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Arava Film Festival

Arava Film Festival

Atonement
Program

Arava Film Festival

Sabrina
Program

Arava Film Festival

15/18 (A Place To Heal)
Program

Arava Film Festival

Tangles

12th edition

About the festival

Arava International Film Festival was founded in 2012, and has established itself since as a unique artistic-cinematic event, attracting movie buffs from Israel and around the world. The festival is held every November, in the heart of Ashosh Nature Reserve, near Zuqim village in the Central Arava region. In its 13th year, the festival will take place between November 04-14, 2026. As always, the festival will combine outdoor screenings under-the stars.

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Guria

Guria

  • 11.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 13.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Levan Koguashvili
  • Country Georgia

A Girl Unknown

A Girl Unknown

  • 12.11.2026
  • 21:30
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Zou Jing
  • Country China, France

15/18 (A Place To Heal)

15/18 (A Place To Heal)

  • 08.11.2026
  • 17:00
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 11.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 13.11.2026
  • 19:10
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Cédric Kahn
  • Country France

Dua

Dua

  • 09.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Blerta Basholli
  • Country Kosovo, Switzerland, France

Woman Unknown

Woman Unknown

  • 06.11.2026
  • 21:40
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director May el-Toukhy
  • Country Denmark

I’ll Be Gone in June

I’ll Be Gone in June

  • 10.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Katharina Rivilis
  • Country Germany, Switzerland, USA

Bunker

Bunker

  • 14.11.2026
  • 20:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Florian Zeller
  • Country United Kingdom, France

Elephants in the Fog

Elephants in the Fog

  • 09.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Abinash Bikram Shah
  • Country Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway

Mary Anning

Mary Anning

  • 06.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Marcel Barelli
  • Country Switzerland, Belgium

Earth to Michael

Filmmakers in attendance

Earth to Michael

  • 06.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Nico López-Alegría, ZZ
  • Country USA

Atonement

Atonement

  • 05.11.2026
  • 19:30
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 12.11.2026
  • 19:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Reed Van Dyk
  • Country USA

Yugly

Yugly

  • 13.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Yannis Belaid, Jérémie Degruson
  • Country France, Belgium

After Hours

After Hours

  • 10.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Martin Scorsese
  • Country USA

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

  • 14.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Robert Stevenson
  • Country USA

Yellow Letters

Yellow Letters

  • 06.11.2026
  • 19:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 08.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director İlker Çatak
  • Country Germany, France, Turkey

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • 08.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Sergio Leone
  • Country \Italy, Spain, West Germany

The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal

  • 09.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Ingmar Bergman
  • Country Sweden

It Will Happen Tonight

It Will Happen Tonight

  • 05.11.2026
  • 21:45
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 12.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Nanni Moretti
  • Country Italy, France, Spain

Words of Love

Words of Love

  • 05.11.2026
  • 19:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 13.11.2026
  • 19:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Rudi Rosenberg
  • Country France

All of a Sudden

All of a Sudden

  • 11.11.2026
  • 20:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  • Country France, Japan, Germany, Belgium

The Apartment

The Apartment

  • 13.11.2026
  • 21:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Billy Wilder
  • Country USA

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

  • 09.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Billy Wilder
  • Country USA

Sabrina

Sabrina

  • 05.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Billy Wilder
  • Country USA

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

  • 08.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Billy Wilder
  • Country USA

Fatherland

Fatherland

  • 12.11.2026
  • 19:30
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Paweł Pawlikowski
  • Country Poland, Germany

I Play Rocky

I Play Rocky

  • 07.11.2026
  • 19:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 11.11.2026
  • 17:00
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Peter Farrelly
  • Country USA

What is to Come

Filmmakers in attendance

What is to Come

  • 04.11.2026
  • 19:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Ruthy Pribar
  • Country Israel

Everytime

Everytime

  • 10.11.2026
  • 20:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Sandra Wollner
  • Country Austria, Germany

Tangles

Tangles

  • 06.11.2026
  • 19:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 12.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Leah Nelson
  • Country USA, Canada

Minotaur

Minotaur

  • 05.11.2026
  • 21:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 12.11.2026
  • 21:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Andrey Zvyagintsev
  • Country France

Fjord

Fjord

  • 06.11.2026
  • 21:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 13.11.2026
  • 21:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Cristian Mungiu
  • Country Romania, Norway

Iron Boy

Iron Boy

  • 05.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Agathe Riedinger
  • Country France 2026

Where To

Filmmakers in attendance

Where To

  • 07.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Assaf Machnes
  • Country Israel

Guria

Guria

  • 11.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 13.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Levan Koguashvili
  • Country Georgia

A Girl Unknown

A Girl Unknown

  • 12.11.2026
  • 21:30
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Zou Jing
  • Country China, France

15/18 (A Place To Heal)

15/18 (A Place To Heal)

  • 08.11.2026
  • 17:00
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 11.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 13.11.2026
  • 19:10
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Cédric Kahn
  • Country France

Dua

Dua

  • 09.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Blerta Basholli
  • Country Kosovo, Switzerland, France

Woman Unknown

Woman Unknown

  • 06.11.2026
  • 21:40
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director May el-Toukhy
  • Country Denmark

I’ll Be Gone in June

I’ll Be Gone in June

  • 10.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Katharina Rivilis
  • Country Germany, Switzerland, USA

Bunker

Bunker

  • 14.11.2026
  • 20:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Florian Zeller
  • Country United Kingdom, France

Elephants in the Fog

Elephants in the Fog

  • 09.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Abinash Bikram Shah
  • Country Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway

Mary Anning

Mary Anning

  • 06.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Marcel Barelli
  • Country Switzerland, Belgium

Earth to Michael

Filmmakers in attendance

Earth to Michael

  • 06.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Nico López-Alegría, ZZ
  • Country USA

Atonement

Atonement

  • 05.11.2026
  • 19:30
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 12.11.2026
  • 19:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Reed Van Dyk
  • Country USA

Yugly

Yugly

  • 13.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Yannis Belaid, Jérémie Degruson
  • Country France, Belgium

After Hours

After Hours

  • 10.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Martin Scorsese
  • Country USA

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

  • 14.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Robert Stevenson
  • Country USA

Yellow Letters

Yellow Letters

  • 06.11.2026
  • 19:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 08.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director İlker Çatak
  • Country Germany, France, Turkey

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • 08.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Sergio Leone
  • Country \Italy, Spain, West Germany

The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal

  • 09.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Ingmar Bergman
  • Country Sweden

It Will Happen Tonight

It Will Happen Tonight

  • 05.11.2026
  • 21:45
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 12.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Nanni Moretti
  • Country Italy, France, Spain

Words of Love

Words of Love

  • 05.11.2026
  • 19:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 13.11.2026
  • 19:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Rudi Rosenberg
  • Country France

All of a Sudden

All of a Sudden

  • 11.11.2026
  • 20:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  • Country France, Japan, Germany, Belgium

The Apartment

The Apartment

  • 13.11.2026
  • 21:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Billy Wilder
  • Country USA

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

  • 09.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Billy Wilder
  • Country USA

Sabrina

Sabrina

  • 05.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Billy Wilder
  • Country USA

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

  • 08.11.2026
  • 20:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Billy Wilder
  • Country USA

Fatherland

Fatherland

  • 12.11.2026
  • 19:30
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Paweł Pawlikowski
  • Country Poland, Germany

I Play Rocky

I Play Rocky

  • 07.11.2026
  • 19:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 11.11.2026
  • 17:00
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Peter Farrelly
  • Country USA

What is to Come

Filmmakers in attendance

What is to Come

  • 04.11.2026
  • 19:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Ruthy Pribar
  • Country Israel

Everytime

Everytime

  • 10.11.2026
  • 20:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Sandra Wollner
  • Country Austria, Germany

Tangles

Tangles

  • 06.11.2026
  • 19:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 12.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Leah Nelson
  • Country USA, Canada

Minotaur

Minotaur

  • 05.11.2026
  • 21:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • 12.11.2026
  • 21:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Andrey Zvyagintsev
  • Country France

Fjord

Fjord

  • 06.11.2026
  • 21:00
  • Screen: Midbara
  • 13.11.2026
  • 21:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Cristian Mungiu
  • Country Romania, Norway

Iron Boy

Iron Boy

  • 05.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Zuqim Screen
  • Director Agathe Riedinger
  • Country France 2026

Where To

Filmmakers in attendance

Where To

  • 07.11.2026
  • 17:15
  • Screen: Midbara
  • Director Assaf Machnes
  • Country Israel

call 052-3666646

Accommodation packages

A minimum of 2 nights in one of the desert's pampering resorts. Eretz Arava Midbara Desert Days Nof Zuqim The package includes entry to the film screenings (in some of the resorts, breakfast is also included in the price).

Accommodation packages