Arts

'Tell Me Everything' wins Best Picture at Ophir Awards, earns Israel’s Oscar submission

Tell Me Everything won Best Picture and 9 other awards at the Ophir Awards and will go on to be considered for the Best International Feature Academy Award.

Picture of Tell Me Everything/ courtesy of United King Films
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and his students hold the Four Species as they attend a morning prayer during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Katzrin, northern Israel, on October 12, 2025.

Two three-day cultural festivals to mark Sukkot with poetry, dance, and eco-tours

Hannan Abu  Hussein, and a work from new exhibition, ‘When Is Enough?’

Jerusalem highlights: August 28 - September 3

‘THE SIXTEENTH SHEEP’ reunion shows (from left) Yoni Rechter, Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza.

DocuText returns to Jerusalem with documentaries on October 7, Israeli culture, and Jewish identity


Primavera Sound festival features Kendrick Lamar, Rosalia

Saturday headliners were Kendrick Lamar; Rosalia, the Spanish young phenomenon; and St. Vincent.

Damon Albarn of Blur

Award-winning films and acclaimed guests at TA International Student Film Festival

The festival is now older than many of its participants, but it’s still one of the liveliest movie events of the year.

 ‘THE ICE MERCHANTS’

The NDT2 dance troupe returns to Israel

Next month, both Zelner and the fruit of one of his projects abroad will make their way to Israel as a part of Nederlands Dance Theater 2’s visit to the Herzliya Performing Arts Center.

 NADAV ZELNER’S ‘Bedtime Story’.

Ashdodance, the annual dance and music festival

This year’s program includes concerts, original productions, and performances by leading folk dance troupes from around the country.

 NOA KIREL will participate in the opening night’s extravaganza.

Rina Schenfeld peels off her masks with new performance troupe

Schenfeld will perform both as an individual and as a collective group.

 THE MASKS initiated a new process of discovering.

RetroAct - a young band looking retro

With a new album in the works, an assortment of shows planned and a more official tour slated for later this year, RetroAct’s trajectory is heading skywards.

 RETROACT with Elisha Ledgely, left.

The duo behind ‘The Dinner’ speaks on their decades-long partnership

The Dinner, which opens in Israel on June 15, is based on a novel by Dan Redler and tells parallel stories of a well-educated Russian immigrant couple in Tel Aviv.

 ARIK LUBETZKI (left) and Matti Harari on the set of ‘The Dinner.’

Sam Spiegel Series Lab 2nd edition comes to Jerusalem, continues Netflix collab

The Lab was established last year by the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School with the support of Netflix and with the artistic collaboration of Hagai Levi.

DANA BLANKSTEIN COHEN: We didn’t stop for a minute. You can’t stop the creativity.

Artist Yosifu Kacaw commemorates 30 years of Israel-Taiwan friendship

Kacaw’s impressive cultural and artistic efforts seem linked to a shift the Chinese Republic is going through. Time will tell how Israelis respond to this unique exhibition.

 YOSIFU KACAW’S ‘Flower Offering’ is on show at Bat Yam’s Design Terminal.

Spain’s national ballet set to return to Israel

"You will be able to enjoy everything, bolero, classical and flamenco with live music,” dancer and choreographer Ruben del Olmo said.

 THE NATIONAL BALLET of Spain will perform in Tel Aviv.