Grace – Short Films, Beit Tami — Film Screenings, 21 нояб., 12:00

Short film strand · 6 films · 88 min

Care, tenderness and being present beside another person. A complex look at love when it is channeled into responsibility, patience and parting.

Programme:

Bimba — Tomer Refaely (Israel, 2025, 18 min)
Rushing from work to his parent’s home, Omri is thrust into an unexpected intervention as his mother denies stealing the neighbors' ‘Bimba’ (a tricycle) and threatening them. This leads Omri and his family on a nighttime journey to the hospital, where he confronts his mother’s mental struggles for the first time.

In Another Day — Naama Manor (Israel, 2025, 11 min)
Within four walls, a daughter faces her greatest fear as she tries to get her mentally ill mother to attend a rehabilitation committee that will define her disability status.

Cremeschnitte — Yahli Maoz (Israel, 2025, 12 min)
Lily and her son, Barak, are dyeing their hair purple together in the bathroom, hoping to create a joyful memory. As Lily, whose time is limited due to illness, tries to broach the subject of what lies ahead, her attempts spark a heated argument. The purple dye splashes across the room, leaving stains that color their relationship in new, unexpected ways as they stand on the brink of an inevitable farewell.

Hold Me Tightly — Ilya Tilkin (Israel, 2023, 9 min)
Vera visits her husband Marik who suffers from advanced dementia at the assisted living facilities on their wedding anniversary – 50 years together. She grossly and audibly complains to those who are ready to listen about her ruined life with Marik. What if behind the irritation of a grossly swearing life-beaten old woman is hiding the tender and invincible feeling of love?

They Just Fade Away — Carolyn (Xiange) Liu (China, 2025, 25 min)
Amid her husband’s funeral, elderly Yunqiu seizes a fleeting chance to reconnect with her estranged family, hoping to gather funds for her orphaned grandson’s wedding. However, she soon faces the harsh reality of her own helplessness and the growing distance between them.

Leave Me There — Shirit Gal Kedar (Israel – United Kingdom, 2025, 13 min)
A peaceful family gathering on a Saturday afternoon is shaken to the core when the elderly and ailing father announces his plan to embark alone and on his own terms, on a coast-to-coast trip to America.

KATZE Film Festival 2026 · 16 – 21.11.2026 · Beit Tami, Tel Aviv-Yafo