Of Parents and Kids

Six short films about fathers and mothers, Sons and daughters - and the complexity of their relations (83 min.)

Today is the day

Israel 2024

Dir.: Roee Naggan

Pro: Noa Ben Moshe

Sc: Roee Naggan

DP: Liyam Folman

Ed: Saeed Darawshe

Soundtrack Editing: Yuval Kadosh, D.B. Studios

Music: Toki Stern, Itay Dan Carmeli 

Source: Sam Spiegel Film and TV School 

Produced with the support of: none

14 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

 During an ugly divorce battle, Oded takes his son to the police station to file a complaint. When his son refuses to go into the station alone, Oded insists on finding a way for his voice to be heard too – even if it means sacrificing his son.

The Traveler's Prayer

Israel 2024

Dir. :Elkie Leonie Hershberg

Pro: Ori Szterenfeld

Sc: Elkie Leonie Hershberg

DP : Omri Barzilai

Ed: Gil Veseli

Soundtrack Editing: Ori Kadishay & Yossi Appelbaum

Music: Daniel Salomon

Cast: Hila Lena Royzenman, Roni Kuban, Rivka Michaeli

Source : Pedro Films

Produced with the support of : Gesher Film Fund

 8 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

Mirka, new to the Ultra-Orthodox world, makes her way from the back of a gender-segregated bus to the front, to save her celiac son Raphael from a cookie containing gluten. This simple act constitutes a challenge to the conventions of the society in which Mirka lives and to which she tries to belong

Floortime

Israel 2024

Dir. :Brachi Haisherik

Pro: Tammy Cohen

Sc: Brachi Haisherik

DP Boaz Yehonatan Yacov : 

Ed: Ilana Reina

Soundtrack Editing: Yonatan Yacov

Music: Gal Lev

Cast: Heya Broadbeker, Arri Broadbeker, Golan Azulay, Dorit Lev-Ari

Source: Tamar Productions

Produced with the support of : Gesher Film Fund

Negev Film Fund

 13 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

Henya (as herself) is bathing her autistic son  Arri (as himself) at the end of another frustrating day; A sudden gut feeling drives her to make an unusual move hoping for an eye contact with him. Barchi, an ultra-Orthodox director and Hanya's sister, brings a revealing story about brave motherhood in a conservative and closed community.

Gazelles

Israel, 2024

Dir. :Shirli Nada Michalevicz

Pro: Lihi Sabag

Sc: Shirli Nada Michalevicz

DP : Daniella Nowitz

Ed: Miki kohn Barlev

Soundtrack Editing:  Avi Mizrahi

Music: Adam Weingrod

Cast: Leora Rivlin, Yiftach Klein

Source: Lihi sabag

Produced with the support of : The Jerusalem Film and Television Fund

The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

Eitan, a wildlife ranger, decides to transfer a gazelle from an urban enclosure to the wild.   On the day of the release, he is summoned to his ailing and demented mother’s home. There, he is forced to confront his own vulnerability and the understanding that true freedom lies not in control, but in letting go..

15 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

One More Moment

Israel 2024

Dir.: Roi Lehenere

Pro: E-Films Ortal & Benyamin Esticangie

Sc: Roi Lehenere

DP :Shai Trainin

Ed: Zohar Sela

Soundtrack Editing: Rotem Dror

Cast: Eyal Rosales, Idan Noam

Source: Minshar for art. 

Produced with the support of : Ester Lehenere, E-films

 14 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

On Saturday morning, 14-year-old Matan wakes up his father to go to the cinema, their plans go awry when Matan's father has a heart attack. Matan's concern meets the machoness of his father who tries to pretend that everything is fine. The confrontation between them threatens to create a rift in the relationship of the two, meanwhile the clock is ticking.

Aba

Israel 2024 

Dir.: Claudio Steinberg

Pro:  David Fisher

Sc:  Claudio Steinberg

D.P: Claudio Steinberg

Ed: Shlomo Hazan

Cast: Claudio Steinberg, Hilla Steinberg, Betina Steinberg, Nitai Steinberg, Yotam Steinberg, Nirit Shapira, Adriana Vega Garcia, Lic. Claudio Alonso-Moy   

Source: Fisher Features

Produced with the support of: Rabinovich Foundation

 19 min | Hebrew Spanish | Hebrew and English Subtitles

Four electric shocks and seven minutes without consciousness were my journey to death and back. Life passed me by. Bright light, unsaturated colors, open spaces. I saw my wife, kids, mother, sister. I even saw my younger self acting in the first film I directed at film school. But I didn't see my father. It's time to complete the puzzle