Duration: 79 mins
At the end of the screening, a Q&A will be held
Israeli Short Film Competition E
Israeli Short Film Competition D
Duration: 84 mins
Youth Short Films Competition
Duration: 88 mins
At the end of the screening, a Q&A will be held
On Swift Horses
We are proud to invite you to the Israeli Premiere of one of the hottest films of the summer: “On Swift Horses“.
After returning from the Korean War, Lee and his wife Muriel begin a new and promising life in California, but everything is shaken by the arrival of Lee’s brother, Julius – a gambler with a mysterious past. A dangerous love triangle develops between the three. When Julius sets out on a journey to track down a young card cheat, Muriel’s longing for something exciting pushes her into a secret life of her own, gambling on horse races and searching for a love she never dared to dream of.
The film stars some of the hottest actors of our time: Daisy Edgar-Jones (“The Crawfish Song”), Jacob Elordi (“Euphoria,” “Saltburn,” “The Kissing Booth” films), Will Poulter (“The Elite,” “Guardians of the Galaxy 3”), Diego Calva (“Babylon,” “Narcos: Mexico”) and Sasha Calle (“The Flash”).
Somewhere In Love
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 to a poor immigrant housing estate in the far suburbs of Paris and the only light in her life is her 19-year-old son, Serge, but he is fed up with his needy mother whom he can no longer tolerate. Nicole’s situation worsens when her checkbook and credit card are canceled. A meeting with Nora, the owner of the local bar, finally provides Nicole with some comfort. But can Serge cope with the change his mother is going through?
French/Italian cinema icon with Jewish roots, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (star of François Ozon’s films: “The Time That Remains”, “Summer of ’85”, “5X2”) plays Nicole with great passion, while Lubna Azabal (“The Blue Caftan”, “Incendies”) as Nora plays a character full of insight and wisdom.
Gay USA
A restored copy of the first full-length American documentary made by LGBT people about Pride parades in the United States.
In 1977 one of the pioneers of gay cinema filmmakers, Arthur J. Bressan Jr., recruited film crews across the country to document Pride parades in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego, and Philadelphia.
The film also includes rare footage from the first New York Pride parade in 1970 and the first San Francisco parade in 1972, as well as interviews with activists and participants. The film illustrates the anger of the LGBT community in the wake of Anita Bryant’s homophobic campaign and the hate crimes against the community that followed. At the same time, the film also illustrates the immense power and importance of the parades.
“Gay USA” offers a spectacular, vibrant, and beautiful collage of an incredible year in history of the gay community. The film conveys a strong message of hope and also of the victorious power of love.
