The screening will be held in the presence of the filmmakers.
Pitom
Israel, 2022 / 18 min.
Hebrew. English subtitles
Director Sean Paneth / Producer Sam Santcroos, Minshar School of Art
Moshe, a shy man with stage fright and a stuttering disorder, unites with his childhood friend Lenny, a magical talking puppet, to impress the girl he fancies.
24½ Orbitalism
Israel, 2022 / 5 min.
Hebrew. English subtitles
Director Ellina Kwitkovsky
What is our reality? The rotation of electrons in a 360-degree orbit, transforming from a special form of light energy, creates our reality. Let’s strip it and fill it with the soul of the universe!
Maya Eylon
Israel, 2021 / 8 min.
Hebrew. English subtitles
Director & Producer Yoni Mordechay
In the middle of an academic literature class on Zoom, the students suddenly notice that in the square of Maya Ayalon, a first-year student, an unusual event takes place: a man enters her apartment and rapes her.
Corona-Man
Israel, 2022 / 2 min.
Hebrew. English and Hebrew subtitles
Director & Producer Shacham Rubin
An animated short film allows a moment of fresh observation, giving a nostalgic, critical and satiric meaning to a global event that changed our reality.
Letter to a Pig
Israel, 2022 / 16 min.
Hebrew. English subtitles
Director Tal Kantor / Producer Amit R. Gicelter, Hive Studio
Animated film: a holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.
A Lament for the Tel-Aviv Central Bus Station
Israel, 2023 / 10 min.
Hebrew. English subtitles
Director Netta Spiegel, Yotam Nissim Sas / Producer Great Gehenna Choir, Mamuta Art and Media Center
An experimental film: an audio-visual lament for the Tel Aviv Central Station. Despite attempts for revival, this grandiose “tower of Babylon” is left nearly deserted, facing closure. A vocal psycho-magical attempt to purify the station, unfolds a story about Tel-Aviv and about Israel.
The Foyer
Israel, 2022 / 18 min.
Hebrew. English subtitles
Directors Michal Huminer, Ron Katzenelson / Producer Shula Spiegel, Donna and Shula Productions
The impressive foyer of Tel Aviv Museum of Art is the place from which the galleries and exhibitions are approached. Each of the artworks now on display in the foyer, and those displayed there in the past, offers a fascinating chapter in the story of the museum.
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