List of Israeli films of 2016 explained

A list of films produced by the Israeli film industry released in 2016.

List

Premiere	Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
	Sufat Chol (Sand Storm)	Elite Zexer	Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari, Khadija Al Akel	Drama		^[1]
	Junction 48	Udi Aloni	Tamer Nafar, Samar Qupty, Salwa Nakkara, Saeed Dassuki	Action, Biography, Crime		^[2]
	Yeled Tov Yerushalyim	Roee Florentin	Yafit Asulin, Tzion Baruch, Meytal Gal, Guy Gurevich	Comedy, Romance		^[3]
	Shavua ve Yom (One Week and a Day)	Asaph Polonsky	Sharon Alexander, Shai Avivi, Tomer Capon, Evgenia Dodina	Comedy, Drama		^[4]
	Our Father (The Bouncer)	Meni Yaish	Dan Mor, Yaakov Zada Daniel, Doron Ben-David, Micha Celektar	Drama		^[5]
	Everything is Broken up and Dances	Nony Geffen	Gilat Ankori, Ella Armony, Dvir Benedek, Bea Brocks	Comedy, Drama, Music		^[6]
	Land of the Little People	Yaniv Berman	Maor Schwitzer, Ofer Hayoun, Shimrit Turner, Nimrod Hochenberg	Adventure, Drama, Thriller		^[7]
	Hadrei Habayit (Indoors)	Eitan Green	Aryeh Cherner, Osnat Fishman, Yiftach Kaminer, Jameel Khoury	Drama		^[8]
	Hayaar Shehaya (We Had A Forest)	Guy Raz	Meital Avni, Lana Ettinger, Eyal Heyne Galli, Boaz Konforty	Drama		^[9]
	Lev Shaket Meod (A Quiet Heart)	Eitan Anner	Gilat Ankori, Ludi Boken, Ania Bukstein, Tom Chodorov	Drama		^[10]
	Saving Neta	Nir Bergman	Rotem Abuhab, Emma Alfi Aharon, Naama Arlaky, Benny Avni	Drama		^[11]
	Me'Ever Laharim Vehagvaot (Beyond the Mountains and Hills)	Eran Kolirin	Alon Pdut, Mili Eshet, Shiree Nadav-Naor, Noam Imber	Drama		^[12]
	Children of the Fall	Eitan Gafny	Noa Maiman, Aki Avni, Yafit Shalev, Iftach Ophir	Drama, Horror, Thriller		^[13]
	Ismach Hatani (The Women's Balcony)	Emil Ben-Shimon	Evelin Hagoel, Igal Naor, Orna Banai, Einat Saruf	Comedy, Drama		^[14]
	Norman	Joseph Cedar	Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen, Steve Buscemi	Drama, Thriller		^[15]
	The Burglar	Hagar Ben-Asher	Lihi Kornowski, Ronald Zehrfeld, Shlomi Avraham, Yuval Avrahami	Drama
	The Last Band in Lebanon	Ben Bachar, Itzik Kricheli	Ofer Hayoun, Ori Laizerouvich, Ofer Shechter, Ami Anidjar	Comedy
	Antenna	Arik Rothstein	Gila Almagor, Michael Aloni, Alex Ansky, Hila Feldma8	Comedy, Drama		^[16]
	Milhemet 90 Hadakot	Eyal Halfon	Moshe Ivgy, Detlev Buck, Norman Issa, Majd Bitar	Comedy, Drama, Sport
	Between Worlds	Miya Hatav	Maria Zreik, Maya Gasner,, Avi Dangur	Drama
	Omor Shakhsiya	Maha Haj	Maisa Abd Elhadi, Ziad Bakri, Jihan Dermelkonian, Hanan Hillo	Drama
	Hadereh lean	Michal Bat-Adam	Sharon Alexander, Nati Amos, Yafit Asulin, Lana Ettinger	Drama
	Laavor et hakir	Rama Burshtein	Noa Koler, Amos Tamam, Oz Zehavi, Irit Sheleg	Comedy, Romance
	Once There Was a Girl	Natalie Kaplan	Eli Danker, Liat Glick, Nicholas Jacob, Oded Leopold	Drama
	Arba Al Arba (Four By Four)	Shay Kanot	Oshri Cohen, Roni Dalumi, Avi Dangur, Shlomi Koriat	Comedy		^[17]
	House Arrest	Jarrell Crump	Dennis Adams, Leonardo Black, Troy Boyce, Tamara Cook	Comedy, Drama
	Harmonia	Ori Sivan	Alon Aboutboul, Tali Sharon, Ali Suliman, Yana Yossef	Drama
	Past Life	Avi Nesher	Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory, Evgenia Dodina	Drama
	Cheer Me Up	Mili Ben Hayl, Tamar Shippony	Ofer Amram, Gili Saar, Ben Shellef	Drama
	Anashim Shehem Lo Ani	Hadas Ben Aroya	Yonatan Bar-Or, Hadas Ben Aroya, Netser Charitt, Hagar Enosh	Drama, Romance

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chang . Justin . 2016-01-31 . Sundance: 'The Birth of a Nation' Sweeps Top Prizes . 2019-05-18 . Variety . en.
2. Web site: Junction 48 . 2019-04-23 . www.berlinale.de . en.
3. News: Yeled Tov Yerushalyim . he . Haaretz . 2019-04-23.
4. Web site: One Week and a Day .
5. Web site: New Israeli Cinema – Our Father . 2019-04-23 . sff.sapir.ac.il.
6. Web site: The New Israeli Cinema – Everything is Broken up and Dances . 2019-04-23 . sff.sapir.ac.il.
7. Web site: The New Israeli Cinema – Land of the Little People . 2019-04-23 . sff.sapir.ac.il.
8. Web site: The New Israel Cinema – Indoors . 2019-04-23 . sff.sapir.ac.il.
9. Web site: Grater . Tom . Jerusalem: Guy Raz talks 'We Had A Forest' . 2019-04-23 . Screen . en.
10. Web site: A Quiet Heart . 2019-04-23 . Israel Film Festival.
11. Web site: Saving Neta .
12. Web site: Erbland . Kate . 2016-04-14 . 2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup, Including New Films From Steven Spielberg, Jodie Foster and Many More . 2019-04-23 . IndieWire . en.
13. Web site: Children of the Fall . 2019-04-23 . Jerusalem Film Festival . en.
14. Web site: 2016-09-20 . Review: TIFF 2016: 'The Women's Balcony' has a great sense of humour (Includes first-hand account) . 2019-05-17 . www.digitaljournal.com.
15. Web site: Peter Debruge . 4 September 2016 . Telluride Film Review: 'Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer' . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170317083120/http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/assets/guides/43rd_TFF_program_FINAL_2016.pdf . 17 March 2017 . 16 September 2016 . Variety.
16. Web site: Warsaw Film Festival 7-16 October 2016 . 8.
17. Web site: 4 September 2016 . Israel Film Festival . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170317083120/http://www.telluridefilmfestival.org/assets/guides/43rd_TFF_program_FINAL_2016.pdf . 17 March 2017 . 16 September 2016 . Variety.