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Iranian filmmaker Javad Ganji killed in Tehran protests, anti-regime data shows

Iranian filmmaker Javad Ganji, 39, was shot during protests in Tehran's Sadeghiyeh area, according to Hengaw and the National Council of Resistance of Iran's data.

JANUARY 14, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

Iranian filmmaker Javad Ganji, believed to be killed during a protest in Tehran, in an undated picture.

DIANE KEATON as Annie Paradis in the iconic ‘First Wives Club.’

Jerusalem Cinematheque pays tribute to Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton, one of the most distinctive and endearing American actresses of all time, will be honored in showings of her most beloved films at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.

JANUARY 11, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

Mohammad Rasoulof, the director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig, who issued a statement with Jafar Panahi, who directed It Was Just an Accident, expressing concern for the Iranian protesters.

Iran's leading filmmakers express fear for protesters in anti-regime statement

“We are deeply concerned for the lives of our fellow citizens, our families, and our colleagues and friends who, under these circumstances, have been left defenseless,” said Iranian filmmakers.

JANUARY 11, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

Gal Gadot attends the 2025 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 05, 2025 in Santa Monica, California.

Gal Gadot to star in an adaptation of Janet Evanovich’s 'The Recovery Agent' series

Gadot and her husband, Jaron Varsano, will be among the producers of the film through their Pilot Wave production company.

JANUARY 10, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

Jerusalem highlights: May 30 – June 5

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MAY 30, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN

A Chicago cinema canceled a pro-Israel movie screening, relented — then canceled again

“We regret any unintended offense our decision to cancel a privately organized, public film screening caused," Facets Film Forum said in a statement.

MAY 29, 2025ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

Following the cancellation of "Bring the Family Home" by Facets, CJA rescheduled the screening at the Wilmette Theater in suburban Chicago on May 13, 2025.

Checkout: A Mossad spy parody movie worth watching - review

Dov’s frantic attempts at gaining a totally Israeli identity will resonate more with most viewers than the darker story about the conflict.

MAY 3, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

Jerusalem Highlights: April 25 – May 1

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

APRIL 25, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Nadav Lapid’s new film to be shown at Cannes

The film is reportedly set in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, which led to the outbreak of the current war in Gaza.

APRIL 24, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

Nadav Lapid's movie, Synonyms, won the Golden Bear Award at the 2019 Berlinale.

Jerusalem Highlights: April 18-24

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

APRIL 18, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN

‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’

As a preview — a taste of the “burnt end” of the kugel, Nuhem might say — Gabay spoke with the New York Jewish Week about filming in Antwerp.

APRIL 16, 2025ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA

Sasson Gabay stars as the well-meaning, conniving Nuhem in "Kugel," a prequel to the hit Israeli series "Shtisel."

Funny fables from the underworld in ‘Jaffa Stories’ - review

The movie is an adaptation of the series of books called Jaffa Stories by the late journalist Menahem Talmi, which ran in Maariv and has just been reissued in digital editions.

APRIL 12, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN