Berkeley Hillel’s first-ever Israeli film festival, “The Spirit of Tel Aviv,” will kick off with a screening of Eytan Fox’s “The Bubble” (“Ha-Buah”) at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at U.C. Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive.
Fox’s 2006 film follows a group of gay and straight Israeli and Palestinian youths with intersecting love lives, played out in different neighborhoods of Tel Aviv.
The Israeli fest will screen one film a week during February, with Fox’s 2004 drama “Walk on Water” on Feb. 8; Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’ 2003 modern fable “James’ Journey to Jerusalem” on Feb. 14; and Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret’s 2007 drama of interlocking stories, “Jellyfish,” on Feb. 22.
U.C. Berkeley students and Berkeley Hillel staff organized the film screenings — all of which are free and open to the public. Pacific Film Archive is located at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. For more information, call (510) 845-7793.