Synopsis:

Miri is a thirty-seven year old flight attendant and a two-time widow who has had two husbands die at war. One day she returns home to find her Chinese housekeeper’s son, left behind while his mother goes out to run an errand. When the housekeeper does not return or answer her phone, Miri suspects she has been deported. With her sister Gila and brother-in-law Izzy’s help, Miri tries to return the boy to his mother. Further complicating matters, the boy speaks only Chinese.

color, 90 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 26.10.2010 AT 19:00

Monday 25.10.2010 AT 20:00

Synopsis:

After the head of the Ulamn family dies, the rest of its members try to cope with their loss, each in their own way. Mother Dafna stays in bed for three weeks, letting her teenage daughter Maya take care of the household, while the daughter’s musical career suffers. Her twin brother Yair gets suspended from school for problems stemming from his newly emerging nihilism. Six-year-old Bahr is neglected, while her younger brother Ido constantly films everything with a camera.

color, 87 min

PROJECTION:

Thursday 28.10.2010 AT 21:00

Wednesday 27.10.2010 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

Eyal is a member of Mossad in charge of enemy elimination. Upon returning from his latest mission, he finds out that his wife has committed suicide. He has to attend psychological evaluation before returning to the battlefield. During that time, he needs to carry out the task of becoming closer to the grandchildren of a Nazi criminal in order to discover his current whereabouts. A short time after Eyal becomes friends with Axel and his sister Pia, he starts to question his work and his personal...

color, 103 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 30.10.2010 AT 17:00

Thursday 28.10.2010 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

Asaf, a shy and introverted seventeen-year-old, gets an impossible task at his summer job: finding the owner of a Labrador found roaming the streets. He takes the dog for walks around town and slowly puts together a picture of its owner, the talented musician Tamar, and realizes that he has vanished. The more he knows about the girl, the more he learns to like her and is convinced that she is in danger.

color, 118 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 02.11.2010 AT 21:00

Friday 29.10.2010 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

Jonas runs through the streets of Jerusalem. He does not remember anything, not even who he is. He suffers from “Jerusalem syndrome” and believes he is the prophet Jonah. In the city, he meets a colorful crowd that joins forces in a mission to save a young Russian prostitute from her Georgian pimp. The group includes an orthodox Jewish student and a grumpy soldier.

color, 93 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 30.10.2010 AT 19:00

Friday 29.10.2010 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Herzl is an overweight cook who is unlucky in life. He is fired from a salad bar because of his poor looks and is even kicked out of a weight-loss program. However, it seems he will finally get a chance at a new job as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant. Its owner is Kitano, a former sumo trainer on the run from the yakuza. There, Herzl realizes that the sumo world honors and respects overweight people. He gets together a group of his friends and asks Kitano to train them.

color, 90 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 02.11.2010 AT 19:00

Saturday 30.10.2010 AT 21:00