🏆 Honorable Mention – The International Competition
From One End to the Other | Michele Omer Zvi Moise
🏆 Short Animation Open Call – Winning 250,000 NIS Production grant each:
Dalia Delonghi | Creator & Director: Sohini Tal
Beard | Creator: Maor Sharvit, Producer: The Hive Studio – Amit Russell Gicelter
46 Maasiyahu | Director, Producer and scriptwriter: Liran Atzmor, Animation Director: Tal Kantor
And also, big thanks to TISFF team, for a wonderful partnership 🥂❤️
Makor Foundation for Israeli Films send warm congratulations to the creators of the films and special projects participating at the Tel-Aviv International Student Film Festival 🥂👏🎬
👉 Opening Event
Leave the Lights On | Dafna Englander, Daroma Productions
👉 The International Competition
From One End to the Other | Michele Omer Zvi Moise
That Girl | Atalya Shira Navon
👉 The Short Independent Film Competition
A Bird’s Wish | Gan de Lange, Kobi Mizrahi Productions
Come What May | Ino Barel, Sahaya Villaluz, Bona Productions
👉 Short Animation Pitching Event
The event will take place on Monday, 29/6, 14:30. Enterance is free, registration is required, see link beloew ↓
Projects presented are:
46 Maasiyahu | Director, Producer and scriptwriter: Liran Atzmor, Animation Director: Tal Kantor
My Brothers | Creator: Ory Pinchasi, Producer: The Hive Studio – Amit Russell Gicelter
Dalia Delonghi | Creator & Director: Sohini Tal
The Shrub That Saved Me, Inspired by the Story of Maya Alper | Director, Screenwriter & Art Director: Asaf Hanuka, Animation Director: Alex Orelle, Compositor: Oded Granot, Producer: Yuka and Monsters
Beard | Creator: Maor Sharvit, Producer: The Hive Studio – Amit Russell Gicelter
Back In My Youth | Director, scriptwriter & producer: Avida Livny, Director of Animation: Marianna Raskin
Retriever | Creator, Director & Animator: Shaool levy, Producers: Chen Heifetz and Shaool levy
👀 Members of the Academy? Then you’ve come to the right place.
The Makor Foundation is happy to recommend a selection of outstanding films currently competing in the first round of the 2026 Ophir Awards 🎬
👉 Feature Documentary
Daytrip | Roni Aboulafia, Ananey Studio
Things Were Like That | Adi Arbel, Kastina Communications
Looking for Yadida | Israela Shaer Meoded, Pardes Films
Sarah | Shir Hori-Abu, Deux Beaux Garçons Films
Malachi | Ido Bahat & Noam Demsky, Demsky Bahat Productions
👉 Short Documentary
Ahmed Is a Movie Star | Doron Djerassi, Pardes Films
Come What May | Ino Barel & Sahaya Villaluz, Bona Productions
👉 Short Animation
In Pigeons Blood | Hod Adler & Chaya Moshayev, Lev Orlov Films
Let There Be Light | Tamar Eckhaus, Lev Orlov Films
Pillowz | Animoshe
As usual, full information and viewing links are available through your personal area on the Academy website, where you’ll also find the screening schedule. Screenings will resume, of course, as soon as circumstances allow. 🙏
Enjoy the films, and wishing everyone a peaceful week ahead.
The Makor Foundation supports the independent Israeli
production of documentary films, narrative shorts,
animated shorts, and works created with new
technologies for current and developing medias.
The Foundation provides its support without bias and
irrespective of religious affiliation, race, gender, and
ethnic background, with the goal of engaging
the filmmakers’ full abilities to produce innovative,
ground-breaking, thought-provoking, and
consciousness-raising cinema.