Israeli cinema

‘Checkout’: New comedy hit, expanded from one of Israel's most popular series

A new comedy feature film titled 'Checkout' has already sold a quarter of a million tickets in just a few days, telling the stories of staff and customers at a fictional supermarket chain in Israel.

New Israeli comedy hit, 'Checkout.'
Nadav Lapid

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid withdraws from French festival after boycott pressure

THE TEL AVIV International Student Film Festival will also be featuring ‘Prophet’ by Yoav Kagan.

TA International Student Film Festival: Forty years of cutting-edge cinema

AVI NESHER (left) directs Shalom Michaelshvili and Magi Azarzar in Our Loves.

FOX Entertainment Studios, Access Entertainment sign on to Avi Nesher’s 'Our Lives'


A compelling adaptation

‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’ illuminates Amos Oz’s vision

‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’ movie

Yes Planet makes Jerusalem big-screen debut

Yes Planet Jerusalem features IMAX screens, as well as VIP options and stadium seating in all its 16 auditoriums.

REEL DEAL: The new Yes Planet complex in Jerusalem.

Oh La La!- the laughs

The French comedy festival's at a theater near you.

Diner De Cons (The Dinner Game)

Israeli films at the heart of the Jerusalem Film Fest

The 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival will take place from July 9-19 at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, and the Israeli film competitions will be front and center.

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German films are a highlight of children’s film fest in Tel Aviv

In addition to the German films, the Tel Aviv International Children’s Film Festival will feature a program of Israeli films.

‘Lola on the Pea’

La disparition d'une pionnière du cinéma en Israel

Lia Van Leer s’est éteinte à l’âge de 90 ans. Une personnalité rare, dotée d’une volonté et d’une exigence hors du commun

Lia Van Leer

Lia van Leer, Israeli movie pioneer, dies at 90

If you want to honor her memory, it’s very simple: Go to the nearest cinematheque, buy a ticket, and enjoy a movie.

Lia van Leer

New documentary depicts Czech statesman Vaclav Havel’s celebration of freedom

A friend of Israel, Havel opposed the sale of weapons to regimes hostile to our country and always spoke forcefully against anti-Semitism in Europe and in the world.

CZECH/FRENCH filmmaker Andrea Sedlackova poses at the screening of her latest documentary at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.

Premieres, previews and prize winners

A festive December at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.

‘Mr. Turner’ movie

Short and sweet

The Mana Rishona production company will screen 15 short films at a gala at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque to get the public used to the genre.

Actor and comedian Moni Moshonov starts in the darkly humorous ‘The End.’