Elisheva Weil

What is a woman's courage? What is the difference between courage as defined by men and by women? Is a woman who shows courage rewarded, or does she pay a heavy price? Maybe the refusal to be brave is in itself courageous? "Heroine" puts a spotlight on stories told by female filmmakers focused on, and through the eyes of, female protagonists. The film brings to the screen fiction stories which seek to break through the discourse and dialectic of courage and cowardice to discover an additional range of concepts that are not as definitive.

A miserable man, unhappy with his dull married life, descends into a world of dark hallucinations, and meets an entity that might give him a chance to experience pleasure.

A party in Tel Aviv, Israel. Danny is looking for Max to share that she is pregnant with his child; but Max has just started a new relationship with Avishag whose rough sexual fantasy he is trying to make come true.

Assaf wasn’t brought up by his father, and when he dies, he meets his family for the first time, and as the only son, he’s revealed as the sole successor. When Assaf falls in love with Miriam, a homeless woman who stays in his backyard, a Pandora’s box is unleashed.

A boy meets a girl, meets a pita.

The story of musician Aviv Geffen (Noah Engelhard) in his journey towards adulthood while being the biggest rock star Israel has ever known. A rejected boy, he became the voice of an entire generation, with songs that are considered an immortal Israeli soundtrack.