Film israel

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

While Israeli filmmakers face pressure abroad, women have emerged at the center of the industry, bringing new voices and perspectives into focus

Tom Nesher wins the Ophir Award for Best Director for ‘Come Closer’ in 2024.
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

Noa Aharoni’s documentary ‘Eyes Wide Open’ tells the devastating story of the female border observers from the Nahal Oz IDF base, whose warnings about Hamas activity were ignored.

'Public broadcasting is not a luxury': Filmmakers defend KAN documentaries


Upcoming dramatic film 'Jerusalem 67' will chronicle Israel's Six-Day War victory

A high-profile movie project depicting Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six-Day War could star “Jane the Virgin” actress Yael Grobglas.

YAEL GROBGLAS stars in the Israeli horror film ‘JeruZalem.’

Tom Shoval on making ‘Shake Your Cares Away’: ‘Cinema catches up to reality’

Tom Shoval discusses adapting 62-year-old scripts and observing and learning from master directors.

 THE CAST of ‘Shake Your Cares Away.’

How Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ finally made it to the big screen

"The feelings, the emotions, the complicated messiness of that age is just exactly the same, so it wasn’t a stretch for them to become these characters."

 FROM LEFT, Kathy Bates, Judy Blume, Kelly Fremon Craig, Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams.

Shake your cares away with the new comedy 'Shake Your Cares Away', opening in Israel on Thursday

Shake Your Cares Away was executive produced by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the Oscar-winning director of Birdman and The Revenant.

 ‘SHAKE YOUR Cares Away’

Jerusalem Cinematheque's Film Archive releases 75 Israeli films online

The program consists of 75 Israeli films that viewers around the world can access and watch for a whole month for the price of NIS 15 per film.

 ‘SALLAH SHABATI’ with Chaim Topol (left) and Arik Einstein

Acclaimed Israeli cartoonist Michel Kichka brings Holocaust film to big screen

Acclaimed Israeli cartoonist Michel Kichka was describing the movie adaptation of his graphic novel My Father’s Secrets in a recent interview.

 MICHEL KICHKA and scenes from the movie adaptation of his graphic novel, ‘My Father’s Secrets.'

Why the new Spinoza documentary is especially relevant today

“I didn’t realize how relevant his work is to the reality of today, the struggle between religious conservatism and forces of free thought and liberalism..."

 Artist Itamar Mendes Flohr

Adam Lambert to return to Israel this summer

The dynamic performer will undoubtedly make them come alive in Tel Aviv, the third stop on a tour that includes London’s Royal Albert Hall.

 ADAM LAMBERT

A sneak peek at Avi Nesher’s upcoming film ‘The Monkey House’

Set in the 1980s, the movie follows Amitay, whose books are out of print and who lives near the monkey park from which the movie gets its name.

 ADIR MILLER in Avi Nesher’s upcoming film ‘The Monkey House.’

The Good Person: An intelligent film with an intriguing premise

The Good Person stars Moran Rosenblatt as Sharon, a filmmaker devoted to making serious movies that empower women.

 Thondon entertainment symbol.