Galit Rosenstain

Midlife

Yonatan is a pilot, who on his 40th birthday discovers that he missed a phone call from his wife Sherry, while cheating on her. Now that the cancer is discovered in her body, he tries to fill in the gaps with her. Sherry reveals to him that a decade ago, she refused to help her young and wild sister, Ahinoam, after she left her husband. Sherry asks Yonatan to help her reconcile with Ahinoam. With the help of a charismatic rabbi, the whole family meets in a small and spiritual settlement, on the way to Tikkun during their middle life.

Divine Intervention

Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of Palestinian life in Israel - in a neighborhood in Nazareth and at Al-Ram checkpoint in East Jerusalem. Most of the stories are droll, some absurd, one is mythic and fanciful; few words are spoken. A man who goes through his mail methodically each morning has a heart attack. His son visits him in the hospital. The son regularly meets a woman at Al-Ram; they sit in a car, hands caressing. Once, she defies Israeli guards at the checkpoint; later, ninja-like, she takes on soldiers at a target range. A red balloon floats free overhead. Neighbors toss garbage over walls. Life goes on until it doesn't.