Israeli film

Jerusalem Film Festival draws 70,000 despite boycott campaign targeting Israeli cinema

The Jerusalem Film Festival attracted 70,000 people this year after Film Workers for Palestine launched a pledge naming it as an Israeli institution that it would refuse to work with.

Co-stars Ido Tako (left) and Ihab Salami with a poster of their film, Where To?, directed by Assaf Machnes, at its premiere at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
BRING ALL THE PAIN’ was inspired by Noam Harel’s reserve-duty service and offers an intimate look at the soldiers tasked with recovering the bodies and taking care of the bodies of fallen soldiers, as well as those of Hamas members and Gazan civilians.

Bezalel’s ‘Graduate Exhibition’ features projects that spotlight the pain of war

Blue Sun (see Sunday).

Jerusalem highlights: July 24-30

IDO TAKO in the two-character movie ‘Where To?’ which explores a bond that forms between Palestinian Hassan and Israeli Amir.

Israeli movies balance excitement, sorrow, and war at Jerusalem Film Festival


Jerusalem Film Fest reveals Israeli movie lineup

The Haggiag Competition for Israeli Feature Films, which has included some of Israel’s most beloved classics over the years, will have eight movies this year.

 ‘JUNE ZERO’

Seret UK Film and TV Festival held May 12– 19, 2022

 Ronit Elkabetz

Aging man fights his fate in new Israeli film - review

This is an accomplished debut, carefully put together, with fine work by all the actors and good visual storytelling that builds slowly and ultimately tells a moving and universal story.

 MEIR GERNER in ‘Africa.’

Israeli artists win as US court rules against ‘pirates’

The court awarded $7,650,000 in damages from each of the pirated sites for infringing the creators’ rights. 

AMOS GITAI (left), Moshe Edery (second left), Shimon Peres and Leon Edery.

Independence Day movie quiz on tap tomorrow

Israeli film buffs can take part in this trivia quiz run by movie director Alon Gur Arye, who made Mossad, the spy-movie spoof.

 ‘ZERO MOTIVATION’

‘Golden Voices’ proves delightful, opens Thursday

Thanks to brilliant writing and performance, the film becomes a universal story of an older couple trying to keep their love alive and fighting to make their way in a confusing new world.

 MARIYA BELKINA and Vladimir Friedman in ‘Golden Voices.’

Scenes from a Tel Aviv marriage - review

While Michael pinpoints Tel Aviv as the source of his ennui, a visit to his familiarly dysfunctional family suggests many other causes.

SCENES FROM Marat Parkhomovsky’s ‘Tel Aviv’ with Meital Ner and Yotam Gotal.

Nanni Moretti's 'Three Floors' is a frustrating misfire - review

With Three Floors, Moretti moves the setting of Nevo’s novel to Rome, but he is quite faithful to the spirit and structure of the book.

 A SCENE from 'Three Floors'.

Producer goes after firms illegally helping stream Israeli content abroad

Moshe Edery, chairperson of Screen IL, has teamed up with major Israeli content creation companies to issue a letter against credit card companies for providing clearing services to the pirate sites

Screen iL on tablet + smartphone

Senior TV industry figures arrived in Tel Aviv to celebrate HOT's annual content & innovation event

Yoaz Hendel and Tal Granot-Goldstein.