Free Zone (film)

It's all in the eyebrows. When I used to tell people I wrote about Israeli movies, their eyebrows would furrow downward, into an unmistakable…

In spite of the success of Israeli films worldwide, most actors and directors here have decided to stay put, with a few high-profile exceptions. The…

In the prelude to the recently published My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet's Life in the Palestinian Century by Adina Hoffman, the…

The recently concluded 24th Haifa International Film Festival marked the start of a new era in the Israeli film industry: The most hotly anticipated…

FOR MY FATHER3 starsDirected by Dror Zahavi. Written by Ido Dror and Jonathan Dror. Hebrew title: Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv. 102 minutes. Hebrew and…

The movie industry has come to the end of its winter doldrums - that period in which all the movies the studios felt would definitely not win Oscars…

LEMON TREEThree and a haf starsHebrew title: Etz limon. 106 min. In Arabic and Hebrew, some prints have English and Hebrew titles (others have only…

Director Eran Riklis and actress Hiam Abbass have worked together on only two films, The Syrian Bride in 2004 and Lemon Tree, which just opened…

The world's most famous Israeli-born actress is joining the ranks of Hollywood stars getting behind the camera, but with a major difference: she'll…

In a last-minute decision, Dubai has refused to grant entry visas to an Israeli delegation of 25 forwarding and logistics firms that were planning to…

President of the Manufacturers Association of Israel Shraga Brosh called upon Tony Blair, the International Quartet's Middle East envoy, to hold an…

The Haifa International Film Festival, which will take place this year during the Succot holiday as usual, has released a partial list of its…

Efforts to establish stronger business ties between Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a "feverish pace," Shraga Brosh, president of…

The Tribeca Film Festival is on now and won't end until Sunday. Since the festival is massive, it's too early to predict how the Israeli films will…

Pessah camp for musical kidsNon-profit organization Noar Musicali, the Israeli branch of the international Jeunesses Musicales, is holding a…

Hollywood actress Natalie Portman has expressed interest in directing a film version of Israeli writer Amos Oz's internationally acclaimed…

Despite the Israeli movie renaissance, directors here still tend to spend longer than they (and their audiences) would like between films - except…

Marking its 10th anniversary, the UK Jewish Film Festival kicked off in London Saturday night with a reception and sold-out screening of Israeli…

CONSIDERING THE extent to which Shimon Peres has been promoting nanotechnology in Israel, it might have been assumed that he would represent the…

Israel will have an important presence at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which starts on May 17 and runs through May 28, since May 21 has been…