Short Animation Compilation

Ten short Israeli animation films

These Weighted Stones

Israel 2024

Dir.: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota

Pro: Roni Shalev

Sc: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota

DP :Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota

Ed: Asa Rikin, Noga Sirota

Soundtrack Editing: Yehu Yaron

Music: Yehu Yaron

Cast: Daniel Halfon 

9 min | English | Hebrew and English Subtitles

An anonymous traveler recounts his visits to three different cities: the spiritual Jerusalem, the material Jerusalem, and the virtual Jerusalem. Though he initially conjures a utopian vision of the city, the traveler discovers a reality more complex than what he had imagined, and ultimately finds sanctuary in a new and virtual version of Jerusalem - peaceful, and empty of its inhabitants.

These Weighted Stones is an experimental docu-animation that examines Jerusalem’s material and spiritual entity in our contemporary age, divided between tangible and virtual realities

Ata, Bezel-El

Israel 2024

Dir : Yotam Tweg , Ester Krauz

Pro: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem

Sc: Yotam Tweg , Ester Krauz 

Ed:  Yotam Tweg 

Soundtrack Editing: Itamar dagan

Music:  Itamar dagan

Cast: Adi Dar , Michael Lerner

Source: Bezalel

8 min | Hebrew | Hebrew, English Subtitles

Bezalel, a freed slave, is given the task to create the Ark of the Covenant at Mount Sinai. The talented artist finds it difficult to create under Moses' harsh critique.

Bezalel must choose between the law of his people, and his own artistic expression. 

Creatura

Israel 2024

Dir: Libi Zak

Pro: Libi Zak

Sc: Libi Zak

Soundtrack Editing: Ilai Schwebel

Music: Ilai Schwebel

Source: Bezalel

Produced with the support of: From The Heart Productions

7 min | English 

After nuclear devastation wipes out humanity, animals guided by radiant plants discover an ancient energy source in the desert. This revelation fulfills a prophecy, offering a path to righteousness and renewal as they seek to redefine their place in a world forever altered by war.

F*ck The South

Israel 2024

Dir. :Tom Schwartz

Pro: Tom Schwartz

Sc: Tom Schwartz

DP : Tom Schwartz

Ed: Tom Schwartz

Soundtrack Editing:  Adi Bar

Music: Shuzin

Cast: (acting and singing) Kfir (HEMI) Artzi, Shuzin, Adi bar, Tom Schwartz

Source : Tom Presents

Produced with the support of : Negev Film Fund, Gesher, Pais

 11 min | Hebrew | Hebrew and English Subtitles

Is it hard for you financially and you're too lazy to work? why don't you just give a f*ck and do some crimes in the south, where no one will stop you and you will be instantly rich? - But maybe it's a bad idea too.

All of us have to wake up

Israel 2024

Dir. : Mitya Kokorin

Pro: Kingeloc: 

Sc: Mitya Kokorin: 

:DP : Alex Viches

Ed: Mitya kokorin

Soundtrack Editing: Alexandr Paperny

Music: Alexandr Paperny

Cast: Leila Erdman-Tabukashvili

Source: Leila Erdman-Tabukashvili

 10 min | russian | Hebrew and English Subtitles

An animated documentary based on excerpts from interviews with Russian and Ukrainian immigrants that moved to Israel from the war in 2022. Interviews were taken at the end of 2023 during the war in Israel...

Swimming With Wings

The Netherlands, Israel 2023

Dir.: Daphna Awadish Golan

Pro Valk Productions, The Hive Studio : 

Sc: Daphna Awadish Golan

DP :Daphna Awadish Golan

Ed: Daphna Awadish Golan

Soundtrack Editing: Erez Eyni Shavit

Music: Ady Cohen

Cast: Lyri Gonen, Alex Gray, Ben Gray, Olivia Schumann

Source: Valk Productions, The Hive Studio

Produced with the support of: The Netherlands Film Fund, The Stimulering Fund, The Israeli Lottery Fund, Next Talent program

10 min | Hebrew, English, Dutch | Hebrew, English, Dutch Subtitles

A short animated documentary exploring the immigration experience through the eyes of an Israeli girl learning how to swim with clothes on in the Netherlands.

The Sixth Campfire

Israel 2023

Dir: Tomer Hadad

Pro: Lior Wigderson 

Sc: Tomer Hadad and Lior Wigderson

DP :

Ed: Tomer Hadad and Lior Wigderson

Soundtrack Editing: Lior Wigderson and Asaf Erez

Music: Asaf Erez

Cast: Dvir Bussani, Itay Ferber. Yoav Jacob. Hillel Goldenberg. Liam Peleg

Source: Bezalel

Produced with the support of:

 6:40 min | Hebrew | Hebrew, English Subtitles

English synopsis:

Six friends meet every year to make a campfire. But what seems like an ordinary event, is actually a Memorial Day Eve's ceremony. The friends gather to find a way to cope with their friend's death

Sunday

Israel 2024

Dir: Elkie Leonie Hershberg,Tom Kouris, Hani Dombe 

Pro: TOM&HANI Animation Studio

Sc: Elkie Leonie Hershberg

DP :Tom Kouris

Ed: Tom Kouris

Soundtrack Editing: Ori Kadishay and Yaara Haim Mazkeka Studios

Music: Amitai Mann and Ori Kadishay

Cast: Danielle Jadelyn, Steve Weizman, Jamie Tuckett

Source: TOM&HANI Animation Studio

Produced with the support of: Makor Foundation for Israeli films, The Israeli Lottery Council for culture and art, The Ministry of Culture and Sport - The Israeli Film Council.

10 min | English | Hebrew, English Subtitles

At an old wooden table in his small apartment in Notting Hill, Richard Duncan McNulty (84) sits down like every Sunday morning reading the newspaper peacefully from back to back, sipping a warm cup of tea. But today is going to be different, a knock on his door will threaten to shake his existence and change his life forever.  

Papiloma

Israel 2024

Dir Daniela fridman:

Pro Daniela fridman: 

Sc Daniela fridman: 

DP Daniela fridman :

Ed Daniela Fridman, lyri milo:  

Soundtrack Editing tuval wolf:

Music tuval wolf: 

Cast : 

Source: Bezalel

Produced with the support of:

3 min | no dialogue

a young girl deals with a job positive diagnosis