Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival

Hundreds of films, premieres, cinematic events, workshops, conferences and special projects are held, inviting thousands of visitors to the Tel Aviv Cinematheque halls every day.

TISFF was founded in 1986 by a group of students from The Steve Tisch Department of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University.

The festival also hosts various film events: artist workshops, masterclasses, social projects, parties, exhibitions and conferences.

The international and local film industry attends the festival and nurtures the young filmmakers and the wide audience of critics who come to the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.

Among past guests of the festival: Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Claire Denis, Celine Sciamma, Leos Carax, Paolo Sorrentino, Gus Van Sant, Richard Gere, Claude Lanzmann, Marcello Mastroianni, Emir Kusterica, Chantal Ackerman, the Darden brothers, Liev Schreiber, Michel Hazanavicius, David Gordon Green, Wim Wenders and many more.