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Opening Event: Kiss of the Spider Woman

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Opening Ceremony of the 20th TLVFest: The Tel-Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival

19:30 – Red Carpet and Cocktail for the ticket buyers for the opening ceremony and invitees only. Sponsored by Vodka Mont Blanc
20:30 – The opening ceremony – hosted by Lioz Levi and Yaniv Biton.
Performances by Yael Levita and Eitan Drori from the Israeli Opera and Drag Brunch Tel Aviv – One Night Only
TLVFest 2025 honorary award to the iconic Dana International

.From the screenwriter of “Chicago” and the director of “Gods and Monsters”, “Kinsey” and “Dream Girls” comes the cinematic production of the Tony award winner musical “The Kiss of the Spider Woman”, based on a 1976 novel by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig.

Valentin, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser who was arrested for indecent exposure. The two make an unexpected connection when Molina tells the plot of an old Hollywood music film named “The Kiss of the Spider Woman” starring his favorite diva, Ingrid Luna.

Aside from the spectacular visual design of the film, you can find three talented actors moving between drama, dancing and singing like they’ve been doing it on a daily basis.

Jennifer Lopez is giving a performance of a lifetime- hypnotizing and unforgettable as if she was born to play the Latina Diva Ingrid Luna. Diego Luna (“Andor”, “Y tu mama tambien”) is Valentin, in one of his best performances and Tonatiuh (“Carry-on”) is truly a rising star.

Unspoken

Seweryn, a 30 years old bisexual musician, is on the brink of making all his dreams come true- he’s about to sign a contract with a small record label. His life take an unexpected turn when he becomes a victim of rape by Michael, a powerful businessman.

At first Seweryn doesn’t remember what happened, but then his body begins to send distress signals and he loses his most valuable asset- his voice. In order to get his voice back Seweryn must deal with a buried childhood trauma, back to his family roots in Poland.

“Unspoken” is a film about hope, the power of love and mental sturdiness. This is a film about discovering light in the darkest moments and building life again with stronger foundations.

The screening is limited to 18 and above.

That’s Gila, That’s Me

Alon Weinstock’s documentary film has a cult following with fans who return annually; packing movie theatre to capacity for the sole purpose of enjoying Gila Goldstein’s zingers and being moved by the life story of one of Israel’s first trans women who was also a Tel Aviv icon-turned legend, while still live.
Gila was born in the 50’s in lower Haifa. A young soccer player in the Maccabbi Haifa who had always known that she is a woman. In her 20’s she moved to Tel Aviv and worked as a prostitute and exotic dancer. In 2003 she was proclaimed the community’s darling for her contribution and continued fight for social justice.
The film, shot between 1997 – 2010, describes the world of a woman who is, despite fleeting years and many struggles, still happy, optimistic and feeling forever young. Because Gila is the one and only and in her own radical language: “That’s Gila, That’s Me.”

In memory of Gila Goldstein (18.12.1947 – 05.02.2017)

Good Boys

A special screening to mark the 20th anniversary hosted by filmmaker Tom Shoval (“Youth”, “Letter to David”, “Echo of Your Voice”, “Life Without Credit” and more…)

17-year-old Meni wears only the most fashionable clothes, is interested in music, loves the cinema and works as a rent boy. He had a baby from Mika, a young drug addict prostitute. He has an adoptive mother who is also a trans-gender prostitute and clients that contacts him on his cell-phone.

One night he meets Tal, also a hustler, and they decide to spend the night together. During that night, their lives gain a new meaning, but can the little hope change the life they are used to from an early age?

In the morning they decide to meet later at the club. Until the awaited meeting, both of them will have to deal with their weary routine of clients, marginalized people and unexpected events.

From the jury’s reasoning at the Eilat Film Festival 2026 for choosing it as the best Israeli film: “…We found in the film “Good Boys” a cinematic story that is difficult to digest, but touches on the courage of a world whose existence we usually prefer to ignore. The film grabs you, hits you, and leaves you asking questions, searching for answers, and hurting. Another important point is the human side of the characters living in poverty – and often maintaining a human image, and for this, by unanimous decision, we found “Good Boys” worthy of the award.”

The Parliament of Gila Goldstein and Drorrr

Girls Like Us

Shahar, a beautiful and vigilant girl, lives in a tough Bat Yam neighborhood with her dysfunctional family. Her divorced father is in a mental institution, and her alcoholic mother dreams of remarriage. Shahar essentially raises her younger sister Moran (12) alone. Expelled from regular school, she now studies at “Beit Gila,” an alternative school for at-risk girls. Perry, a new soldier teacher, arrives as an unconventional and enigmatic guide. Their intense relationship, marked by attraction and repulsion, evolves into a profound, transformative love.

Pink Lady

Lazer and Bati love each other, have three children. They live in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, under strict rules. life for the happy family changes when Lazer falls victim to blackmail. There are photos that make Bati doubt her knowledge of her partner . The new discovery puts everyone in a whirlpool of emotions, struggling to keep their family and love together.

Nir Bergman (Here we are, Cannes 2020, Official Selection), one of Israel’s most esteemed filmmakers and writer of In Treatment, won the Best Director Award at the Tallinn’s Black Nights for Pink Lady. Bergman’s touching and uplifting comedy drama was written by Mindi Ehrlich, a member of the Hasidic community in Jerusalem who drew from her own experience to write the script.

Filmography: Here We Are (2020), Intimate Grammar (2010), Broken Wings (2002).

The First Lady

Fearing for her life, Israeli transgender pioneer Efrat Tilma fled the country as a teenager. Now in her seventies and a celebrated activist, she must fight for her freedom once again, as the country spirals into political and social regression.

FUCK IT

Gal is a girl whose only desire is to be a man.

She feels like a man inside and expresses herself defiantly.

Her dissonance between mind and body is expressed throughout the film.

The film is told through the eyes of Gal, who films and documents everything in her life without any censorship.

Gal meets Shelly, a straight girl who initially does not respond to her advances. Slowly, the two become closer, and an intimate bond develops between them.

Gal tries to move up a level with Shelly and wants to express herself in bed as a man in a way she knows and feels safe in, and Shelly refuses to accept this way.

Gal has difficulty with Shelly’s lack of acceptance and reacts in an extreme way.

Houses

Sasha (28) is non-binary, having relocated to Israel from the former Soviet Union with their family in 1990, back when he still had his two ponytails.

Today, Sasha owns nothing more than a car and a notebook and tries to understand why.

They write in his notebook: “A house has no function if it is not lived in, the body has no value if we do not identify with it, and the heart has no comfort if it has no love״.

And goes back on a transformational journey between the houses where he used to live. Weaving together past and present, male and female, reality and fantasy, Sasha pieces memories, faces old traumas, and their deepest fears— all in pursuit of inner peace and self-acceptance.

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All Films and Events 2025

Opening Event: Kiss of the Spider Woman

Unspoken

That’s Gila, That’s Me

Good Boys

The Parliament of Gila Goldstein and Drorrr

Girls Like Us

Pink Lady

The First Lady

FUCK IT

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