Israeli shorts - Animation

Israeli Short Films

  • Archive - Festival 37
  • Israel 2021
  • 87 minutes

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Israel 2021

Dir.: Hodaya Avraham, Savyon Arbel

Pro.: School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir college

Sc.: Hodaya Avraham

Ed.: Hodaya Avraham, Savyon Arbel

Music: Leora Landzbaum

Soundtrack Editing: Yuval Kadosh

Source: School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir college

6 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

A story about a woman, having a crisis regarding her relationship while her house is distorting and falling apart.

 
 

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Israel 2021

Dir.: Sarai Abergel, Guy Livnat, Noy Friman

Pro.: School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir college

Sc.: Sarai Abergel

Ed.: Sarai Abergel

Music: Geva Hason

Soundtrack Editing:Omri Cohen

Source: School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir college

Produced with the support of: The New Fund for Cinema and TV

10 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

"Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" is a short animated dark comedy, set in a wild and crazy world where a little girl struggles to retrieve her lost dog.

When Alone

Israel 2021

Dir.: Paz Bernstein

Pro.: School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir college

Sc.: Paz Bernstein

Ed.: Paz Bernstein

Music: Yarin Plotnik

Soundtrack Editing: Yarin Plotnik

Source: School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir college

Produced with the support of: Rabinovich Foundation

4 min. | No Dialog.

In this cold and indifferent reality we live in, it's hard to not feel alone. We get a glimpse of a daily routine of masturbation and diving into ones soul that its goal is to overcome the negative emotions. It succeeds for a while, but in the end, everything is the same.

 
 

Half a Saba

Israel 2021

Dir.: Ben Molina

Pro.: Shenkar College of Engineering and Design

Sc.: Ben Molina

Ed.: Ben Molina

OMusic: Or Malka

Soundtrack Editing: Carmin Bittermann

Source: Shenkar College of Engineering and Design

 4 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

 The film follows a dialouge between the filmaker and his Saba (Hebrew for Grandpa) at the last chapter of his life. Saba Beno tells his life story in his own words while trying to find the meaning of it all.

Black Slide

Israel 2021

Dir.: Uri Lotan

Pro.: AMIT R. GICELTER, Andrew Lord

Sc.: Uri Lotan

Ed.: Naama Shohet

Music: Asaf Sagiv

Sound Editing: Daniel Eaton

Festivals: Giffoni Film Festival, Cinekid, TIAF - Taichung International Animation Festival

Source: The Hive Studio

Produced with support of:

Makor Film Fund

Pais Film Foundation

The Hive Studio

Flipbook Studio

Hornet Inc

11 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

Eviah, a young and timid kid on the brink of puberty and his best friend Tsuf, sneak into the Black Slide, the most terrifying ride in the water park. There Eviah will gain insight in preparation for events about to unfold back home.

 
 

The Hangman at Home

Israel 2021

Dir.: Michelle and Uri Kranot

Pro.:Lana Tankosa Nikolic, Late love production/ Michelle Kranot Tindrum productions/ Miyu productions/ NFB/ Floreal films

Sc.: Michelle and Uri Kranot

Ed.: Michelle and Uri Kranot

Music: Uri Kranot

Soundtrack Editing: Pierre Yves Drapeau

Festivals: Krakow film festival (Best short film award), Edinburgh FF, L.A. shorts

Source: TINDRUM

Produced with support of:

Danish film institute

CNC

National film board of Canada

Mifal HaPayis

14 min. | English | Hebrew subtitles

What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work?

Animal Locomotion

Israel 2021

Dir.: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota

Sc.: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota

Music: Lior Soltz

Soundtrack Editing: Lior Soltz

Source: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

7 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

Ever since becoming conscious Man tries to lose his animal self. Then in a breaking point sheds his clothes, plunged into a turmoil.

 
 

Golden Margarite

Israel 2021

Dir.: Keren Karasik

Sc.: Keren Karasik

Music: Amit Buium

Soundtrack Editing: Amit Buium

Source: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

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

6 min. | No Dialog

The film follows the day of three young teens living in a neglected ghost town in post-Soviet Europe.

From Troy with Love

Israel 2021

Dir.: Yotam Galpaz

Sc.: Yotam Galpaz

Ed.: Yotam Galpaz

Music: Gordon Jacob, Soni Ventorum

Soundtrack Editing: Bar Harel

Source: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

Produced with support of: Gesher Multiculural Film Fund

6 min. | No Dialog

An artist in ancient Greece involuntarily finds himself in the belly of the Trojan horse, and has to go to war.

 
 

The Quest for Freedom and the Longing for Belonging

Israel 2021

Dir.: Noam Paul

Pro.: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Sc.: Noam Paul

Music: Avraham Kober

Soundtrack Editing: Avraham Kober

Festivals: Anifilm, Encounters Film Festival, Athens Animfest

Source: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

3 min. | No Dialog

The name of the film is taken from the book "Liquid Love" by the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. The film investigates the tension and the pendulum swing between freedom and belonging. An attempt to express two opposing worlds trying to co-exist, where one will always overcome the other in a constant, endless tension.

One Last Wish

Based on "What, Of this Goldfish, Would You Wish?" by Etgar Keret

Israel 2021

Dir.: Galia Osmo

Pro.: Galia Osmo

Sc.: Galia Osmo, Emi Sfard, Alon Marcus

Ed.: Galia Osmo

Music: Alberto Shwartz

Sound Editing: Eran Barkani

Cast: Gera Sandler, Ohad Knoller, Eli Haviv, Nily Avni

Festivals: ANIMA The Brussels Animation Film Festival, ANIMAKOM FEST, The Bilbao International Animation Community Festival, Festival of Animation Berlin (FAB), Festival Stop Motion Montréal, Athens International Film and Video Festival

Source: Galia Osmo

Produced with support of: Makor Film Foundation, Mifal HaPayis Film Foundation

10 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

 The Fisherman and the Fish folk tale comes to life in a bitter-sweet animation. A lonely fisherman has a magical goldfish, who granted him three wishes. He already used two wishes to help others in need. Now he is facing a grave decision; After accidentally killing a stranger, he has to choose whether to keep his last wish and become a murderer. Or to use it to save a stranger's life, but in doing so, he will lose the only thing that truly matters, his friend.

 
 

History of Us

Israel 2021

Based on a story by Etgar Keret

Dir.: Etgar Keret

Animation: Ofra Kobliner

Pro.: Fumi Studio & Hamutal Gur

Sc.: Etgar Keret

Music: Maciek Dobrowolski

Sound Editing: Blajei Kafarski

Cast: Shira Geffen, Molly Ringwald, Yoram Yosefsberg

Source: Fumi Studio & Hamutal Gur

Produced with support of: Polish Film Institute, Mifal HaPayis Film Foundation

 

6 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

When you are in a long period relationship, you sometimes feel you are no longer an individual, but a part of a super-organism. Your daily routine, the decisions you make, the music you hear and the air you breathe: After a while it becomes impossible to tell the difference between what you wish and what we do.