Bella

By Zohar Shachar & Jamal Khalaily

With Elisha Banai, Hanna Birach, Jade Daiches Weeks, Aseel Farhat

When Yaki realizes who Bella is, a curly plumage, extremely valuable dove, and his sole inheritance, it is already too late. Yaki embarks with Bilal, his childhood friend, and their wives on a road trip between Israel and Palestine to bring Bella back. They will try to pass through the checkpoints, ruin a wedding, steal the newlyweds’ car, participate in a reconciliation ceremony between families, and revive the unconscious dove… To arrive on time at a dove beauty pageant in Jerusalem.

Release: January 8, 2026

Production: Bustan Films, Les Films du Fleuve
Producers: Thomas Alfandari, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Delphine Tomson

Co-produced with: Voo, Be tv, Proximus

With the support of: The Rabinovich Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Sports (Israel), Israeli Film Council, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Centre du Cinéma (FWB), Belgian Tax Shelter, Casa Kafka Pictures

International Sales: Go2Films

Bella has been presented at the Other Israel Film Festival (New York), the San Diego Jewish Film Festival, the Miami Jewish Film Festival, the Pune International Film Festival (India), the Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival, the Boca Raton International Jewish Film Festival, the LA Israeli Film Festival (Los Angeles), the Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Paris, the Resilience of Israeli Cinema program at Filmarchiv Austria (Vienna), the Edmonton Jewish Film Festival, the Washington Jewish Film Festival, the JxJ Festival (Washington DC), Seret UK (London), and the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 2025–2026.