Homosexuality Films | Israeli Film Database

Seeds of Summer (2007)

Zirei Kayitz

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"My Mom always says that my military service is to blame for everything that has happened to her little girl." Seven years after completing an IDF course for female combat soldiers, the to..

Gotta Have Heart (1997)

Ba'al Ba'al Lev

Directed by: Eytan Fox

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Young love blossoms amid the inhabitants of a small town in Israel in this gay fantasy. Guri want to relocate to Tel Aviv before he's "outed". Nohav want to win a local song contest and who can tell..

Joe & Belle (2010)

Joe ve'Belle

Directed by: Veronica Kedar

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A dark comedy about two girls that fall in love with their country and each other en route from Tel Aviv to Sderot. Joe is a frustrated drug dealer and Belle is a french psychopath. The two meet in..

The Other War (2008)

Directed by: Tamar Glezerman

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The Other War tells the tale of Tel-Aviv during the second Lebanon war. It's a film about Tel-Aviv, Militarism and denial, but mainly about love. Elly, the heroine, finds herself trapped between two..

Melting Away (2011)

Namess ba'Geshem

Directed by: Doron Eran

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Melting Away is a story about family. Parker Hendrikson, a teenager from suburban Toronto, has been kicked out of his family’s house because his homophobic father Theodore, cannot handle the a..

One of Seven (2011)

Echad me'Sheva

Directed by: Goel Pinto

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One of Seven is a fascinating journey of journalist and film critic Goel Pinto's life stations. Goel, born to an Oriental religious family, 'one of seven' children, in the ultra-Orthodox city of to..

Mom & Dad: I Have Something to Tell You (2011)

Eima V'Abba, Yesh Li Mashehu Lisaper Lachem

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A documentary about parents after their children come out to them.

Say Amen! (2005)

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In 1962, Mazud and Aliza Deri left Morocco to start a new life in Yerucham . Here they built a home, raising a large closely-knit family with a strong faith and unalterable rules and rituals. Their..

The Invisible Men (2011)

Directed by: Yariv Mozer

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An untold side of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: gay Palestinians — Louie, Abdu, and Fares — are hiding in Tel Aviv, and until they escape, they must remain "the invisible men."

Powder (2011)

Directed by: Eyal Goldberg, Ayal Goldberg

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Against the backdrop of a family dealing with illness and death, the film's protagonist, a leftist gay activist, is repeatedly called for reserve duty as a tank commander in the Israeli army.

Days of Splendor (2011)

Directed by: Zohar Wagner

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This film shows what happens when an old videotape shakes a man's faith in his partner.

Yossi (2012)

Ha-Sippur Shel Yossi

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Returning to the role that won him TFF's Best Actor award in Eytan Fox's Yossi & Jagger in 2003, Ohad Knoller is extraordinary as Yossi, a closeted gay man living a solitary existence in Tel A a..

Stitches (2011)

Tfarim

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Amit and her female life partner Noa decide to take a crucial step and have a baby. Despite their strong self-confidence, neither one of them knows for sure what they will do next. The night after..

Grace (2012)

Directed by: Michal Aronzon

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Gracie, a Filipina who came to Israel to look for work 20 years ago, married an Israeli man and bore him three sons. Since then she has lived with a split identity: half Filipina – half She a..

Mary Lou (2010)

Tamid Oto Chalom

Directed by: Eytan Fox

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Acclaimed Israeli director Eytan Fox brings to life a modern fable with a catchy musical message and a story based on the songs of Israeli pop legend Svika Pick. Meir, a young man whose glamorous in..

Out in the Dark (2012)

Alata

Directed by: Michael Mayer

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Nimer, a Palestinian student and dedicated son, dreams of studying abroad and of a better life. One fateful night he meets Roy, an Israeli lawyer, and the two fall in love.

All Happy Mornings (2012)

Kol Ha-Bekarim Ha-Smechim

Directed by: Omer Yefman

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A personal journey into bisexuality. Facing presure from his surroundings, Yefman tries to find a way to feel complete without having to explain.

Please Love (2011)

Directed by: Yaelle Shwed, Aya Shwed

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A SCREAM FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE Yaelle, a new immigrant in Israel from France follows the sun and finds the love of her life. Her family finds it hard to accept. The movie is a moving, musical and..