WORK
Winner of the EDITING AWARD
The Jerusalem Film Festival 2020
Official Selection
Hot Docs
2021
Official Selection
Krakow FF
2021
Official Selection
DocBarcelona
2021
Official Selection
DocLisboa
2021
Official Selection
DOCAVIV
2024
RABBI CAPOEIRA
by Barak Heymann
Documentary | 1h 10m | Israel | 2024
How does a shy ultra-Orthodox guy become a world master in Capoeira and how does the ultra-Orthodox community of his city, Bnei Brak, react to the revolution he is determined to bring about?
Production
Heymann Brothers Films
Oscars nomination
for Best Live Action Short Film 2021
Galway Film Fleadh
Best Short Film
2020
SXSW Jury Award
Best Short Film
2020
Official Selection
PÖFF Shorts
2020
Official Selection
Clermont-Ferrand
2020
Nomination for the EDITING AWARD
The Israeli Academy Awards 2014
Official Selection
BFI Film Festival
Official Selection
Karlovy Vary IFF
Cannes Film Festival
Quinzaine des
Réalisateurs
Thessaloniki
Film Festival
Special Jury Award
2014
2014
2014
2014
NEXT TO HER
by Asaf Korman
Fiction | 1h 30m | Israel | 2014
Chelli is raising her mentally disabled sister Gabby all by herself. When the social worker finds out that she leaves her sister alone in the house while at work, Chelli is forced to place her in a day-care center. The void left by her absence makes room for Zohar in Chelli's life.This new romance creates another crack in the sisters' symbiotic relationship.
Production
2-Team productions
Berlin Critic’s Week
2023
IndieLisboa
International competition
2023
60 FICX - GIJÓN/XIXON
Special Mention
2023
Zinemaldia
San Sebastián
International Film Festival
2023
MISIÓN A MARTE
by Amat Vallmajor del Pozo
Fiction | 1h 12m | Spain | 2022
Txomin, an unemployed archaeologist, is commissioned to carry out an expert report on Mars. With his brother Gene, they set off on an adventure through northern Spain.
Gene's failing health and a mysteriously toxic haze cause them to seek help at their sister Mila. The reunion brings up old family issues while Gene's health gets severe.
Production
Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE)
Muxika Zinema
Nominated for seven Awards
The Israeli Academy Awards 2022
Atlanta Jewish
Film Festival
Emerging Filmmaker
2023
Jerusalem Film Festival
Best Script Award
2021
Warsaw Jewish
Film Festival
2022
MORE THAN I DESERVE
by Pini Tavger
Fiction | 1h 26m | Israel-Germany | 2021
Pinhas asks his single mother, Tamara, to join his classmates in preparing for their Bar Mitzvahs.
Tamara, an immigrant from Ukraine, who resists religion, refuses. When Shimon, the religious neighbor, volunteers to help the kid, the two form a strong bond. Gradually Tamara falls for him too. Will their romance last?
Production
2-Team Productions
Riva Filmprduktion
Nomination for Best Short Film Award
The Israeli Academy Awards 2022
Haifa International
Film Festival
Best Short Film
2021
Official Selection
Slamdance
Film Festival
2023
TISFF
Best Independent Short Film
2021
Official Selection
Krakow FF
2022
IT'S TIME YOU DIED ALREADY
by Hadar Morag
Fiction | 17m | Israel | 2021
Confined by the walls of their home, Evie and her mother Rose, struggle with the inevitable presence of an uninvited tenant.
Production
MINA Films
KM Productions
Pančevo Film Festival
Best Director Award
2017
Official Selection
Jihlava Film Festival
2017
Locarno Film Festival
Pardino d’argento Award
2017
Official Selection
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
2018
SHMAMA
by Miki Polonski
Fiction | 26m | Israel | 2017
Leah works as the maid in the hotel during the day, while Meital, her daughter, sings in the hotel’s lobby at night.
They live trapped in their relationship, surrounded by the Dead Sea. The night Leah comes to hear her daughter sing, they both realize their separation is inevitable.
Production
KM Productions
Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation
2015
Tofifest IFF
Best Short Film
2015
Pančevo Film Festival
Best Short Film
2016
Official Selection
Tirana International
Film Festival
2015
TEN BUILDINGS AWAY
by Miki Polonski
Fiction | 25m | Israel | 2015
A four-story building in the midst of a city. A bridge runs above it, busy with heavy traffic and passing trucks.
Behind the leftmost window on the fourth floor is the residence of two brothers, a mother and a father. A family who perhaps have never had the right to exist.
Production
Sara Bozakov
Minshar for Art
Official Selection
Haifa International
Film Festival
2021
Official Selection
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
2021
FATA MORGANA
by Nitzan Rozen
Fiction | 18m | Israel| 2021
A couple drive in the desert. They are in a reality show, filming themselves with head cameras. A mirage causes an accident. But like all mirages, nothing is as it seems.
Production
Nitzan Rozen
Official Selection
Riga ISFF - 2ANNAS
2022
Official Selection
Krakow FF
2022
Official Selection
Manlleu Film Festival
2022
GILA WHO WALKS ALONE
by Yuval Shapira
Fiction | 20m | France-Israel | 2022
A group of girls of different ages freeze motionless. They are playing the game of statues. Gila is the eldest in this family of Orthodox Jews, and she is responsible for looking after her younger siblings. It is clear that the teenager would like to get out of her crowded flat.
Production
ZOA Films
Marabout Films
Official Selection
Haifa International
Film Festival
2017
SNOW
by Yehezkel Lazarov
Fiction | 25m | Israel | 2016
As 60 cubic meters of snow is transported from the Hermon mountain, the Dahan family- fallen on hard times- are facing eviction from their family home.
Production
Green Productions
Jeury Award
Olhares do Mediterraneo
Film Festival
2018
Official Selection
Nepal Human
Rights IFF
2018
TISFF
Best Short Film
2017
Official Selection
Cyprus International
Film Festival
2018
A NIGHT WITH NO DAWN
by Sara Bozakov
Fiction | 21m | Israel | 2017
Five asylum seekers from Darfur walk towards the Holot Detention Facility, near the Israel-Egypt border, only to discover they are late and need to wait until morning to be imprisoned. While darkness surrounds them, the landscape of the desert mirrors their spiritual journey in search for answers.
Production
Vice Versa Films