“The Future to Come,” a new feature by award-winning director Ruthy Pribar, is one of two Israeli films that will premiere on June 8 at the Tribeca Festival in New York.

The film tells the story of Yehudit (Ronit Yudkevitz) and Michael, farmers in their sixties who fall into a deep financial crisis and decide to end their lives. Yehudit changes her mind at the last moment, but Michael is already gone.

Yehudit is left on her own and must confront a growing financial and emotional catastrophe. She flees to Eilat, where she meets Eli (Yaakov Zada Daniel), and finds her way toward a different kind of redemption.

The film will screen as part of the International Competition, the festival’s main section.

“It’s been a long journey with this baby,” said Pribar in a statement. “Our film was created out of a time of deep pain and uncertainty, and offers the possibility of a new beginning and hope.”

Pribar’s 2020 debut film, “Asia,” won the Ophir Award for Best Feature and was also screened at Tribeca, where it won the Nora Ephron Award, presented to a female filmmaker with a distinctive and groundbreaking voice, Best Actress and Best Cinematography.

The film later won nine Ophir........

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