Overview: Desperate for companionship, a lonely, young Palestinian-American man agrees to marry an Israeli woman in need of a Green Card, forcing them to re-examine their respective cultural and familial traditions.
Overview: Wild is a horny, anarchistic 17 year old genius. He lives in a small town with his grandmother. He finds himself head over heels with the queen of his class, Renanit, but is too shy and self conscious to approach her. Like Candide and Don Quixote did, he sets out on a soul searching journey: to conquer the world and screw - to become a man. His imminent military service puts Wild on a deadline so he works to maximize his experiences in the short time available. His overflowing hormones lead him to bizarre encounters with dubious characters of all walks of life. He ultimately accomplishes his goals: loses his virginity, learns to overcome his fears, and movesfrom "masturbating to ****ing reality."
Overview: Inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.
Overview: Awkward, socially dysfunctional Nathan writes strange poems, buries jam in the park and converses with the voices. Voices that fight for his attention and demand his subordination. On his daily, semi-hypnotic journeys through his alienating, colorless city, he searches for companionship and happiness. He thinks he finds it when he meets the girl he loves - but to whom he never speaks. This surreal, magical and philosophically charged tale examines the life of an outcast as he struggles to blend into a world where everyone searches for their own uniqueness.
Overview: On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was built on the ruins. The first patients to be committed were Holocaust survivors. A legend says that to this day, the survivors have been communicating with the ghosts of the village. Forgiveness tells the story of David Adler, a 20-year old American-Israeli who decides to move back to Israel, only to find himself committed to a mental institution that sits on the ruins of a Palestinian village called Deir Yassin. Flashbacks and flashforwards reveal the events that led up to his hospitalization.
