Film festival

Israeli film 'Where to?' to compete in Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlinale is one of the largest and most prestigious festivals in the world and will take place from February 12-22 this year.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
IDO TAKO (left) and Ehab Salami star in Assaf Machnes' movie, Where To?, which will be shown at the Berlinale.
LOVE ON TRIAL will be the opening film of the festival.

Aki-no Japanese Film Festival features cinematic

For the past decade, Aki-no has been one of the capital’s most eagerly anticipated cultural events; this year, it will present works from celebrated auteurs as well as rising talents.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Yael Grobglass plays a Jerusalemite mother who risks her life to save soldiers in the Six Day War in Jerusalem '67.

'Jerusalem ’67' tells the human stories of the Six Day War

Jerusalem ’67 tells the gripping story of the Six-Day War through personal experiences, focusing on human stories amid the chaos of conflict in the heart of Jerusalem

|ByHANNAH BROWN
'Pride and Prejudice' was first brought to the silver screen in 1940, and was reprised in 2005.

250 years later, Jane Austen lives on at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

Austen was particularly adept at portraying societal circumstances with liberal helpings of wit and sarcasm.

|ByBARRY DAVIS

Stellan Skarsgård bounces back from stroke for heartfelt performance in ‘Sentimental Value’

The Swedish actor was then in the middle of the most visible run of his half-century in film and TV when the medical crisis occured.

NOVEMBER 9, 2025ByJOSH ROTTENBERG/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD, star of ‘Sentimental Value,’ poses during the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Can boycotts break Israel? Inside 20 years of BDS - from the editor

Two decades after the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement emerged, its calls to isolate Israel have surged back into global headlines and into everyday life.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Champion Israeli judoka Peter Paltchik pushes back against efforts to ban Israeli athletes (illustrative).

The Cinema South Festival returns to its Sderot home

After a year of displacement, the festival will return to Sderot and the western Negev from November 6 to 13 for its 24th edition – its first in full format since October 7.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
‘ETTY’, THE series created by Hagai Levi will open the festival.

Jerusalem International Women’s Film Festival announces its lineup

The festival will be held October 27-31.

OCTOBER 23, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
EVGENIA DODINA in ‘Mama,’ by Or Sinai, one of the films in the Jerusalem International Women’s Film Festival.

Samaria Film Festival goes global

The festival begins on November 5, with screenings at 20 locations.

OCTOBER 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A SCENE from ‘Malachi.’

Arava International Film Festival unveils 2025 program

The diverse program for the November festival includes 30 films.

OCTOBER 19, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
BRIGITTE BARDOT in Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Contempt.’

Jewish International Film Festival in Sweden postponed as theaters cite security concerns

The festival was supposed to run from November 29 to December 2, and was intended to celebrate 250 years of Jewish life in Sweden.

OCTOBER 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jewish International Film Festival

Haifa film fest announces international program

The 41st Haifa International Film Festival will be held October 5-14.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
ETHAN HAWKE stars in ‘Blue Moon’, Richard Linklater’s drama about composer Lorenz Hart.

Oct. 7 film ‘The Road Between Us’ wins People’s Choice award in Toronto

TIFF organizers first invited Avrich’s film for the festival, and then disinvited it, only to then reinstate the film after an outcry from the Canadian Jewish community.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(L-R): Barry Avrich, Gali Mir-Tibon, Noam Tibon, and Mark Selby attend the premiere of ‘The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue’ during the Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall last week.

October 7 filmmaker receives three-minute standing ovation at Toronto film fest

Pro-Palestinian protesters outside the screening of "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue" passed without incident.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Canadian director Barry Avrich speaks to journalists on the red carpet at a screening of his documentary "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue" about the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 10, 2025.