Tawfik Abu Wael

Our Boys

Three Jewish teenagers are kidnapped and murdered by Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, leading to the retaliatory killing of 16-year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abu Khdeir and a conflict that forever changes the lives of Jews and Arabs alike.

Release Date2019-08-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count32

Unknowns

Unknowns is the story of a group of boys, living in the margins of the Israeli society and passing their time in a school for at-risk youth. One day, after a local girl is raped, the boys become the immediate suspects, their already unbalanced world gets completely disturbed. The show deals with the question of the chance these boys have in order to break the cycle of violence they’re in. This is a story of cruel and magical friendship between boys who will sacrifice anything just to avoid their own destiny.

Release Date2021-10-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

Vote Count5

Fireflies

In a small, peaceful desert town, residents mysteriously start spontaneously combusting. MIMI (33), a mine clearance company instructor, believes these cases are not caused by landmines, but by a phenomenon she experienced in her childhood-where a deep sense of loneliness ignites a deadly inner flame. Along with her childhood friend DIKLA (33), a police officer in the local station, they investigate the spreading phenomenon, trying to track down who is behind it and stop them from terrorizing the serene town.

Release Date2025-06-05

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Thirst

Life begins to change for a family of five living in the middle of nowhere when water is illegally diverted onto their land

Release Date2004-05-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Love Letter to Cinema

Love Letters to Cinema is a collection of ten "letters” in the form of short films (4 minutes each), written and directed by ten outstanding Israeli directors. The films and the directors conduct a dialogue, whereas the directors create a short film with their unique voice, bringing to the audience a group of work that reflects on cinema.

Release Date2014-10-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Last Days in Jerusalem

About the emotional upheaval of a Palestinian couple's last moments before leaving voluntarily Jerusalem, their native city, to forge a brighter future in France.

Release Date2012-05-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Diary of a Male Whore

The painfully brutal tale of the sexual awakening of a young Palestinian man as influenced by the his libido and the violence around him. His encounter with an elderly Jewish man in Tel Aviv stirs memories and bring these feelings to a head.

Release Date2001-08-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1