Short Compilation - Womanhood

Israeli Short Films Competition

Archive - Festival 41

  • Archive - Festival 41
  • Israel 2025
  • 98 minutes

Five Short Films About Women and Femininity
98 minutes | Israel 2025

 

Photos of Her

Israel | 2025

 

Directed by: Bar Cohen

Production:Lev Orlov, Rotem Grosman

Screenplay: Bar Cohen

Cinematography: Mya Kaplan

Editing: Johnny Doov

Sound design: Rotem Dror

Music: Gal Lev

Featuring: Shaylee Atary, Lioz Levi, Tomer Machloof

Source: Lev Orlov Films

Produced with support from: Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, The New Israeli Film Fund

 

24 min | Hebrew | English subtitles

 

Shiri, a bourgeois and conservative woman, planned her perfect maternity photo shoot, but the one who comes to photograph her is Lidor, a liberal trans woman. When Shiri's husband leaves the photo shoot in the middle, the meeting between the two different women raises demons and questions about their changing bodies and their identity in the world.


 

 

You’re Perfect, Keep Going

Israel | 2025

 

Directed by: Yaaley Weiss

Production: Yaaley Weiss and Noa Gur Itzhak

Screenplay: Yaaley Weiss

Cinematography: Mazal Ben Yishay

Editing:Yaaley Weiss and Eyal Radoshitzky

Sound design: D.B Studios

Music: Itamar Shlomo Cohen

Casting: Yaaley Weiss

Featuring: Yaaley Weiss, Gal Peer, Tair Chvika, Ori Paniri

Source: Ha’Aruga

 

15 min |  Hebrew | English subtitles

 

Amalya gets a “night off” from her partner and heads to a lesbian party that never quite takes off. There, she meets Avia - beautiful, effortlessly cool, but not entirely stable. The two tumble into an unexpected night that stirs in Amalya questions about freedom and commitment


 

 

Maid of honor 

Israel | 2025 

 

Directed by: Gaia Shalita Katz

Production: Oren Rogovin, Omer Rogovin

Co Producer: Refael Kadishzon

Screenplay: Gaia Shalita Katz

Cinematgraphy: Daria Geller

Editing: Maya Kenig

Sound design: Ronen Nagel 

Music: Michael Cohen, Piano: Omri behr

Casting: Gaia Shalita Katz

Featuring: Shira Naor, Joy Rieger, Tamar Yoffe, Yael Eitan, Gaia Shalita Katz

Source: Rogovin Brothers LTD

 

24 min | Hebrew | English and Hebrew subtitles

 

Alona’s bachelorette party spirals out of control. Heavily pregnant and eager for joy, she clashes with Rotem, her closest friend, who suffers a panic attack and insists the marriage is a mistake. As the day unfolds, loyalties are tested, will their friendship endure or collapse forever?


 

 

30 And Trying

Israel | 2025

 

Directed by: Noa Elisha 

Production: Yuval Kachlon

Screenplay: Noa Elisha 

Cinematography: Ella Dagan

Editing: Noa Elishaת Ravid Bamani

Sound design: Dany Zernitsky

Music: Meitar Gelman

Casting: Noa Elisha

Featuring: Achinoam Gelbfish, Ron Feldman, Daphne Levine, Ilanit Ben Yaakov, Sami Shalom Chetrit

Source: Sapir College - School of Audio and Visual Arts

Produced with support from: Fondation Mazalbert de Luxembourg

 

16 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English subtitles 

 

Nur is getting pulled over for getting old and underachieving. After a glance to a not-so-bright future, she’s motivated (mainly by anxiety) to take control of her life, facing reality’s unlikely circumstances.


 

 

Matryoshka

Israel | 2025

 

Directed by: Almog Haller

Production: Almog Haller

Executive Producer: Tamar Gobernik

Screenplay: Almog Haller

Cinematography: Ori Gabay

Editing: Almog Haller

Sound design: Nati Zeidenstadt

Casting: Almog Haller

Featuring: Yoav Rosenberg, Inbar Livne, Kati Singer-Haller, Udi Razzin

Source: Minshar for Art

Produced with support from: The Israeli Film Fund

 

17 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English subtitles

 

Daniel struggles to write his new script about Lily, a young photographer and escort. Confused and lost, he sets out to explore her world in a narrative that walkes the line between fiction and documentary.