Like a Man | 13 Minutes | Narrative Short | Arabic, Hebrew | Israel | 2023

Director: Shaya Chesner 

Rugged and macho Ronen (40), takes his excited and innocent 13-year-old son Aviv on a Bar-Mitzvah hike to a lake in northern Israel. In spite of his attempts to present himself as the ideal masculine figure, Ronen’s vulnerabilities and fears are blatantly exposed during an encounter with three Israeli Arabs, who have arrived at the same spot for a day of hiking and leisure.

 

Telling Nonie | 50 Minutes | Documentary | English, Hebrew | Israel, USA | 2023

Director: Paz Schwartz, Uriel Sinai  

Geizi Tsafrir, 88, reexamines his role in a targeted assassination in Gaza, uncovering unsettling information about his father's death and revealing it to Nonie in Los Angeles.