Israeli film

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

CRISTIAN MUNGIU’S ‘Fjord’ won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year.
Mark Wahlberg as Gregory Scarpa, seen in new film By Any Means.

Israeli film fund goes Hollywood with Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts projects

FROM LEFT: Yarona Ben-Shalom Richardson, Muhammad al-Krenawi of the Rahat Community Center, Fadi Ziadna, Lior Kalfa, and Suleiman Abo Madegem, the director of Rahat’s Cultural Center.

Fourth Rahat Film Festival brings cinema, culture, city tours, Bedouin heritage to life

An Israeli artist couple (Efrat Dor and Ariel Bronz) sell their souls to the ruling elite in the provocative film "Yes," from director Nadav Lapid.

In Yes!, Israeli director Nadav Lapid skewers his country’s ‘moral abyss’ after Oct. 7


Kirk Douglas Theater screens account of October 7

Jerusalem theater screens Aish production, Voices of Pain, Hope, and Heroism, which details the events of October 7 from the perspective of five Israeli families.

 DR. TOVAH LICHTENSTEIN (left) with her daughter Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg.

Israeli filmmaker Shira Geffen wins prize at Shanghai International Film Festival

Geffen's film, The Event Horizon, was the only Israeli film accepted to the festival, which is the largest in Asia.

 Poster for "The Event Horizon" by Israeli filmmaker Shira Geffen

Shira Haas wins prize at Monte Carlo Festival

The series also stars Yousef “Joe” Sweid as a recently widowed therapist who treats patients at night, and Lucy Ayoub as his sister

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A story of love and bravery: Fauda creators to make drama about October 7 hero Noam Tibon

On October 7, retired IDF general Noam Tibon grabbed a handgun and headed to Kibbutz Nahal Oz to save his son and his family from Hamas terrorists.

 Major General (Ret.) Noam Tibon speaks to thousands of Israeli left-wing activists during a rally in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, calling for talks with Palestinians and in support of the two-state solution, May 27, 2017.

Richard Gere stars in 'Longing,' a remake of an Israeli film

The remake, starring Richard Gere, is set in the US, and is being remade by the Israeli director who originally directed and created the film.

 RICHARD GERE.

Israeli director tackles film about a class trip to Poland

Saban said that the toughest task for him was to put aside his perspective as an adult and recapture the feeling of what it was like to be in Poland and at the death camps at age 17. 

 A SCENE from ‘Delegation.’

Movie by Israeli director Tom Nesher to be shown at Tribeca Festival

The movie stars newcomers Lia Elalouf and Daria Rosen in the lead roles, and the rest of the cast includes Ido Tako, Yaakov Zada-Daniel, and Neta Garty.

 Still from Come Closer

Legendary movie producer Moshe Edery to receive Israel Prize

Movie producer Moshe Edery, CEO of United King Films, was awarded the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement. His journey from humble beginnings to cinema tycoon was celebrated.

 Israeli actor Adir Miller and Film producer Moshe Edery arrive to the lawsuit of the Nesher family against former Israeli Premier League soccer player Itzhak Asefa at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on January 30, 2022

Meet the man behind the movie: David Volach on his newest film

David Volach goes back to his roots in Jerusalem to revisit his ultra-Orthodox childhood in his newest film 'Daniel Auerbach.'

 A SCENE from ‘Daniel Auerbach’, currently in Israeli cinemas

Israeli director Tal Kantor's 'Letter to a Pig' may take home an Oscar

It’s a haunting and beautiful look at a girl listening to a Holocaust survivor tell the story of how his life was saved during the war by a pig he hid behind.

 Tal Kantor