ISRAELI CINEMA SHORTS

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APRIL FOOL'S -
An old tape reveals a practical joke that went terribly wrong. The exposure leads to an unexpected search- not only for the prankster, but for the filmmaker himself.
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Dekel
PRODUCER: Shaqaid Levy
WRITER: Jonathan Dekel
CAST: Jonathan Dekel, Lea Gelfenstein
RUNTIME: 00:25:04
COUNTRY: Israel
LANGUAGE: Hebrew (with English subtitles)
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HAUNTED - IN COMPETITION
13-year-old Aya is raped by her dentist. Blurry from anesthesia and overwhelmed by pain, unable to move or resist, she feels paralyzed. The days go by slowly and all she can feel is the sharp pain of her tooth aching. The pain is so strong as if something is dying inside her body. Refuses to tell her mother, closed up in her room, Aya is haunted with violent visions of rage and anger. In her visions, she's the heroine of Justice. She's a true leader, a brave heart. In her dreams, revenge can cure her soul. 
DIRECTOR: Adi Shaya
PRODUCER: Adi Shaya
WRITER: Adi Shaya
CAST: Hila Harush, Meital Trabelsi, Bat Haviv, Shmulik Tena, Noa Michaeli
RUNTIME: 00:13:16
COUNTRY: Israel
LANGUAGE: Hebrew (with English subtitles)
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LONGING -
As every month Michal dips herself in the Mikveh as part of a religious ritual that allows her to have sexual relations with her husband, but when the long-awaited night arrives, nothing happens between the two. Her husband's absence, as well as the deterioration in the intimacy between them, evokes her suspicions about his true identity.
DIRECTOR: Nadav Mishali
PRODUCER: Nadav Mishali
WRITER: Nadav Mishali
CAST: Meytal Gal-Suisa
RUNTIME: 00:20:00
COUNTRY: Israel
LANGUAGE: Hebrew (with English subtitles)
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ONE LAST NIGHT -
It's the last night of Noa and Orr together in Tel Aviv, before Orr leaves to Berlin. Outside the punk gig, the police arrive. Orr jumps to the help of a friend and both she and Noa get arrested. In the police station Noa will have to make a final decision about their relationship. A lesbian-punk drama.
DIRECTOR: Kerem Blumberg
PRODUCERS: Ayelet Albenda, Merav Ravin, Alex Parushin
WRITER: Kerem Blumberg
CAST: Michal Korman, Agam Schuster
RUNTIME: 00:22:14
COUNTRY: Israel
LANGUAGE: Hebrew (with English subtitles)
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