Jerusalem Film Festival

Jerusalem Women's Film Festival to spotlight Israeli, international cinema and female filmmakers

The Jerusalem Women's Film Festival will honor Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari while screening new Israeli and international films exploring identity, family, mental health, and women's experiences.

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‘WILD THINGS,’ the opening-night movie, directed by Kalil Kovesh.
‘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.

‘Tell Me Everything’ leads 2026 Ophir Awards race with record 16 nominations

The Ophir Awards ceremony will take place on September 9 at Cinema City Glilot, hosted by Shani Cohen and Adam Gabay, and will be broadcast live on Mako.

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Co-stars Ido Tako (left) and Ihab Salami with a poster of their film, Where To?, directed by Assaf Machnes, at its premiere at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

Jerusalem Film Festival draws 70,000 despite boycott campaign targeting Israeli cinema

The Jerusalem Film Festival attracted 70,000 people this year after Film Workers for Palestine launched a pledge naming it as an Israeli institution that it would refuse to work with.

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Israeli "Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot (3rd-R) and Jerusalem film festival director Roni Mahadav-Levin (2nd-R) attend the opening ceremony of the event in Jerusalem on June 17, 2025.

Grapevine: Vexing logistics

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Jerusalem Jewish Film Week to be held during Hanukkah

The 25th Jerusalem Jewish Film Week will feature over 30 films from 15 countries, including premiere screenings and restored classics from December 9 to 14 at the Jerusalem Cinematheque

NOVEMBER 28, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS in One Life

The Jerusalem Film Festival announces its winners

Lila Avilés won the Best Director Award for the film, Totem.

JULY 23, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
EMOS AYENO, winner of the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film.

'Political genius' Olive Stone graces Israel with brilliance - opinion

Stone has made remarks deemed antisemitic and anti-Israel. He has voiced support of Russia and Vladimir Putin, and he has supported homophobic conspiracy theories.

JULY 21, 2023ByFRED LITWIN
FILMMAKER OLIVER STONE (R) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, 2017.

Grapevine July 19, 2023: Au revoir, Monsieur Ambassadeur

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JULY 19, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
OUTGOING FRENCH AMBASSADOR Eric Danon and his wife, Marie.

Jerusalem highlights July 14-20

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

JULY 14, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN
CHECK OUT the ‘Archive’ dance performance on Wednesday.

Helen Mirren: 'I want to play great women, and Golda Meir was one of the greatest'

The famed actress arrives for the Israeli premiere of the biopic.

JULY 13, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
Dame Helen Mirren at a press conference in Jerusalem ahead of the premiere of the film "Golda."

What should you watch at the Jerusalem Film Festival?

What are the best films to see and what are the ways to see the films you want?

JULY 8, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
A SCENE from ‘Past Lives.’

Grapevine: Jerusalem on parade

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JULY 7, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
CITY ENTRANCE

Jerusalem Film Festival stands by decision to honor Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone has criticized Israeli influence on American politics, downplayed the Holocaust, defended Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and complained about Jewish political influence.

JULY 4, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
OLIVER STONE (top left) with a delegation of international figures, meet with then-Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat in Ramallah in 2002

2023 Jerusalem Film Fest announces international movie lineup

The 2023 Jerusalem Film Festival will feature movies that have won top prizes at such festivals as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and Toronto.

JUNE 28, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
‘HOW TO Have Sex.’