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.

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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

The movie explores the lives of seven characters whose personal crises are overshadowed by October 7, forcing them into a desperate fight for survival and to confront buried truths.

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‘JURASSIC PARK’

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

TV TIME: This summer’s watchlist includes "Operation Thunderbolt," "Turn Left at the End of the World," dinosaur blockbusters, a grittier "Little House" reboot, and classic musicals.

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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

The Jerusalem Film Festival attracted 70,000 people this year after Film Workers for Palestine launched a pledge naming it as an Israeli institution that it would refuse to work with.

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Israeli Film 'Flower Gate' screened at the Agadir Film Festival in Morocco

AUGUST 8, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Head of Israel's mission in Morocco, Ambassador David Gubrin, and the director of the film Shaar al-Farahim Haim Bouzglou

Israeli short films take center stage at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

JULY 14, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

Israeli Embassy efforts enhance Brussels International Jewish Film Festival

JULY 10, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Jewish International Film Festival

Israeli films shine at Brussels Short Film Festival

JUNE 30, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Israeli event ‘Not Letting It In’ highlights Athens Queer Archive Festival

JUNE 21, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Jason Danino-Holt and the Israeli-Greek Cast

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

JUNE 2, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Ronit Elkabetz

The Kaboom Animation Festival in Amsterdam opened with Ari Folman’s Where is Anne Frank

JUNE 2, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN

Israel Film Center STREAM offers vibrant slate of Israeli films in US

IFC STREAM features hundreds of Israeli and Jewish-interest films, both recent movies and classics. Viewers can simply pay and watch each film they wish to see without a monthly membership fee.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
‘THE OTHER Story’ is one of the Israeli films available via the Israel Film Center STREAM.

Israel movie night: Go to the movies on Thursday for NIS 10!

Cinema Day will be held on February 24 and this time around, both Israeli and international films shown on that day will cost just NIS 10 per ticket - here's what to watch.

FEBRUARY 21, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
'DEATH ON the Nile.'

Films on violence against women touch a chord

Thought-provoking short films by graduates of the Maaleh School of Film and Television in Jerusalem about different forms of violence against women can now be seen on VOD.

NOVEMBER 24, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN
PROTESTERS OUTSIDE the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court demand a woman’s right to receive a divorce from an abusive husband.