The Venice Film Festival began last week, and the Toronto International Film Festival opened yesterday - only two full-length movies and one short film from Israel will be shown at them this year.
It’s been a tumultuous week for Israel’s film industry. The country’s equivalent to the Oscars, the Ophir Awards, was condemned by culture minister Miki Zohar after “The Sea” — about a Palestinian boy ...
A lost boy walks slowly through Tel Aviv’s central bus station. Two soldiers pass him, and he turns away to avoid being noticed. Yet there’s nothing noticeable about him—brown hair, blue eyes, a chin ...
The Venice Film Festival began last week, and the Toronto International Film Festival opened yesterday. Although Israeli movies were once embraced by these festivals – the largest and among the most ...