Between Us

Israel, 2025, 13 minutes, Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles

Stream of consciousness – Dad, a motorcycle, Yoav, and me. And what lies between us. After coming out to his parents, Yoav (25) returns home to see what comes next. Hamidrasha – Faculty of Arts

Director: Yonatan Shabat
Script: Yonatan Shabat
Producer: Yuli Sachs, Itamar Ram
With: Yoav Rotman, Dudi Gordon, Ortal Agmon Hirsh, Noam Tal

Tomchi

Israel, 2025, 4 minutes, Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles

A random, routine Grindr meeting turns dramatic when, in a moment of lust, the question arises – will you marry me? This is a story about an intimate encounter with a lack of intimacy.

Director: Yair Hasfari, Tom Krosinski
Script: Nir Yosef
Producer: Nir Yosef
With: Nir Yosef, Yadin Gellman

Breathing

Israel, 2025, 10 minutes, Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles

“Breathing” is a short film that depicts the story of Amichai and Tamir.

Amichai, a religious man, suffers from anxiety and decides to take private swimming lessons in order to overcome his fear of water as a result of a trauma he went through. His swimming instructor, Tamir, is a secular, homosexual man. During the lessons, a close and intimate relationship is formed between the two. Amichai is excited but also extremely confused. 
The film ends with an open ending where Amichai overcomes his fear of water and perhaps other fears as well. Bezalel

Director: Eden Gabay
Script: Eden Gabay
Producer: Meira Korn
With: Eliyahu Pelee, Hagai Cohen

The Living

Israel, 2024, 5 minutes, Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles

A young single Tel Avivian gets a voice message from someone, now an ex. Nothing else of note happens. Dinner, Netflix, sex. Another evening. Tel Aviv University

Director: Barak Levontin
Script: Barak Levontin
Producer: Barak Levontin
With: Barak Levontin, Assaf Dimor, Ben Oved-Berkovitch

What You Don’t See

Israel, 2025, 8 minutes, Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles

Jonathan, a young gay man searching for his identity through parties and sleepless nights, faces an unexpected encounter when his religious mother, Michal, shows up at the club. The charged meeting leads to an honest and unforgettable evening.

Director: Gal Dorfan
Script: Gal Dorfan
Producer: Nina Sigavi bialik and Yonatan Cogan
With: Yehonatan Levi, Iris Dorfan, Shaked Biala, Daniel Tebol, Tami Lichter

Photos of Her

Israel, 2025, 24 minutes, Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles

Shiri (33), a bourgeois and conservative woman, planned her perfect maternity photo shoot, but the one who comes to photograph her is Lidor (35), a liberal trans woman. When Shiri’s husband leaves the photo shoot in the middle, the meeting between the two different women raises demons and questions about their changing bodies and their identity in the world.

Director: Bar Cohen
Script: Bar Cohen
Producer: Lev Orlov, Rotem Grosman
With: Lioz Levi, Shaylee Atary

Kamad

Israel, 2025, 14 minutes, Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles

Alone in her apartment, 24-year-old Amal is coping with her anxiety with soap and water. The more she cleans, the dirtier she feels. She is holding onto forbidden desire – and it is threatening to break her.

Director: Anna Maria Hawa
Script: Anna Maria Hawa
Producer: Yonatan Shiray
With: Rama Nasrallah, Abeer Lawen

And a Whisper Will Be Heard

Israel, 2025, 22 minutes, Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles

Adi, 14, was born into a gay co-parenting family. As he grows up, the tense balance at his father’s home begins to crack. When their relationship is put to the test, Adi faces his world, and his home, upended. Tel Aviv University

Director: Yuval Parnass-Mader
Script: Yuval Parnass-Mader
Producer: Alina Alexa Osipova
With: Raphael Gross, Eyal Schecter, Ami Weinberg, Nili Tserruya

In Pigeons Blood

Israel, 2025, 7 minutes, Hebrew with Hebrew subtitles

Chaya (30) returns to her parents’ home, and together with her mother Larisa, tries to work through a traumatic childhood memory.

Director: Hod Adler, Chaya Moshayev
Script: Hod Adler, Chaya Moshayev
Producer: Lev Orlov
With: Chaya Moshayev, Larisa Moshayev

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