Directing
Gil Alkabetz
Born
1957-12-02 (68)
Place of birth
Mashabei Sadeh, Israel
Known for
Directing
Credits
30 titles
Gil Alkabetz is an Israeli film director, writer and animator.
Known for
4.4Fun short movie about wolf, goat and cabbage.
Rubicon
1997
NRLife in nature, a short animation film by Gil Alkabetz, about people and their environment
Spines
2009
9.0The film tells the story of a tree that during the course of the year receives a rather radical pruning of its foliage. In the course of this simple story we go through the four seasons of the year; The transfer from season to season is accentuated by the music, as well as by the change of colors from silent grays of the winter to vivid green in the summer. The comic effect in the film is achieved by the contrast between the lazy and sleepy character of the tree and the active and jumpy character of the barber.
Trim Time
2002
NRAn animated series for adults starring the signs of the Zodiac. Leo eats his friends, Virgo succumbs to "shopping mall madness", and Taurus has an affair with a giant cow. The readings were done by two New York astrologers (found on the Internet). Believers in astrology will find Lucky Stars as reliable as their favorite horoscopes while scoffing skeptics will have their fun as well. The amusing characters and absurd situations portray astrology as an entertaining game of careers, money, luck and love.
Lucky Stars
2000
NRThis 22nd edition comprises 10 films -- nine recent, along with one restored classic -- which deal with both the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are inventive, their tone ranges from the whimsical to the profound; their techniques, from stop-motion to hand-drawn to computer-aided.
The 22nd Annual Animation Show of Shows
2022
6.0A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.
One Stormy Night
2019
Behind the camera
4.4Fun short movie about wolf, goat and cabbage.
Rubicon
1997
4.4Fun short movie about wolf, goat and cabbage.
Rubicon
1997
NRLife in nature, a short animation film by Gil Alkabetz, about people and their environment
Spines
2009
NRLife in nature, a short animation film by Gil Alkabetz, about people and their environment
Spines
2009
9.0The film tells the story of a tree that during the course of the year receives a rather radical pruning of its foliage. In the course of this simple story we go through the four seasons of the year; The transfer from season to season is accentuated by the music, as well as by the change of colors from silent grays of the winter to vivid green in the summer. The comic effect in the film is achieved by the contrast between the lazy and sleepy character of the tree and the active and jumpy character of the barber.
Trim Time
2002
9.0The film tells the story of a tree that during the course of the year receives a rather radical pruning of its foliage. In the course of this simple story we go through the four seasons of the year; The transfer from season to season is accentuated by the music, as well as by the change of colors from silent grays of the winter to vivid green in the summer. The comic effect in the film is achieved by the contrast between the lazy and sleepy character of the tree and the active and jumpy character of the barber.
Trim Time
2002
NRAn animated series for adults starring the signs of the Zodiac. Leo eats his friends, Virgo succumbs to "shopping mall madness", and Taurus has an affair with a giant cow. The readings were done by two New York astrologers (found on the Internet). Believers in astrology will find Lucky Stars as reliable as their favorite horoscopes while scoffing skeptics will have their fun as well. The amusing characters and absurd situations portray astrology as an entertaining game of careers, money, luck and love.
Lucky Stars
2000
NRThis 22nd edition comprises 10 films -- nine recent, along with one restored classic -- which deal with both the anxieties and hopes of a world faced with a seemingly endless series of existential crises. All are inventive, their tone ranges from the whimsical to the profound; their techniques, from stop-motion to hand-drawn to computer-aided.
The 22nd Annual Animation Show of Shows
2022
6.0A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.
One Stormy Night
2019
6.0A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.
One Stormy Night
2019
8.0While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past. This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.
Morir de amor
2005
8.0While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past. This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.
Morir de amor
2005
8.0While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots rake up memories from the past. This leads to unexpected consequences for the three of them.
Morir de amor
2005
NRThis is about how drugs alter our perception and take the place of normal sensory input.
Ecstazoo
1996
NRCrossing the world's greatest oceans, traveling along a river, or tumbling from the sky: even the tiniest drop of water can have great adventures! And along the way, it can have some strange encounters... From vacationers playing on the beach to a little girl in a boat, not to mention a whole host of creatures, each stranger than the last, its journey will be anything but peaceful: one thing is certain, it won't stay stuck in a jar! A program of five short films that explore water in all its forms, immersing you in wonderful aquatic worlds.
Au fil de l'eau
2025
The sun rises, as it does every morning. But today, it discovers that it is not as welcome as it had hoped to be.
A Sunny Day
2007
The sun rises, as it does every morning. But today, it discovers that it is not as welcome as it had hoped to be.
A Sunny Day
2007
The sun rises, as it does every morning. But today, it discovers that it is not as welcome as it had hoped to be.
A Sunny Day
2007
NR5 shorts for kids, about the sky and stars
Le Rêve de Galileo
2011
NRSeven short episodes, each containing one sole image, are combined together in order to create a psychological thriller. ”I’m walking. There’s somebody else walking in front of me. This has been going on for a while. At some point it might get unpleasant – it might seem as if I’m following him…”
1 + 1
2015
NRSeven short episodes, each containing one sole image, are combined together in order to create a psychological thriller. ”I’m walking. There’s somebody else walking in front of me. This has been going on for a while. At some point it might get unpleasant – it might seem as if I’m following him…”
1 + 1
2015
NRSeven short episodes, each containing one sole image, are combined together in order to create a psychological thriller. ”I’m walking. There’s somebody else walking in front of me. This has been going on for a while. At some point it might get unpleasant – it might seem as if I’m following him…”
1 + 1
2015
6.0In the film “The Da Vinci Time Code” one picture is taken apart in order to create an animated film from its fragments. Different parts of this one picture, based on similar forms, allow us to discover secret movements.The people in the picture eat, dance, discuss and argue, until finally all are silenced. Musik and sound design: Alexander Zlamal
The Da Vinci Timecode
2009
6.0In the film “The Da Vinci Time Code” one picture is taken apart in order to create an animated film from its fragments. Different parts of this one picture, based on similar forms, allow us to discover secret movements.The people in the picture eat, dance, discuss and argue, until finally all are silenced. Musik and sound design: Alexander Zlamal
The Da Vinci Timecode
2009
NR"It's hard to imagine what will be better, it's much easier to think what will be worse." The video for the song by the Israeli songwriter and singer Tonya Gertner was shot by the famous Israeli-German director Gil Alkabets based on his paradoxical and absurd drawings that speak of anxiety and uncertainty in the future.
Good and Better
2020
8.8In Israeli director Gil Alkabetz's playful study in contrasts, a white bird and a black monster compete for common territory, but, as they soon find out, it's a zero-sum game.
Bitzbutz
1984
7.5a short animation film about the stupidity of war. A battle between two horse-mounted armies, facing problems of territory and overweight.
Swamp
1992
7.5a short animation film about the stupidity of war. A battle between two horse-mounted armies, facing problems of territory and overweight.
Swamp
1992
NRThe film examines the case of Yakov L (Yankale), a minor civil servant who one day fails to show up for his job. We will learn more about the hero, his life, childhood and relationship with his mother. And in contrast to the sharp square figures depicting office life, rounded objects from the hero's childhood, we see the image of the conflict between the world of our desires and our responsibilities.
Yankale
1996
NRThe film examines the case of Yakov L (Yankale), a minor civil servant who one day fails to show up for his job. We will learn more about the hero, his life, childhood and relationship with his mother. And in contrast to the sharp square figures depicting office life, rounded objects from the hero's childhood, we see the image of the conflict between the world of our desires and our responsibilities.
Yankale
1996
