The Ma’ale School of Television, Film & the Arts is situated in the heart of Jerusalem. It is the only film school in the world devoted to exploring the intersection of Judaism and modern life. Ma’ale’s unique, cutting-edge films build bridges across all sectors of the Jewish world, fostering deeper understanding and dialogue between religious and secular Jews. Ma’ale graduates are shaping the future of the Israeli film and television industry, and beyond.
Ces courts-métrages sont présentés en introduction du film principal.
The short films will be presented before the feature films.
Niro and Flicka
de/by Hai Afik, 30 min
O.V. Hebrew, S.T. English
Jeudi 28 mai | Cinéma du Parc | 19h | Suivi de Dancing in Jaffa
Thur. June 4 | Guzzo Sphèretech | 7:00 PM | Followed by Dancing in Jaffa
Pays/country: Israel
When he was a child, Niro, raised on a Jewish settlement, befriended a local Arab shepherd, Muhammad. He soon began to spend more and more time in the company of Arab boys his own age. In his teens Niro was presented with an unusual gift: Muhammad gave him a female donkey, blind in one eye and no longer suitable for heavy work. Niro adopted her, called her Flicka and as an adult completely embraced the Arab rural way of life, though never formally converting to Islam. Today Niro lives alone in the hills and earns his living by farming crops, with Flicka as his only company. An accomplished musician on the Oud, Niro pays Hebrew and Arab music in the streets of Jerusalem, making tentative steps, at the age of 40, towards reconciliation with his father and hoping that one day, love will find him.
En coulisse | Behind the Scenes
Closing Up
de/by Achva Herstik, 13 min
O.V. Hebrew, S.T. English
Dimanche 31 mai | Cinéma du Parc | 19h | Suivi de Zero Motivation
Wed. June 3 | Guzzo Sphèretech | 7:00 PM | Followed by Zero Motivation
Pays/country: Israel
Nahum, the 75 year old owner of a picture-framing store, attempts to get rid of the last of his stock as he closes up his business for the last time. He is unprepared for the way that the memories inside the frames begin to blur the past and the present.
En coulisse | Behind the Scenes
Passenger
de/by Eliya Tauber, 20 min
O.V. Hebrew, S.T. English
Lundi 1 juin | Cinéma du Parc | 19h | Suivi de Arabani
Tue. June 2 | Guzzo Sphèretech | 7:00 PM | Followed by Arabani
Pays/country: Israel
Nitzan, a young girl who feels out of step with her life, wants nothing to do with anyone. After behaving badly during an event at high school, she boards a bus and wishes only to be left alone for the duration of her journey. But lives, and her fellow passengers, have other plans for her.
En coulisse | Behind the Scenes
Touched
de/by Itay Netzer, 20 min
O.V. Hebrew, S.T. English
Mardi 2 juin | Cinéma du Parc | 19h | Suivi de Sous un même soleil
Mon. June 1 | Guzzo Sphèretech | 7:00 PM | Followed by Under the Same Sun
Pays/country: Israel
In a foreboding city where no one knows and no one cares, there is a young man with a special gift: at a touch he can free others of their pain. He is a dishwasher in a restaurant, completely unnoticed. But when the young woman running the restaurant discovers his abilities, everything changes.
En coulisse | Behind the Scenes
Revival
de/by Nadav Lazare, 25 min
O.V. Hebrew, S.T. English
Mardi 2 juin | Cinéma du Parc | 21h | Suivi de Rendez-Vous à Atlit
Mon. June 1 | Guzzo Sphèretech | 9:00 PM | Followed by Atlit
Pays/country: Israel
Hemi, a 60-year-old Bible teacher, discovers that the punk band his wife belonged to 30 years ago is getting back together. These echoes of the wild past, and the threat of its return, shake up the marriage and force the couple to reassess their commitment to one another.
En coulisse | Behind the Scenes
I’ll See You Again
de/by Achva Hershtik, 25 min
O.V. Hebrew, S.T. English
Mercredi 3 juin | Cinéma du Parc | 19h | Suivi de Épilogue
Sun. May 31 | Guzzo Sphèretech | 5:00 PM | Followed by Suicide
Pays/country: Israel
Grandma Rebecca is forced to leave her home, her memories and move in with her children and grandchildren. The separation from her home and her life is unbearably hard. Her family guides her with love and sensitivity to a new future that also has room for her memories. A social documentary that takes an honest look at re-housing olds parents, and the freedoms and rights that they sacrifice as a result.
En coulisse | Behind the Scenes
Bringing the Wind
de/by Noam Keidar, 26 min
O.V. Hebrew, S.T. English
Mercredi 3 juin | Cinéma du Parc | 21h | Suivi de Chelli
Sun. May 31 | Guzzo Sphèretech | 9:00 PM | Followed by Next to Her
Pays/country: Israel
Eyal returns home from a trip to India. While travelling he has made the decision to become religiously observant. Initially he delays revealing this to his family but soon he can no longer hide it from them. His secular parents are scared and shocked by the change in him. The transformation is hardest for Eyal’s father, who has long planned that his son will join him as a partner in his successful law firm. No longer able to bear conflict and pain at home Eyal leaves to take refuge in a Breslov Hassidic community. It is in this totally unfamiliar environment that he must somehow build the bridge that will lead him back to his family to him.
En coulisse | Behind the Scenes
A Walled Garden
de/by Noam Keidar, 26 min
O.V. Hebrew, S.T. English
Jeudi 4 juin | Cinéma du Parc | 19h | Suivi de Loin de mon père
Thurs. May 28| Guzzo Sphèretech | 7:00 PM | Followed by That Lovely Girl
Pays/country: Israel
Efrat, a religious woman who grew up in the secular world, is married to a young rabbi and raising three small daughters. Curiosity leads her to a Jerusalem monastery where she befriends several of the nuns to try and get a sense of the people they are, their faith and life’s mission. Then, a completely unforeseen and dramatic event in Efrat’s life irreversibly alters her reality. After a year of upheaval and chaos she returns to the monastery to look for the calm, quiet and courage she found there in the first place. A gentle story of women, reaching out, one to another across an almost unbridgeable gap of age, history, culture and religion.
En coulisse | Behind the Scenes