The Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival presents: the Israeli premiere of the best short films of the past year. The collection showcases award-winning shorts from leading festivals around the world: Cannes, Venice, & Locarno.
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Since 2013, in partnership with Directors’ Fortnight, the Factory aims at the emergence of new talents on the international scene. Each year, with the support of a new partner country, the Factory mentors 8 budding filmmakers with ambitious first or second feature projects to co-write and co-direct, in pairs, a total of 3-4 short films to be screened at the Fortnight in Cannes in May. This year, the project traveled to north Portugal, where young directors and producers are fighting to set up a local industry and promote it.
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Take a journey through the turbulent landscape of human emotion with “It Couldn’t Be Better Than This,” a captivating program featuring Israeli experimental films from the late 60s to the early 70s. Amidst political upheaval and social change, these short films, created during times of war, offer reflections on infatuation, heartbreak, and trickery in the name of love. All the films in this collection mark the early directorial efforts of key figures in the history of Israeli cinema and art.
How Wonderful (1969), Amos Kenan; Peggy Day (1972), Rachel Neeman; Split (1969), David Avidan; Louise, Louise! (1968), Igal Burstyn
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The screening was made possible thanks to Israfilm – Mooly and Tslil Landesman and the Kenan family; Rachel Neeman; Tsiporen Lotem; Igal Burstyn; and the Israel Film Archive Jerusalem Cinematheque
What happens to cinema when life itself is rewritten under the reality of war? When the camera remains alert, and reality itself undergoes re-editing?
In an era of ongoing disruption—between shifting headlines and daily anxieties—filmmaking becomes an act of resistance, of hope, and of a cry.
TISFF, in collaboration with Shablulim Cinema, is proud to present a selection of short films born from an atmosphere of war, political pressure, social crises, and uncertainty.
These are works by young filmmakers who, even as everything around them seems to fall apart, choose to pick up a camera and keep telling stories.
These films don’t just speak about freedom of expression—they embody it through their very subversive existence.
Sun’s Too Hot- Sivan Eyal | Kafot- Adam Magrala | Night of the Dead- Daria Shoshani | UVA Love- Gal Zadok | Homeland- Dylan Joseph Schitrit
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In this upcoming edition, we present a special selection of short films that were screened at the festival over the years, each offering a reflection on Middle Eastern reality as seen through the eyes of local filmmakers. Whether through personal testimony, critical perspective, or a touch of humor – each film offers a vivid point of view on the place we call home.
Now, in the midst of a turbulent present, we choose to revisit these works – intimate, complex, and at times subversive – and invite a renewed reflection, from past to present
Curated by Or Habusha
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