Israeli cinema

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

The story of the close, fraught relationship between the sisters and Avigail’s search for a better life brings to mind the phrase “falling through the cracks.”

Or Avinoam (left) and Riki Reif Sinai in 'Cuz You're Ugly.'
New Israeli comedy hit, 'Checkout.'

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

Nadav Lapid

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid withdraws from French festival after boycott pressure

THE TEL AVIV International Student Film Festival will also be featuring ‘Prophet’ by Yoav Kagan.

TA International Student Film Festival: Forty years of cutting-edge cinema


Austrian Film Week returns to Israeli theaters

A scene from the Austrian film 'Stefan Zweig : Farewell to Europe'

Movie Review: ‘Beyond the Mountains’ and off the rails

The ambitious film collapses under its own ideological weight.

Beyond The Mountains And Hills film

Metro Grapevine: Micro, mini to maxi

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The power and the gory

‘Tikkun’ is both revolting and revealing.

‘Tikkun’

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'

It’s time for the Jewish Film Festival

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

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim - ‘Return’

Grand finale for the Smadar?

The only single-screen theater left in the capital, the distinctive building houses a cafe and a unique lobby, with tables clustered around twisted tree trunks.

Outside the German Colony’s Smadar theater

Jewish identity on film

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

‘Holy Zoo.’

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