All local Israeli TV productions, excluding broadcasts providing news updates, have been placed on hold following a directive from the Israeli army as the bloody conflict between the country and Hamas ...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Movie-goers boarded boats floating on the shimmering waters of a Tel Aviv lake on Thursday for a test screening at Israel’s first “sail-in” cinema. With indoor film theatres shut ...

Israel’s largest film fund, the Rabinovitz Foundation’s Israel Cinema Project, has bowed to pressure from the country’s director’s guild to drop a requirement that filmmakers submitting projects for ...

ANKARA, Turkey – Cinemas across Turkey are showing a trailer for an upcoming Turkish action movie based on a true event: the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound, blockade-busting flotilla that killed nine ...

Presenting two dozen features and documentaries including several Ophir Award winners (the Israeli Oscar) and taking place in cyberspace between Dec. 13 and 27, the 34 th annual Israel Film Festival ...

Orit Fouks Rotem’s Cinema Sabaya will be Israel’s entry to the best international film category in this year’s Oscar race, following its best picture win at the country’s Ophir national cinema awards ...

Israeli filmmaker Orit Fouks Rotem’s first feature takes on a difficult subject: facilitating peace and empathy among a focus group of four Jewish and four Arab women. In “Cinema Sabaya,” Dana Ivgy ...

Over the past 15 years, Israeli cinema has blossomed into a major force, becoming one of the country’s most impactful exports. What was once a struggling industry with low production values and local, ...

“Cinema Sabaya” is playing Sunday, Nov. 6, at the JCC Manhattan as part of the Other Israel Film Festival. Tickets and more information can be found here. “Cinema Sabaya,” Israel’s official entry to ...