Dedicated to Shikma Bressler

There is a tree that dreamed of fruit and there is a one that dreamed of fire
Aryeh Ludwig Strauss

The Protest can be a voice and may give hope that reality will change. The tree shows peace and life but when a storm strikes its roots cling to the ground and break out.

Under artistic freedom, four young directors inspired by the phrase "Protest Tree" created their interpretation of the moment when nature and human resistance meet.

Initiative & Artistic Director: Yael Perlov

Producer: Gal Hachnochi

Festival Directors: Gal Ostrinsky & Ori Arthur Wolf

Family Tree

Director: Bar Nehama

Cinematographer: Argaman Ventura

Genre: Fiction, Drama

Ella and Yoni, 23-year-old twins living in the days of protest in Israel that undermines the balance between the two.

Trash Divers

Director: Inbal Sela

Genre: Documentary 

In a green garden in Tel-Aviv, under a huge passion fruit tree, hundreds of fruits and vegetables are handed out. The garden is operated by a group of young people who save food from being thrown away and give it to the community to contribute their neighbors and earth.

Nostalgia To the Forest

Director: Eran Alter

Cinematographer: Ofri Roth

Genre: Fiction, Drama

A man shares a memory of lost love, nature and the passage of time around one tree in the forest.

Moshik’s Tree

Director: Guy Teichholtz

Genre: Animation

Moshik is a father who likes to plant trees in unusual places. In an operation with his son Guy, they plant a eucalyptus tree in the religious school below their house. This act is not welcomed by the janitor, confronting Moshik with the religious values he grew up with.