Jerusalem Film Festival

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

The international lineup, which includes feature films, documentaries, animated films, and experimental works, will be screened in the Jerusalem Cinematheque and at Lev Smadar.

The Samurai and the Prisoner, the latest film by Japanese master Kiyoshi Kurosawa, will be shown in the festival.
STELLAN SKARSGARD (left) and Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value.

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Ronit Yudkevitch in Ruthy Pribar's What is to Come.

Jerusalem Film Festival announces Israeli lineup

Image from Moshe Rosenthal's Tell Me Everything.

Jerusalem Film Festival to open with Moshe Rosenthal’s 'Tell Me Everything'


Films tie for top prize at Jerusalem Film Festival

The two films that shared the top award were Hadas Ben Aroya’s All Eyes Off Me and Tom Shoval’s Shake Your Cares Away.

 Photo of woman in white is from Shake Your Cares Away

Israeli-US film history is front and center in ‘The Ambassador’

It stars Robert Mitchum as Peter Hacker, the US ambassador to Israel, as he sets up meetings with members of the PLO to try to get direct negotiations going between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

 Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn and Donald Pleasence in The Ambassador by Quentin Tarantino

Tarantino gets standing ovation at Jerusalem film fest Cannon Group tribute

Tarantino recalled how much he and his friends loved the Cannon movies and dreamed of meeting Golan and Globus and making movies for them.

 Quentin Tarantino with Navot Papushado, director of Big Bad Wolves at the Jerusalem Film Festival (Courtesy)

The Jerusalem Film Festival highlights diverse stories of Jewish life

Women of Valor looks at the struggle of Esty Shushan and other women from the ultra-Orthodox community fighting the leaders of the haredi parties to allow women to run for and hold political office.

 A still from the film ‘Women of Valor.' by Anna Somershaf that was presented in the Jerusalem Film Festival, August 2021. The Jerusalem Film Festival also receives annual funding from the Jerusalem Foundation.

Moviegoers, politicians to celebrate opening of Jerusalem Film Festival

The 38th Jerusalem Film Festival will open with a festive ceremony at the Sultan’s Pool amphitheater in Jerusalem on Tuesday night.

 Courtesy photo from the film, Where is Anne Frank

Grapevine: Historic mill bites dust

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

THE JERUSALEM Film Festival returns.

The Jerusalem Film Festival will light up the capital with sparkling cinema

The 38th Jerusalem Film Festival will showcase the best Israeli and international films at the Sultan's Pool.

Uri Zohar's ‘Big Eyes.’

Tarantino to honor Cannon Group at Jerusalem Film Festival

The Jerusalem Film Festival, at which Tarantino will be honored, will be held at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and other places around the city from August 24-September 4.

Courtesy photo of Quentin Tarantino and Daniella Pick

Jerusalem Film Festival to open with Ari Folman’s Where Is Anne Frank

Where Is Anne Frank recently had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival out of competition and received mainly rave reviews.

Where is Anne Frank?

‘Big Eyes’ to highlight Jerusalem Film Festival’s Israel programming

Zohar stars in it as Beni Furman, a womanizing basketball coach, and Arik Einstein as his friend, a basketball player.

A SCENE FROM the film ‘More than I Deserve.’