Jerusalem Film Festival

Grapevine: Vexing logistics

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.
LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS (right) stars with Dana Namerode in "Gangland."

'Gangland' director Vincent Grashaw brings Native American story to Jerusalem Film Festival

Director Vincent Grashaw found the screenplay for ‘Gangland’ online, then worked with Native American advisers and actors to bring its fictional reservation to life.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
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

Through heartbreaking documentaries and dramas, Israeli movies explore the war and the future.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
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.

Assaf Machnes's 'Where to?' wins top prize at Jerusalem Film Festival

The festival awarded prizes totaling approximately NIS 1 million across its Israeli and international competitions, as well as its short-film, experimental-film, and industry programs.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Director Pini Tavger on the life behind Israeli film 'More Than I Deserve' - interview

The movie won the Best Screenplay Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival and was nominated for six Ophir Awards.

FEBRUARY 11, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
A SCENE FROM ‘More Than I Deserve.’

'More than I Deserve' tells a very Israeli story - review

"More Than I Deserve" tells an intersecting story of two communities in Israel, new immigrants from the former Soviet Union and the ultra-Orthodox

FEBRUARY 8, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
SCENES FROM ‘More Than I Deserve.’

Famous Nazi-fighting duo speak about a documentary about their lives

The Klarsfelds, have been making headlines for decades and now have a documentary about their lives being shown at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival.

DECEMBER 17, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
BEATE AND Serge Klarsfeld.

Grapevine: Heroic haredim

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

DECEMBER 16, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
The protagonists of ‘Kippat Barzel,’ playing infantrymen in the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, pose at their base.

‘Armageddon Time’ to open Jerusalem Jewish film festival

The 24th Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival at the Jerusalem Cinematheque will be held over Hanukkah on December 17-22.

NOVEMBER 17, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
JAMES GRAY’S ‘Armageddon Time.’

'Triangle of Sadness': Ruben Ostlund's wild ride - film review

It’s a wild ride that takes aim at some pretty easy targets, but makes a few good points and, more importantly, is funny much of the time

OCTOBER 3, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
‘TRIANGLE OF Sadness’

Thought-provoking ‘Savoy’ examines Tel Aviv hotel siege in 1975

Savoy raises interesting questions about ethnicity, class and stereotypes, and will make you think about what has and hasn’t changed in the past few decades.

AUGUST 10, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
A scene from 'Savoy.'

'A Hero' tells the story of one man's bad choices - review

A Hero looks at what happens when one mistake leads you into a sinkhole that keeps getting deeper.

JULY 26, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
AMIR JADIDI in 'A Hero'

Famed actress Charlotte Gainsbourg in Israel for Jerusalem Film Festival

International actress Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in ‘The Accusation,’ directed by her partner, Yvan Attal and co-stars with son, Ben Attal. They are here for the Jerusalem Film Festival.

JULY 25, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG in a scene from ‘The Accusation.’

Jerusalem highlights July 22 – 28

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

JULY 23, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN
LOVE PITA by Adva Drori.