Israeli cinema

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid withdraws from French festival after boycott pressure

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid said he withdrew from FID Marseille after boycott pressure over his planned participation in the festival.

Nadav Lapid
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

AVI NESHER (left) directs Shalom Michaelshvili and Magi Azarzar in Our Loves.

FOX Entertainment Studios, Access Entertainment sign on to Avi Nesher’s 'Our Lives'

Lawrence Bender.

37th Israel Film Festival opens in Los Angeles with star-studded gala


Yes Planet makes Jerusalem big-screen debut

Yes Planet Jerusalem features IMAX screens, as well as VIP options and stadium seating in all its 16 auditoriums.

REEL DEAL: The new Yes Planet complex in Jerusalem.

Oh La La!- the laughs

The French comedy festival's at a theater near you.

Diner De Cons (The Dinner Game)

Israeli films at the heart of the Jerusalem Film Fest

The 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival will take place from July 9-19 at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, and the Israeli film competitions will be front and center.

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German films are a highlight of children’s film fest in Tel Aviv

In addition to the German films, the Tel Aviv International Children’s Film Festival will feature a program of Israeli films.

‘Lola on the Pea’

La disparition d'une pionnière du cinéma en Israel

Lia Van Leer s’est éteinte à l’âge de 90 ans. Une personnalité rare, dotée d’une volonté et d’une exigence hors du commun

Lia Van Leer

Lia van Leer, Israeli movie pioneer, dies at 90

If you want to honor her memory, it’s very simple: Go to the nearest cinematheque, buy a ticket, and enjoy a movie.

Lia van Leer

New documentary depicts Czech statesman Vaclav Havel’s celebration of freedom

A friend of Israel, Havel opposed the sale of weapons to regimes hostile to our country and always spoke forcefully against anti-Semitism in Europe and in the world.

CZECH/FRENCH filmmaker Andrea Sedlackova poses at the screening of her latest documentary at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.

Premieres, previews and prize winners

A festive December at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.

‘Mr. Turner’ movie

Short and sweet

The Mana Rishona production company will screen 15 short films at a gala at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque to get the public used to the genre.

Actor and comedian Moni Moshonov starts in the darkly humorous ‘The End.’

Reeling it in at the Haifa International Film Festival

The festival is both international and Israeli, and has a number of competitions for foreign films, notably the Golden Anchor Award for the best film from a country on the Mediterranean.

AMONG THE Israeli feature films competing at the 30th Haifa Film Festival will be ‘The Farewell Party,’ directed by Tal Granit and Sharon Maymoun.