Academy awards

Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter released from prison in northern Iran after 17 days - report

Mehdi Mahmoudian, who is nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, was imprisoned after he signed a letter condemning Khamenei.

Mehdi Mahmoudian, Oscar-nominated co-writer of Jafar Panahi’s "It was just an accident."
Actor Robert Duvall arrives for the world premiere of Widows at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, September 8, 2018.

Godfather actor Robert Duvall dies aged 95

Omar Sameer Mahamid stars in Meyer Levinson-Blount's Butcher's Stain, a short film that has received an Oscar nomination.

Israeli film Butcher's Stain receives an Oscar nomination in Best Live Action Short category

Recipients of the HIT Special Appreciation Award with Chairman of the Board Pini Cohen, HIT President Prof. Eduard Yakubov, Dr. Barkan, and CEO Samuel Goldberg.

HIT Holon Institute of Technology presents its first Special Appreciation Awards


Oscars: Predicting the 2023 Academy Award winners

It will be broadcast live in Israel on the Yes network, starting at 3 a.m. Israel time on March 13 on the Yes Movies Drama Channel, and will be preceded by red-carpet coverage. 

 ‘EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE All at Once’

Asteroid the size of 100 Oscar awards to pass very close to Earth - NASA

The asteroid in question has been designated 2023 BL1 and will fly closer to the Earth than the Moon's own distance. But it won't hit, so Don't Look Up.

An asteroid is seen orbiting around Earth in this artistic rendering.

'Black Slide,' Israeli-British animated film, short-listed for OSCAR® nomination


Why does Israel keep getting snubbed by the Oscars? - comment

For those who long to see Israeli films getting international attention, it’s been a disappointing time, with no end in sight. 

 Cinema Sabaya’ was this year’s Ophir Award winner

Tzufit Grant's 'Lost' returns to Channel 13

'Lost with Tzufit Grant' - the TV Academy Award-winning documentary series hosted by Tzufit Grant and directed by David Deri will be returning to Channel 13 with four new episodes.

 Tzufit Grant's 'Lost' returns to Channel 13 with new episodes

The surprisingly Jewish world of ‘Tár,’ the movie garnering awards buzz

The film is winning rave reviews and early Oscar buzz in part for how convincingly Blanchett and writer-director Todd Field portray Lydia Tár.

 Cate Blanchett stars in "TÁR."

Jean-Luc Godard, filmmaker who polarized Jews with views on Israel, dies

The Zionist Organization of America called Godard a “virulent antisemite,” arguing that he had a record of making antisemitic comments.

The director Jean-Luc Godard in 1965.

Israeli film school students' film wins BAFTA student film category

The film combines drama and animation and is based on the director's memories as the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, who recorded her life in a personal diary during the Holocaust.

The poster of the movie 'Girl No. 60427'

Jewish philanthropist Shira Ruderman elected to Academy Museum's board

The American-Israeli philanthropist was one of three individuals elected to The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' board of trustees.

 Shira Ruderman with President Isaac Herzog.

Will Smith's Oscar slap: What do Israelis think?

Puzzled by the ‘slap heard round the world,’ many doubt Israeli actors would have reacted this way.

 WILL SMITH and Jada Pinkett Smith pose before the 94th Annual Academy Awards – and the slap – in Hollywood, March 27.