Ruby Porat Shoval

A la fin des années soixante, deux familles émigrent en Israël et se retrouvent voisines dans un minuscule village perdu au milieu de nulle part. L'une vient du Maroc et l'autre de l'Inde. Hormis un rêve, ces gens n'ont rien en commun. Loin de leurs habitudes et de leurs influences culturelles, ils tentent de reconstruire leur monde. Obligées de cohabiter, les deux communautés se jaugent et tentent d'exister par ce qui les différencie. De malentendus en préjugés, la route vers l'harmonie s'annonce aussi tortueuse que surprenante.

At a banquet hall in Israel, at the height of a war, Adam Weizmann’s Bar Mitzvah party turns into a glorious catastrophe. On the cusp of manhood—and on the verge of a nervous breakdown—Adam takes a crucial step toward coming to terms with his sexuality.

As Zehava nears middle age, her mother pretends to have cancer and refuses to take any medicine until her daughter gets pregnant. During her search for a man, Zehava gets into extremely weird situations, some amusing and some less so.

When a new troupe leader joins the 'Bnai Akiva' boy scouts movement, Yotam's world trembles. He is forced to cope with his sexual orientation and the difficulties he faces with family and religion, and is torn between his love of religion that forbids homosexuality and his mother who tries to 'cure' him.

Forbidden love stories where gay men navigate the intense conflict between their deep-seated religious beliefs and their passionate desires. The 7 short films are: A Particular Friend (2023); Venena Bibas (2016); Keeping Faith (2017); Give Up the Ghost (2020); Barely in Love [לאהוב בקושי] (2013); The Vigrant [연극하는 날] (2021); Longing [אישך, תשוקתך] (2014).