Dir: Gal Salomon

In March 2020, during Israel’s first lockdown, two young travelers returning from India seek refuge in a partially abandoned artists' house, which quickly transforms into a chaotic commune. As isolation shifts into hedonism, Dani faces challenges of love, jealousy, and personal collapse. Amidst the turmoil, reality begins to unravel, exposing a deep and fragile desire for connection and freedom beneath the chaos.

Dir: Lyla Avital

Issachar is chiseling stones in the yard of the house he built and where the whole family lives. His daughter is trying to understand why she doesn’t live there, while he is busy with his love for stones and his memories of the construction process with his sons helping him. He does not remember her help during construction, nor the reason for her absence. The father drifts to his memories of his home in Afghanistan but does not remember his daughter’s attempts to return home, which provokes her protest. A protest that for a moment, makes him stop and see her for the first time.

Dir: Liav Tamuz

The Yung Yiddish organization is located in Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station. This cultural venue was established by scholar and cultural activist, Mendy Cahan, with the objective of making Yiddish relevant again and preserving the culture and language left behind in Europe. The production of a musical cabaret, based upon Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Shosha, raises the complexity of Yiddish life in Israel.

Dir: Nir Mymaran & David Fram

“Brosh” the shadow band performing Israel’s most famous songs, remains unseen and unrecognized, revealing the hidden artistry behind the nation’s hits.

Dir: Yehonatan Rubinstein

Liv and her two friends, teenage girls on a restless summer night in Yavne, search for adventure to escape their boredom. A desperate chase for a bottle of vodka leads them to a dark storage room, where Adi, the town’s heartthrob, shatters Liv’s world and takes from her what can never be returned, altering her life forever

Dir: Shira Yermiyahu

In the desert, a solitary railway worker pours his yearning into letters for his distant lover, only to receive silence. When he uncovers his boss’s betrayal, the fragile hope he clung to shatters, forcing him to confront exploitation, lost trust, and the painful fragility of devotion.

Dir: Nimrod Eilat

In an interrogation room, Lenna, who was found on the street, is interrogated by Ilya, a policeman struggling to dub her. Lena is disconnected and only a traumatic physical memory comes to mind. In one moment, her voice is heard, speechless and evokes in Ilya a childhood memory that leads to a human gesture that meets her world.

Dir: Liav Tamuz

On a restless night, Nili and Ofer experiment with touch and imagination, blurring the lines between reality and perception. Their playful telepathy leads them from a cluttered living room to a mysterious cave and a flowing stream, testing trust, fear, and connection in a journey that unveils vulnerability, wonder, and the fragility of human bonds.

Dir: Uri Peleg

In the border area, between palestinian villages and Israeli settlements, a woman, on her morning jogging, is getting straight into a chase of an Israeli policeman after a palestinian illegal worker. A short but intensive interaction between the three reveals the violent side of the border.

Dir: Liav Tamuz

An unexpected breakup unfolds in a parking lot. His frustration spills out like a storm, leaving her alone in the stillness that follows.

Dir: Itay Rechtman