First Exposure - Shorts Compilation

Five new Israeli short films (87 min.)

Elephant in the desert

Israel 2025

Scriptwriter & Director: Yael Nivron

Producers: Adi Navon, Kobi Mizrahi

DOP: Oded Ashkenazi

Editor: Tali Halter-Shenkar

Sound designer: Shahaf Wagshall

Music: Gal Lev

Cast: Yael Nivron, Roy Nik, Rani Blair, Ilanit Ben-Yaakov (V.O)

Production companies: Bona Productions, KM Productions

Produced with the support of: Negev Film Fund, Makor Foundation

 19 min | Hebrew| English Subtitles

Trying to save her relationship with Nadav, Rotem realizes she is losing the most important thing. 

The Holiness

Israel 2023

Dir. :Daniel Moreshet

Pro: tiarafilms – Harel Ben Melech

Sc: Daniel Moreshet

DP Omer Lotan : 

Ed: Shai Blanc - Mashiach

Soundtrack Editing: Aviv Aldema

Music: Gal Lev

Cast: Noa Koler, Assi Cohen, Yarden Arish, Amir Tessler, Lavi Zvi Langbord

Source: tiarafilms

 17 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

Vered appears to be a typical Jewish woman. But the truth is, she has long been hiding from her children that she and her husband are no longer religious. One Friday night, her teenage daughter catches them in the act of sin. Vered, who herself had tasted the fruit of the forbidden tree, discovers the apple didn’t fall far from the tree

To Jerusalem!

Israel, France 2024

Dir: Ido Schatz

Pro: Gidi Avivi, Sharon Leshem

Co-producer: François-Pierre Clavel

Executive producers: Prof. Yaron Bloch, Maya Dreifuss

Sc: Ido Schatz

DP: Michael Endo Weil.

Ed: Noa Dulberg Alter

Soundtrack Editing: Rotem Dror

Music: Nitzan Vardi

Source: Vice Versa Films

Cast: Amit Friedman, Doron Tavory, Levana Finkelstein, Haitham Omari

Produced with the support of:
Cinema Project - The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts

Blavatnik Student Film Production Fund 

The fund in the memory of Finy Rones

Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée

Procirep-Angoa

Produced by Vice Versa Films 

In coproduction with Kidam

The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television

20 min | French, English, German, Arabic, Hebrew | Hebrew, English Subtitles

Henri, a combat-fatigued soldier, flees to Jerusalem after the defeat of the Crusaders to Saladin in the 1187 Battle of Hattin.  Exhausted from the summer heat and overwhelmed by trauma of war, Henri finds out that he cannot return back home:  Jerusalem is no longer a city of peace.

Underdog

Israel 2024

Dir.: Gal Gonen

Pro: Ronen Machlis-Balzam & Hila Guy

Sc: Gal Gonen

DP :Jonathan Karny

Ed:Roman Shumunov 

Soundtrack Editing: Lior Waitzman R.I.P

Music: "Tamid" a song by Eden Derso 

Cast: Alex Silberg, Alona Sa'ar

Source: Metaphor

Produced with the support of: Negev Foundation

 19 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

A rebellious young woman is sent to community service in a Kennel, where she helps a rejected dog find a family. For the first time, she feels meaningful in life.

Kippur

Israel 2024

Dir: Uriya Hertz

Pro: Tal Moskovich & Matan Glazovsky – Daizy Films

Sc: Uriya Hertz

DP :Tal Ninyo.

Ed:  Uriya Hertz

Soundtrack Editing: Rei Elbaz

Music: Gal Lev

Cast:  Ethan Saad, Daniel Barkai, Asaf Peri, Tamar Alkan Meushar

Source: Daizy Films - Tal Moskovich & Matan Glazovsky

Produced with the support of: Makor Foundation for Israeli Films, The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT)

 13 min | Hebrew | Hebrew, English Subtitles

Aviad, a devout Jewish boy, starts his first full fast of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of atonement. But a nocturnal incident during the fast shakes his inner world and threatens his identity