Film festival

Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, spurring backlash

Frankfurt's Astor Film Lounge declined to host movies during Jewish Film Days this year, citing economic reasons for its withdrawal from the film festival.

A woman sits alone in a Frankfurt, Germany, cinema in November 2021.
Noam Ash (left) and Charlie Barnett (right) in the 2026 film "Bookends," written by Ash.

A Jewish writers initiative's first film: a comedy about a Holocaust survivor and his gay grandson

Berlin Festival Director Tricia Tuttle attends a press conference for the movie 'No Good Men' at the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 12, 2026.

Berlin Film Festival director's future in spotlight after Gaza furore

PANELISTS FROM the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival speak onstage.

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival apologizes on selecting anti-Zionist juror to judge human rights films


Haifa film festival postponed till December

Last year’s festival was set to end on the evening of October 7, but it was canceled in the morning when the war broke out.

 Haifa Film Festival.

Israeli animation film won first place at International Film Festival

The Israeli short film, directed by Dovi Keich, won Best Animation for Children at the Girona International Film Festival.

 Alone in the Corner

Come Closer: A tale of love, loss, and redemption - review

Tom Nesher’s directorial debut follows Eden's emotional journey after her brother’s tragic death, blending beauty with heartache.

 A SCENE from Tom Nesher’s ‘Come Closer.’

Haifa International Film Festival announces Israeli lineup 

The Haifa Film Festival marks its 40th year with a new Israeli Cinema Competition, merging dramas and documentaries.

 A SCENE from ‘The Property.’

Woke Jews are sacrificing their own at the altar of wokeness - opinion

Prominent Jewish figures, like filmmaker Sarah Friedland, must question whether their privileged positions shield them from the harsh realities faced by other Jews

 SARAH FRIEDLAND poses with awards she won at the Venice Film Festival, last Saturday. ‘I often think of house slaves and field slaves when I see Jews such as filmmaker Friedland,’ the writer maintains.

Featuring unseen footage: 'The Bibi Files' premiers at Toronto Film Festival

The footage includes interviews with Netanyahu, his wife Sara, and his son Yair, showing criminal investigations dating to 2016-2018.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in an interrogation room (illustrative)

Court rejects Netanyahu's request to ban new Toronto Film Festival documentary

Netanyahu has requested 'The Bibi Files,' a documentary including 'never-before-seen leaked footage' of corruption interrogations be banned from TIFF.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.

'Genocide in Gaza': Anti-Israel protests, boycott calls at Toronto, Venice film festivals

Sarah Friedland, an American-Jewish director accepting the Luigi De Laurentiis Prize for Best First Film, said, “As a Jewish American, I’m accepting this award on the 336th day of Israel’s genocide."

 DIRECTOR DANI ROSENBERG with (from left) Nora Lifshitz, Yamit Avital, and Ori Avinoam at the premiere of ‘Of Dogs and Men’ at the Venice Film Festival on Friday.

'Bibi Files' documentary to reveal recordings of Netanyahu criminal investigation

The film was produced by Alex Gibney and directed by Alexis Bloom.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu has demonstrated repeatedly that he will take every opportunity to refute any blame thrown at him for October 7.

Shemi Zarhin’s ‘Bliss’ to be centerpiece at Toronto International Film Festival 

Bliss tells the story of a couple, played by Sasson Gabay and Assi Levy, who struggle to make ends meet and live in northern Israel.

 SASSON GABAY and Assi Levy in ‘Bliss.’