Moti Ben Ishai

Five stories that combine fairy tales and fantasy with wisdom, crime, and lots of original and unique humor. The common denominator in all of them is the Jaffa atmosphere as seen through the eyes of Jaffa's community: the Big Solomon, the boy Jacob, Hazuka, the laughing Samson, old Hatzura, Babula, and a host of colorful characters surrounding them.

A sequel to the theatrical film "Jaffa's Stories", based on the books by Menachem Talmi and the TV show adaptation.

Assi, a failing actor, returns from army reserve duty to his hometown in Southern Israel. While he dreams of becoming a successful theater actor in Tel Aviv, he teaches high-school drama acting classes by day, and acts in a small cabaret show in the local community center by night. An unexpected event makes him famous - as the public enemy number one. His new reality would force him to decide if he should lay low and conform, or use his theatrical skills to speak up about the corruption of society - as he juggles through the grand circus that is his life.

When Irma recieves a marriage proposal on her 40th birthday, an unexpected chain of events begins that leads Prosper, her family and friends to celebrate in Georgia. But instead of a glittering celebration, they find themselves dealing with conversion tests, gambling, debt, unexpected journeys and instant theats. As chaos reigns and solutions run out, the big question remains - will the wedding actually happen?

3 middle aged men in constant conflict with life about their wives, friends, children and everyday situations.

Izzy Bachar, a police internal affairs investigator, discovers just before retirement that his long time friend Barak, a senior police officer, is accused to be corrupt. Life as he knows it breaks into pieces.

A comedy-drama starring Shalom Assayag, who also created the series alongside his son Daniel Assayag, and which feels like a spiritual prequel to their previous collaborative series, “The '80s” and “The '90s,” though this time without Meni Assayag as a writer. The plot goes back in time to 1950s Israel and follows Eliyahu Ben Simon (Assayag) and his family, who arrived from Morocco straight into the overcrowded, difficult, and precarious life of an immigrant transit camp. As they try to find their place in their new country, the family members are forced to deal with bureaucracy, neighbors, and a reality that doesn’t always match the dream that brought them here—but always with humor and a zest for life.

The television series “Jaffa Pictures” (based on the books by Menachem Talmi) depicts the deeds and adventures of Big Solomon, Prosper, Hazuka, the beautiful Angel, Zaki Shaksuka, and their families, friends, colleagues, and associates, representatives of the Jaffa underworld, and their struggles with their enemies, representatives of gangs from other places such as Ramla, who try to invade their territory in Jaffa, as well as their not-so-friendly relations with the Jaffa police, who keep a watchful eye on them, albeit tolerantly, and do not hesitate to use their services when necessary.