Thirteen new Israeli films are on the festival programme, including a thriller, a romance, a comedy and a drama exploring political prejudice.
Hungarian audiences will get a chance for the first time to see the Academy Award nominee and 57th Berlinale award-winning film Beaufort, which shows the conflict between Israel and Lebanon through the self-sacrificing actions of a handful of soldiers. Another of the highlights of the festival is The Band's Visit, which took several awards in Cannes.
Also on the programme is Sweet Mud, which won a prize at the Sundance Festival; Free Zone, directed by Amos Gitai and featuring Natalie Portman and Carmen Maura; Jellyfish, directed by the popular contemporary Israeli writer Etgar Keret and his wife Shira Geffen; and Eytan Fox's Bubble, which shows the everyday lives of young people in Tel Aviv.
In addition to new films, the week-long festival will also showcase the Hungarian-born Ephraim Kishon's Sallah Sabati from 1964.
