Hila-Lena Royzenman

Mirka, new to the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish world, makes her way from the back of a gender-segregated bus to the front, to save her celiac son Raphael from a cookie containing gluten. This simple act constitutes a challenge to the conventions of the society in which Mirka lives and to which she tries to belong.

Sasha comes from Ukraine to visit Yana, his former lover. Together, they search for the home and the heart that war and time have torn apart.

Sasha comes from Ukraine to visit Yana, his former lover. Together, they search for the home and the heart that war and time have torn apart.

A lonely librarian in a rough neighborhood has a special relationship with a student on the verge of expulsion. Margherita's poetic world is confronted by reality as she tries to get through to Nehorai.

A lonely librarian in a rough neighborhood has a special relationship with a student on the verge of expulsion. Margherita's poetic world is confronted by reality as she tries to get through to Nehorai.