Israeli LGBT : Gay and Lesbian movies, documentaries and series from Israel (ישראל)
A Cinematographic Anthology 1976-2024
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- DirectorRon AsulinStarsEfron EtkinDani RothGideon Singer
- DirectorDan WolmanStarsGila AlmagorBenyamin ArmonChaim HadayaTwelve year-old Uri reports his teacher Balaban as a suspected spy when he observes him meeting with a young arab man. Only later does he discover that Balaban's interest in the young arab is romantic rather than political.
- DirectorAmos GuttmanStarsJonathan SagallAmi TraubBen LevinA young gay Israeli man works in his grandmother's store while dreaming of becoming a film-maker.
- DirectorAmos GuttmanStarsSmadar KilchinskyJuliano Mer-KhamisAda Valerie-TalAfter the mother's death, the siblings leave the family home and go to Tel Aviv. They both intend to start a new life. They meet the transgender Apolonia, the owner of Bar 51, who offers them help and work.
- DirectorAyelet MenahemiStarsGili Ben-OzilioItzik NiniBoaz TurgemanThe life of some homeless teenagers in Tel-Aviv, many of them homosexuals.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsGil FrankHanoch Re'imTzufit GrantA young soldier is being treated very harshly by his commanding lieutenant. Just before they will be sent to Lebanon, their battalion gets one day off to relax in Jerusalem. There the soldier finds out the lieutenant has sex in a public park.
- DirectorAmos GuttmanStarsSharon AlexanderAki AvniDvora BartonovAgainst the backdrop of AIDS, the film explores two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as a musician in New York: Thomas is ill, detached, in search of hard drugs. Jonathan tries to connect with him. Meanwhile, Thomas's grandmother, facing old age, has become bitter, particularly toward her hard-working daughter. They worry about Thomas. A few blocks away, Jonathan's mother, brother and sister maintain their sometimes bickering relationships, watching Jonathan brave adulthood.
- DirectorJacob KotzkyZe'ev RevachStarsZe'ev RevachGeula NuniNathan RavitzA comedy of errors takes place between Paris and Eilat, and tells the story of twin brothers who have not met for 20 years. Papi, a gay fashion designer with a deserter from the Israeli Army as his boyfriend, and Max, his plumber brother who lives the simple family life in Eilat. A lawyer shows up one day to offer a $40 million dollar inheritance if both brothers meet the sole condition of having three children each.
- DirectorJonathan SagallStarsDafna RechterSharon AlexanderJonathan SagallAn estranged couple receives an unexpected visitor who throws everything in their family off balance.
- DirectorTawfik Abu WaelThe painfully brutal tale of the sexual awakening of a young Palestinian man as influenced by the his libido and the violence around him. His encounter with an elderly Jewish man in Tel Aviv stirs memories and bring these feelings to a head.
- DirectorSandi Simcha DubowskiStarsShlomo AshkinazySteve GreenbergNathan Lopes CardozoA cinematic portrait of various gay Orthodox Jews who struggle to reconcile their faith and their sexual orientation.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsOhad KnollerYehuda LeviAssi CohenRomance blooms between two soldiers (Knoller, Levi) stationed in an Israeli outpost on the Lebanese border.
- DirectorAdi BarashRuthie ShatzStarsDuduNinoA look into the lives of teenage male prostitutes working the area known as the "Electricity Garden" in Tel Aviv.
- DirectorShahar RozenStarsAnat WaxmanEyal RozalesNthati MosheshA divorced Israeli woman hires a single African woman as a nanny, and soon the two women form a passionate friendship that leads to a romantic relationship.
- DirectorNir Ne'emanStarsYechiel ElkabetzAsi CoganHofesh ShechterRon a handsome Israeli gay man wants a kiss on his birthday. When he tries to get it from Sahar, a beautiful blonde hustler in a black leather jacket things don't go quite as planned.
- DirectorIlil AlexanderThis profoundly moving film explore the clandestine struggle of three women fighting for their right to love within their Orthodox Communities in Jerusalem. All three are lesbians, and members of a secret support group called the "Ortho-Dykes".
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsLior AshkenaziKnut BergerCaroline PetersFollowing the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.
- DirectorYair HochnerStarsDaniel EfratDana BalaltiMichael HamelTwo rent boys, hired by a trick to perform together, develop a relationship.
- DirectorDavid DeriStarsDavid Deri
- DirectorElle Flanders
- DirectorTomer HeymannA group of transgender and gay Filipinos people emigrate to Israel to take care of elderly religious Jewish men. On their one day off per week, they perform as drag performers in a group called the Paper Dolls. On the political level, it explores the perils of global immigration. In this case, after the second Intifada, the Israeli government unofficially opened its doors to illegal workers to replace the Palestinians who were no longer allowed in the country. As tensions with the Palestinians eased, the government changed its policy and began to forcibly deport these foreign guest workers with dramatic consequences for our characters. On the human level, the film is about people who are rejected by their own families for being gay or transgender and who emigrate and end up with jobs taking care of other people's parents who have been rejected by their own children because they are old, difficult, etc. They work grueling hours to send money back to the Philippines to support the families that have rejected them. As unbelievable as it may seem, these very different people (old religious Jews and transgender people from the Philippines) form very deep, quasi familial bonds.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsOhad KnollerYousef 'Joe' SweidDaniella Wircer"The Bubble" is the story of a group of young people who live in Tel Aviv, Israel. The movie follows the group's difficulties of living in Israel's reality. Their routine breaks when a young Palestinian man enters their lives.
- DirectorChaim ElbaumStarsOri LachmiOmer ZonensheinYehonadav PerlmanOhad, a young orthodox Jew, is torn between the man he loves and god. Who will he choose?
- DirectorAvi NesherStarsFanny ArdantAnia BuksteinMichal ShtamlerTwo brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out.
- DirectorLior ShamrizStarsImri KahnAmnon FriedmanIrit GidronThe movie tells the story of Imri, who at 19 goes to live in Tel- Aviv, but dreams of moving to Japan. Through his relationships and encounters and in diverse cinematic tools, we are introduced to the young man's life. An exploration of living in the exotic city of Tel Aviv is presented through a hero who is himself in the midst of exploring his own choice of an exotic place. A unique correlation is formed between the hero's misconception of Japan and ours of him. The movie was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene.