Israeli movies

This Israeli startup is using AI to transform cinemas into more than just a place to watch movies

Aiming at younger generations and their need for socialization, Bigger Picture offers cinemas a platform to track their data and create better experiences.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
A group of diverse people are queueing up in a movie theater to watch a movie.
Nadav Lapid

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.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
BEN PERRY’S family pose outside their neighborhood shelter.

Ben Perry: How one Israeli actor turned sirens into viral comedy - interview

Scene after scene of Perry turning Israel’s angst into laughter, song, and dance surfaced online to garner millions of views over the almost six weeks of siren jumping.

|ByJUDITH SEGALOFF
THE TROUPE

Laughing through it: Israeli comedy films to celebrate Independence Day

Comedy has always been an important part of Israeli cinema. From well-known classics to newer releases, these films continue to attract audiences across generations.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Jerusalem Cinematheque to hold online event

Additionally the Israeli Academy of Film and Television announced that it will be accepting submissions for the Ophir Awards until June 11 in all categories.

JUNE 9, 2020ByHANNAH BROWN
Jerusalem Cinematheque unveils renovated auditorium

Jerusalem Film Festival to join in unprecedented global online festival

During the festival viewers will be given the opportunity to donate to global organizations aiding people affected by the coronavirus.

MAY 4, 2020ByCELIA JEAN
OPENING NIGHT of the 34th Jerusalem Film Festival at Sultan’s Pool amphitheater

Jump Cut event celebrates 26 years of creativity

“Jump Cut Makes Movies” is the 16th Jump Cut event and marks 26 years since the founding of the school.

JANUARY 26, 2020ByHANNAH BROWN
People at the movies (Illustrative)

TEL AVIV ON FIRE

TEL AVIV ON FIRE, the acclaimed new comedy that crosses boarders and breaks boundaries!

AUGUST 1, 2019ByLEO GIOSUÈ

An ‘Echo’ that has traveled far

Two of the calmest, most thoughtful friends, make a film filled with dark drama

MAY 9, 2019ByHANNAH BROWN
YAEL ABECASSIS and Yoram Toledano in Amikam Kovner and Assaf Snir’s ‘Echo.’

Sweet 16 for the French Film Festival in Israel

Lola and Her Brothers stars its director, alongside Ludivine Sagnier and Jose Garcia as siblings who lost their parents at a young age and were once very close, but have grown apart.

MARCH 14, 2019ByHANNAH BROWN
CATHERINE DENEUVE in Jacques Demy’s 1964 classic ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.’

A girl finds love in wartime

'Fig Tree' depicts Jewish-Ethiopian immigrants in Israel and included Amharic and Hebrew dialogue.

MARCH 14, 2019ByHANNAH BROWN
FIG TREE

‘Lady Titi’ Shatters Stereotypes About Israel’s Ethiopian Community

Feature-length comedy-drama depicts life of budding singer being chased by loan sharks who want their money back.

MARCH 1, 2019ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE
An Ethiopian Jewish woman arrives for the beginning of the Rosh Hashanah services at a synagogue in Addis Ababa.

Funny in French

Oh La La film festival finds France’s funniest films

NOVEMBER 13, 2018ByHANNAH BROWN
A SCENE from ‘Return of the Hero’ with Jean Dujardin and Melanie Laurent

‘Foxtrot,’ ‘Longing’ get European Film Award nods

Two Israeli films among 49 movies shortlisted for prestigious prize.

AUGUST 21, 2018ByAMY SPIRO
Samuel Maoz's ‘Foxtrot.’ (Courtesy)