Academy awards

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

Butcher’s Stain has already won a Silver Medal in the Narrative category at the 2025 Student Academy Awards, an important achievement for a filmmaker at the beginning of his career.

JANUARY 22, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

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

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

Institute honors leading figures and organizations for advancing academia, industry, innovation, and community impact

JANUARY 1, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel's 'Red Alert' nominated for Critics Choice Award in Best Foreign Language Series category

The series is named for the phrase that signifies that a missile attack is imminent in Israel, and it dramatizes true stories of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances on October 7.

DECEMBER 6, 2025|ByHANNAH BROWN

Israelis enjoy an open-air movie screening under the stars at the Sam Spiegel School for Film and Television in Jerusalem, August 6, 2025.

Israeli film, ‘Butcher’s Stain’, wins a Student Academy Award

The awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and 15 student films from around the world were selected as semifinalists in four categories.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2025|ByHANNAH BROWN

Oscars: Predicting the 2021 Academy Awards winners

Due to the pandemic, this year has marked a sharp shift toward streaming-service films, and most of the nominated movies were shown only briefly in theaters.

APRIL 20, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN

Helen Mirren will portray Golda Meir in new Yom Kippur War film

The focus of the movie will be the drama of and high-stakes nature of Meir's decisions during the Yom Kippur war.

APRIL 7, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli film 'White Eye' nominated for Oscar, Mank leads with 10 honors

The Oscars will be presented in a ceremony in Los Angeles on April 26.

MARCH 16, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN

Dawit Tekelaeb, left, and Daniel Gad star in the Israeli Oscar contender "White Eye."

Director of Oscar-shortlisted film ‘White Eye’ looks back on year

"Israel is the only country in the world that speaks Hebrew, and people all over the world saw this film in Hebrew and it touched their hearts."

MARCH 15, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN

A scene from the Israeli Oscar-shortlisted short film 'White Eye.'

Israeli film, 'White Eye,' makes Oscars shortlist

Palestinian-British director Farah Nabulsi's short film The Present, starring Saleh Bakri, best known for The Band’s Visit, was also shortlisted in the Best Live-Action Short category.

FEBRUARY 10, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN

Oscars: Israeli team wins Academy Award for film technology

Every year, in addition to the winners of the traditional Oscars, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces winners in various scientific and technical categories.

FEBRUARY 3, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN