Israeli films

Sam Spiegel Film Lab to take part in Venice Film Festival, will present 10 projects

The Venice International Film Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious in the world, and Israeli films have been embraced there with enthusiasm in the past.

Mor Eldar (left), the director of the Sam Spiegel International Film and Series Labs, and Dana Blankstein Cohen, the CEO and executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School.
SHALOM MICHAELSHWILLI in ‘Our Loves.'

Renowned Israeli filmmaker Avi Nesher's new film to open Haifa International Film Festival

‘JURASSIC PARK’

What to watch this week: 'Operation Thunderbolt,' 'Jurassic Park,' and Israeli classics

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.

Jerusalem Film Festival draws 70,000 despite boycott campaign targeting Israeli cinema


‘Stay Forte’ tells the human story behind the Gaza hostage escape - review

Stay Forte, which was made using classic prison-break movie tropes, manages to keep some suspense throughout, and the drama is not so much about what they did but how they managed to do it. 

TOMER MACHLOOF, Shahar Tavoch, and Wael Hamdun in ‘Stay Forte.’

In a city torn by poster wars and politics, repair for NYC Jews requires fighting for it - opinion

We must turn aside from the temptation to flatten complexity, hide behind false certainties, and hurl our “truths” at one another like Molotov cocktails.

Nina Mogilnik read the perspectives of people who tore down Israeli hostage posters in New York City in the documentary "Torn."

Arava International Film Festival unveils 2025 program

The diverse program for the November festival includes 30 films.

BRIGITTE BARDOT in Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Contempt.’

25 ViZionaries: Scooter Braun - No. 8

Brought the Nova Music Festival Exhibition to the United States.

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Oct. 7 film ‘The Road Between Us’ wins People’s Choice award in Toronto

TIFF organizers first invited Avrich’s film for the festival, and then disinvited it, only to then reinstate the film after an outcry from the Canadian Jewish community.

(L-R): Barry Avrich, Gali Mir-Tibon, Noam Tibon, and Mark Selby attend the premiere of ‘The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue’ during the Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall last week.

Married Israeli directing duo unveil new film ‘Dead Language’

The well-received film co-stars Yehezkel Lazarov as Aya’s husband, and Gal Malka as her co-worker who is more confident in her social life.

A SCENE from ‘Dead Language’ with Sarah Adler.

ACUM awards music and literature prizes

The ACUM Board of Directors Prize went to Rafi Kadishzon for his lifelong contribution to Israeli music as a composer, arranger, performer, and educator.

 Israeli Musical artist Dori Ben-Ze'ev at the Israel Artists Association lifetime achievement awards ceremony, held at the culture center in Petach Tikva on November 22, 2022.

'We’re going to actually live and be Einstein'

In the third episode of the 2025 season of ‘The Philanthropists,’ Taran Davies, a visionary producer and distributor of IMAX and Giant Screen films, speaks to Israeli writer and director Maor Zaguri

 Taran Davies, a visionary producer and distributor of IMAX and Giant Screen films

Tribeca festival to feature films of Israeli and Jewish interest

The sole Israeli feature film in the festival is Dead Language by Michal Brezis and Oded Binnun, an expanded version of their Oscar-nominated short.

 A SCENE from 'Holding Liat'

In the pink: Israeli films showcase ethnic, LGBT diversity in the haredi community - review

Together, Pink Lady and Neither Day nor Night cast a light on the highly insular center of the haredi world.

 A scene from the film ‘Pink Lady.’