Thursday, June 5
The Ring
120 min | Adir Miller (The Monkey House), Tikva Dayan, Yarden Gerbi
Budapest, 1944. Violetta escapes deportation to the camps and bribes a local soldier to help her, using a ring she removes from her finger. Sixty years later, her son and granddaughter return to Hungary to find the ring and return it to her. The family’s journey to save the ring becomes a path of redemption for his character – a weak man who has lost his way in life. Adir Miller brings his entire persona to the film as a director and actor, shaped by his work in cinema, television, and stand-up – a mix of humor, directness, a passionate heart, and Israeli patience.
Sunday, June 8
Midlife
98 min | Chen Amsalem Zaguri (Maktub), Shalom Assayag, Tsahi Halevi (Fauda)
This heartfelt love story beautifully intertwines themes of religious identity and romance, and features some of Israel’s biggest stars. It tells the tale of two estranged sisters, Ahinoam and Sari, whose lives take dramatically different paths, only to be brought back together in an unexpected and transformative way. Set against the backdrop of faith and redemption, Midlife is a moving portrayal of family, love, and second chances
Thursday, June 12
The Stronghold
113 min | Michael Aloni (Shtisel), Daniel Gad, Tom Amsalem
Based on a true story, this powerfully gripping drama explores what in Israel has always been considered a radically subversive approach — one that sees human life as more precious than national pride. Dr Nahum Werbin (Michael Aloni), a reserve combat medic fresh out of medical school, arrives at a desolate outpost in Sinai on the eve of Yom Kippur, 1973, expecting to be back home in Tel Aviv with his pregnant wife immediately after the holiday. But then the war breaks out, many of his fellow soldiers get killed and others wounded. Medical supplies run short, and the Israeli army fails to reach the outpost — now under Egyptian siege — and rescue the surviving soldiers. Against the wishes of the outpost’s commander, Werbin tries to convince his fellow soldiers to surrender — the dishonourable but only way to save their lives.
Sunday, June 15
Soda
99 min | Lior Raz (Fauda) , Rotem Sela (Beauty and the Baker)
Lior Raz stars as Shalom Gottlieb, a former partisan leader and factory foreman in an Israeli working-class neighborhood in 1954. Eva is a beautiful seamstress who arrives in town with her daughter. For Shalom, she represents a chance at happiness and a life filled with beauty and laughter. But rumors of her past as a Kapo during the Holocaust shake the community, and Shalom’s desire to be with Eva betray both his family and the fellow survivors living in the neighborhood. Amidst these swirling suspicions, he is determined to discover the truth.
