Laila Films is a Tel Aviv-based production company dedicated to crafting high-quality independent and arthouse cinema. Founded in 2010 by producer Itai Tamir, the company’s compelling, auteur-driven storytelling has been recognized with more than 100 awards at prestigious film festivals around the world.

Laila Films provides hands-on guidance for emerging and established filmmakers from script to screen, creating a collaborative space for personal, innovative, and distinct cinema. 

Specializing in narrative feature films and documentaries, Laila Films consistently brings these unique creative voices to the global stage, competing in leading festivals including Cannes Film Festival (A Strange Course of Events by Raphael Nadjari, Sharqiya by Ami Livne); Berlin Film Festival (Red Cow by Tsivia Barkai Yacov, Ben Zaken by Efrat Corem, Low Tide by Daniel Mann, Sharqiya by Ami Livne); Venice Film Festival (Of Dogs and Men by Dani Rosenberg); Locarno Film Festival (Policeman by Nadav Lapid, Not in Tel Aviv by Nony Geffen); San Sebastián Film Festival (The Cakemaker by Ofir Raul Graizer, Red Cow by Tsivia Barkai Yacov); Karlovy Vary Film Festival (The Cakemaker by Ofir Raul Graizer, America by Ofir Raul Graizer); Rotterdam Film Festival (Under a Blue Sun by Daniel Mann); Tokyo Film Festival (Real Estate - Love Story by Anat Malz, Abu Omar by Roy Krispel, Red Cow by Tsivia Barkai Yacov); and Jerusalem Film Festival (Policeman by Nadav Lapid, The Cakemaker by Ofir Raul Graizer, Of Dogs and Men by Dani Rosenberg, Red Cow by Tsivia Barkai Yacov, America by Ofir Raul Graizer, Still Waters by Tsivia Barkai Yacov, Fully Effaced by Sophie Artus, The Dead of Jaffa by Ram Loevy, Here and Now by Roman Shumunov, Ben Zaken by Efrat Corem, Sharqiya by Ami Livne, Arabani by Adi Adwan, Alice by Dana Goldberg).