Program 1 – Intimacy, for Two

Israeli Short Films

  • Archive - Festival 38
  • Israel 2022
  • 121 minutes

Five scenes from a relationship.

Screening in the presence of the creators

Wolf and Deer

Israel 2021, short feature film

 

Dir.: Roie Avraham Frieden

Pro.: Sapir College - School of Audio and Visual Arts

Sc.: Roie Avraham Frieden

DP.: Omer Daida

Ed.: Naor Sror

Soundtrack Editing: Dana Maimon

Music: Liav Bitan

Source: Sapir College - School of Audio and Visual Arts

 

Adam and Inbar are a standard married couple, and it seems, upon the surface, that all is well. Though as Inbar goes on maternity leave, they are suddenly constantly together, and Adam's direful secret is at mortal risk, threatening to destroy the marriage by its uncovering.


 

 

Pitom

Israel 2022, short feature film

 

Dir.: Sean Paneth

Pro.: Minshar For Art

Sc.: Sean Paneth

DP.: Oz Zirlin

Ed.: Ori Leshem

Soundtrack Editing: Ori Ben Dor

Music: Ori Ben Dor

Source: Minshar For Art

 

Moshe, a shy man with a stage fright and a Stuttering disorder, is united with his childhood friend Lenny, a magical talking puppet. Together, they'll go up on stage to impress his crush from work in a stand-up show.


 

 

Rami, the Neighbor

Israel 2022, short feature film

 

Dir.: Eilon Bar Tal

Pro.: The Steve Tisch School of Film & Television Tel Aviv University

Sc.: Eilon Bar Tal

DP.: Ori Ben Ari

Ed.: Nir Gal

Soundtrack Editing: Lior Waitzman

Music: Yuval Onhoz

Source: The Steve Tisch School of Film & Television Tel Aviv University

 

A homeless man, a broken window and two neighbors meet one late night. An entanglement of hope and despair awaits.


 

 

Trembling of the Earth

Israel/Poland 2022, short feature film

 

Dir.: Helly Mizrai

Pro.: Sally Haftel Naveh, Helly Mizrai

Sc.: Helly Mizrai

DP.: Dominik Ritszel

Ed.: Mor Polanuer

Soundtrack Editing: Nati Taub

Music: Youval Ziso

Produced with the support of: The Israeli Lottery, The Polish institute 

 

Anna and Marek are a married couple in their forties, the parents of two teenagers. They are driving from Berlin, where they have been living for the past few years, to Poland, where they were born and raised - to attend a wedding. The moments of closeness and intimacy alongside old pent-up grudges which surface during the trip, do not prepare them for Anna's confession at the end of the journey.


 

 

Craters

Israel 2021, short feature film

 

Dir.: Dudi Dorham

Pro.: Dudi Dorham

Sc.: Dudi Dorham

DP.: Gal Rumbak

Ed.: Ran Raviv

Soundtrack Editing: Tzvi Forer

Source: SEEK IN FILM

 

Nadav is a striving writer on his way to a writer's workshop in the desert area of Israel.
He hitches a ride with an older couple and come to realize they have a special interest in his presence.


 

 
A film out of competition - from the project "Short on the Road" by The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Pleasures of the Flesh in the Sun
Israel 2022, short feature film
 
Dir.: Oshri Zeituni
Pro.: Kobi Azran
Sc.: Oshri Zeituni
DP: Ilya Marcus
Ed.: Katia Shepeliavaya, Lev Goltser
Soundtrack Editing: Shelly Bar-On
Music: Naama Zafran
Personal management & production- Or Elsaesser 
Artistic Director- Tal Ziv Zeituni 
 
Produced with the support of: Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Israel Film Council, Ministry of Culture and Sport
 
In a secluded Mediterranean lagoon, Odelia floats peacefully in the water wearing an oversized gold bathing suit. The sound of boys from her class singing draws her attention, as if a promise to alleviate her loneliness. A delicate teenage portrait is drawn between man and nature while Odelia will learn on her own flesh that she is all she has in this world.