Yuval Scharf

Lewis Carroll meets Carol Reed in this dizzyingly funny and fantastical farce from Israeli director Avi Nesher, about a good-natured slacker who becomes embroiled in a labyrinthine conspiracy in the weird criminal-religious underbelly of Jerusalem. (tiff.net)

Shot in a single plane-sequence of 81 minutes, the film shows the life of a small community of exiles, Jews and Arabs, who live in an enclave forgotten on the border between Jaffa and Bat Yam in Israel. One day, Yael, a young journalist, visits them. Among the stalls in ruins, full of lemon trees in the orchard, surrounded by several houses, she discovers a series of characters that do not correspond to the clichés of the region. (37.mostra.org)

An existential comedy about a neurotic film director whose fears of failure, death and losing control all surface on the night his new film is released - a hysterical unforgettable night at least for him his band of eccentric friends. (imdb)

Ghosts of Beirut is a four-part spy drama based on one of the greatest espionage stories of modern times: the manhunt for Imad Mughniyeh, the elusive Lebanese terrorist who outwitted his adversaries in the CIA and Mossad for over two decades.

After her boyfriend becomes extremely ill, Mascha re-evaluates her path and decides to leave her previous life behind. But it's only by returning home that she can find peace. (imdb)