KATZE 26 will take place at Beit Tami, 16 Merkaz Baalei Melakha Street, on November 16-21, 2026. The film festival includes a live opening-night concert and a conversation with director Gabe Salgado after the world premiere of “IRL.”
Opening night, Monday, November 16: at 6pm, Claudia Heuermann’s “Sabbath in Paradise” explores New York’s radical Jewish cultural scene of the 1990s, with John Zorn at its center. The 1998 documentary runs 85 minutes.
At 8pm, Daniel Zamir’s trio will perform “Zamir Plays Zorn,” a concert commissioned for the festival. The musicians will play selections from Zorn’s “Masada” songbook chosen by Zorn himself. Saxophonist and composer Zamir began his international career in New York with Satlah, whose albums were released by Zorn’s Tzadik label.
Opening-night tickets: NIS 40 for the film, NIS 140 for the concert or NIS 160 for both. Capacity is limited to 80. Opening-night tickets.
Other program highlights include a selection of nine Israeli animated shorts curated by Dani Shani on Thursday, November 19, at 6pm. The screening runs about 65 minutes and includes Shahar Arapov’s “I Hear Everything” and Tomer Shaham’s “Savta and I.”
On Saturday, November 21, at 5:45pm, “IRL” will have its world premiere. Gabe Salgado’s film looks at streamers in Seoul and the collision between online performance and public space. Salgado will travel from South Korea for a conversation after the screening.
