Narratives - Arad Sawat

Focuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel' faced during the Yom Kippur War
Director Guy Nattiv Writer Nicholas Martin

My Happy Ending

Follows a famous star who finds herself in a British hospital room with three other women who help her.
Director: Tal Granit | Sharon Maymon | Writer: Anat Gov

LOST GIRLS & LOVE HOTELS

Haunted by her past, an American English teacher begins a tumultuous affair with a Yakuza gangster in Tokyo.
Director: William Olsson | Writer: Catherine Hanrahan

Absentia s. 1

After being declared dead in absentia, an FBI agent must reclaim her family, identity and innocence.
Creators: Matthew Cirulnick, Gaia Violo | Writers: Matthew Cirulnick, Gaia Violo, Deron M. Browne

OUR BOYS

Based on the true events which led to the outbreak of war in Gaza 2014.
Directors: Joseph Cedar, Tawfik Abu Wael | Writers: Joseph Cedar, Tawfik Abu Wael

BEIRUT

Caught in the crossfire of a civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind in Beirut.
Director: Brad Anderson | Writer: Tony Gilroy

FOXTROT

A troubled family must face the facts when something goes terribly wrong at their son's desolate military post.
Director: Samuel Maoz | Writer: Samuel Maoz

Norman

Norman Oppenheimer is a small time operator who befriends a young politician at a low point in his life.
Director: Joseph Cedar | Writer: Joseph Cedar

A Tale of Love and Darkness

The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel.
Director: Natalie Portman | Writers: Natalie Portman, Amos Oz

The Farewell Party

Residents of a retirement home build a self-euthanasia machine to help their terminally ill friend.
Directors: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon | Writers: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon

Self Made

Two women – one Israeli, the other Palestinian – are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
Director: Shira Geffen | Writer: Shira Geffen

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

A short film about cinema and its future.
Director: Samuel Maoz | Writer: Samuel Maoz

Hunting Elephants

In Jerusalem, a bullied teen befriends his grandfather and long lost uncle and soon they decide to solve their financial problems by robbing a bank.
Director: Reshef Levi | Writers: Reshef Levi, Regev Levy

Big Bad Wolves

After a little girl is brutally murdered, a suspect avoids arrest due to lack of evidence.
Directors: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado | Writers: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Up the Wrong Tree

Nitz is kicked out by his girlfriend, and finds himself stuck under her apartment and in the thick of a political battle against real estate sharks.
Director: Gur Bentwich | Writer: Gur Bentwich

The Dealers

Two stoners get entangled in a drug deal with a local gangster.
Director: Oded Davidoff | Writers: Sagi Azulay, Rami Davidoff

Footnote

Liezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies.
Director: Joseph Cedar | Writer: Joseph Cedar

GOLDA

My Happy Ending

A TALE OF LOVE & DARKNESS

BEIRUT

OUR BOYS

FOOTNOTE

NORMAN

BIG BAD WOLVES

LOST GIRLS & LOVE HOTELS

VENICE 70: FUTURE RELOADED

THE FAREWELL PARTY

THE DEALERS

HUNTING ELEPHANTS

ABSENTIA

SELF MADE

UP THE WRONG TREE

FOXTROT

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