As its name suggests, this is the most colorful, diverse, surprising and fun shorts collection of the 2024 TLVFest. It contains many different cinematic genres and topics from every color of the LGBTQ rainbow.
Animation, video-art, fiction, documentary, serious drama and comedy – and all of it made in Israel.
Duration: 70 min
Israel, 2024, 5 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles
Text and voice on a screen, the experience I didn’t have and so wanted to experience.
Directed by: Yonatan Shabat
Screenplay: Yonatan Shabat
Production: Yonatan Shabat
With: Yonatan Shabbat
Israel, 2024, 5 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles
Roy wakes up to a text message from his ex. He puts on a facade and goes out to the street. An encounter with his neighbor raises the question: is he able to create meaningful connections or whetherhis habits are going to fail him once again.
Directed by: Yael Castel
Screenplay: Yael Castel
Production: Noa Gur
With: Roy Halevy, Idan Argov, Yahel Pappo
Israel, 2023, 5 minutes, Hebrew with no subtitles
“Apartment Quest” is a short film centered around a non-binary character which is in fact a Tel Avivian apartment. The apartment narrates their struggles to find an occupant, its unique experience in the tough rental market, and stories of the previous tenants. The apartment’s perspective exposes us to a complex experience of a LGBTQ+ people trying to look for romance in the city.
Directed by: Erez Oved
Screenplay: Erez Oved
Production: Zohar Bosnak
With: Erez Oved, Roy Saar, Guy Gavriel, Ofek Cohen
Israel, 2023, 8 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles
“It Didn’t Kick In” is a true story about all of us – even if we’ll never admit to it. It tells the banal story of two lesbians who meet long past midnight. For one, it’s one step closer to finding a life partner, for the other – depends on who you ask.
Directed by: Noa Ancri
Screenplay: Noa Ancri
Production: Noa Ancri
With: Natalie Slovo and Noga Or
Israel, 2023, 6 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles
A perfect winter evening, a couple in love, a magical ice cream parlor and a small choice that ruins everything.
Directed by: Gal Primack Najari
Screenplay: Gal Primack Najari
Production: Gal Primack Najari
With: Ori Paniri, Ori Zaltzman, Shlomi Khudiakov
Israel, 2023, 2 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles
In this video I interrupt the chronicle early and late with images dealing with gender change. Already at a young age he realized that she was a woman in a male body. Divided identity, gender unclear. This is a touching personal revelation.
Directed by: Kobi Yonatan
Screenplay: Kobi Yonatan
Production: Kobi Yonatan
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Israel, 2022, 5 minutes, Hebrew, English and Japanese with English subtitles
The clip offers a twisted take on reality, imagining false concepts and alternative facts in children’s programming. It pays homage to ’80s and ’90s American and Japanese cartoon shows with a bold, fabulous, and subversive gay twist.
Directed by: Shacham Rubin
Screenplay: Shacham Rubin, Idan Rom
Production: Shacham Rubin
With: Idan Rom, Tomer Sapir
Israel, 2023, 7 minutes, English with no subtitles
“Bedsheet” is the story of a young man who lives on his own for the first time. He deals with a heartbreak and an acute identity crisis which lead him to a path of self destruction. The movie is based on the experiences of the director when he moved to Tel-Aviv.
Directed by: Daniel David
Screenplay: Daniel David
Production: Daniel David, Yerang kim
With: Ian Juul-Hansen
Israel, 2023, 0:20 seconds, no dialogue
Two monsters, one cub.
Directed by: Shacham Rubin
Screenplay: Shacham Rubin
Production: Shacham Rubin
Israel, 2024, 9 minutes, Hebrew and English with no subtitles
Cleaning up after a houseparty, Assif finds a note left by a secret admirer addressed to his boyfriend, Tom. Tom’s excitement about who it could be creates tension.
Directed by: Zoe Karbe
Screenplay: Zoe Karbe
Production: Shaked Buznach
With: Tomer Jaimie Shaw, Assif Benedek, Shani Tzabari
Israel, 2023, 7 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles
When was the last time you told your dad that you love him?
With a small camera and one question I wander the streets of Tel Aviv, searching for understanding. About gay men, fathers, and their relationships.
Directed by: Yonatan Shabat
Screenplay: Yonatan Shabat
Production: Yonatan Shabat
With: Livay Levi, Tomer Versace, Raphael Kramer, Ran Kalif, Meir Kalfon, David Asefa, Liran Vaizman, Oran Goral, Aviv Noama, Yonatan Shabat
Israel, 2024, 5 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles
Between the ups and downs, I try to tell my father the things I don’t have the courage to say.
Directed by: Yonatan Shabat
Screenplay: Yonatan Shabat
Production: Yonatan Shabat
With: Yonatan Shabat
Israel, 2024, 4 minutes, Hebrew with no subtitles
A man struggles with chronic indecision, unable to make even the simplest choices, like picking a shirt. Desperate for solutions, he embarks on a quest for answers, seeking guidance and clarity from the people and world around him.
Directed by: Melodie Grumberg
Screenplay: Melodie Grumberg
Production: Melodie Grumberg
With: Guy Yeroslavski, Chen Zakai
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After a divorce and a layoff from a prestigious job, 52-year-old Nicole’s life is far from what she imagined. She moves from a bourgeois neighborhood
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