A Letter to David, directed by Tom Shoval, the winner of this year’s Ophir Award for Best Documentary, will open the 37th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles next month.
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One of the highlights of the festival is the International Film Competition, which will award the Schoumann Prize for Jewish Cinema
The festival is an initiative of Beit Hagefen – The Arab-Jewish Cultural Center – and the Haifa Municipality.
Despite 5,000 film-industry professionals calling for a boycott of the Israeli film industry, the works of Moshe Rosenthal and SIPUR will compete in the world-renowned festival.
Performances, children’s shows, and family tours are among the highlights of the National Library’s Hanukkah activities.
