Actor: Gabriel Omri Loukas

Sublet

A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.

S#x Acts

Gili is a teenager who decides to change schools. She is determined to improve her lame social status. Over the course of a few weeks she hooks up with several different boys, all from her new school. Their encounters get more and more sexual, each time exploring their limits a little further. The boys are eager to take what is so generously offered, and Gili is thrilled with the attention. Just as Gili is trapped in the zone where it's not certain if she is giving her consent to what is happening or not, the viewer too feels trapped in the same zone, feeling for certain that something terrible is happening, but unable to pin point exactly when, and what...

The Male Gaze: Nocturnal Instincts

Strap yourself in for an exhilarating journey into darkness with these five award-winning short films from across the globe that delve into heart-pumping escapades varying from the intensely erotic to the ultra-violent to the warm-inside feels. The night has never looked so inviting. Segments: After Dawn [Passée l'aube] (2017), Poof (2018), Spiral (2018), Night of Love (2018), Floating Melon [浮果] (2015).

Night of Love

Yonatan abandons the army in an attempt to reunite with his ex-boyfriend. After it turns into a failure, he finds himself alone in Tel Aviv, without a place to sleep. Broken and confused, he goes on a wild night's journey looking for consolation.

The Visit

One apartment, three people, in one long afternoon. Omri is having a troubled sex with Yonatan, his boyfriend, while his mother, Esther, comes on an unexpected visit. She enters the house like a storm and it's clear that something is wrong with her and she's not going to leave. She came with a purpose, she needs her son's warmth. Omri is still in the closet, try to hide the romantic relationship between him and Yonatan and almost ignore Yonatan's appearance. The three of them are trying to act regularly while the tense spreads in the air. They eat dinner, watch a french movie, Yonatan from one side, Esther from the other and Omri is in between. When Yonatan feels it's time for him to go and leaves them alone, the real purpose of the visit is revealed.