Israeli film

Bezalel’s ‘Graduate Exhibition’ features projects that spotlight the pain of war

At Bezalel’s 2026 Graduate Exhibition, student films and more than 500 works confront war, grief, memory, recovery, and renewal.

BRING ALL THE PAIN’ was inspired by Noam Harel’s reserve-duty service and offers an intimate look at the soldiers tasked with recovering the bodies and taking care of the bodies of fallen soldiers, as well as those of Hamas members and Gazan civilians.
Blue Sun (see Sunday).

Jerusalem highlights: July 24-30

IDO TAKO in the two-character movie ‘Where To?’ which explores a bond that forms between Palestinian Hassan and Israeli Amir.

Israeli movies balance excitement, sorrow, and war at Jerusalem Film Festival

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


Seret UK Film and TV Festival held May 12– 19, 2022

 Ronit Elkabetz

Aging man fights his fate in new Israeli film - review

This is an accomplished debut, carefully put together, with fine work by all the actors and good visual storytelling that builds slowly and ultimately tells a moving and universal story.

 MEIR GERNER in ‘Africa.’

Israeli artists win as US court rules against ‘pirates’

The court awarded $7,650,000 in damages from each of the pirated sites for infringing the creators’ rights. 

AMOS GITAI (left), Moshe Edery (second left), Shimon Peres and Leon Edery.

Independence Day movie quiz on tap tomorrow

Israeli film buffs can take part in this trivia quiz run by movie director Alon Gur Arye, who made Mossad, the spy-movie spoof.

 ‘ZERO MOTIVATION’

‘Golden Voices’ proves delightful, opens Thursday

Thanks to brilliant writing and performance, the film becomes a universal story of an older couple trying to keep their love alive and fighting to make their way in a confusing new world.

 MARIYA BELKINA and Vladimir Friedman in ‘Golden Voices.’

Scenes from a Tel Aviv marriage - review

While Michael pinpoints Tel Aviv as the source of his ennui, a visit to his familiarly dysfunctional family suggests many other causes.

SCENES FROM Marat Parkhomovsky’s ‘Tel Aviv’ with Meital Ner and Yotam Gotal.

Nanni Moretti's 'Three Floors' is a frustrating misfire - review

With Three Floors, Moretti moves the setting of Nevo’s novel to Rome, but he is quite faithful to the spirit and structure of the book.

 A SCENE from 'Three Floors'.

Producer goes after firms illegally helping stream Israeli content abroad

Moshe Edery, chairperson of Screen IL, has teamed up with major Israeli content creation companies to issue a letter against credit card companies for providing clearing services to the pirate sites

Screen iL on tablet + smartphone

Senior TV industry figures arrived in Tel Aviv to celebrate HOT's annual content & innovation event

Yoaz Hendel and Tal Granot-Goldstein.

Cigarettes After Sex return to Tel Aviv

Cigarettes After Sex will perform in Israel on June 21, tickets for The Lemonheads’ Israeli premier on May 21 are on sale, and the Israeli TV series The Crown Experiments has been sold to Roku.

 CIGARETTES AFTER SEX.