Short Compilation - Closer and Further

Five Short Films About Distance and Intimacy, Drifting Apart and Coming Together
85 minutes | Israel 2025

The Insurance Fairy

Israel | 2025

Directed by: Tal Chaimovitz

Production: Maya Lee Rubin

Screenplay: Tal Chaimovitz

Cinematography: Eitan Stern

Editing: Eily Freid

Sound design: Dolev Raphaeli, DB studios

Casting: Mor Slae, Sivan Eyal

Featuring: Sivan Levi Zakin, Elad Chaimovitz

Source: Sam Spiegel Film and Television School

Produced with support from: NFCT

13 min | Hebrew | English Subtitles 

Trying to hide a harsh reality from her young son, single-mom Daphna uses games and imagination in order to paint a brighter world. But as the secrets she must shield him from become darker, the games become more dangerous and ominous.

Night Terrors 

Israel | 2025

Directed by:
Yaron Arazi 

Production: Oren dallal, Tal Levy Tal, Eilat Shapira 

Screenplay:
Tal Levy Tal 

Cinematography:
Roy Gluska 

Editing:
Nohar Avigail Haseen 

Picture Design: Boaz Yankelvitz 

Sound Design: Dolev Raphaely 

Music:
Lior Perla, Bentsi Gafni 

Casting: Inbar David 

Featuring:
Tal Levy Tal, Shlomi Tapiero, Hai maor, Bat Elle Mashian, Roy Shahar Kremerman 

Source: Tal Levy Tal 

20 min| Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

Night Terrors is a short film about a couple in crisis, trying to reconnect through a therapeutic exercise. A charged moment disrupts their fragile bond, escalating when the police arrive and their son wakes up from a night terror. Blending realism with surreal undertones, the film explores fear, intimacy, and relationships

Swifts

Israel | 2025

Shirli Nada Michalevicz

Production: Itai Tamir, Ami Livne

Screenplay: Shirli Nada Michalevicz

Cinematography: Or Azulay

Editing: Haim Tabakman, Shira Meishar

Sound design: Erez Eyni Shavit

Music: Emanuel Witztum 

Casting: Shirli Nada Michalevicz

Featuring: Mohammad Afifi, Elisheva Weil

Source: Laila Films.

Produced with support from: The Jerusalem Film and Television Fund

12 min | Arabic and Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

On the old city walls of Jerusalem, a Young Palestinian Parkourist and a Hassidic girl dream of freedom.

Love Letter to My Brother

Israel | 2025

Directed by: Rotem Avidani

Production: Elyasif Barad

Screenplay: Rotem Avidani

Cinematography: Nitay Parnes

Editing: Jonathan Avidani

Sound design: PHD Advanced

Music: Jonatahn Avidani

Casting: Doron Neeman, Eitan Tsvik

Featuring: Yovel Lewkowski, Amir Banai

Source: Maaleh Film School

Produced with support from: The New Fund for Cinema and Television

18 min | Hebrew | English Subtitles

Eighteen-year-old Roni finds herself forced into a new relationship with her twin brother Alon, who has become ultra-Orthodox and is embracing a life that has no place for her.

Yaffa Shem-Tov

Israel | 2025 

Roni Levin and Michael Anug 

Production: Yair Luria 

Screenplay: Michael Anug and Roni Levin

Cinematography: Yahli Maoz

Editing: Roni Levin and Michael Anug

Sound design: Dolev Rephaely

Casting: Michael Anug and Roni Levin

Featuring: Leora Rivlin, Ezra Dagan, Dov Navon

Source: Sam Spiegel Film and Television School

Produced with support from: Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, The Eli Gelfand Short Film Fund

23 min | Hebrew | English Subtitles 

On her way to a routine eye checkup, 74-year-old Yaffa has a chance meeting with a fellow patient – and a glimpse with the possibility of changing her life. While her marriage no longer excites her, she has a strong will to live and suddenly sees the opportunity to change course.