Israeli films - 2020s

Despite living together, Asia barely interacts with her daughter Vika. Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs

A New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.

Following a fight in their honeymoon suite on the night of their wedding, a bride and groom embark on a surreal urban odyssey through the streets of Jerusalem.

'Milk' is a psychological thriller telling the story of Rafi - a scientist working in a pharmaceutical company, called one day to take his spouse Adi back home from hospital, after she was brutally raped. Once home, Adi shut herself in the bathroom, and Rafi goes out to clear his mind, while buying a bottle milk. When Rafi returns home, he finds that Adi is missing and begins searching for her. During his quest, Rafi discovers unfamiliar sides of Adi, and concludes that in order to find her, he will first need to solve a mystery Adi was obsessed with.

Three Israeli teens decide to build a raft and sail to the championship final in Cyprus. During their journey, their friendship will be put to the test as they will get a taste of first love and discover traits and skills in themselves that they didn't know existed. The innocent adventure evolves into a coming of age journey they will never forget.

Aharon raises autistic son Uri in isolation. Facing possibility of Uri living in specialized home, Aharon runs away with Uri on road trip, unwilling for separation from his son.

A father and son try to freeze time through cinema, but the father's illness threatens to cut their quest short.

Laila In Haifa is set over one fateful night in a club in the port town of Haifa and explores the interweaving stories of five women. The film aims to present a snapshot of contemporary life in one of the last remaining spaces where Israelis and Palestinians come together to engage in face-to-face relationships.

When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit--but do belong together?

On the eve of the second Passover holiday, a squad of five commandos from the PFLP cuts the northern border fence and penetrates into Kibbutz Misgav-Am. Their mission is to take hostage the Kibbutz members in order to negotiate the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails. But that night, most Kibbutz members are away on a concert and the Kibbutz is half empty, a light comes on in one of the small kibbutz houses, making it the target for the commandos to break into. When they realize this is not a family home but rather the dormitory for the very young children of the kibbutz, it's already too late. When the Kibbutz members understand what has happened, the PFLP commandos barricade themselves with their hostages: three children aged three and four, two babies of less than a year, and the young guard who volunteered to watch them that night.

Louise, a Jewish lawyer, arrives from Paris to finalize an important real estate deal, using Neta, a chance driver, the cunning hero from Mahane Yehuda, who immediately finds the economic opportunity and decides to stick with Louise at any cost. When the two visit the Old City, they discover a secret connection between an ultra-Orthodox woman and a Christian man who communicate through notes hidden within the grooves of the Wailing Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. In an attempt to solve the mystery, Louise and Neta follow the puzzling couple through the narrow alleyways of the city. A comedy of mistakes in the heart of magical Jerusalem, and a story about friendship between two women at a critical point in their lives.

Dov (75) a widower, lives in a nursing home where he feels like he's in jail. He dreams of buying back his old house and returning live there, but he has has no money since losing his his pension and he blames the State. When he realizes that everyone in the nursing home consumes state-sponsored medical cannabis, he finds his way out. Not by smoking, but by selling cannabis, which he gets from the other tenants. When love, police, and the local mafia enter the picture, Dov finds himself at a crossroads where he has to decide whether he would be willing to risk everything for what really matters to him.

Two follows a couple as they set out on the long road to conception and realize their dream of having a baby. Omer and Bar are deliriously in love and can't wait to start a family. On their first visit to the sperm bank, they are filled with hope and excitement for their future together. When one visit turns into five, however, emotions start to run high and things become tense. When Omer's ex, Yoni, enters the picture as a potential sperm donor, more questions arise as the pair determine the lengths they will go to attain motherhood. An assured directorial debut by Astar Elkayam, Two explores one couple's complex journey with style and nuance, asking along the way if love really conquers all. In her remarkable debut, director Astar Elkayam tackles the physical and emotional challenges two women face when they decide to start a family. Initially optimistic, Bar and Omer embrace the process, eagerly combing through a catalog of potential donors and facing the insemination process with hummer. After Omer repeatedly fails to become pregnant, a sense of failure gnaws at them, threatening to undermine their relationship. Mor Polanuer and Agam Schuster (Your Honour) deliver outstanding performances, realistically capturing the toll that the process takes on the young couple.

Follows Dina, a young Russian girl falls in love with Yehuda, a Tel Avivian charmer, and moves with him to the big city. Little does she know that he is nothing but a pimp who recruits young girls for the sex industry.

Eight women, Arab and Jewish, take part in a video workshop hosted by Rona, young filmmaker. With each camera take, the group dynamic forces the women to challenge their beliefs as they get to know one other.

Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel.

A group of top-notch teenage riders compete against one another for the chance to make it to the world's leading motorized academy in Daytona, Florida. Only this year, the competition includes both female and male riders. Will the female riders be given the chance to shatter the glass ceiling they've been competing against all their lives? Or will old world prejudices get in their way yet again? Intense rivalry, true friendship, and budding romances are at the heart of this high paced, action packed drama.

Set against the backdrop of another Israeli war, in Tel Aviv, Amir and Johnny's long time friendship is put to the test, right before their 40th birthday as they set out on a quest of self discovery. Amir is grappling with daughter's cancer diagnosis and his crumbling marriage, as his wife issues a restraining order against him. While Johnny is coming to terms with shutting down his mythological bar and breaking up his 6 year relationship with Mickey, just as they're about to walk down the aisle. Both men are lost, living small lives and losing two major loves, a wife and daughter, and despite their immense pain, they're searching for a ray of light, a smile, and a silver lining beyond the dark mountains ahead.

In 1945, a group of Jewish holocaust survivors planned to poison the water system in Germany. The film tells the dangerous and bold secret-operation which was called - Plan A.

Under a military curfew, Salah sets out on the road to cross the Israeli border carrying his dead son Omar in a bag. Miri, a pregnant single woman, decides to help him out at all costs.

7 Childhood friends meet up for dinner on the night of an eclipse. During which they play a game where whatever call, text and message they get on their phone must be shared with everyone and soon discover, no one is who they say they are.

Danny is pregnant by Max but she doesn't get around to telling him at a party. Meanwhile, Max is busy trying out his girlfriend Avishag's sexual fantasies with her.

Checkout shows a desperate Mossad spy who's forced to retire yet goes rogue so he can catch a legendary terrorist.

After a boy's mother refuses to help him prepare for his bar mitzvah, he forms a bond with a religious neighbour who volunteers to help him.