Israeli cinema

Which film will be Israel's submission to the Oscars? Inside the Ophir Awards' red carpet

The Jerusalem Post attended Israel's own Oscars ceremony and interviewed some of the country's biggest stars.

‘TELL ME EVERYTHING’S 16 Ophir nominations are the highest total received by any movie in the history of the awards. The film tells the coming-of-age story of a boy who discovers his father is gay at the height of the AIDS epidemic and who reconnects with him later in life.
DANIEL GIMPEL (right) plays a religious young woman who has just been dumped and who has decided to rebel by attending Nova.

'Our Loves' is a film about people, not October 7, Israeli filmmaker Avi Nesher tells 'Post'

Or Avinoam (left) and Riki Reif Sinai in 'Cuz You're Ugly.'

Sharon Angelhart's award-winning debut film 'Cuz You're Ugly' hits Israeli theaters

New Israeli comedy hit, 'Checkout.'

‘Checkout’: New comedy hit, expanded from one of Israel's most popular series


Screenwriter Dana Idisis discusses father-son autism drama, ‘Here We Are’

Dana Idisis's youngest brother, Guy, is on the autism spectrum.

 DANA IDIDIS: I wanted people to see the love and the laughter, how amazing my brother is.

An encore for Israeli Cinema Day

The last Israeli Cinema Day was in late October.

 A SCENE from ‘Let It Be Morning.’

Israeli movie tickets go for NIS 10 for Israeli Cinema Day

Some 32 Israeli movies will be shown in cinemas around the country for NIS 10 on October 27.

Israelis standing outside of the cinemateque in Jerusalem, March 1, 2021

‘Saving Shuli’ sells 1 m. tickets, sets box-office record

Saving Shuli, which stars and was created by the Mah Kashur trio, is a comedy about three friends who go to Colombia to rescue one of their sons, who has been kidnapped by a drug kingpin.

 'SAVING SHULI', the Israeli summer hit movie of 2021

Lights, camera, action: The power of Israeli film - analysis

It’s not that Israeli television has changed but it’s a world change, that [people are] willing to be open to more and more cultures than before.

Two children and a woman enter a Cineplex Cinema as the number of novel coronavirus cases continued to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020.

Citizen of the cinema

Anyone who meets Ronny Fellus at least once thinks of him as an expert on movies. However, he responds, “I am not an expert, I am the biggest lover of the cinema.”

RONNY FELLUS, 62

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

After a year of being empty, cinemas to open next week

For a whole year, films have been delayed, tickets haven't been sold, and audiences are now itching to relive the cinema experience.

REEL DEAL: The new Yes Planet complex in Jerusalem.

Celebrating a ‘Portrait of Victory’ for Israeli cinema

“It’s the 21st century, it’s no longer about good and bad guys. We’ve gone past that point. It’s about two conflicting narratives, each of which is searching for its own portrait of victory.”

Yadin Gellman and Joy Rieger shooting a scene from Avi Nesher’s ‘Portrait of Victory.’

New Israeli movies that will be coming to a theater near you – eventually

It’s not only art-house films that are awaiting release.

A SCENE from ‘Asia.’