Program 3 – Me, Us Both and In Between

Israeli Short Films

  • Archive - Festival 39
  • Israel 2023
  • 86 minutes

Five films about connections 

Screening in the presence of the creators

Navee's Head

Israel 2022

 

Dir.: Nitzan Weiner

Sc.: Nitzan Weiner

Ed.: Nitzan Weiner

Soundtrack Editing: Yuval Ella

Music: Dror Etzioni

Source: Sapir College - School of Audio and Visual Arts

 

8 min. | English and Hebrew| English and Hebrew Subtitles 

 

Navee, a young man from an Israeli Kibbutz is the last of his age group who keep living in the kibbutz. Navee works at the dairy farm with other old workers who take him lightly.

One day Navee woke up with a second head on his shoulder, he become Navee's friend but soon developed his own ideas that going to change Navee's life.


 

 

Embrace

Israel 2022

 

Dir.: Itamar Alcalay

Pro.: Itamar Alcalay

Sc.: Itamar Alcalay

DP.: May Abadi Grebler

Ed.: Ori Birger

Soundtrack Editing: Nin Hazan

Cast: Daniel Moers, Hadi Zen El Den, Rivkale Izikson

Produced with the support of: The Arava Film Fund, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund



18 min. | Hebrew and English | Hebrew and English Subtitles 

 

Daniel, who suffers from Tourette syndrome, goes to visit his grandmother. He tries to write but can't. When he enters dating site for gays in order to ease the pain of writing, he encounters Saleh and they meet on the trunk of a dead tree. Daniel is afraid that Saleh will not be interested in him, but the fear is replaced by a gentle closeness. Daniel takes Saleh to his grandmother's home and there the three bond for the rest of the day until finally Daniel manages to start writing.


 

 

Revived

Israel 2023

 

Dir.: Uriya Hertz

Pro.: Tal Moskovich, Matan Glazovsky, Uriya Hertz

Sc.: Uriya Hertz

DP.: Tal Ninyo

Ed.: Uriya Hertz

Soundtrack Editing: Rei Elbaz

Music: Gal Lev

Cast: Yuval Jonas, Uri Gov

Source: Daizy Films

Produced with the support of: Makor Foundation for Israeli Films, New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT)

 

17 min. | Hebrew and English | Hebrew and English Subtitles 

 

At the end of a night out at a Jerusalem gay bar, Aaron does not find his bag. Without the bag he cannot return home. Sefi, the bartender, tries to help him. Their fates will be linked tonight.


 

 

Passive Procedure

Israel 2023

 

Dir.: Dina Zilberg

Pro.: Tal Moskovich, Matan Glazovsky

Sc.: Dina Zilberg

DP.: Guy Sahaf

Ed.: Uriya Hertz

Soundtrack Editing: Sahaf Wagshall

Music: Gal Lev

Cast: Suzanna Papian, Shlomi Avraham, Tal Rogachov

Source: Daizy Films

Produced with the support of: Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

 

19 min. | Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles 

 

Covid quarantine. While Keren is having a passive phone sex with a guy she met on Tinder, the voice that really grabs her attention belongs to her desperate neighbor that threatens to commit suicide.

 


 

 

Life Hacks for Lovers

Israel 2023

 

Dir.: Marc Grey

Pro.: Erez Barnholtz, Elad Goldman

Sc.: Marc Grey

DP.: Ziv Berkovich

Ed.: Ori Birger

Soundtrack Editing: Nin Hazan

Music: Asher Goldschmidt

Cast: Bobbi Jene Smith, Or Schraiber, Michael Harpaz

Source: Casquettte Productions

Produced with the support of: The New Fund for Cinema & Television

 

15 min. | Hebrew and English | Hebrew and English Subtitles 

 

When it comes to love, Roberta knows what she wants – and it’s not what she’s getting. One night she takes matters into her own hands. A comic fantasy starring two of the dance world’s most exciting performers.