Jerusalem Film Festival

The Diamond Competition for Israeli Documentary Films is particularly competitive this year, with movies that look at diverse aspects of life in Israel and Jewish history.

Between the guests and the more than 200 films from more than 50 countries, this is looking to be one of the strongest festivals in years.

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The festival will run until July 31 at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and other theaters around the city and will present over 200 films from more than 50 countries.

The 2022 festival will return to tradition by hosting foreign guests, who were not able to attend last summer due to the pandemic.

Levy is the guest of honor at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival and the recipient of the festival's Achievement Award. 

One of the strongest sections in the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, which will run at the Jerusalem Cinematheque from November 27-December 2, is the Jewish Portraits program.

There will be feature films, restored classics, documentaries, animated movies, children’s films and much more, as well as a number of special events.

The two films that shared the top award were Hadas Ben Aroya’s All Eyes Off Me and Tom Shoval’s Shake Your Cares Away.

It stars Robert Mitchum as Peter Hacker, the US ambassador to Israel, as he sets up meetings with members of the PLO to try to get direct negotiations going between the Palestinians and the Israelis.