The presence of films from Israel is very prominent this year at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival (6-17 July), with filmmakers from the country participating in all major sections: four features and two shorts will have their premieres at the leading gathering, Cineeuropa reported.

Let It Be Morning, the latest film by Eran Kolirin (Beyond the Mountains and Hills [+]), is an adaptation of Sayed Kashua‘s novel, which follows the story of Sami, who thought he had found his place in life, but then, without any conceivable reason, the Arab village where he grew up is suddenly surrounded by an ominous wall. Now he is forced to deal with questions of identity and national belonging.

Ahed’s Knee , the newest film by Nadav Lapid, following his Berlinale Golden Bear-winning Synonyms, is premiering in the main competition. The film tells the story of Y., a filmmaker in his forties, who arrives at a remote village on the edge of the desert to screen one of his films. There, he meets Diamond, a clerk at the Ministry of Culture, and finds himself waging two lost battles: one against the death of artistic freedom in his country, the other against the death of his mother.

Ari Folman’s long-awaited new animated feature, Where Is Anne Frank?, sees him return to Cannes eight years after The Congress. The film, which will world-premiere out of competition, tells the story of Kitty, the imaginary girl to whom Anne Frank wrote her famous diary, who comes to life in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Her memories are reawakened by reading the diary, believing that if she’s alive, Anne must be alive as well, and so she sets out on a quest to find Anne.

Shlomi Elkabetz‘s film Black Notebooks, based on the story of his sister, renowned Israeli actress Ronit Elkabetz, who died of cancer in 2016, will have its premiere as a Cannes Special Screening.

,Two short films, Elinor Nechemya‘s If It Ain’t Broke and Mya Kaplan‘s Night Visit, will premiere in the Critics’ Week and the Cinéfondation sections.