In 2024 Israel, women still do not have the rights over their bodies. The narrative of abortions in Israel exposes the sexism and the patronage of men in the medical and political establishment, since the founding of the state until today. The Jewish womb carries a demographic-national role, and the women are merely the means. […]
Fearing for her life, Israeli transgender pioneer Efrat Tilma had to flee the country as a teenager. Now in her seventies and a celebrated activist, she must fight for her rights once again, as the country spirals into unprecedented political and social regression. The First Lady’s Impact campaign, developed with “Gila’s project for Trans* empowerment”, […]
Through the work of two women who treat a rehabilitation group for sex offenders, viewers will be introduced to the complexity and challenges they face in their efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate sex offenders into society—without them reoffending. The film offers a rare glimpse into the unique process the patients go through in the group […]
On the morning of October 7th, peace activist Vivian Silver was kidnapped by Hamas from a kibbutz near Gaza. While Israel launches an attack on the Gaza Strip, Vivian’s son and her Jewish and Palestinian friends are fighting to continue Silver’s vision and the hope for peace. impact producer: Sahar Bar Nissan
VR experience. When 8-year-old Ron, who is deaf, is afraid of his first camping trip, his mother’s story about ‘Eddie’ comes to life. Ron wakes up in a surreal forest and meets you, who embodies Eddie. Together, you navigate the adventure, overcome communication barriers, and discover courage and friendship through sign language. impact producer: Eviatar […]
Five letters sent anonymously reveal a painful story of emotional and sexual exploitation by a psychologist who harmed his patients for years. The letters, which were never answered, are now being revealed, allowing the victims to finally raise their voices. impact producer: Michal Eliav
Tamar Golan, a mysterious journalist dressed in white, dedicated her life to face-to-face encounters with “the enemy”- leaders from the Arab world – forever changing the Middle East. As a lone woman in a world dominated by men, her story remained in the shadows. Now, a hidden box containing personal diaries, documents, photographs, and 8mm […]
In the heart of East Jerusalem’s violent and painful conflicts, a clown-policewoman named ‘Az Oolay’ emerges. Confronting evictions of Palestinian homes, violent clashes between residents and the police, and escalating tensions as settlers enter Arab neighborhoods. Amidst all this, the policewoman distributes stickers of love in both Hebrew and Arabic, attempting to prevent police violence. […]
With access to one of Israel’s most orthodox Hasidic communities, a look at the scandal that erupted the rabbi who established and led the community died. impact producer: Merav Schiffman
After being kicked out from every available youth-at-risk framework, and after facing criminal charges for drug trafficking and violence, Kiki is about to enter a youth prison by court order. Gal, his sister, manages to convince the authorities to give Kiki one last chance. Gal is a caregiver for youth-at-risk in a framework that takes […]
Girls are considered cheap in Malawi. You can buy one for just $100. So, how much does it cost tosave a young girl and offer her a glimmer of hope? Is that even something money can buy? impact producer: Maayan Ehrlich
through intimate nature stories paired with cutting-edge research, Whitewash will reveal the secret conflicts of this extraordinary realm, the narrow meeting point of three continents, home to unique and endemic wildlife, epic mountains, broadleaved forests, salt lakes, Mediterranean scrubland, coniferous forests, and marine habitats unlike anywhere else on Earth. impact producer – Roy Kimhi
Michel El-Raheb owns a bookstore café in Jaffa, a city where Arabic texts are difficult to come by. In his quest to provide Arabic books to public, Michel discovers that their absence is not accidental, but by design of the Hebrew state. impact producer – Rami Fahel
This sci-fi documentary delves into Lyd, a city in Palestine/Israel, exploring its past, present, and potential futures. Voiced by Palestinian actress Maisa Abd Elhadi, Lyd narrates its rich history, from Palestinian thriving to Israeli occupation. Through archival footage and speculative animations, the film imagines an alternate reality free from trauma and violence.
A five-year intimate worldwide coming-of-age journey of a remarkable group of teenagers, some from enemy nations, begins at a controversial boarding school amidst a war zone. There, they contend with love, loss, and national conflict. What will happen to their relationship after graduation when they enter the complex reality? impact producer: Einat halevi Levin
created by: Shahar Galnoor & Sima Shimony Sima Shimony, age 69, embarks on a mission to find her friends and staff from the “ALYN” Institute for Children with Disabilities, that was situated in the secluded San-Simon monastery in Jerusalem, in the 1960’s. Armed with a small camcorder attached to her wheelchair she sets on a […]
A phone call wakes me up early in the morning. My older brother got into trouble. Again. After another entanglement, I realize that I can no longer ignore the problems that follow him around, and which seem to be taking over my life. I use the camera to get answers from my family and a […]
The film follows the protests at Balfour against Netanyahu’s government, continuing the coverage into the year of the judicial overhaul and the protest movement that arose in response. The catastrophe led by Netanyahu and his government on October 7th is the final note.
With daily acts of gun violence and over 100 civilians killed each year 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.
The film is following the daily life at a Haredi Talmud Torah in Safed, capturing scenes and interviews. The film features students, teaching staff, and the principal, Michal Lieberman, an extraordinary woman. Against all odds, Michal established the Talmud Torah, turned it into a state-recognized school, and made it inclusive by accepting all children, regardless […]
In July 1950 Israel enacted the Law of Return, which states that every Jew has the right to immigrate to Israel. Less than a year later, the government decided to carry out a selection in North African Jewry and bring only the young and healthy to Israel, leaving behind the sick, the disabled, and the […]
The film presents the lives of the children in the Bedouin community around Jerusalem, with their hopes of reaching the city of Jerusalem. The film focuses on the details of their lives and emphasizes their desire for change and to travel in new ways.
This three-part series deconstructs the formation of the image of Gaza in Israeli culture over the years, in light of the historical context, and reconstructs its absent visual representation in the discourse. The processes of constructing the image of Gaza will be explored thoroughly, with a focus on the few works that have engaged with […]
The film describes the legal ‘Iron Dome’ that Israel developed to protect itself against international legal proceedings. Through the defense arguments, the Israeli worldview regarding the conflict will be clarified and the weak points in the ethos of the Zionist enterprise will be revealed.
The Memory-Builders centers around the events of 7/10 in Israel by following five individuals who committed to documenting them. Each employs distinct and diverse methods to capture the essence of what transpired. The film uncovers their personal stories, shedding light on their motivations, internal conflicts, and the challenges they confront. Furthermore, it reveals the influence of technology, the significance […]
The story of the biggest financial fraud that ever occurred in Israel is also the story of the heroes who proved its existence, leading to a near collapse of the Israeli banking system.
An eight-part series about the history and legacy of the Military Rule imposed on Palestinians who remained in the newly established state of Israel between 1948 and 1966. Supported by Makan, Israel’s Broadcasting Corporation. Content Editor: Kifah Abdul Halim
The film (based on the research of Dr. Gal Amir and Dr. Na’ama Ben Ze’ev) follows the lives of three Palestinian lawyers in Haifa, from the British Mandate and the Arab Revolt period, through the great rupture of 1948, exile and return, to the end of military rule. It is the story of Palestinian Haifa— […]
The existential rift that opened on October 7 caught a documentarist immersed in research in the Zionist Archives and threw him into the open wound in Hostages Square, drifting between a utopian past and a traumatic present.
This documentary explores a family’s ordeal at the crossroads of Russia and Israel, navigating the turmoil of two life-changing wars. It delves into themes of immigration, identity Judaism, nationalism, and women’s roles in conflict, through the filmmaker’s personal journey between her birthplace, Russia, and her country of upbringing, Israel.
What happens when you try to host Tolstoy in a Bedouin tent? Rahat, the largest Bedouin city in Israel, is at the center of this film. Will it remain associated only with crime and violence, or can it become a center for contemplation of the ties between Arabs and Jews? The earthquake of October 7 […]
A detective film tracing the fate of Yedida, the lost baby, through the testimonies of the nurses, doctors, and caregivers who worked in the baby wards and hospitals in the 1950s and 1960s. For the first time, the Yemenite Children Affair will be unraveled from an institutional perspective.
Death in Umm Al-Hiran” tells one of the most shocking and significant stories that happened in Israel in the last decade, as it reveals the mechanisms behind the killing and defaming of Yaqoub Abu Al-Qia’an, a Bedouin teacher who died at the hands of the police during an eviction raid. For the first time, the […]
Fearing for her life, Israeli transgender pioneer Efrat Tilma had to flee the country as a teenager. Now in her seventies and a celebrated activist, she must fight for her rights once again, as the country spirals into unprecedented political and social regression. The First Lady’s Impact campaign, developed with “Gila’s project for Trans* empowerment”, […]
In 2024 Israel, women still do not have the rights over their bodies. The narrative of abortions in Israel exposes the sexism and the patronage of men in the medical and political establishment, since the founding of the state until today. The Jewish womb carries a demographic-national role, and the women are merely the means. […]
Everything You Have Is Yours is a poignant portrait of political reckoning that unfurls through the dances of Hadar Ahuvia, a NYC-based choreographer of Israeli descent. Hadar is the granddaughter of Zionist ‘kibbutzniks,’ collectivist pioneers who built new communities in 1930’s Palestine. Through imaginative dance portraiture, Hadar deconstructs the layered history of Israeli folk dance […]
Prophets of Change began in 2017 with the hope of capturing the lives and stories of eight Palestinian and Israeli musicians who refuse to accept their reality. The film was completed in the beginning of 2023, or so we thought. By May 2024, the latest war had claimed countless innocent lives, inflicting immeasurable suffering and […]
creators: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta on the West Bank, has been fighting the mass expulsion of his community by Israel’s occupation since childhood. He documents the slow-motion eradication of the villages in his home region where soldiers deployed by the Israeli government […]
Producer and Creator: Mor Azulay The Last Summer is an edge-of-your-seat teen thriller, blending the intensity of a high-stakes mission with the raw emotions of coming-of-age. This mixed group of Arab and Jewish teenagers refuses to accept the world handed to them. They understand that all the chaos in the world, from money machines creating […]
Based on true events and survivors’ testimonies, Seven Eyes tells the story of the Israeli army female lookout soldiers on the day of the October 7th attack and the weeks that preceded it. The lookout soldiers watch live surveillance footage from cameras posted near the Gaza border. On the morning of the attack, the scenes they had been […]
Anat, a single mother and a devoted literature primary school teacher is impatiently waiting for her son’s discharge from the army. But exactly on the due date of his release, a soldier is being abducted and a new war breaks out. The condition of her shell-shocked father, Yakov, starts to deteriorate as Ido calls to […]
In this highly anticipated film project, “Thousand Yard Stare,” Folman emerges from two decades of groundbreaking achievements in the field of animation to explore live-action cinema and delve deeper into the timeless cinematic tradition through a film to be captured on black & white on 35mm film. Refusing to glorify war, it’s a story about […]
16-year-old sets out on a journey back to her kibbutz to look for her dog who went lost during the recent terror attack. Over the course of two days, she navigates through the horrors etched upon the place and on the faces of people she meets, while she encounters the stark reality of the unfolding […]
After October 7th, Y, an eccentric and politically engaged jazz musician, experiences a revelation. The time has come for him to be good and generous toward his bleeding country. No longer will he be an alienated artist. Together with his wife, Jasmine, an ex-dancer, he will provide joy, fun, and consolation. He will give his […]
Culinary historian Muzna Bishara delves into Palestinian cuisine, exploring the vanishing traditions of rural women. Beyond food, it embodies identity, memory, and heritage, with ingredients tied to geography and seasons, flavors reflecting conflicts and politics. Each chapter centers on an ingredient, revealing the essence of Palestinian culture in a fresh perspective.
Michel George El-Raheb owns a small bookshop and café in the city of Jaffa called Yafa Cafe. Facing mounting challenges in running the shop, he calls upon his nephew, film producer Tony Copti, to partner with him. While looking to buy books for the shop, Tony ends up on an eye-opening journey that forces him […]
The Day After tells the unbelievable story of the peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, one of the longest running conflicts in modern history, through the eyes of an Israeli and Palestinian film crew. Blending a historical documentary with the perspective of the crew behind it, who draw parallels back to their homeland, […]
Depicting characters leaning on crutches and wrapped in bandages, Know Hope’s murals become a self-fulfilling prophecy as chronic illness forces him to recalibrate and create political and participatory art in Palestine-Israel.
Filmed over 20 years, Sabbath Queen follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of thirty-nine generations of Orthodox rabbis who rejects his destiny and becomes a drag-queen rebel, a queer queer bio-dad, and the founder of Lab/Shul: an everybody-friendly, God-optional, artist-driven, pop-up experimental congregation. Sabbath Queen joins director Sandi DuBowski and his […]
Issa Amro and his brave group of non-violent activists spend their days and nights guarding a beautiful Palestinian-owned home in Hebron. Despite living under Israeli occupation and the absurdity of military law, the members of Issa’s House refuse to leave their legally owned home and dream of building the first-ever Palestinian movie theater in Hebron. […]
A group of Ethiopian Israeli youth decide to kidnap the police officer who peppered their adolescence with abuse and eventually murdered their closest friend. Led by the small-time crook INDAL, the group capture the officer in an abandoned public pool and turn the whole area into an autonomous zone for the struggle. What starts off […]
The film offers a rare glimpse into the video interrogations of four Palestinian children. The children’s stories highlight a systematic method behind the arrests of minors in the West Bank, aiming to “break” popular uprisings in villages opposing the occupation. These arrests suppress resistance, with over 700 Palestinian minors detained each year. 95 percent of […]
H2 is the name given to the eastern part of Hebron – the only Palestinian city with a Jewish settlement in it. Here, along a one-Kilometer road, lies the holy Cave of the Patriarchs, where Jews and Muslims believe their common father, Abraham, is buried. Here the massacre of 1929, known as “year zero” of […]
Massive media coverage ensued due to our work devising a red-carpet moment at the 2023 Israeli Film Awards, where Samar Qupti, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “The Future,” brought bereaved mother Watfa Jabali, whose 26-year-old son was murdered before her eyes and one of the founders of the “Mothers for Life” […]
Together, one of Israel’s leading film funds and the premier Palestinian citizen culture NGO in “the triangle” area of Central Israel, are leading a yearlong incubator for screenwriters, to encourage and nurture the next generation of Palestinian citizen screenwriters for film and television. With financial stipends, workshops and mentorships, fellows receive a crash course and […]
Let It Be Morning is an Israeli drama film directed by Eran Kolirin (The Band’s Visit), based on the Hebrew-language novel of the same name by Palestinian-Israeli author Sayed Kashua. The story follows a man who, after receiving an invitation to his brother’s wedding, returns with his family to the Arabic village where he grew […]
This lab, built in partnership with Gesher Fund, Kayama Institute, NIF/Shatil and CoPro, aims to bring together documentary filmmakers and leading social activists around issues of urgent This lab, built in partnership with Gesher Fund, Kayama Institute, NIF/Shatil and CoPro, aims to bring together documentary filmmakers and leading social activists around issues of urgent
Together, one of Israel’s leading film funds and the premier Palestinian citizen culture NGO in “the triangle” area of Central Israel, are leading a yearlong incubator for screenwriters, to encourage and nurture the next generation of Palestinian citizen screenwriters for film and television. With financial stipends, workshops and mentorships, fellows receive a crash course and […]
New Fund for Cinema and Television has committed to a cohort of Palestinian-led projects to support in production each year. ALBI is proud to support this annual cohort with financial resources through the fund, mentorship from established leaders in the industry, and a rich network of peers.
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COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! follows activist-turned-comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi as she writes, lives, and stages her one-woman show about racism, sexism, war, peace, and… her ass. But after October 7th the “coexistence” she grew up on sounds like a bad joke. Can she pick up the pieces and continue the fight for justice for everyone between […]
The story centers on Hamada, a 40-year-old Palestinian actor in Israel. His reluctance to marry and have children brings concern and shame from his family. Struggling to find his artistic voice and lacking motivation, he becomes financially strained, prompting him to return to his childhood village and move in with his parents. Originally intending a […]
Rabbi Capoeira reveals a dramatic and unknown occurrence in the heart of Bnei Brak, the largest ultra-Orthodox city in Israel. The hero of the film is the Capoeira champion of the Mediterranean. He is an ultra-orthodox man whose life was saved by Capoeira, who wants to revolutionize his beloved society, despite the strong criticism he […]
Since Israel was established and its legislature — the Knesset — first convened, Palestinian lawmakers have served alongside Jewish ones. Be they communists, liberals, nationalists, or Islamists — every Palestinian parliamentarian steps up to the podium with pain, frustration, anger, and hope. Yet most of their words fall on deaf ears. Were we to listen […]