Israeli film

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

The fourth Rahat Film Festival brought 4,000 visitors for screenings, filmmaker encounters, city tours, and a celebration of Bedouin culture and Middle Eastern cinema.

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.
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

Omar Sameer Mahamid stars in Meyer Levinson-Blount's Butcher's Stain, a short film that has received an Oscar nomination.

Israeli film Butcher's Stain receives an Oscar nomination in Best Live Action Short category

IDO TAKO (left) and Ehab Salami star in Assaf Machnes' movie, Where To?, which will be shown at the Berlinale.

Israeli film 'Where to?' to compete in Berlin International Film Festival


'Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive' tells a capital tale with dark humor

Atia has real feeling for Jerusalem and portrays the changing city vividly, but the film as a whole is something of a missed opportunity.

 ‘BORN IN Jerusalem and Still Alive.’

Thought-provoking ‘Savoy’ examines Tel Aviv hotel siege in 1975

Savoy raises interesting questions about ethnicity, class and stereotypes, and will make you think about what has and hasn’t changed in the past few decades.

 A scene from 'Savoy.'

'A Hero' tells the story of one man's bad choices - review

A Hero looks at what happens when one mistake leads you into a sinkhole that keeps getting deeper.

 AMIR JADIDI in 'A Hero'

Netflix’s new Israeli war drama revisits capture of a kibbutz in 1948

Inspired by the real-life battle for control of Kibbutz Nitzanim, during which Egyptian forces overpowered the Israeli military, briefly captured the territory and took over 100 prisoners of war.

 Actors playing Israeli soldiers guarding Kibbutz Nitzanim in the Israeli war film "Image of Victory."

Jerusalem Film Fest reveals Israeli movie lineup

The Haggiag Competition for Israeli Feature Films, which has included some of Israel’s most beloved classics over the years, will have eight movies this year.

 ‘JUNE ZERO’

Seret UK Film and TV Festival held May 12– 19, 2022

 Ronit Elkabetz

Aging man fights his fate in new Israeli film - review

This is an accomplished debut, carefully put together, with fine work by all the actors and good visual storytelling that builds slowly and ultimately tells a moving and universal story.

 MEIR GERNER in ‘Africa.’

Israeli artists win as US court rules against ‘pirates’

The court awarded $7,650,000 in damages from each of the pirated sites for infringing the creators’ rights. 

AMOS GITAI (left), Moshe Edery (second left), Shimon Peres and Leon Edery.

Independence Day movie quiz on tap tomorrow

Israeli film buffs can take part in this trivia quiz run by movie director Alon Gur Arye, who made Mossad, the spy-movie spoof.

 ‘ZERO MOTIVATION’

‘Golden Voices’ proves delightful, opens Thursday

Thanks to brilliant writing and performance, the film becomes a universal story of an older couple trying to keep their love alive and fighting to make their way in a confusing new world.

 MARIYA BELKINA and Vladimir Friedman in ‘Golden Voices.’