Israeli movies

What to watch this week: Larry David's new HBO comedy, talking sheep, and Kim Novak

TV Time: Gitit Fisher, Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, and Hugh Jackman are just a few names to entertain TV watchers this summer in releases like On Standby and The Sheep Detectives.

US-ENTERTAINMENT-STREAMING-WARNER-NETFLIX-FILM The HBO Max logo is seen outside the Warner Bros. Discovery offices in Culver City, California, on December 5, 2025.
CRISTIAN MUNGIU’S ‘Fjord’ won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year.

Jerusalem Film Festival returns with Sundance hits, Cannes winners, and Israeli premieres

The Samurai and the Prisoner, the latest film by Japanese master Kiyoshi Kurosawa, will be shown in the festival.

Jerusalem Film Festival announces international lineup featuring award winners, cult classics

Checkout, a feature film at Israeli Cinema Day.

Israeli Cinema Day returns with NIS 10 tickets across country


Memorable and moving

‘In Between’ tells a new story.

‘In Between’

לַעֲבוֹר אֶת הַקִיר

New movie: Through the Wall

Through the Wall

A year to remember for Israeli movies

The most striking new trend is the diversity of filmmakers and the variety of stories told in their films.

Still from the movie 'Sand Storm'

Coming soon to a theater near you

The ‘Post’ looks at some of the more highly anticipated movies being released in early 2017.

LIAM NEESON stars in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence.’

It’s time for the Jewish Film Festival

Eighteen is a lucky number for the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival.

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim - ‘Return’

Don’t bring down the curtain on the Smadar movie theater

The Smadar was the setting for director Avi Nesher’s short movie ‘True Story.’

The Smadar was the setting for director Avi Nesher’s short movie ‘True Stor y’; he is seen here (at lef t) during filming with actors Tuval Shafir (center) and Yuval Scharf

Jewish identity on film

The 40 films in this international gathering include features and documentaries, premieres, special events and encounters with filmmakers.

‘Holy Zoo.’

Film: Getting under their skin

‘Open Ward,’ an intriguing documentary, takes a different look at life in a psychiatric institution.

Igor, who hears voices telling him he is one of the best rappers in the world, on the set of a rap video clip he produced as part of a drama therapy workshop for patients at the Abarbanel Mental Health Center

Movies: Avi Nesher’s ‘Past Life’ is a triumph

The fact-based drama of two sisters as they search for the truth about their family’s past is moving, original, quirky and suspenseful.

Avi Nesher’s ‘Past Life’

Taking a good look at ourselves

At next week’s Anthropological Film Festival at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, get a glimpse of the other and understand yourself.

A documentary shot on the tiny island of São Vicente in the Atlantic Ocean, ‘Tchindas’ has won multiple industry awards