Synopsis:

Thomas, a young and talented German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who dies in a car crash. Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking answers. Keeping his secret for himself, he starts working for Anat, his lover’s widow, who owns a small café. Although not fully kosher and despised by the religious, his delicious cakes turn the place into a city attraction.

color, digital, 104 min

PROJECTION:

Wednesday 29.11.2017 AT 17:00

Tuesday 28.11.2017 AT 20:00

Synopsis:

1973. Six years after returning from the Six Day War with a battle shock, Menashe realizes he will never be the man he used to be before the war. He can’t communicate with his surroundings and the young family he created collapses due to his lack of communication with his wife and their little son. When the Yom Kippur War breaks out, and Menashe is sent again to the battle field, the small family crumbles to dust.

color, digital, 111 min

PROJECTION:

Wednesday 29.11.2017 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

After 30 years at sea Aharon Avital  ‘lands’ in time for the birth of his first grandchild and is looking forward to living a normal life at last. He is appointed Head of the Marine Department at the Ashdod Port.  Almost immediately he clashes with the “Big Man” at the port, Azulay. On one hand, Azulay is a corrupt bully, but on the other he is warm-hearted and open to the troubles of the port workers, who admire him.

color, digital, 95 min

PROJECTION:

Wednesday 29.11.2017 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

17-year-old Asher has always been the wild troublemaker, from grade school, all through junior high and high school. It’s hard for him to concentrate in class, and he is compelled by a lot of rage and violence; yet he is also endowed with a considerable amount of charm and street-wise. While his oppressive father sees him as a natural successor to the family’s scaffolding business, Asher finds a different masculine role model in Rami, his new literature teacher.

color, digital, 90 min

PROJECTION:

Thursday 30.11.2017 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

In present day Jerusalem, a city increasingly dominated by religious fanaticism, Naomi, a secular young woman seeks refuge from the pressure of her life as a concert pianist. Despite her intentions to stay alone, however, Naomi quickly makes two unexpected connections – one with a musically gifted Ultra-Orthodox young boy who lives in her building and the other, with Fabrizio, a charismatic Italian monk and organist.

color, digital, 92 min

PROJECTION:

Thursday 30.11.2017 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Etty and Tzion live a happy peaceful life in their small Jerusalem community.  During the bar mitzvah of their grandson, the women’s balcony of their synagogue collapses and the synagogue is destroyed. The men try to find a way to restore the synagogue but are faced with so many obstacles, that it seems impossible. Then a young, charismatic, zealous rabbi comes into their lives and he promises that all their problems will be solved. 

color, digital, 96 min

PROJECTION:

Friday 01.12.2017 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

A story about a divorced man who becomes romantically involved with a new woman soon after his split - only to find himself faced with another uneasy situation. They decide to break up due to the father’s commitment to his daughter who is still adapting to her parents’ divorce. When they meet again, a year later, will their love be rekindled?

color, digital, 90 min

PROJECTION:

Friday 01.12.2017 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

The film tells the remarkable story of Wilfrid Israel, a wealthy Jewish businessman and owner of Berlin’s largest department store in the 1930’s, who was involved in the saving of tens of thousands of Jews, and played a key role in the Kindertransport operation. Israel was a member of one of Germany’s most prominent Jewish families and acquainted with some of the most influential figures of the 20th century, yet little is known about his personal life and heroic endeavors.

color, digital, 70 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 02.12.2017 AT 17:00

Synopsis:

Ariel, a well-off, childless man, gets a phone call from his college girlfriend. She needs to tell him a couple of very surprising things: first, when they broke up twenty years ago, she was pregnant and went on to have a lovely boy. The second thing will make Ariel explore the hidden aspects of parenthood and change his life forever.

color, digital, 100 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 02.12.2017 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

Inspired by true events, “Past Life” tracks the daring 1977 trans-European odyssey of two sisters – one an introverted ambitious classical music composer, and the other a combative liberal magazine editor. As they try to unravel a disturbing wartime mystery that has cast a foreboding shadow on their entire lives, they realize that freedom from the shackles of the past requires painful sacrifices, as does the struggle to discover one’s unique voice.

color, digital, 109 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 02.12.2017 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Two women from different worlds meet in a Jerusalem hospital, moments after a terror attack, each hiding a secret. Bina, a religious woman, is panic-stricken after her son Oliel was severely injured. This is the first time she sees him since he became secular and lost contact with his family. At the hospital, Bina meets Amal. While waiting for Oliel’s revival, they will learn about truth, faith, understanding, acceptance, and love that can and maybe should replace fear of the unknown.

color, digital, 84 min

PROJECTION:

Sunday 03.12.2017 AT 17:00

Synopsis:

Yoel, a senior Holocaust researcher, is in the midst of a widely covered legal battle with powerful forces in Austria, concerning a brutal massacre of Jews that took place toward the end of WWII in the village of Lensdorf. While investigating the incident Yoel examines classified testimonies of Holocaust survivors, and to his shock and surprise he finds a testimony given by his mother, a testimony he didn’t know existed.

color, digital, 93 min

PROJECTION:

Sunday 03.12.2017 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

An Israeli Love Story is based on the true story of the love affair between Pnina Gary, from kibbutz Nahalal, and Eli Ben-Zvi, son of the second president of the State of Israel. The film is set during the turbulent period of pre-state Israel. Margalit meets Eli on a bus and falls in love with him instantly. She tries to get close to him but he’s too busy with the Palmach. Finally, Margalit moves in with Eli, they set a date for their wedding, but Israel’s harsh reality intervenes.

color, digital, 93 min

PROJECTION:

Sunday 03.12.2017 AT 21:00