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BestZalel

A festive selection of the best of 2022 films by students from year 1-3 in the Department of Screen-Based Arts, Bezalel.

Animate Me a Tzabar

A special encounter with the Israel Film Archive. including segments from Israeli animated films and a tour of the Archive. With Gilat Pereg

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Dir.: Pierre Földes
| 100 minutes

A magic realism film on the quest for inner truth based on Haruki Murakami’s collection of stories. A giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.

That Which Cannot Be Documented

A panel discussion on the potential of animation in documentary filmmaking. Including examples of how animation is a tool of expression that breaks the boundaries of documentary works.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Dir.: Trey Parker
| 80 minutes

When Kenny, Stan, Cartman and Kyle see an R-rated movie featuring a pair of foul-mouthed Canadians, the boys’ mouths become even more polluted. Their swearing is contagious, growing to epidemic proportions all across America….

Republic of WILD KIDS

Animation as a pedagogical method – a meeting with the founders of the animation studio for children and youth, the first in Israel.

90 Seconds

A selection of short animated films dealing with the Israeli reality, curated for the festival, followed by conversation (in Heb.) with the filmmakers.

The Son of the White Mare

Dir.: Marcell Jankovics
| 86 minutes

Restored masterpiece of 1980s psychodelia based on a Hungarian folktale: the Dragons defeated the gods and abducted the Princesses. The White Mare gave birth to her third son who, when strong enough, will restore the lost kingdom. 

Summer Memories

Premiere screening of episodes from the Israeli-Canadian animation series Summer Memories and a conversation about the production process of The Hive Studio.

Unicorn Wars

Dir.: Alberto Vázquez
| 80 minutes

Two brothers, soldiers in the army of little bears, set out for an epic, bloody battle against the unicorns. In this fantastic antiwar fable, filmmaker Alberto Vázquez resorts to animated fantasy to ponder over the origin of evil.

Local Conflicts

A collection of animated films that deal with conflicts, changes, and moments in the local Israeli space. Films that succeed, with the help of animation, to give a different, critical, and intimate look at Israeli society.

Relationship Goals

Is there anything more complicated, joyful or exciting than being in a romantic relationship? These filmmakers are trying to delve deep into the human psyche in order to figure out once and for all how to make it work (or not).

The Amlash Enchanted Forest

Dir.: Shlomo Suriano
| 76 minutes

An experimental, animated musical film made using stop motion technique. The film, inspired by Aesop’s Fables, features a cast of ceramic dolls that were discovered in the Amalesh region of Iran. Boris, the whimpering deer and Guri, the gluttonous sheep embark on an adventure beyond the realms of the Enchanted Forest. 

Local Conflicts

A collection of animated films that deal with conflicts, changes, and moments in the local Israeli space. Films that succeed, with the help of animation, to give a different, critical, and intimate look at Israeli society.

Mind Crunches

A collection of short and experimental animated films that use non-traditional forms of animation, various kinds of technologies, image processing, and breaking the narrative that produce laughter, spectacle and wonder.

Best of Annecy 2022

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival, one of the major animation festivals in the world, presents its “Best of Annecy 2022” program combining a selection of shorts.

The Bob’s Burgers Movie

Dir.: Dir.: Loren Bouchard, Bernard Derriman
| 102 minutes

A ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob's Burgers. While Bob and Linda struggle to keep the business afloat, the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family's restaurant. 

Inu-oh

Dir.: Masaaki Yuasa
| 98 minutes

What if hip-hop, rock music, feverish outdoor music festivals, and engaging musical numbers all existed in 14th-century Japan? Inu-Ho, a twisted, cursed creature, embarks on a mutinous performance tour that will forever revolutionize the musical tradition of historical Japan. An audacious imaginative work.

Even Mice Belong in Heaven

Dir.: Denisa Grimmová, Jan Bubeníček
| 80 minutes

film about two mortal enemies - a little Mouse and a Fox, who after an unfortunate accident, meet in animal heaven. They lose their natural instincts and become best friends. Thanks to the power of friendship they can even overcome what seems to be impossible.

AniNation Kids

Baldy Heights

Noam Meshulam
| 74 minutes

Lily Pileous (15) lives in Curly Hill, a land defined by hair. When Lily meets online Ragtop (15) from Baldy Heights and they discover an earth-shattering secret, they will abandon everything they know to unite their separated countries with the help of music.

Body and Soul

An intimate, surreal, and bare collection, in which a selection of creators depict, with the help of animated moments, feelings and memories that focus on the human body as an arena of mental struggle.
AniNation Kids

Shorts for Kids

Playful, gentle, creative, and clever short films for children and parents alike, from all over the world and in all types of animation, from the great selections of the Swiss Film Festival d’Animation Sauvigny. No dialogue, for ages 5 and up.