How to Swim

Abigail is heavily pregnant and terrified about the imminent birth. While waiting on line in the doctor’s office, she spots an intriguing woman and pretends to be a friend from her past. The two have one adventurous afternoon, with some painful truths emerging.

Audience Choice Award, XChange Film Festival 2018

Run time: 15 min
Genre – Short Narrative
Director – Noa Gusakov
Year – 2018
Country – Israel
Language – Hebrew
Topics – Motherhood, Black Comedy

In Her Footsteps

To find a better life for their family, the filmmaker’s parents left their house in the Bedouin village of Tal-a-Sabeh and moved to Omer, a Jewish town. After 10 years of struggling with breast cancer, her mother has one wish: to be buried in Omer, but the town has never dealt with the issue of burying its Muslim residents.

Winner—Best Feature Film, Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum 2018
Winner—Van Leer Award for Best Director of a Documentary, Jerusalem Film Festival 2018

Run time: 70 min
Genre – Documentary
Director – Rana Abu-Fraiha
Year – 2017
Country – Israel
Language – Hebrew, Arabic
Topics – Israeli/Arab relations

Tickets: $11

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