Menashe Noy

The year is 1999 and the storyline is actually a number of sub-plots all revolving around the 13-year old Clara, a girl that can predict the future and has telekinetic powers. The sub-plots include a boy in her class who has a crush on her, his family, her family and her principal that keeps talking French for some strange reason. (imdb)

An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. (imdb)

An eccentric man's romantic devotion lands him in an insane asylum, where he somehow finds new love, in this offbeat comedy from Israel. (movies.nytimes.com)

A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against time to find help. In a twist of fate the rescue of the sister becomes inadvertently intertwined with the lives of a group of young tennis players, a ranger and his dog, as well as a team of policemen. (imdb)

Yaron is one of an elite group of police officers working in an anti-terrorist unit in the Israeli police force. He and his fellow officers are the ultimate defense against the "Arab enemy". Yaron loves the unit and its male camaraderie. He also loves his wife, who is soon to give birth. His encounter with a radical, violent group turns his life upside down, confronting him not only with the Israeli class war but also his own inner conflicts (mubi.com)

A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder. (imdb)

Rueven, a real estate agent, is upset with his wife's pregnancy. Through a chain of events, his life becomes connected and intertwined with the lives of others in Tel Aviv. (israelfilmcenter.org)

Tells the story of a Jewish family in Iraq during the last days of that community, in 1950, through the eyes of the young son, Cabi.

When Nazi war criminal Egon Schultz (Jürgen Holtz) is extradited to Israel, to face trial in Jerusalem, a wealthy businessman and son of Holocaust survivors hires a pair of Russian hitmen (Mirkurbanov and Dodina) to capture him and bring him to a secluded mountaintop where he can kill Schultz himself. Two debt collectors (Gabai and Keren) compete for the bounty with the aid of a local trumpet player (Noy).

In Israel there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce. Only rabbis can legitimate a marriage or its dissolution. But this dissolution is only possible with full consent from the husband, who in the end has more power that the judges. Viviane Amsalem has been applying for divorce for three years. But her husband Elisha will not agree. (imdb)

Life at work becomes unbearable for Orna. Her boss appreciates and promotes her, while making inappropriate advances. Her husband struggles to keep his new restaurant afloat, and Orna becomes the main breadwinner for their three children. When her world is finally shattered, she must pull herself together to fight, in her own way, for her job and a sense of self-worth. (Jerusalem Film Festival)

A middle aged single father copes with his teenage daughter's wish to end her life. (imdb)

Matana MiShamayim (2003) is an Israeli drama film about a close-knit community of Georgian Jews planning a daring diamond heist. As the characters grapple with love, loyalty, and tradition, they must learn to work together to achieve their goal.

The show's often surreal skits were characterized by a satirical point of view which did not spare the audience sensitive subjects such as politics, national security, the Holocaust and sex. Another characteristic of the show's sketches was that occasionally they had an unclear point or punch line. (wikipedia.org)