SHORTIME — The Israeli Short Film Collection

SHORTIME — The Israeli Short Film Collection

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SHORTIME — The Israeli Short Film Collection
  • Uzzi

    At the age of 94, Professor Uzzi Ornan continues his lifelong ongoing struggles for upholding the secular and democratic image of the State of Israel, with his last endeavor to establish Civil Burial rights where he lives.

    Year: 2018
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Ido Weisman
    Prod...

  • Day Off

    The story of a lonely, suburban youth and his encounter with a traumatized soul and a bored grocer addicted to gambling.

    Year: 2004
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Nadav Patt
    Producer: Michal Gorev
    Starring: Nati Levi, Zaki Tenenzap, Shimshon Aflalo

  • I Think This is the Closest to How the Footage Looked

    A person recovers a lost memory: the memory of the last day with mom.

    Year: 2012
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Yuval Hameiri
    Producer: Yuval Hameiri

  • Always Already

    When Eli's perfect proposal for his perfect girlfriend goes awry, he and Tamara must explore their hearts to remember their future.

    Year: 2017
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Alon Rothem
    Producers: Misha Platinsky, Alon Rothem
    Starring: Tamara Klingon, Eli Haviv

  • Heftzi Gets Screwed

    Hephzibah the virgin's agonizing longing for an ideal love she never had. Her best friend is convinced that she knows what the only solution to the problem is, and urged her to try. Hephzibah surrenders and silences her inner voices telling her to run away. She loses control of the situation and ...

  • Beat in the Forest

    An old and dedicated forest keeper, living in a magical heart-beating forest, fights against dark forces to keep it alive, until his last breath.

    Year: 2014
    Language: Russian, English subtitles
    Director: Adi Goral
    Producer: Adi Goral
    Starring: Vladimir Leykin

  • Arabic Friday

    Naomi and Marwan are a couple that communicates in Hebrew. Therefore, they had set a custom: on Fridays they only speak Arabic. The weekly lesson leads to miscommunication that no language would solve.

    Year: 2019
    Languages: Hebrew & Arabic, English subtitles
    Director: Gal Rosenbluth
    Producer: Or...

  • The Swimmer

    Shikma Lahav is a famous retired swimmer who coaches her daughter, Inbar Cohen. Inbar, who's competing for Hapoel Eilat’s youth team, reaches the age in which she is meant to transfer to the adults’ team coached by Yaakov Edri, who also manages the southern club. Shikma tries to prevent the comin...

  • The Last Nazi Hunter

    Two tourists meet and hang out in sunny Tel Aviv – but neither is quite who he says he is.

    Year: 2020
    Languages: English & Hebrew, English subtitles
    Directors: Yuval Berger, Matan Galin
    Producer: Yael Shmuelov
    Starring: Yuval Jonas, Augustin Groz, Yuval Klo

  • Home Test

    All the teenagers in the youth center know that Daphna (30) is the most devoted social worker in the complex. Between her and Ala (16) there is a special relationship. At home, her husband, Geva (32) is struggling to understand the way she treats the girls. When Ala is knocking at her door in the...

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Boy meets girl. They exchange hearts. A small love story in a big world.

    Year: 2019
    Director: Elinor Nechemya
    Producer: Elinor Nechemya

  • Ivan

    "Three years ago my brother Ivan passed away. Ivan and I were close, he was an important role module in my life and I thought I knew him as well as he knew me. After his death I realized I was wrong. During my search I found his blog. The blog opened up a whole new world and tons of information a...

  • Pomegranate Flower

    Guy comes to visit his grandfather Eli. Their time together brings forth an intimacy between two men 60 years apart. The encounter's poetic tone is one that explores sexuality, immigration, loneliness belonging and love.

    Year: 2020
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Itamar Alcalay
    Pro...

  • Liliths

    A bride comes to the Mikva to immerse according to the Jewish ritual. The attendant warns her not to open her eyes in the water but she cannot resist the temptation and sees Liliths. She tries to tell the attendant but she rejects her. The bride hides in a closet when the attendant locks the Mikv...

  • Girl With a Fork in a World of Soup

    A bitter-sweet musical comedy. Dafna has a lot of love to give, but no one to give it to. The guitar sounds from her new neighbour will lead to a chance.

    Year: 2018
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Yotam Knispel
    Producer: Yotam Knispel
    Starring: Gili Beit Hallahmi, Hillel Cappon, No...

  • One Year Breakup Anniversary

    Through a perspective of time, acceptance and appeasement, we look into the experience of a young man named Noam and the end of a long relationship and the emotional consequences that come to him days, even months after.

    Year: 2019
    Language: Hebrew, English & Hebrew subtitles
    Director: Yarin Zem...

  • The Love Archive

    Ofir and Tomer want to become parents. Before moving in into a new flat, Ofir digitizes letters and photos from his past loves in order to leave his past behind.

    Year: 2014
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Director: Ofir Feldman
    Producers: Efrat Cohen, Hilla Shitrit

  • Lashabiya

    In an elementary school courtyard, a young Palestinian man plays a dangerous version of the classical children's game "Red Light, Green Light", with an armed squad of Israeli soldiers. In this game players are disqualified for moving. The soldiers charge forward, deeply motivated to reach him, an...

  • The Amazing Charleroux

    A magician and his assistant have found the perfect way to perform the "sawing a woman in half" trick by actually splitting a person in half.

    Year: 2011
    Director: Ido Fluk
    Producers: Itay Gross, Justin Edwards, Shira Aharony
    Starring: Dan Woren, Ellen Clifford, Michael Shaughnessy

  • The External Tel-Aviv

    An ordinary day in the ordinary life of an ordinary family in Tel Aviv.

    Year: 2018
    Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
    Directors: Omer Ben-David, Dan Messer
    Producers: Omer Ben-David, Dan Messer

  • Saving Pooh

    An almost forgotten memory of grandma Matryona when she was a little girl. A lonely girl who only has one thing in the whole wide world: her best friend, Winnie-the-Pooh.

    Year: 2017
    Language: Russian, English subtitles
    Director: Julia Trachtenberg
    Producer: Julia Trachtenberg
    Starring: Lena Wisman

  • Noga Does Not Exist

    Noga, a beautiful young woman, inclined to depression and existential despair, is sitting on a bench in downtown Tel Aviv, trying to find relaxation and clear her mind of all the negative thoughts. Johnny, a cool and sweet young guy, joins her for a cigarette and a philosophical conversation.

    Ye...

  • Far Away

    Friday afternoon. Itzik drives his son, Nimrod, back home. One question during that time forces Nimrod to learn about his father experience as a disabled man, his resentment towards his first family, and crippling loneliness. Nimrod faces his father's difficult dilemma: is it better to be loved a...

  • Surprise

    This is the story about a 35-year-old man who doesn't like to waste his time. His mother sends him to the grocery store, while planning a surprise birthday party for him. While purchasing dairy products, he muses about the similarities between their expiration dates and his own life. He returns h...