Program 1

In the shadow of October 7th, a young reservist fighting in Beit Hanoun struggles to navigate his fragile emotional state, as his close-knit unit does everything it can to normalize a sudden, extreme, and unreal reality.

Living with an open heart and a family curse of spinsters, while dealing with a surreal reality of war, sirens and men going off to battle? Good luck to 25-year-old Noa, on the journey to find love.

In a small one room apartment on a rainy day, an inner monologue reveals a woman’s confession of longing and separation from a young relationship that ended long ago.

Violence is embedded in local space as mundane and unavoidable. The film constructs an irrational, absolute world that trivializes others’ suffering and enforces rigid illogical rules.

Devastated by his wife’s tragic death, Asi is pulled back to life when babysitting his spirited six-year-old niece reignites their shared passion: making movies.