Documentary

Docaviv 2026 reveals the Israeli film lineup

Twelve new films have been chosen for the Israeli competition. They include Soccer for the Soul, by Avida Livny, and Shalom, by Meital Zvieli.

Meir Shalev
A drone view shows an artist from the Sand In Your Eye art team putting the finishing touches to a giant sand portrait of David Attenborough to mark the conservationist's 100th birthday, on the beach in Morecambe, Britain, May 6, 2026.

British broadcaster David Attenborough turns 100, notable for not joining anti-Israel boycotts

Dismantles anti-Israel propaganda: Soul of a Nation

How ‘Soul of a Nation’ documentary helps defend Israel

There will be a special screening of the documentary 'God Speaks Yiddish' by the humorous Tuvia Tenenboim on April 29 at Nefesh B'Nefesh in Tel Aviv.

'God Speaks Yiddish': A humorous peek into Israeli ultra-Orthodoxy


Chicago theater cancels screening of post-Oct 7 documentary, citing community ‘safety, well-being'

The theater announced the decision in a since-deleted post on Instagram that night that began with the sentence, “We are firmly not an antisemitic organization.”

 Kosha Dillz, the Jewish rapper whose campus antisemitism documentary screening was cancelled in Chicago.

New doc ‘Hurricane in Malmo’ looks at Eden Golan's Eurovision experience

Documentary about Eden Golan competing in the contest in Sweden last year.

 Eden Golan in ‘Hurricane in Malmo.’

Nova festival massacre documentary ‘We Will Dance Again’ to receive honorary Emmy

The film has also been nominated for an Emmy in two categories: Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary and Outstanding Editing – Documentary.

 YARIV MOZER, director of ‘We Will Dance Again’ with some of the survivors of the Supernova music festival.

Montana Tucker documentary 'Children of October 7' released in the US

Tucker, who has more than 14 million followers on social media, has been speaking out about the October 7 massacre since it happened.

 Montana Tucker interviews Eitan Yahalomi, who was kidnapped by Hamas, in The Children of October 7.

'Among Neighbors': A filmmaker’s journey to uncover a forgotten Holocaust legacy

Filmmaker Yoav Potash arrived in Poland to document a modest ceremony in a forgotten town, but left with a profound mystery that would take a decade to unravel.

 FILMMAKER YOAV POTASH directs a drone camera while filming at the site of the Treblinka death camp for ‘Among Neighbors.’

New and old movies to be screened across Israel during Holocaust Remembrance Day

These films are told from different points of view and in all different styles, with some relying on archival footage and others using different elements to tell stories from the Holocaust.

 SCENE FROM 'Irena's Vow.'

How two new documentaries on America post-Oct. 7 talk right past each other

What both films lack is empathy. They depict the conflict as a zero-sum game, in which talking about the other side’s pain is conceding the argument, the author writes.

 Tessa Veksler, an interviewee in the documentary "October 8."

From ‘October 8’ to ‘Encampments,’ these new documentaries illuminate the post-Oct. 7 US experience

Three of the movies — including one in wide release — interview Jewish Americans about their experience with antisemitism on campus and beyond.

 Tessa Veksler, an interviewee in the documentary "October 8."

'Letter to David' documentary takes a look at Gaza hostage behind the headlines

Letter to David comes at the story of David and his family from a different and highly cinematic angle, compared to a traditional documentary.

 ‘LETTER TO DAVID,’ a documentary about David Cunio, one of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

The Age of Disclosure documentary alleges 80-year US cover-up of alien encounters

Jay Stratton, former government official, claims to have seen 'non-human craft and non-human beings.'

 The Age of Disclosure documentary alleges 80-year US cover-up of alien encounters.