Best Israeli animation movies

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

Legend of Destruction (2021)

What had initially started out as a Jewish revolt against the Roman occupation, quickly turned into a fierce civil war. The combination of religious messianic zeal and the friction between social classes proved disastrous and resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple.

Escape from Hellview (2011)

The journey of 3-year-old Tomy into the magical clown-world beyond his bedroom-wall and his struggle to come back in one piece.

In The Tall Grass (2015)

Joseph is mentally deviated. He is a prisoner of his own flat and always in permanent war with his own mind.

Crumbling Lights (2021)

"Each tribe was identified by a flag and by a stone that belonged to it and gave it its power, but many years passed and the tribal leaders died, and their stones and symbols remained. The stones had a special power, each stone and its power. An indescribable power that could enchant any human and heal him."

Automation (0)

Haim lives in Sderot and puts up billboards for a living. Every time he hears a rocket fire alarm, he is instantly stricken with panic attacks, hallucinations and insomnia.

Monsterfuckers (2023)

Monsters need love too!

Giant Steps (2001)

2-minute animation film to music by John Coltrane.

Beat (2011)

In a bland, utilitarian world of order, one worker finds his inner jazz

Six to Six (2020)

During the long sleepless nights, a new mother's familiar home surroundings take on a dark and eerie appearance.

the lego movie 45 (2023)

A soldier returns home after World War II

Life Of A Sun Warrior (2023)

Ori Peer's Sun character in a 3 minute short employing a unique, cynical take on the cycle of life.

Between Bears (2010)

A tale of a pack who set out on a journey following a black bear.

Glued (2012)

A short film about a mother trying to deal with her videogame addicted son.

Petit Versailles (2020)

The sun still shines on the Palace of Petit Versailles, and its peculiar residents have the chance to prove themselves.

Little Richard The Shark? (2025)

Black Slide (2021)

Eviah, a young and timid kid on the brink of puberty and his best friend sneak into the Black slide, the most terrifying ride in Aqua Fun. There Eviah will gain insight to prepare him for events about to unfold at home. Eviah is about to confront more then just a scary slide.

Magia Russica (2004)

A poetic view of Russian animation and of cultural and social transformations Russian society has been gone through. It is about multi faceted and humorous animation, almost never exposed to western eyes.

King Khat (2023)

Imagine that you are a renowned chemist, who invents a legal psychoactive drug. Imagine that you push it as a start-up and become the most notorious drug baron of the 21st century. Imagine that all of this is true. How to make a documentary out of this unbelievable story? Let’s animate it, give it rhythm and take the audience on a journey where the high-tech world and academia meet the fauna of the Haifa underworld.

Cut Out (2014)

"A radiant, energetic girl is shouting and punching the empty space in front of her. She is roughly cut out from her surroundings by a computer algorithm struggling to contain her. Her enemies are rubbed off the frame, sound is removed and music added, emphasising her anguish and anger. Is she real? Is she a dream? Gradually, more fragments of the scene are revealed, and the context is made clearer. The video-processing highlights the documented scene as image, both of a fight for freedom, and a media event." (Guli Silberstein)

Dear Fredy (2017)

An inspiring documentary about a heroic gay Jewish sportsman who ended up in Auschwitz.

Letter to a Pig (2024)

A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.

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Cinema Rex (2020)

In a divided city, two kids from rival sides meet at Cinema Rex. He speaks only Hebrew, and she speaks only Arabic. They will manage to form a true friendship based on one magical language, the cinema.

Tamou (2019)

Surrounded by the prying eyes of a patriarchal society, a lonely housewife plunges into an internal exploration of gender and sexuality in 20th century Morocco. Tamou’s true identity as a trans man begins to unfold.

Reflections (2013)

This is the story of Barnie, a grown man, Play around with his childish reflection in an urban landscape. But the fun comes to an end when other adults around change him, and turn him into one of them.

The Present (2024)

A hand- drawn animation short about two people falling in love while flying.

Hounds (2018)

The life of a dog, trained to act as human, changes when a pack of Hounds gathers around his house.

Nyosha (2012)

Nyosha is a ten year old girl. She dreams of buying a pair of shoes during the reality of a pitiless war. She believes that because of her shoes, she will stay alive.A range of animation techniques brings together the dream and the reality and tells Nyosha's story.

Deadline (2023)

“Deadline” is a black comedy stop-motion short that explores the power balance between bureaucracy, death and feline devotion of the elderly