I Am Neo
Neo was three and a half years old when a devastating car accident left him with a severe brainstem injury. After five days suspended between life and death, he wakes up unable to breathe, speak, walk, or eat on his own. In the hospital, his parents, Lior and Galit, pick up a camera and never put it down. Shaped from hundreds of hours of intimate footage, I Am Neo is a portrait of a child and his family slowly rebuilding their lives, revealing both the fragility of life, and the strength of the human spirit.
The Princess Bride
USA \ 1987
A bedridden boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
A Short Film About Love
Poland | 1988 | 86 min | Polish | Hebrew subtitles
A young postal clerk falls in love with his older neighbor across the street and secretly watches her through a telescope each night. When his obsession is exposed, their relationship takes an unexpected turn that profoundly changes them both.
An expanded version of the sixth episode of The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s film is a tender and deeply nuanced drama exploring love, longing, desire, loneliness, and obsession. With richly drawn characters, subtle humor, and remarkable humanity, it becomes not only a film about love, but also a film about the very act of looking—and about the power of cinema.
פולחן
התבוננות בחברה הישראלית בשנה בה התמודדה עם הטראומה הגדולה בתולדותיה.
“פולחן” אינו עוסק באירועים הגדולים, אלא מפנה את מבטו פנימה, אל שולי ההתרחשות.
תוך תנועה בין אירועים ומקומות ברחבי המדינה, מצטיירת תמונה של חברה מפולגת ומקוטבת, המבקשת למצוא נחמה וסוכנות דרך טקסים במרחב הציבורי: מטקסי הנצחה, דרך מחאות ואירועים אסקפיסטיים, ועד צעדות לאומניות ופולחן דתי.
באמצעות מגוון הטקסים, אנשים מגיבים למציאות ומנסים לעצב אותה מחדש.
במקביל, המבט שב וחוזר אל נוף עזה ההולכת וחרבה, דימוי שהופך בעצמו לטקס לאומי
Rear Window
USA \ 1954
When a photojournalist confined to his apartment with a broken leg begins to suspect that
,a murder has taken place in the apartment across the courtyard, he is willing to do anything to confirm his suspicions
.even at the risk of those closest to him
On this narrative foundation, Alfred Hitchcock created one of the most brilliant thrillers in the history of cinema.
Yes, it can be read as an allegory for cinematic voyeurism, and yes, it features yet another Hitchcockian protagonist haunted by anxiety toward women. But at the end of the day, it is simply further proof of Hitchcock’s greatness.
The ingenious plot, the superb performances by James Stewart and Grace Kelly, and the virtuoso, self aware use of the camera come together to create a film that is both immensely entertaining and deeply thought provoking.
The Drama
USA / 2026
Emma and Charlie are a seemingly perfect engaged couple, but just one week before their wedding, an unexpected revelation shakes the foundations of their relationship, forcing them to confront secrets,
trust, and the possibility that the person they love may not be who they thought.
As the wedding day approaches, tensions rise and doubts begin to take hold.
The Woman Who Didn't Know How To Love - Eng,Heb subs
Israel \ 2026
It begins with a drawer opened by accident.
\Rotem, a young filmmaker discovers the hidden archive of her late grandmother, Yehudit: yellowed letters, piles of photographs, and 8mm reels she filmed over the years, capturing a seemingly happy family in 1960s Tel Aviv. While the filmmaker is captivated by this treasure, her mother, Varda, resists. She never forgave Yehudit for failing to love her.
Rotem screens the footage for her mother, pulling them into an unexpectedly funny, painfully honest conversation- insisting on a reconciliation between the two. Memory and documentation collide head-on, conjuring the dead and exposing secrets buried deep.
An intimate film about what is passed from mother to daughter- an unspoken inheritance, until now.
Sentimental Value
Norway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden / 2025 / English and Hebrew subtitles
Acclaimed filmmaker Joachim Trier reunites with Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) in this moving drama, winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
After the death of her mother, Nora is confronted with the return of her estranged father, a renowned filmmaker (Stellan Skarsgård), who asks her to star in his autobiographical new film.
When Nora declines and the role is given to a promising young American actress (Elle Fanning), she and her sister are forced to confront their past and find a way to begin a new chapter in their lives.
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Japan / 2008
Anyone who doesn’t love an anime about connection, love, and innocence — where the world of the sea meets the world of humans – must have a heart of ice.
Ponyo, a small goldfish who rises from the depths of the ocean, finds herself in the human world. A five-year-old boy named Sosuke rescues her, and together they embark on a magical adventure that tests their courage and the strength of true friendship. Hayao Miyazaki’s film is a story full of imagination, love, and wonder — flowing gently between sea and land.
Drawn entirely by hand, frame by frame, without the use of computer animation, the film includes about 170,000 individual drawings, making Ponyo one of Studio Ghibli’s most impressive and beautifully crafted hand-drawn productions.
Moonrise Kingdom
USA / 2012
On a small New England island in the 1960s, two unconventional children run away together after spending a year exchanging secret letters and carefully planning their escape.
As the island’s residents launch a search to find them, Wes Anderson crafts a funny and deeply moving tale about first love, coming of age, and the gap between the worlds of children and adults.
Tampopo
Japan \ 1986
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
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Mexico / 1970
The film that launched the midnight screening phenomenon in New York in the 1970s.
A surrealist western that became one of the greatest cult films of all time.
El Topo (“The Mole”), played by Jodorowsky, is a black-clad gunslinger who embarks on a spiritual journey through the Mexican desert, confronting a series of warrior masters.
Jodorowsky wrote the film, composed its music, starred in the lead role, and even cast his young son in a significant part.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono fell in love with the film, and through them, Apple Corps helped distribute it worldwide.
Back to the Future
USA \ 1985
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
(La haine - (Hebrew subs
France \ 1995
Twenty four hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot
Do the Right Thing
USA / 1989
On the hottest summer day in Brooklyn, the story centers on an Italian family-owned pizzeria run by Sal and his sons, located in the heart of a Black neighborhood.
The pizzeria serves as a social hub for the community, yet beneath the surface tensions simmer between the white owners and the Black residents.
Conflict erupts over the Wall of Fame, which features only portraits of Italian-American celebrities and excludes any African-American figures.
As tempers flare and violence escalates, the neighborhood spirals into chaos, ending in tragedy.
In his most acclaimed and influential film, Spike Lee transforms the tension, frustration, and anger of a marginalized community into a vivid, dynamic cinematic experience. This film also marks the emergence of his artistic signature, which would resonate throughout his later works.
Chicago
Chicago – USA / 2002
The most dazzling musical of all time? A tale of murder, fame, and two rival women locked in the same cell.
1920s Chicago. Roxie Hart, an ambitious young singer, is sent to jail after killing her lover. There she meets Velma Kelly, a glamorous cabaret star accused of a double murder. The two battle for the spotlight — competing for the attention of the media, the public, and the slick lawyer Billy Flynn — in a world where crime, celebrity, and showbiz blend into one glittering spectacle.
Shot on real 35mm film with warm golden filters, the film’s visual style fuses gritty realism with dazzling cabaret fantasy. Based on the 1975 Broadway musical by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb.
Winner of 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - Heb subs
Spain / 1988
Almodóvar once again entangles his characters in acrobatic twists of plot, desire, and dark humor.
At the center of the film is a woman who plans to end her life after being abandoned by her lover — but her suicidal intentions are forced to wait.
A knock at the door interrupts her plans: a friend seeking refuge for her terrorist boyfriend. Soon after, the lover’s young son arrives, followed by his wife sipping a deadly drink, the police — and a cascade of further surprises.
What unfolds is a dizzying dance of emotional and comic chaos.
Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and a winner of major awards at the Venice and Toronto film festivals, as well as multiple Goya Awards and critics’ prizes.
Dazed and Confused
The film follows a group of high school students in Texas on the last day of school in 1976, drifting between parties, cruising the streets, and chasing the freedom of adolescence.
It became one of the most beloved cult films of the 1990s and the movie that introduced Matthew McConaughey to the world.
A Summer's Tale
France / 1996
A young man arrives alone for a summer holiday in a French seaside town and finds himself caught in a romantic triangle with three different women, while struggling to understand what he truly wants.
Amid long walks on the beach, intimate conversations, and quiet indecision, the summer becomes a gentle journey of self-discovery and growing up.
The Shining
USA \ 1980
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
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Tangerine – USA / 2015
One of the most refreshing, daring, and moving independent films of the past decade.
Los Angeles, Christmas Day. Sin-Dee Rella, a transgender sex worker, is released from jail after a month and discovers that her boyfriend and pimp, Chester, has been cheating on her with a cisgender woman. Together with her best friend Alexandra, she sets out on a wild journey through the streets of Hollywood to find the betrayer and confront him.
The film captures one chaotic, colorful day filled with motion, music, and humor, while revealing the lives of trans women on the margins of American society with rare sensitivity, warmth, and humanity.
Shot entirely on an iPhone 5s using simple anamorphic lenses, mostly in natural light, on the streets of Los Angeles, and featuring real members of the transgender community. Its cinematic language blends documentary energy with the rhythm of a music video and a vibrant mix of electronic and Middle Eastern sounds that bring the city to life.
Lost in Translation
USA \ 2003
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
Shalom - DOC AVIV 2026
srael | 2026 | Hebrew
The Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem attracts hundreds of thousands of Israeli and Palestinian visitors, both religious and secular, and seeks to inspire compassion through captive animals that serve as ambassadors for the natural world. Its staff recognize the zoo as a moral compromise and struggle with the indifference of many visitors.
The story unfolds through Shalom the rhinoceros and his caretakers: Rushdi Alayan, a Palestinian-Israeli Muslim, and Gilad Moshe, a Jewish Israeli. Their disagreement over whether Shalom should be euthanized reveals the tensions between them, while the war that erupts in Gaza following October 7 sharpens the film’s central questions: What is captivity? What is freedom? And why is peaceful coexistence the only way forward?