Film festival

Assaf Machnes's 'Where to?' wins top prize at Jerusalem Film Festival

The festival awarded prizes totaling approximately NIS 1 million across its Israeli and international competitions, as well as its short-film, experimental-film, and industry programs.

JULY 16, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

Co-stars Ido Tako (left) and Ihab Salami with a poster of their film, Where To?, directed by Assaf Machnes, at its premiere at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

From left: Jerusalem Film Festival artistic director Orr Sigoli, Jerusalem Film Festival director Roni Mahadav-Levin, Jerusalem Cinematheque executive board chairman Dani Mimran, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, and Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa.

Jerusalem Film Festival opens 43rd edition at Sultan's Pool with 6,000 guests

Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, one of the most acclaimed filmmakers working today, was the festival’s guest of honor and received an award in recognition of his cinematic achievements.

JULY 9, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

CRISTIAN MUNGIU’S ‘Fjord’ won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year.

Jerusalem Film Festival returns with Sundance hits, Cannes winners, and Israeli premieres

The 43rd edition of the festival, which was founded to bring the best international films to Israel and to promote Israeli filmmaking, will be at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and the Lev Smadar theater

JULY 4, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

(L to R) Melanie Bronfman, Mark Wilf, Doron Almog, Matthew Bronfman.

The Jewish Agency hosts New York screening of 'From October 6 to October 7'

The film chronicles the life of Chairman Doron Almog from the Yom Kippur War through to the events of October 7

JUNE 25, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Nadav Lapid’s new film to be shown at Cannes

The film is reportedly set in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, which led to the outbreak of the current war in Gaza.

APRIL 24, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

Nadav Lapid's movie, Synonyms, won the Golden Bear Award at the 2019 Berlinale.

The new 'Three Musketeers' film gets down and dirty - review

The movie is enjoyable, filled with swashbuckling and banter, and concentrates on presenting the 1600s with realistic grit and filth.

APRIL 6, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

FRANCOIS CIVIL in ‘The Three Musketeers: Part I – D’Artagnan.’

'Letter to David' documentary takes a look at Gaza hostage behind the headlines

Letter to David comes at the story of David and his family from a different and highly cinematic angle, compared to a traditional documentary.

APRIL 4, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

‘LETTER TO DAVID,’ a documentary about David Cunio, one of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

Iranian thriller merges politics and suspense - review

Mohammad Rasoulof's riveting film follows a Revolutionary Court judge's family caught in Iran's 2022 protests, delivering Hitchcockian tension alongside powerful social commentary.

MARCH 9, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

A SCENE from ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival kicks off 25th-anniversary program

This year’s festival will present 50 films – 22 documentaries and 28 narrative works – that celebrate the diversity of Jewish experience around the world.

FEBRUARY 26, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

IDAN AMEDI and Tali Sharon in ‘Highway 65.’

New documentary commemorates 'Shoah' for 40th anniversary

“I do not hesitate to say that Shoah was the greatest event in the history of our festival, the Forum of the Berlinale, maybe also the greatest event of the Berlinale itself.”

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN