Israeli film

‘The Escape’ makes its debut, ‘Shalom’ enchants - review

In addition, "Cupertino" is a new series from Robert and Michelle King, the husband-and-wife duo behind "The Good Wife" and "The Good Fight."

‘THE ESCAPE’ stars Ido Tako as Yoel, a young man born into a sect that, despite a disclaimer, will remind many of the Lev Tahor cult.
The cast and crew of ‘Tell Me Everything,’ after it received the Ophir Award for Best Picture.PremiumPremium

Israel’s film industry is thriving - so why can’t it crack the Oscars?

Mark Feuerstein

Mark Feuerstein heads to Israel to film new thriller

‘WILD THINGS,’ the opening-night movie, directed by Kalil Kovesh.

Jerusalem Women's Film Festival to spotlight Israeli, international cinema and female filmmakers


Sam Spiegel Film Lab to take part in Venice Film Festival, will present 10 projects

The Venice International Film Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious in the world, and Israeli films have been embraced there with enthusiasm in the past.

Mor Eldar (left), the director of the Sam Spiegel International Film and Series Labs, and Dana Blankstein Cohen, the CEO and executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School.

British-born Israeli actress Caroline Langford dies at 68 after battle with cancer

Born in London in 1958, Langford was the daughter of British television director Barry Langford and moved to Israel with her family when she was 14.

Caroline Langford.

DocuText returns to Jerusalem with documentaries on October 7, Israeli culture, and Jewish identity

The festival often opens and closes with music-themed films screened in the garden, and this year is no exception. 

‘THE SIXTEENTH SHEEP’ reunion shows (from left) Yoni Rechter, Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza.

DocuText film ‘Safe Room’ tells moving account of how strangers transformed into family on Oct. 7

Safe Room is a moving film about a group of strangers who survived the October 7 attack by Hamas and came together in the safe room of Dr. Gedalya Fendel.

STILLS FROM ‘Safe Room.’

Moving, complex ‘Valley of Shadows’ explores culture clash in the Himalayas - review

Combined with the spectacular photography and compelling performances by the entire cast, many of whom are non-professionals, the movie takes us on a moving journey.

‘VALLEY OF SHADOWS’ tells the story of a Spanish tourist who ends up spending months in a tiny isolated village.

'Hill 338' revives a classic Israeli comedy for a new generation - review

'Hill 338' pays tribute to Halfon Hill Doesn’t Answer, blending familiar characters and nostalgia with contemporary military satire.

Hill 338.

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.

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

At Bezalel’s 2026 Graduate Exhibition, student films and more than 500 works confront war, grief, memory, recovery, and renewal.

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.

Jerusalem highlights: July 24-30

What’s new to do in Israel’s capital?

Blue Sun (see Sunday).

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

Through heartbreaking documentaries and dramas, Israeli movies explore the war and the future.

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