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


The man who put Israeli movies on the map

Moshe Edery’s magic carpet ride from Tangier to Dimona to Cinema City is the story of how Israeli movies were brought to the world.

  DIRECTOR JOSEPH CEDAR (LEFT) talks with Moshe Edery, one of the producers of the Israeli film ‘Footnote,’ in Beverly Hills.

Israeli tween movie 'Full Speed' enters cinemas despite COVID-19 setbacks

Full Speed tells the story of a group of skilled teenage drivers and riders from an Israeli program who compete against one another on both motorcycles and racing cars.

 THE STARS of  ‘Full Speed’ (from left): Avraham Arenson, Shira Levi, Kevin Rubin and Kobi Mahat.

Cannes lineup announced, and Israeli films will take part

Cannes usually takes place in early May, but last year it was postponed and eventually cancelled

Nadav Lapid

Movie theater chains set to open on May 27

Over 14 months since they closed their doors, movie theaters plan to admit those who have been vaccinated and have a green passport and to limit entry by the unvaccinated to just 50 per auditorium.

CINEMA CITY in Jerusalem. Will it once again be filled with movie-goers?

Jerusalem Cinematheque to hold online event

Additionally the Israeli Academy of Film and Television announced that it will be accepting submissions for the Ophir Awards until June 11 in all categories.

Jerusalem Cinematheque unveils renovated auditorium

Jerusalem Film Festival to join in unprecedented global online festival

During the festival viewers will be given the opportunity to donate to global organizations aiding people affected by the coronavirus.

OPENING NIGHT of the 34th Jerusalem Film Festival at Sultan’s Pool amphitheater

Jump Cut event celebrates 26 years of creativity

“Jump Cut Makes Movies” is the 16th Jump Cut event and marks 26 years since the founding of the school.

People at the movies (Illustrative)

TEL AVIV ON FIRE

TEL AVIV ON FIRE, the acclaimed new comedy that crosses boarders and breaks boundaries!


An ‘Echo’ that has traveled far

Two of the calmest, most thoughtful friends, make a film filled with dark drama

YAEL ABECASSIS and Yoram Toledano in Amikam Kovner and Assaf Snir’s ‘Echo.’

Sweet 16 for the French Film Festival in Israel

Lola and Her Brothers stars its director, alongside Ludivine Sagnier and Jose Garcia as siblings who lost their parents at a young age and were once very close, but have grown apart.

CATHERINE DENEUVE in Jacques Demy’s 1964 classic ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.’