Film israel

Israeli architects honor Lebanese soldiers in new feature film ‘Monument’ - review

A powerful true story about Israel and Lebanon shines through despite some uneven dialogue.

Joseph Mazzello (second from left) and Jon Voight (second from right) in ‘Monument.’
Tom Nesher wins the Ophir Award for Best Director for ‘Come Closer’ in 2024.

How Israeli women dominate the film industry in ways Hollywood still can't

MAO concert (see Thursday)

Jerusalem highlights: February 13-19

A SCREEN GRAB of Claude Lanzmann driving, from the documentary, ‘All I Had Was Nothingness’.

Lanzmann’s 'Shoah' returns to Jerusalem in special Cinematheque tribute


‘Fire Dance’ series by Rama Burshtein-Shai to premiere at Series Mania in France

Several Israeli tv shows are taking part in the international tv competition, Series Mania, including Rama Burshtein-Shai’s much anticipated series, Fire Dance.

 YEHUDA LEVI in ‘Fire Dance.’

‘Here We Are’ tells a story of love and autism - film review

It won four extremely well deserved Ophir Awards, for Bergman as director, for the brilliant, nuanced screenplay by Dana Idisis, and for both of its lead actors.

SCENES FROM Nir Bergman’s ‘Here We Are.’

American and Israeli sisters reinventing storytelling for a new generation

American and Israeli sisters Adi and Maya Kochavi plan to create new genres of storytelling involving cutting-edge technology through their Instagram account Eva.Stories.

 ADI KOHAVI, MAYA KOHAVI

Israeli online platform presents screenwriting masterclass with director Avi Nesher 

Nesher is one of Israel’s leading filmmakers and has been for more than 43 years.

 Avi Nesher and his daughter, Tom, on Screenz Live.

Israeli production companies sign a pledge for inclusive casting and hiring

The pledge aims to audition actors with disabilities for each new studio production.

 A man stands next to a banner of Sony Entertainment, outside a film set in Mumbai, India, September 24, 2021.

A mixed bag of new Israeli movies

"All Eyes Off Me," "Black Notebooks," and "Mr. Kohl's Final Hour" are all playing in movie theaters across Israel now.

 All Eyes Off Me

Ultra-Orthodox star Shuli Rand ties the knot with Tzufit Grant

Ultra-Orthodox actor Shuli Rand and actress and television presenter Tzufit Grant married on Tuesday night, with celebrities Orna Banai, Amir Benayoun and Shlomi Shaban reportedly among the guests.

Shuli Rand

‘Let It Be Morning’ is big winner at Haifa film fest

Eran Kolirin’s latest film, Let It Be Morning, won the lion’s share of the major awards in the Israeli Feature Film Competition at the Haifa International Film Festival on Sunday night.

 Let It Be Morning.

Haifa International Film Festival boasted homegrown highlights

A pointed commentary on the political situation, based on a novel by Sayed Kashua, Let It Be Morning works as a drama and black comedy because the characters are so well-drawn and appealing.

 ERAN KOLIRIN, second from right, with cast members from ‘Let It Be Morning.’

Israel Prize-winning film director Judd Ne’eman is dead at 84

In 1989, he made what the few who have seen it consider to be a work of brilliance, and one which certainly turned out to be prophetic, Streets of Yesterday.

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