The Time Tunnel of Sex

Iftach Illouz

Producer

Gil Sima

Lab Edition

2026

Production

Sima Films

Country

Israel

SYNOPSIS

Robbie, a young gay man struggling with sexual trauma and addiction, steals his parents' TV remote in a desperate cry for help. It is wartime, leaving them unable to watch the news. The next day, his father goes out to buy a new remote and is killed in a terror attack. During the week of mourning - the Shiva - Robbie wrestles with overwhelming guilt, finds unexpected comfort in a renewed closeness with his mother, and is drawn into sexual and emotional encounters that threaten his fragile sobriety.

DIRECTOR'S NOTE

My film confronts life in Israel and the moral dilemmas it entails, exploring how political trauma is inseparable from personal trauma. I believe our reality can no longer be defined by politicians serving interests or manufactured narratives. Instead, my film is a social and political act that seeks to inspire hope: that life in Israel can be better for everyone if we have the courage to confront our collective or personal wounds and demons, and begin to heal.

LOG LINE

A young gay man struggling with sexual trauma and addiction, suddenly loses his father in a terror attack. The week of mourning uncovers the intergenerational turmoil running in his family. A comedy-drama exploring the ties between personal and collective scarring, in post war Israel.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Iftach Illouz is a filmmaker and creative director. His short film "Me After Dark" won Best Student Film at the 39th Haifa International Film Festival and screened at the Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv–Jaffa. He is a recipient of grants from the New Fund for Cinema and Television and the Rabinovich Foundation – Israel Cinema Project. Illouz is the Creative Director of Radical, a nonprofit cultural-political hub, and is currently pursuing an M.F.A. at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

PRODUCER

Gil Sima

"Gil Sima is an independent film & television producer and media entrepreneur with over a decade of industry experience, including film festival management, programming, and artistic direction.
His company, Sima Films, is an independent production company founded in 2015.
Productions include: ""Tropicana"", ""Taboo – Amos Guttman"", ""Concerned Citizen"", ""Mini DV"", ""Shalall - A Reel War"", ""Sight"", ""Hounds"", ""Set Me as a Seal"", ""Girl Talk"" and more.
These films have screened at A-list festivals such as Sundance, Berlinale, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Rotterdam, AFI, and BFI.
They have been broadcast and streamed on platforms including: HBO, Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Arte, Canal+, Yes Docu, Channel 8, Kan 11. "

PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE

○ Sima Films
○ Yehuda Halevi 60, Tel Aviv, Israel
○ boshes87@gmail.com
○ +972-525605044

PRODUCTION BUDGET

○ Total budget: 855,000 USD
○ Confirmed budget and source: 23,000 USD (Private Investor)

LANGUAGE

Hebrew

Comedy-Drama

GENRE

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