Rupture – Short Films, Beit Tami — Film Screenings, 19 нояб., 19:30

Short film strand · 5 films · 90 min

The first and deepest bonds in our lives, and the cracks that open up within them. Love, responsibility and guilt coexist within a family space that is not always safe or whole.

Programme:

Yes or No — Asaf Korman (Israel, 2025, 21 min)
At a hospital, a young couple wrestles with a last-minute decision over an injection that will end her pregnancy- an irreversible choice that could alter their lives forever.

Where Do I Begin? — Tzlil Golov (Israel, 2025, 14 min)
A postpartum depressed mother, struggles to breastfeed and pumps milk compulsively in an attempt to become a "real mom". Long sleepless nights, feelings of detachment from her baby, and another woman’s breast milk, confront her with the maternal figure she so feared becoming.

A Mother’s Love — Harald Schwarzenbacher (Austria, 2026, 21 min)
Beate, 43, lives with her husband Uwe and their eight-year-old son Benjamin in a small town. On the surface, they appear to be an ordinary family — yet they are still reeling from the tragic bus accident that claimed the life of their eldest daughter, twelve-year-old Jana. The loss continues to weigh heavily on Beate, piercing through her daily life like a wound that refuses to heal.

When Benjamin is unexpectedly summoned to the police for questioning, Beate learns that her own son carries partial responsibility for the accident.

This revelation shatters her. A storm of emotions begins to rage within her, pushing her into a psychological limbo between grief and maternal love. She can barely look Benjamin in the eyes without seeing in him the cause of her daughter’s death.

How is she supposed to face her child now? How can she reconcile his innocence with the unbearable weight of guilt?

A Letter to a Father — Omri Barzilai, Omer Ben David (Israel, 2026, 14 min)
Meir’s wife, has a big presentation at work. So, for the first time in his life, Meir has to take care his one-year-old daughter, Eli, this day will force Meir to acknowledge his new role as a father.

Killer — Rina Horen (Israel, 2025, 20 min)
David, 45, takes his two daughters, Yael, 12, and Ariel, 10 and their puppy, Bingo, to a fun day trip, which becomes a cruel punishment.

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