Eliu, a country boy, is incarcerated in an experimental institution for young offenders, deep in the heart of the Colombian tropical forest, for a crime he committed with his friend El Mono. One day, El Mono is transferred to the same center bringing with him the past that Eliu is trying to escape.
An archival montage of late director Israeli and actress Ronit Elkabetz as told through the radical collection of her extraordinary wardrobe. A cinematic essay about the power of cinema, the power of clothes, and of one unforgettable woman standing for and embodying the deepest human desire for freedom and liberty.
The world of Meir and Tova, a middle class couple in their 60’s, is shaken up when Itsik - a pleasure seeking bachelor with a fondness for karaoke - moves into their building, causing a stir in their lives.
Maya takes her family in order to film them for an additional scene in her film. The day of filming turns into a never-ending family argument, and it becomes unclear whether they will manage to cooperate and become a team. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
Somewhere in Paris, René and Jean-Jacques lean over a sheet of white paper and bring to life a small, mischievous, and pleasant little boy, Little Nicholas. With games and fights in the schoolyard, alongside friendships and summer camp adventures, Nicholas has a happy, magical childhood. While Nicholas and his friends are presented using exceptional animation, the boy himself makes his way to the studio and meets his creators.
With daily acts of gun violence and over 382 civilians killed since 2019 – life in Israel’s Arab communities is unbearable. The filmmaker, unable to provide his young family with a basic notion of security, embarks on a journey to understand the limited options he has left.
Riz and his family are in the middle of preparing a wedding celebration when the events unfolding outside suddenly arrive on their doorstep. Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action 2022
Nina has been treating her son’s psoriasis in the Dead Sea for a few weeks. During the long hours of treatment, Nina is left by herself. Slowly, she drifts into a hazy voyage, daydreaming of a different life. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 3
Twelve-year-old Dalva lives alone with her father. One evening, the police storms into their home and moves her into foster care. As Dalva befriends her new roommate Samia and social worker Jayden, she gradually comes to understand that the love she shared with her father was not what she thought. With their help, Dalva will learn to become a child again.
Sabine is a survivor but also an amnesiac of the 2016 attack at the Maalbeek metro station attack in Brussels. She is looking for the missing image of an over-mediatized event of which she has no memory. The European Film Academy 2021: A Selection of Short Films - Program I
After many years of working on the streets, a middle-age whore (Anna Magnani) saves money to buy an apartment and retires from prostitution. She brings her teenage son, Ettore, who was raised alone in the country, to live with her, and Ettore becomes her pride and joy. However, her past haunts her with tragic consequences.
This pet cemetery seems to be full of life. Every day people come and visit their deceased companions, each have different mourning ceremonies and their own unique connection to their pet. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 2
The relationship between queer teenagers Cas and Naomi is out to the test when Naomi wants to spread her wings. The European Film Academy 2021: A Selection of Short Films - Program I
Featuring never-before-seen footage and told by the man himself, MCENROE recalls the epic career of one of the most explosive sporting icons of all time, whose internal conflict drove him to the very top, and nearly broke him at the same time.
Bucharest, 1972. Ana, 17, dreams of love and freedom. One night, while partying with her friends, they decide to send a letter to Metronom, the musical program which Radio Free Europe clandestinely broadcasts in Romania. It is then that the Securitate, Ceausescu’s secret police, arrives.
In the heart of the desert lives calf no. 2300 who dreams of becoming a princess. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 2
In 2017, the David Bowie estate offered filmmaker Brett Morgen unfiltered access to their archives, in order to create an artful and life-affirming journey of Bowie’s creative life. Over five years, Morgen constructed a genre-defying cinematic experience that grapples with spirituality, transience, isolation, and creativity.
This timeless 1973 masterpiece by Jean Eustache follows Alexandre, a young, idle dilettante who lives with his lover, Marie, and strolls around Paris's Left Bank. One day, he meets Veronika, a young nurse. He begins an affair with Veronika, without leaving Marie.
“October 2019, an unexpected revolution, a social explosion. One and a half million people demonstrated in the streets of Santiago for more democracy, a more dignified life, a better education, a better health system and a new Constitution. The event I had been waiting for since my student struggles in 1973 finally materialized.”
After 20 years of silence, the filmmaker returns to the house of her great-grandparents, where, at the age of nine, she faced her uncle’s abusive sexual behavior. The European Film Academy 2021: A Selection of Short Films - Program I
A hybrid film about life under Myanmar’s terror regime in the aftermath of its military coup of February 1, 2021, as told through personal stories by a group of anonymous young Burmese filmmakers. Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival.
Inspired by W.G. Sebald’s novel and based upon WWII archival footage, the film poses the question: Is it morally acceptable to use civilian population as a means of war? Is it possible to justify mass destruction for the sake of higher “moral” ideals? The question remains as relevant today, as it did 80 years ago.
