Israel, 2021, 2 minutes, English without translation
“There is only a breath in this moment in your palm”.
And unsurprisingly, this song was written about a moment of a hand resting on a knee of a newly lesbian couple, while watching an Israeli lesbian movie in the cinema.
Director: Alma Kalbermann, Eden Beck
Script: Alma Kalbermann, Eden Beck
Producer: Alma Kalbermann
Animation: Eden Beck
Israel, 2023, 7 minutes, Hebrew without translation
“Conversion Therapy” tells the story of Yaakov Levi, an ultra-Orthodox man who prefers shekels over dollars. His community rejects him and tries to convert him to like dollars.
It’s a satire and protest clip about conversion therapies that are still practiced in Israel.
Director: Elad Sananes, Erez Oved
Script: Elad Sananes, Erez Oved
Producer: Guy Noyman
With: Elad Sananes, Erez Oved, Alon Lior, Moti Kdoshim, Ben Pstarnek, Tair Chvika, Ori Saada
Israel, 2024, 4 minutes, Hebrew without translation
In “Ambatya” (Bathtub), Yuval Gilboa’s first clip, a gay relationship is presented, perhaps romantic, perhaps casual and friendly. Through the bathtub curtains, the clip creates an entire world in which everything is possible – soap bubbles, shadows, lights and dance – and they all help to alleviate the loneliness of the two, even if for a short time.
Director: Guy Hazam
Script: Guy Hazam
Producer: Guy Hazam
With: Yuval Gilboa, Lev Vladislav Sheinberg
Israel, 2024, 2 minutes, Hebrew without translation
This pride clip was created during the ongoing war, reflecting the struggle and discrimination the queer community faces, especially during the war. It provides an artistic platform for protest, highlighting the absurdity that while members of the LGBTQ community sacrifice their lives in battle, the government perpetuates inequality and discrimination.
Director: Erez Oved
Script: Erez Oved
Producer: Shira Magen
With: Erez Oved, Ilona Harpaz, Leeshay Salman
Israel, 2024, 4 minutes, Hebrew without translation
Two boys playing “the game”. One is stuck in the game and can’t get out, the other wants intimacy, but looks for it in the fantasy.
Director: Liel Simon
Script: Yoav Tauman
Producer: Noa Waxman
With: Yoav Tauman, Gil Sari
Israel, 2024, 4 minutes, English without translation
“Be Fake” is an innovative video art project blending artificial intelligence with drag artistry. Starring Nona Chalant, it showcases impossible looks, and challenges perceptions of identity and authenticity in the digital age, blurring the lines between human creativity and advanced technology.
Director: Oriel Pe’er
Script: Oriel Pe’er, Ronny Chokron
Producer: Oriel Pe’er
With: Nona Chalant
Israel, 2018, 4 minutes, Hebrew without translation
“Sheda” (she-demon) is a story of first love, of a closet, of a room versus the outside, of questions, of a taste for much more. Everything we know and love about being lesbians at the beginning of the journey, with the difficulties and the grace.
Director: Alma Kalbermann
Producer: Alma Kalbermann
Script: Alma Kalbermann
With: Amber Koter, Maya Rapaport
Israel, 2021, 13 min, Hebrew with English subtitles
The film is based on interviews with individuals who underwent conversion therapy. They undertook the therapy of their own free will, at times encouraged to do so, at times due to social pressure. Their goal was to be cured, to fit in with their community and to live a normative life. These interviews were adapted into short animated films that were directed by year two students of the Sapir College Animation Program.
Creators: Dina Indykh, Tal Meshulam, Shelly Salem, Eden Dolev, Omran Tlalka, Raz Negev, Dor Kaplan, Michael Jacob, Neomi Hazan, Liat Meik
Producer: Michael Jacob
With: Anonymous
Israel, 2014, 23 min, Hebrew with English subtitles
When the inner world of Layla meets reality, her fantasy of being accepted as a woman is being shaken by Jaffa’s night.
Director: Raz Bar David Varon
Screenplay: Raz Bar David Varon
Producer: Dor Aviram
Cast: Tzachi Zeev Look, Ori Levanon, Miriam Cohen
Israel, 2017, 9 min, Hebrew with English subtitles
Two male peacocks insist on their rights and demand to board Noah’s ark.
Directed by: Efrat Chen, Naor Zana, Neta Bar
Screenplay: Efrat Chen
Producer: Sapir College
Cast: Ori Laizarovich, Adam Shefer