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

Rubicon poster
4.4

Fun short movie about wolf, goat and cabbage.

Rubicon

1997

Spines poster
NR

Life in nature, a short animation film by Gil Alkabetz, about people and their environment

Spines

2009

Trim Time poster
9.0

The 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

Lucky Stars poster
NR

An 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

The 22nd Annual Animation Show of Shows poster
NR

This 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

One Stormy Night poster
6.0

A 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

Rubicon poster
4.4

Fun short movie about wolf, goat and cabbage.

Rubicon

1997

Rubicon poster
4.4

Fun short movie about wolf, goat and cabbage.

Rubicon

1997

Spines poster
NR

Life in nature, a short animation film by Gil Alkabetz, about people and their environment

Spines

2009

Spines poster
NR

Life in nature, a short animation film by Gil Alkabetz, about people and their environment

Spines

2009

Trim Time poster
9.0

The 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

Trim Time poster
9.0

The 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

Lucky Stars poster
NR

An 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

The 22nd Annual Animation Show of Shows poster
NR

This 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

One Stormy Night poster
6.0

A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.

One Stormy Night

2019

One Stormy Night poster
6.0

A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.

One Stormy Night

2019

Morir de amor poster
8.0

While 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

Morir de amor poster
8.0

While 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

Morir de amor poster
8.0

While 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

Ecstazoo poster
NR

This is about how drugs alter our perception and take the place of normal sensory input.

Ecstazoo

1996

Au fil de l'eau poster
NR

Crossing 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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

Le Rêve de Galileo poster
NR

5 shorts for kids, about the sky and stars

Le Rêve de Galileo

2011

1 + 1 poster
NR

Seven 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

1 + 1 poster
NR

Seven 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

1 + 1 poster
NR

Seven 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

The Da Vinci Timecode poster
6.0

In 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

The Da Vinci Timecode poster
6.0

In 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

Good and Better poster
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

Bitzbutz poster
8.8

In 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

Swamp poster
7.5

a short animation film about the stupidity of war. A battle between two horse-mounted armies, facing problems of territory and overweight.

Swamp

1992

Swamp poster
7.5

a short animation film about the stupidity of war. A battle between two horse-mounted armies, facing problems of territory and overweight.

Swamp

1992

Yankale poster
NR

The 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

Yankale poster
NR

The 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