New shorts from the Sapir College of Communications
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A diverse collection of new short films from the School of Audio and Visual Arts at Sapir College in Israel. Titles include: “Anna-Maxim” (drama), “Abir” (drama), “Les visites de la fée des dentes” (animation), “Ma’avrak” (animation), “30 and Trying” (comedy), “Daybreak” (sci-fi).
WHY WE LIKE THIS FILM: This program is part of a new AJFF collaboration with Sapir College. Short programs are always great—they feature an ecclectic mix of films. If one isn’t to your taste, just wait a few minutes for the next one! Shorts are also how every filmmaker starts off, so come see the early work of tomorrow’s creators of feature length movies.
BONUS PROGRAMMING: In person Q&A with Sapir’s head of distribution, Hen Gimelfarb, visiting from Israel..
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30 and Trying
Nur gets pulled over by a police officer for getting old and underachieving. After glimpsing her not-so-bright...
17 min | Noa Elisha | Israel | International premiere | Hebrew | English subtitles
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Abir
Keren decides to save the life of Abir - her cousin who has been homeless for 30 years. An intimate relationsh...
25 min | Noga Mer | Israel | Texas premiere | Hebrew | English subtitles
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Anna-Maxim
Anna, a nursing assistant, works as a caregiver to Maxim, a bitter Holocaust survivor and former painter. Livi...
27 min | Jonathan Handelsman | Israel | International premiere | Hebrew | English subtitles
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Daybreak
On a planet where sunlight appears once every five centuries, the inhabitants live in darkness. Asa dreams of ...
15 min | Nava Yaari | Israel | International premiere | Hebrew | English subtitles
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Les visites de la fée des dents
Rose discovers the Tooth Fairy. Hearing differing stories from her loved ones, she embarks on a journey to fin...
8 min | Lysa- Rose Zaoui | Israel | Southwest premiere | French | English subtitles
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Ma’avrak
After losing his family to foreign invasion decades ago, Boaz lives in isolation, haunted by trauma. On the ni...
9 min | Yoav Amir, Vika Rehelis | Israel | International premiere | Hebrew | English subtitles
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In-Person
4:00 PM — Evans Performance Center at Shalom Austin
Note: Virtual showtimes list start and end times between which the film can be viewed.
Unless otherwise noted, virtual films are geoblocked to Texas.
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DETAILS
YEAR: 2024, 2025
RUN TIME: 109 Minutes
LANGUAGE(S): Hebrew, French
SUBTITLES: English subtitles
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CONTENT RATING: Not rated
CREDITS
DIRECTOR(S):Jonathan Handelsman, Noga Mer, Lysa-Rose Zaoui, Yoav Amirm Vika Rehelis, Noa Elisha, Nava Yaari
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