Best new Israeli short films on a big screen! First Israeli traveling festival.

In 2025 the festival is screened in 16 cities of Israel.
For 2024 and 2025 years the festival gathered over 5000 cinema lovers.

The purposes of the festival are:
* to acquaint cinema lovers the best Israeli short films.
* to discover talented filmmakers and open them to the public.

Awards & Prizes

Short films:
Jury award: 2500 NIS
Audience award: 2500 NIS

Feature films:
Distribution contract

Rules & Terms

SHORT FILM ELIGIBILITY:

- Completed after January 1st, 2022.
- Completed films, works-in-progress and rough cuts accepted.
- Run time of less than 30 minutes.
- Not previously submitted to the festival.
- Films in a language other than Hebrew must be subtitled in Hebrew.

Firstly, the films are pre-watched by the selection committee members.

Secondly, after the best films are selected, the creators of the films are proposed to take part in the tour of the festival.

Finally, the moviegoers and the Jury can vote for the best movies.

The festival requires preview screeners of films to be submitted online (with private Youtube or Vimeo links ONLY). We do not accept physical submissions, i.e. DVDs.

FEATURE FILM ELIGIBILITY:

- Completed after January 1st, 2022.
- Completed films, works-in-progress and rough cuts accepted.
- Not previously submitted to the festival.
- Films in a language other than Hebrew must be subtitled in Hebrew.
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  • Asaf Yecheskel

    It was great collaborating with the New Israeli Film Festival. Fantastic events all around the country, and an excellent team behind it all. Thank you for choosing "Fine" and "Father's Son". I look forward to collaborating with you again.

    January 2026
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