Israeli Students’ Shorts Film Festival
Wednesday, May 6
6:30 PM | Reception
7:00 PM | Films

Tickets | $10 ($12 day of)

Featuring short films by students from Sapir School of Audio & Visual Arts and Ma’aleh School of Television & Film

Generously sponsored by the backStorygroup
SHORT FILMS:
REFLECTIONS
Israel | Sapir School | Drama | 2016 | 25 minutes | Spanish with English Subtitles

Argentina, 1980. Ana, a teenage girl whose father was taken by the military regime, wants to taste life and fulfill her desire to dance. She is torn by her wish of a colorful life and the monotone wait of her mother and grandmother in their stuffy apartment. Directed by Yael Bibelnik.

SUSHI, MEATBALLS, AND EVERYTHING
Israel | Ma’aleh School | Comedy | 2018 | 10 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles

The road to meatballs is paved with good intentions. A young woman decides to stand up to her loving parents-in-law, once and for all.
Directed by Liel Gur as her 2nd-year project. Sushi, Meatballs, and Everything won 2nd place in the Long Short Festival Tel Aviv in 2018.

NOA
Israel | Ma’aleh School | Drama | 2019 | 12 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles

Noa, a young girl trying to protect herself from the predator who roams freely around her home, tries to keep up appearances and seem happy in order not to undermine the innocence of her mother and younger sister. One night, when Noa relaxes her guard and finds herself exposed to danger, she manages at the last minute to escape from her house and seeks refuge outside. Only then does she realize that her actions have transferred the danger to her younger sister.

Directed by Shulamit Lifshitz as her 2nd-year project. Noa won the Lyons Prize for Best Student Film (2019) and Best Narrative in the Widescreen International Student Competition, UK.

THE LITTLE DICTATOR
Israel | Ma’aleh School | Drama | 2015 | 28 minutes | Hebrew with English Subtitles

Yossi Kleinmann, a dull history professor and expert on the political leaders of totalitarian regimes, feels unappreciated both by his students and his domineering wife. One weekend, at the 90th birthday party of his wife’s grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, Yossi finds himself in a surreal situation that forces him to face up to himself and his family.

The film was created by the sister-brother team of Nurith and Emmanuel Cohn. Nurit directed the film. Emmanuel wrote the script and acts in the lead role. They are both Ma’aleh graduates. This film has won significant prizes in over 20 festivals, screened in over 30.