Program 2 – Barriers and Bars

Seven films about the struggles, battles and confrontations within and without.

Screening in the presence of the creators

The Most Beautiful Day

Israel 2022, short feature film

Dir.: Shira Meishar

Pro.: Lihi Sabag

Sc.: Shira Meishar

DP.: Arik Kaufman

Ed.: Tamar Ben Baruch

Soundtrack Editing: Rotem Dror

Music: Avi Binyamin

Source:

Produced with the support of: Makor Foundation

This is Yona's last day at work, after 32 years as a hospital nurse. She arrives with a baked cake and a new hairstyle in honor of the occasion. The opening of the new department at the hospital and an official visit pushes her aside. The retirement party that was so long awaited is being forgotten due to the preparations for the Prime Minister's wife's festive visit, and Yona is repeatedly left out of things alone, just her and the cake.

Freedom

Israel 2021, short feature film

Dir.: Hitham Saad

Pro.: Tel Hai Film School

Sc.: Hitham Saad

DP.: Yuval Kranz

Ed.: Adi Bergman

Soundtrack Editing: Tomer Charni

Source: Tel Hai Film School

A story about a family of Arab descent living in a chauvinistic society, one day the father opens the door and finds his daughter standing beaten,she comes in. and treated for wounds, the phone rings, the father answers and receives a threat, tells his wife that their daughter should return home to her husband which creates a confrontation between them. and when they confront in the next room, the girl runs away, the father goes looking for her and he come back without her.

Salma

Israel 2021, short feature film

Dir.: Sohela Ghttas

Pro.: Sana Tanous

Sc.: Sohela Ghttas

DP.: Ashraf Dowan

Ed.: Matan Kedem

Soundtrack Editing: Sari Matar

Music: c-genic

Cast: Maria Zreik

Source: Sunshine Productions

Produced with the support of: Makor Foundation, The ministry for culture & sports - The Israeli film counsel, NFCT - The new fund for cinema and TV.

“Salma” is a young ambitious Palestinian woman who is trying to find her way towards independence, live her life and break free from her abusive brother "Walid" and her conservative family. “Salma” moves out from her family's house and starts studying at the university. Alas, she experiences contradictions between her way of life and her family's mentality and faces opposition.

The film is based on a true story and attempts to demonstrate the issue of domestic violence that many women suffer from through the eyes of “Salma”.

Bilingual

Israel 2022, short feature film

Dir.: Bar Talmon

Pro.: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Sc.: Bar Talmon

DP.: Alma Zalait

Ed.: Avi Gurfinkel

Music: Inbal Rosenhouse

Source: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Two sets of parents; one Arab the other Jewish, are on a stakeout to find out who is writing graffiti on the walls of their Arab-Jewish school.

Ordinary

Israel 2022, short feature film

Dir.: Gil Fermon

Pro.: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Sc.: Gil Fermon

DP.: Noam Popper

Ed.: Michal Holland

Soundtrack Editing: Neil Gibs

Source: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Squad commander Noah is two days before his discharge. In the meantime, the military routine continues as he and his soldiers patrol the border. Unexpectedly a young Palestinian boy crosses the border fence, is caught and Noah comes face to face with someone who, like himself, just wants to get home.

Night Training

Dir.: Aviv Nachshon

Pro.: Eli Orr

DP.: Aviv Nachshon

Ed.: Aviv Nachshon

Soundtrack Editing: Sam Braverman

Source: : Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

A short experimental film, tracing the journey of a teenager transformation into a weapon.

Devided Soul

Israel 2022, short documentary film

Dir.: Elad Davidovitch Schicowich

Pro.: Elad Davidovitch Schicowich

Sc.: Elad Davidovitch Schicowich

DP.: Elad Davidovitch Schicowich

Ed.: Elad Davidovitch Schicowich

Soundtrack Editing: Elad Davidovitch Schicowich

Music: Edan Sasson

Source: E.D.S Production

Every person is a story, the same goes for a country and a people. The filmmaker returns to face his past through private archive footage and at the same time he looks at excerpts from the state archives with the hope of understanding himself better. The film incorporates sound from the lecture of the psychiatrist Dr. Michael Polliack About post trauma.